2023
Keith T. Oldham, MD

2022
Mary E. Fallat, MD

2021
No award was given in 2021

2020
No award was given in 2020

2019
Kathryn D. Anderson, MD

2017
David M. Powell, MD

2016
Patricia K. Donahoe, MD

2013
Jay L. Grosfeld, MD

2007
W. Hardy Hendren, MD

2004
Harvey E. Beardmore, MD
Lucian L. Leape, MD
Thomas M. Holder, MD
Marc I. Rowe, MD
Stephen L. Gans, MD

2023
Erika Adams Newman, MD

2022
Francisca T. Velcek, MD

2021
Victor F. Garcia, MD

2023
Diana Farmer, MD

2022
Charles J. Stolar, MD

2021
No award was given 2021

2020
No award was given in 2020

2019
Donald Nuss, MD

2018
Alberto Peña, MD

2017
No award was given in 2017.

2016
Michael R. Harrison, MD

2015
Robert Bartlett, MD

​2014
Bradley M. Rodgers, MD

2023
Doruk Ozgediz, MD, MSc

2022
Erik N. Hansen, MD MPH

2021
Michael R. Curci, MD
James A. O’Neill, Jr., MD

2020
Stephen W. Bickler, MD

2019
Donald E. Meier, MD

2023
Peter Juviler, MD – University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
“Reduction in Unplanned Intubations After Children’s Surgery: A Quality Improvement Project”

2022
Elaa Mahdi, MPH MD
University of Rochester Department of Surgery, Rochester, NY USA
“Sustaining the Gains: Reducing Unnecessary Computed Tomography Scans in Pediatric Trauma Patients”

2021
David F. Grabski, MD MEd
University of Virginia, Charlottlesville, VA
“Reduction Of Post-Operative Opioid Use in Neonates Following Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Repairs: A Quality Improvement Initiative”

2020
Luis I. Ruffolo, MD
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
“Implementation of a Gastrostomy Care Bundle Reduces Early Dislodgements”

2019
Mark Kashtan, MD MPH
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
“Implementation of a Plan-Do-Study-Act Framework to Reduce Unindicated Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis”

2018
Beatrix Hyemin Choi, MD
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
“Simple Preoperative Radiation Safety Interventions Significantly Lower Radiation Doses During Central Venous Line Placement in Children”

2017
Andrew Nordin, MD
Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
“Effective Methods to Decrease Surgical Site Infections in Pediatric Gastrointestinal Surgery”

2016
Jamie R. Robinson, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
“Measuring The Value Of A Clinical Practice Guideline For Children With Perforated Appendicitis”

2015
No award was presented in 2015.

​2014
Kathy Schall, MD
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT
“A Dynamic Discharge Protocol Provides Efficient Care for Uncomplicated Appendicitis”

Jason W. Nielsen, MD
Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
“Reducing CT Scans for Appendicitis by Increasing the Diagnostic Accuracy of Ultrasonography”

2023
Vanshika P. Jhonsa, BA – Rice University, Rice 360 Program
“Improvised Low-Cost Silo Bag Using Widely Available Materials and Simple Assembly to Manage Gastroschisis in Low Resource Settings”

2022
John Lukish, MS
Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City, MO
“THE NOVEL USE OF RARE EARTH MAGNETS FOR THE EXTRACTION OF METALLIC SOFT TISSUE FOREIGN BODIES IN CHILDREN”

2021
Oliver J. Muensterer, MD, PhD
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
“The A, B, Cs of Magnetic Esophageal Compression Anastomosis using specially designed, curved magnets for minimal invasive repair of esophageal atresia”

2020
Alexander Y. Yang, BS
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
“A Novel Needle Driver to Facilitate Laparoscopic Intracorporeal Knot Tying”

2019
Gabriel Jose Ramos-Gonzalez, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
“A Novel Combined Cautery-Suction Device: The First Product of a Surgical Device Innovation Fellowship”

