Conference Awards

Case Report Category

1^st Place

Tuyet Ha Nguyen, M.D.

University of Texas
Health Sciences Center;
San Antonio, TX

Massive Transfusion in a Patient with Placenta Percreta Invading the Urinary Bladder

2^nd Place

Angelina Sawicki-Scott, M.D.

Texas A&M
College of Medicine;
Temple, TX

The Difficult Obstetric Airway: A Review and Case of Morquio Syndrome with Juvenile Polyarticular Arthritis

3rd Place

Shital Patel, M.D.

University of Mississippi School of Medicine;
Jackson, MS

Stiff Person Syndrome, Propofol and Anesthetic Considerations

4^th Place

Matthew Engel, M.D.

University of North Carolina School of Medicine;
Chapel Hill, NC

Fiberoptic-Assisted Extraction of Endotracheal Tube Secretions Using a Fogarty Arterial Embolectomy Catheter
in a Patient with ARDS and a Known Difficult Airway

Literature Research Category

1^st Place

Eric Glenn, M.D.

Tulane University
School of Medicine;
New Orleans, LA

Anesthetic Consideration of a Patient with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

2^nd Place

Megha Karkera, M.D.

University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences;
Little Rock, AR

Comparison of Caudal Block Contents
in the Pediatric Population

3^rd Place

Adam D. White, M.D.

University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences;
Little Rock, AR

Anesthesia-Related Learning Disabilities in the Pediatric Population

Original Review Category

1^st Place

Anna Woodbury, M.D.

Emory University
School of Medicine;
Atlanta, GA

Optimizing Thrombin Concentration to Preserve and Promote Neuronal Growth
and Viability

2^nd Place

Nick Sparler, M.D.

Wake Forest University
School of Medicine;
Winston-Salem, NC

Video Laryngoscopy: Despite an Excellent View, Still Can’t Intubate More than a Few

3^rd Place

Arthur J. Vaught, M.D.

University of Florida
College of Medicine;
Gainesville, FL

Acute Kidney Injury in the Gynecologic Surgical Patient