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APMA is pleased to announce the winners of the APMA 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting Abstract Competition. The six categories of awards are as follows:
Outstanding Oral Abstract Presentation: The top three oral abstract presentations as selected by a panel of judges appointed by the Education Committee:
First place: Functional Comparison of Controversial Levels of Midfoot Amputation Relative to the Below-Knee Amputation: Does Length Preservation Always Equate to Function?—Craig J. Verdin, DPM, will receive $500 Second place: Guillotine Transmetatarsal Amputations with Staged Closure Promote Early Ambulation and Limb Salvage in Patients with Advanced Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia—Brian D. Lepow, DPM will receive $250
Co-authors: Jeffrey A. Ross, DPM, MD Alejandro Zulbaran-Rojas, MD
Third place tie: Interpositional Arthroplasty of the Fourth and Fifth Tarsometatarsal Joint with an Autologous Gastrocnemius Aponeurosis Graft: A Surgical Technique Guide and Case Series—Madison Leyk, DPM, will receive $100
Co-author: Scott F. Jorgensen, DPM
Third place tie: Effects of Bunion Surgery on Fall Risk: A Nationwide Database Study of 127,990 Older Adults with Hallux Valgus—Neveen Abuali, DPM, will receive $100
Co-authors: Adam E. Fleischer, DPM, MPH Rachel H. Albright, DPM, MPH Lowell S. Weil Jr., DPM, MBA Erin E. Klein, DPM, MS Dyane E. Tower, DPM, MPH, MS, CAE Zalak Bhatt
Outstanding Poster Abstract (Single Case or Small Case Study/Series): The top three poster abstracts as selected by a panel of judges appointed by the Education Meeting Committee:
First place: Healing Pedal Fissures: SkinIntegra Versus Urea-40 Cream— Rebecca A. Moellmer, DPM, will receive $500
Co-authors: Chandler P. Hubbard, DPM Faiza Zahid, DPM Reina Deogracias, DPM Abigail Ross
Second place: Prophylactic Sural Neurectomy with a Closed End Conduit Following Calcaneal Fractures: A Retrospective Case Study—Gayana H. Wanniarachchi, DPM, will receive $250
Co-authors: Roshni Patel, DPM Brandon R. Gumbiner, DPM
Third place: Staged Surgical Treatment and Management for Chronic Charcot Arthropathy with Patient-Specific Custom Implant: A Novel Technique—Sriya S. Babu, DPM, will receive $100
Co-author: Patrick R. Burns, DPM
Outstanding Poster Abstract(Large Case Study/Series): The top three poster abstracts as selected by a panel of judges appointed by the Education Meeting Committee:
First place:Correlation Between Hemoglobin A1c and Outcomes of Elective Foot and Ankle Surgery—Jennifer A. Skolnik, DPM, will receive $500
Co-authors: Nour Nassour, MD Nicole Sciotti Mohammad Shigri Shauna-Kay Rhooms
Second place:The Treatment of Charcot Neuroarthropathy Deformities with Flipper Foot and Ankle Arthrodesis Technique—Jeffrey D. Loveland, DPM,will receive $250
Co-authors: Aaron Mates, MD Brandon Denton, MBA
Third place:The Effect of Provider Type on Fall Risk in Older Adults with Foot Pain and Disability—Rachel H. Albright, DPM, MPH,will receive $100
Co-authors: Adam E. Fleischer, DPM, MPH Tarlan Sharifi Regan Bond, DPM Dyane E. Tower, DPM, MPH, MS, CAE
Outstanding Poster Abstract (Resident): The top three poster abstracts as selected by a panel of judges appointed by the Education Meeting Committee:
First place: Utilization of Pinch Grafts for Wound Closure: A Case Study— Shalvi Prasad, DPM, will receive $500
Co-authors: Haywan Chiu, DPM
Second place: Salvage of Traumatic Degloving Digital Injury Using Medicinal Leeches for Venous Congestion: A Case Report —Alisha P. Joshi, DPM, will receive $250
Third place: Twin Spires: Dual Intramedullary Nail Fixation for the Treatment of—Benjamin C. McManus, DPM, MBA, will receive $100
Co-author: Blake E. Pritchett, DPM Thomas S. Poynter, DPM, David Seligson, MD
Outstanding Poster Abstract (Student): The top three poster abstracts as selected by a panel of judges appointed by the Education Meeting Committee:
First place: Polymicrobial Biofilms in Terbinafine-Resistant Onychomycosis— Akashpreet S. Riar, will receive $500
Co-authors: Ramesh Seepersaud Parmita Basu, PhD Anthony R. Iorio, DPM, MPH
Second place: Potential Fall Risk of Control Ankle Motion Walker: A Balance Analysis—Tina Javanbakht, MPH, will receive $250
Co-authors: Abdulla M. Ismail Chia-Ding Shih, DPM, MPH, MA
Third place Tie: The Oblique Watermann Osteotomy for Joint Preservation in End-Stage Hallux Rigidus—Jack S. Arp will receive $100
Co-authors: Noora Hussain, MS Ashna Thaker, MS Aimen Khurram Katherine Roush Austin Wheatley Annika Waller Eric A. Arp, DPM
Third place Tie: An Anomaly of the Pes Anserinus and its Implications on Foot and Ankle Pathologies: A Case Study Using Cadaveric Dissection—Samreen Mushtaheed will receive $100
Co-authors: Stephanie Belovich, PhD Ian Farnkopf, PhD Kathy J. Siesel, DPM
Outstanding American Public Health Association (APHA) Foot and Ankle Health Section Student Poster Abstract and Arthur B. Helfand, DPM Award winner as selected by a panel of judges appointed by the Education Meeting Committee:
Preoperative Patient Expectations for Hallux Valgus Surgery—Jack S. Arp, will receive $250 and the Arthur B. Helfand, DPM Award
Co-authors: Rachel H. Albright, DPM, MPH Erin E. Klein, DPM, MS Zalak Bhatt Lowell S. Weil Jr., DPM, MBA Meghan Longacre, PhD Adam E. Fleischer, DPM, MPH
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