The 2021 Albert B. Ferguson, Jr, MD Resident Research Day was held earlier this morning, Wednesday, May 19th, 2021. James J. Irrgang, PT, PhD, FAPTA, served as the 2021 Albert B. Ferguson, Jr, MD Visiting Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Irrgang is well known to us as he serves as the Vice Chair of Clinical Outcomes Research in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as well as being the Professor & Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Irrgang’s presentation this morning was entitled “Clinical Research and Quality Improvement in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine.”
As the Ferguson Visiting Professor, Dr. Irrgang also served as judge to select the best resident presentations in two categories. We are pleased to announce this year’s resident winners are:
Best Junior Presentation:
Sumail Bhogal, MD
Shining a Light on Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcoma Surgical Margins with Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Angiography
Faculty Advisors: Kurt Weiss, MD and Rebecca Watters, PhD
Best Senior Presentations:
Lorraine Boakye, MD
Administration of Prophylactic Enoxaparin on the Morning of Surgery Does Not Increase Risk of Blood Transfusion or Wound Drainage following Internal Fixation of Geriatric Femur Fractures
Faculty Advisor: Gele Moloney, MD
Ravi Vaswani, MD
Glenoid Radius of Curvature and Humeral Head Volume are Associated with Postoperative Dislocation Following Arthroscopic Bankart Repair
Faculty Advisor: Albert Lin, MD
Congratulations to this year’s awardees! The monetary awards are generously provided by Dr. Jack Smith, President of the Pitt Orthopaedic Alumni Association, and we would like to thank Dr. Smith and the Alumni Association for their continued support.
We thank Dr. Irrgang again for his interesting presentation and all those who attended and participated in this morning’s event.