2018
Robert Cina, MD
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
“Expert Outpatient Burn Care in the Home Through Mobile Health Technology”

2017
Nhan T. Huynh, MD
Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
“Three-Dimensionally Printed Surface Features to Anchor Endoluminal Spring for Distraction Enterogenesis”

2016
Matthew A. Hornick, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
“Toward Physiologic Extracorporeal Support Of The Premature Infant: Umbilical Cord Cannulation Provides Superior Oxygenator Flows, Oxygen Delivery And Hemodynamic Stability”

Edward Hannon, MBChB, MRCS
Institute of Child Health/University College London, London, United Kingdom
“Xenogeneic Decellularized Oesophageal Transplantation Is Achievable In A Large Animal Model”

2015
Maxime M. Mahe, PhD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
“Generation of Functional Intestine from Patient Derived Pluripotent Stem Cells”

2014
Shahab Shaffiey, MD
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
“Generation of an Artificial Intestine and Validation in Dogs: a Proof-of-Concept Study”

2013
Veronica F. Sullins, MD
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
“A Novel Biodegradable Device for Intestinal Lengthening”

2012
Sabina Siddiqui, MD
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
“Development of an Isolation Bed for Patients Undergoing MIBG Treatment for Neuroblastoma”

2011
Maridelle B. Millendez, MD
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
“Evaluation of Intestinal Viability Using 3-CCD (Charge Coupled Device) in Children Undergoing Appendectomy”

2023
Shawn Izadi, MD – Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
“CLINICAL: The Foker Process for Long-Gap Esophageal Atresia: Twenty-Five Years of Making the Impossible, Possible”

2023
Martha E. Teke, MD – National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD
“BASIC SCIENCE: Leveraging a Novel Ex-vivo Human Tumor System to Interrogate Peritoneal Surface Malignancies in Children”

2022
Best Podium Presentation – Clinical Science
Jenny Stevens, MD
Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
“NATIONAL TRENDS IN PEDIATRIC FIREARM AND AUTOMOBILE FATALITIES”

2022
Best Podium Presentation – Basic Science
Ashlyn Whitlock, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
“Brain Protection by Transamniotic Stem Cell Therapy (TRASCET) in a Model of Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR)”

2021
Best Podium Presentation – Clinical Science
Maeve O’Neill Trudeau, MD MPH
Centre Hospitalier – Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
“Implementing A Standardized Gastroschisis Protocol Significantly Increases Primary Bedside Sutureless Closures Without Compromising Closure Success or Early Clinical Outcomes”

2021
Best Podium Presentation – Basic Science
Sourav Bose, MD MBA MSc
Center for Fetal Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
“In Utero Base Editing Ameliorates Pathology in a Mouse Model of Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I”

2020
Best Podium Presentation – Basic Science
Michelle P. Kallis, MD
Cohen Children’s Medical Center at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, New York
“Gefitinib Treatment Reverses Post-surgical Pro-metastatic Immune Changes and Improves Survival in a Mouse Model of Osteosarcoma”

2020
Best Podium Presentation – Clinical Science
Richard S. Whitlock, II, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
“The Use of Real-time Indocyanine Green-guided Near-infrared Imaging During Partial Hepatectomy for the Treatment of Pediatric Liver Cancer”

2019
Best Podium Presentation – Basic Science
John S. Riley, MD MS
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
“Extending the ‘Window of Tolerance’: Regulatory T Cells Permit Late Gestation in Utero Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation”

2019
Best Podium Presentation – Clinical Science
Calista M. Harbaugh, MD
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
“Opioids are Overprescribed and Can be Eliminated For a Number of Children’s Operations”

2018
Best Podium Presentation – Basic Science
Caroline Maloney, MD
Hofstra Northwell Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Manhasset, NY
“Surgery Accelerates the Development of Pulmonary Metastases in a Mouse Model of Osteosarcoma and is Attenuated by Perioperative Treatment with Gefitinib”

