Carleen Cuevas

Is Fear of Burnout a Good Reason to Avoid a Career in Surgery for  Female Medical Students?
Mentor:   Natasha Keric, MD
Affiliation:  Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix

Jorge Gonzalez

Evaluation of Second Esmarch Application on Intravenous Regional Anesthesia Effectiveness
Mentor:   Tolga Turker, MD
Affiliation:  Banner - University Medical Center South Campus

Yerina Hur

Fractures in the Setting of Constriction Band Syndrome: A Case Series
Mentor:  Melissa Esparza, MD
Affiliation:  Phoenix Children's Hospital

• SP Published

  • Cho Y, Qubain L, Esparza M, Karlen J, Schaub T, Belthur MV. Fractures in the Setting of Constriction Band Syndrome: A Case Series of Three Patients with Extremity Fractures at the Site of a Constriction Band. Children (Basel). 2022 Jun 12;9(6):876. doi: 10.3390/children9060876. PMID: 35740813; PMCID: PMC9221816.

Colin Hurkett

Acute Appendicitis During, Before and After the Initial COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown: A Single- Center Review in Arizona
Mentor:  Zola Trotter, MD
Affiliation: Valleywise Health Medical Center

Ritwik Keshav

Head Trauma as Donor Cause of Death Has Increased Graft Rejection Among  Liver Transplant Recipients
Mentor:  Michael Fallon, MD
Affiliation:  Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix

• Presented SP

  • Keshav, RA., Fabrega, S., Rangan, P., Lifshitz, J., Zucker, K., Sadjadi, R., Nathan, R., Han, M., Wijarnpreecha, K., Fallon, M. & Rubin, M.. (2023, November 11). Head Trauma as Donor Cause of Death is Associated with Increased Graft Rejection Among Liver Transplant Recipients [Poster presented]. American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases - The Liver Meeting/Boston, MA, USA. 

Aaron Cedric Llanes

Lower Extremity Injuries Predominate in American High School  Tennis Players: a 4-year Epidemiologic Study
Mentor:   Matthew T. Neal, MD
Affiliation:  Mayo Clinic

• SP Published

  • Llanes AC, Deckey DG, Zhang N, Curley KL, Curley ND, Chhabra A, Neal MT. Lower-Extremity Injuries Predominate in American High School Tennis Players. Arthrosc Sports Med Rehabil. 2023 Oct 19;5(6):100811. doi: 10.1016/j.asmr.2023.100811. PMID: 37881190; PMCID: PMC10594564.

Meher Rakkar

Artificial Intelligence as a Treatment Outcome of Feminization  Laryngoplasty in the Care of Transgender Patients
Mentor:  James P. Thomas, MD
Affiliation:  Providence Portland Medical Center

Christina Regan

Minimum 5-Year Results of Long-Term Mehta Casting and Bracing:  The Story Isn’t Over until Skeletal Maturity
Mentor:   Noelle Larson, MD
Affiliation:  Mayo Clinic

• SP Published

  • Regan CM, Milbrandt TA, Stans AA, Grigoriou E, Larson AN. Minimum 5-Year Results of Elongation Derotation Flexion Casting for Early Onset Scoliosis: The Story Is Not Over Until Skeletal Maturity. J Pediatr Orthop. 2023 Sep 1;43(8):475-480. doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000002457. Epub 2023 Jun 26. PMID: 37367699

Varun Sharma

Bacterial Pathogens in Periprosthetic Joint Infections
Mentor:  Alex Mclaren, MD
Affiliation: Arizona State University

• "Above and Beyond" Recognition from Mentor

  • SP Published - Unpublished Manuscript

    • Sharma V, Mclaren A, Wu Y, Pinkston E, Castadena P, Deirmengian C.  (2023) Prevalence of Bacterial Pathogens in Periprosthetic Joint Infections.  Clinical Journal Of Infectious Disease Unpublished Manuscript 

Armin Talle

Very Low Risk for In-hospital Adverse Outcome Such as ST-elevation or Non- ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction in Patients Undergoing Knee Surgery
Mentor:  Mohammad Reza Movahed, MD, PhD
Affiliation: ​Tucson VA Medical Center

• SP Published

  • Talle A, Hashemzadeh M, Movahed MR. Very Low Risk for In-hospital Adverse Outcome Such as ST-elevation or Non-ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction in Patients Undergoing Knee Surgery. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2022 Jun 1;21(2):84-86. doi: 10.1097/HPC.0000000000000282. Epub 2022 Feb 28. PMID: 35234177

Maxine Yang

The Presence of Preoperative Bacteremia and its Impact on  Surgical Appendectomy Outcomes
Mentor:  Hahn Soe-Lin, MD
Affiliation: St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center