General Surgery

• Please list to Dr. Priti Parikh for any interest in the following projects:

  • Dr. Ekeh:

    • 1. Prevalence of THC Among Drivers Who Died in Past 5 Yrs (Study Using Morgue Data)

    • 2. Survey of PTSD in GSW Patients

    • 3. Evaluating Quality of Life and ADL Recovery Following GSWs

  • Dr. Semon:

    • 1. Lucas Study: needs a new student to write up the results and manuscript (I believe)

    • 2. Repair of One or Two Rib Fractures (ROOT

    • 3. Survey of Hardware Choice for Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures (SSRF)

    • 4. Outcomes of Pre-Hospital Tube Thoracostomy (Careflight)

    • 5. Intracranial Pressure Monitor (ICP) QI Project

    • 6. Evaluating Disparities in Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fracture

  • Dr. Walusimbi

    • 1. Ultrasonic Dissectors vs Clips in Cholecystectomy

    • 2. Blunt Cerebrovascular Injuries

    • 3. Self Extubations in ICU

    • 4. Shock in Acute Trauma Not Attributable to Hemorrhage or Spinal Cord Injury

    • 5. Assessing "Non Preventable Deaths": Are they truly non-preventable

  • Dr. Miner

    • 1. QI: Nonoperative Spinal Fractures-Prospective

    • 2. QI: Mild TBI protocol, before/after implementation at MVH South

  • Dr. Bruun:

    • 1. QI: EGS Tube for Acute Cholecystitis

•  Lost Fractures: Costal Cartilage Injury Multi Center Study w/ Stanford University:  We need several highly capable residents to assist in reading chest CT's for costal fractures and a few medical students to transcribe what the residents and Dr. Semon are seeing. Having them would speed up the process. Data due to Stanford by 9/30/2024

• ROOT Study (Fractures of One or Two Ribs): Secondary Data Study from the Chest International Injury Database of patients entered with only 1 or 2 rib fractures. The study is primarily descriptive in nature and will focus on identifying patient attributes that led to a surgeon performing Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures (SSRF) for only one or two rib fractures.

• Intracranial Pressure Monitory Study: Collaborative:  This study will look at the frequency of ICP monitoring and also utilize a very brief survey of the surgeons to assess whether & why/why not they implemented ICP monitoring given the patient's condition.

• AO Disassociation and Neurological Outcomes

• Evaluation of Short versus Extended Duration Antibiotic Therapy on Outcomes in Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection (DATa-NSTI Trial): This is also a multi-center study. 

Summer Research Opportunities: 

• List of Various Specialty Research Opportunities 

Specific Opportunities in Surgical-Related Fields

• American Association of Thoracic Surgery Summer Intern Scholarship Program

  • 8-week summer scholarship

• American Vascular Association - Student Research Fellowship

  • $3000 to work on a project of 2-12 months 

• American Association of Neurological Surgeons Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship

  • Summer research program for students interested in neurosurgery 

• Hospital for Special Surgery - Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship

  • 8-week summer research program for orthopedic surgery

  • $5,000 stipend

• Summer Oncology Research Fellowship - Children's Hospital LA Division of Hem-Onc

  • 8-15 weeks for students who are considering a biomedical career that involves cancer research

• Medical Student Summer Research Experience in Radiation Oncology

  • 10-week summer program for M1 students interested in Radiation Oncology 

• Plastic Surgery Summer Program - NYU Grossman School of Medicine

  • 8-week summer program that allows basic science or clinical research with NYU faculty 

• General Thoracic Surgery Service Summer Scholars Program (Mass Gen)

  • 8-week clinical and research program to give exposure to the specialty of thoracic surgery; students also have the opportunity to publish and conduct research

• Medical Student Summer Research Programs (UAB)

  • Various programs 

• MSK 2024 Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship

  • This program aims to enhance the students' knowledge about cancer and to stimulate research careers in this discipline

• Medical Student Summer Scholars Program

  • The Ross Student Research Internship is a 9-week long paid internship designed to expose first-year medical students, undergraduate and post-graduate students to clinical surgery, trauma, and research.

• Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Summer Externship

  • This program offers unique and early clinical exposure related to the care of those with acute and chronic disabilities for comprehensive rehabilitation with clinical and research opportunities.

  • Application Deadline: Passed (will re-open in November 2024)

Priti Parikh, Ph.D | General Surgery

Anil Krishnamurthy, MBBS |Orthopedic Surgery - Miami Valley

Catherine Sherwin, Ph.D | Pediatric Surgery

Michael Johnson, M.D. |Plastic Surgery

• American College of Surgeons

  • Clinical Congress 2025

  • October 4th-7th, 2025, Chicago, IL

• Annual Academic Surgical Conference

  • February 3rd-5th, 2026, Orlando, FL

Previous Conferences:

• American Transplant Congress

  • June 1st-5th, 2024, Philadelphia, PA

• Journal of the American College of Surgeons

• The American Journal of Surgery

• Annals of Surgery

• The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

• The Annals of Vascular Surgery