2018
Best Podium Presentation – Clinical Science
Amy E. Lawrence, MD
Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
“The Relationship Between Operative Volume And Outcomes in Esophageal Atresia”

​2017
Best Podium Presentation – Basic Science
Patrick McGovern, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
“Neuroprotection and Development in Extremely Premature Lambs Supported on the Extracorporeal Environment for Neonatal Development (Extend) Device”

2017
Best Podium Presentation – Clinical Science
Brenna Sullivan Fullerton, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
“Severe Neurodevelopmental Disability and Healthcare Needs Among Survivors of Medical and Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis – a Prospective Cohort Study”

2016
Best Podium Presentation – Basic Science
Megan Berger, MD
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
“Outcomes Of Total Pancreatectomy And Islet Autotransplantation In Young Children”

2016
Best Podium Presentation – Clinical Science
Simone Langness, MD
UC San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
“Low D-Dimer Predicts The Absence Of Intracranial Hemorrhage In Pediatric Blunt Head Trauma”

2015
Best Podium Presentation – Basic Science
Baddr A. Shakhsheer, MD
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Chicago, IL
“Host and Bacterial Factors Cooperatively Disrupt Healing of Intestinal Anastomoses”

2015
Best Podium Presentation – Clinical Science
Barrett P. Cromeens, DO, PhD
Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
“Implementation of a Pediatric Surgical Quality Improvement (QI)-Directed M&M Conference”

2014
Best Podium Presentation – Basic Science
Connie H. Keung, MD
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
“Propranolol as a Novel Therapy for Lymphatic Malformations”

2014
Best Podium Presentation – Clinical Science
Blair A. Wormer, MD
Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
“Home Intravenous Versus Oral Antibiotics Following Appendectomy for Perforated Appendicitis, a Randomized Controlled Trial”

2013
Best Podium Presentation – Basic Science
Eric Girard, MD
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, CT
“Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells in a Bioengineered Scaffold: a New Frontier In Patient Specific Therapy for Premature Lung Disease”

2013
Best Podium Presentation – Clinical Science
Ryan P. Cauley, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
“Higher Costs Charges and Resource Utilization do not Affect Survival in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia”

2012
Best Podium Presentation
Amar Nijagal, MD
“Fetal Intervention Triggers the Activation of Paternal Antigen-Specific Maternal T Cells”

2012
Best Poster Presentation
Eric J. Stanelle, MD
“Pediatric Synovial Sarcoma: Prognostic Factors, Management of Pulmonary Metastasis, and Survival Outcomes”

2011
Best Podium Presentation
Amar Nijagal, MD
“The Maternal Adaptive Immune Response Against Paternal Antigens Incites Fetal Demise After Fetal Intervention”

2011
Best Poster Presentation
Barrie Rich, MD
“Predictors of Survival in Childhood and Adolescent Cutaneous Melanoma”

2010
Best Podium Presentation
Mehul V. Raval, MD
“Pediatric ACS NSQIP: Feasibility of a Novel Prospective Assessment of Surgical Outcomes – a Phase I Report”

2010
Best Poster Presentation
Allison L. Speer, MD
“Tissue-Engineered Esophagus is a Versatile In Vivo Mouse Model with Intact Architecture”

2009
Best Podium Presentation
Eric Jelin, MD
“Effects of Notch4 On Lung Vascular Remodeling”

2009
Best Poster Presentation
Laura A. Boomer, MD
“Cholangiocyte Apoptosis During Lamprey Metamorphosis”

2008
Best Podium Presentation
Emily T. Durkin, MD
“The Ontongeny of Human Fetal NK Cell Allorecognition: A Potential Barrier to In Utero Transplantation”

2008
Best Poster Presentation
Henry L. Chang, MD
“In Vivo Metastatic/Invasion Assay to Identify Cancer Stem Cells and their Markers”

2023
Alicia L. Eubanks, MD – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
“Physiological and Histologic Outcomes of Prolonged Partial Liquid Ventilation in Pumpless Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation-Supported CDH Model Lambs”

2023
Alicia L. Eubanks, MD – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
“Physiological and Histologic Outcomes of Prolonged Partial Liquid Ventilation in Pumpless Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation-Supported CDH Model Lambs”

2023
Pooja S. Salvi, MD – New York Presbyterian- Weill Cornell, New York, NY
“Development and Implementation of an Add-on Case Delay Dashboard for Quality Improvement in a Children’s Operating Room”

2022 Poster of Distinction
Clara Nicolas, MD PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
“ACTIVATION OF HOMOLOGY-DIRECTED DNA REPAIR PLAYS KEY ROLE IN CRISPR-MEDIATED GENOME CORRECTION IN FETAL AND NEONATAL CELLS”

2021 Poster of Distinction
Kyle Thompson, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
“Predictors Of Anti-Reflux Procedure Failure in Esophageal Atresia Patients”

2020 Poster of Distinction
Clinical Science
Christopher Pennell, MD
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“Routine Upper Gastrointestinal Series Before Gastrostomy Tube Placement: Is It Necessary?”

2020 Poster of Distinction
Basic Science
Maame Efua S. Sampah, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
“Human Breast Milk Protects Against Necrotizing Enterocolitis Through Reduced TLR4 Expression in the Intestinal Epithelium in a “NEC in a Dish” Mouse Enteroid Model”

In 2019 APSA awarded Quick Shots of Distinction instead of Posters of Distinction.

2019 Quick Shot of Distinction
Clinical Science
Ruchi Amin, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
“Effects of Intraoperative Temperatures on Postoperative Infections in Infants”

2019 Quick Shot of Distinction
Basic Science
Jordan S. Taylor, MD
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
“Natural Excretion of Endoluminal Springs After Spring-Mediated Intestinal Lengthening”

2018
Clinical Science
Victoria K. Robson, BA
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
“Non-operative Management of Extralobar Pulmonary Sequestrations: a Safe Alternative to Resection?”

2018
Basic Science
Clara T. Nicolas, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
“Curing Disease Before Birth: In Utero Gene therapy For the Treatment of Hereditary Tyrosinemia Type 1 in A Small Animal Model”

2017
Clinical Science
Joseph Church, MD
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
“Avalon Catheters in Pediatric Patients Requiring ECMO: Placement and Migration Issues”

2017
Basic Science
Christine Finck, MD
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
“Esophageal Scaffolds Seeded with Epithelial Cells for Esophageal Replacement Therapy”

2016
Clinical Science
Daniel L. Lodwick, MD, MS
Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
“Lymphocyte Depression And Postoperative Abscess After Appendectomy In Children”

2016
Basic Science
Julie Monteagudo, MD
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
“Ex Vivo Comparison Of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Circuits And Cannulae To Evaluate Sources Of Hemolysis”

2015
Clinical Science
Yinin Hu, MD
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA
“Cumulative Sum: an Individualized Proficiency Metric for Laparoscopic Fundamentals”

2015
Basic Science
Elizabeth Clark, DVM
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
“Characterization of Tissue Engineered Tracheal Grafts in an Ovine Model”

2014
Clinical Science
Cerine Jeanty, MD
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
“Procedural Management of Cholelithiasis in Infants Under One Year of Age”

2014
Basic Science
Catherine J. Hunter, MD
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
“Defining the Role of Protein Kinase A and Apoptosis in Necrotizing Enterocolitis”

2013
Clinical Science
Deidre C. Kelleher, MD
Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC
“Impact of a Checklist on ATLS Task Performance During Pediatric Trauma Resuscitation”

2013
Basic Science
Leo Andrew O. Benedict, MD
Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
“Spinal Cord Expression of Virally Derived Mullerian Inhibiting Substance Extends Life and Promotes Survival of Motor Neurons in Transgenic SOD1 Mutant Mice”

2012
Syamal D. Bhattacharya, MD
“Temporal Relationships Between Positive Urine Culture and Onset of Necrotizing Enterocolitis”

Alejandro Garcia, MD
“The Role of Notch Inhibition in a Novel Hepatoblastoma Orthotopic Model”

2011
R. Dawn Fevurly, MD
“Novel Zebrafish Model Reveals Critical Role for MAPK in Lymphangiogenesis”

Jesse Gutnick, MD
“Circulating Thyrotropin Receptor MRNA for Evolution of Thyroid Nodules and Surveillance of Thyroid Cancer”

2010
Hayden W. Stagg, MD
“Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Induces Hyperpermeability Following Traumatic Burn Injury”

Diana L. Diesen, MD
“Temporal Association Between Blood Transfusion and Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Premature Infants”

2009
Francois I. Luks, MD
“Reflectance Spectrometry for Realtime Hemoglobin Determination of Placental Vessels During Endoscopic Laser Surgery for TTTS”

Henry L. Chang, MD
“Mullerian Inhibiting Substance Inhibits Migration of Epithelial Cancer Cell Lines”

2023
Colin H. Quinn, BS – University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
“Priming of Natural Killer Cells with Neuroblastoma Cells Enhances Natural Killer Cell Release of Granzyme B”

2022 Medical Student Poster
Brittany Cook, MS
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
“Surgical Outcomes in Children with Trisomy 13”

2021 Medical Student Poster
Jennifer Crook
University of Tennessee Health – Science Center, Memphis, TN
“Why Do Ports Get Stuck? A Case-Control Study”

2022
Romeo Ignacio C. Ignacio, Jr., MD MS

2021
Robert T. Russell, MD

2020
No award was given in 2020

2019
Jeffrey R. Lukish, MD
Read Dr. Lukish’s preliminary report.

2018
Marion Henry, MD, MPH
Read Dr. Henry’s preliminary report.
Read Dr. Henry’s final report.

2017
Read Dr. St. Peter’s final report.

2016
David P. Bliss, Jr., MD, FACS
Read Dr. Bliss’ final report.

2015
Mike Chen, MD
Read Dr. Chen’s preliminary report.

2014
Max R. Langham Jr., MD
Read Dr. Langham’s final report.

2013
Steven Teich, MD, FACS
Read Dr. Teich’s final report.

2012
Peter W. Dillon, MD, FACS
Read Dr. Dillon’s final report.

2011
Patrick V. Bailey, MD, FACS
Read Dr. Bailey’s final report.

2010
Aviva L. Katz, MD, FACS
Read Dr. Katz’s final report.

2009
Dennis P. Lund, MD, FACS
Read Dr. Lund’s final report.

2008
George W. Holcomb, III, MD, FACS
Read Dr. Holcomb’s final report.

2021
George F. Ngock
Mbingo Baptist Hospital, Bamenda, Cameroon

Yousuf Aziz Khan
Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, Pakistan

2020
Truc Nguyen
Children’s Hospital N02, HoChiMinh City, Vietnam

Justina Seyi-Olajide
Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria

2019
Santosh Mahalik
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India

Tunde Sholadoye
Admadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria

2018
Sohail Dogar
Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Oluwaseun Ladipo-Ajayi
University of Lagos College of Medicine, Lagos, Nigeria

2017
Martin Situma
Mbarara University of Science & Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

Sushil Dhungel
Western Regional Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal

2016
Christian País
Military Hospital-Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Esther Saguil
College of Medicine, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines

2015
Opeoluwa Adesanya, MBBS, FMCS (Nig.)
Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

Tiyamike Chilunjika, MBBS
COSECSA, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi

2014
John Nyagetuba, MB, ChB
Bethany Kids at Kijabe Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

Tran Quynh, MD, PhD
National Hospital of Pediatrics, Hanoi, Vietnam

​2013
Omolara Williams, MD
Lagos State University College of Medicine and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria