The SSAT Residents and Fellows Research Conference is a half-day session held annually in conjunction with Digestive Disease Week, at which the residents and fellows who serve as the presenting authors of the highest ranked abstracts from the Annual Meeting are given the opportunity to present their own work and hear and discuss the work of their colleagues from around the world. SSAT Board and Program, Research, and Resident Education Committee members spend an entire day with these young surgeons, with the top presenter(s) receiving modest award(s). This Conference provides the participants a stimulating educational environment and an opportunity to interact directly not only with senior members of the Society but also with their peers. This experience solidifies the residents and fellows’ knowledge and commitment to the research endeavors within the specialty, thereby strengthening the future of the specialty and the Society as well.
Past Award Recipients
40th Annual Residents and Fellows Research Conference
May 3, 2025
San Diego, CA
POSTOPERATIVE ANTIBIOTICS IN PEDIATRIC PERFORATED APPENDICITIS: COMPARATIVE OUTCOMES WITH MONOTHERAPY VS. MULTI-DRUG COVERAGE
Jaclyn Dempsey, MD
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX
MODIFYING THE GUT MICROBIOTA WITH PREBIOTICS STRENGTHENS THE GUT BARRIER AND PREVENTS THE DISSEMINATION AND GROWTH OF COLORECTAL CANCER CELLS
Roy Hajjar, MD
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
TUMOR BURDEN PREDICTS OUTCOMES AFTER CURATIVE RESECTION OF MULTIFOCAL INTRAHEPATIC CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA
Jun Kawashima, MD
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
INDUCIBLE GENETIC MOUSE MODEL OF INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS NEOPLASM USING IN VIVO ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS WITH CRISPR-CAS9
Hannah N. Rinehardt, MD
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
BIDIRECTIONAL PACLITAXEL PLUS NILOTINIB FOR PERITONEAL CARCINOMATOSIS: PHASE II CLINICAL TRIAL RESULTS
Shruthi R. Perati, MD
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, NJ
39th Annual Residents and Fellows Research Conference
May 18, 2024
Washington, DC
RISK FACTORS FOR REGROWTH AFTER NONOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT FOR RECTAL CANCER
Neal Bhutiani, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
ASSESSMENT OF STANDARD AND NOVEL HIGH RESOLUTION MANOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS AFTER MAGNETIC SPHINCTER AUGMENTATION: A COMPENSATORY INCREASE IN CONTRACTILITY IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN BOLUS CLEARANCE
Sven Eriksson, MD
Allegheny Health Network
Pittsburgh, PA
OVERALL SURVIVAL OF PATIENTS WITH CLINICAL COMPLETE RESPONSE AFTER RADIOCHEMOTHERAPY FOR ESOPHAGEAL CANCER: SHOULD A WATCHFUL WAITING STRATEGY BE THE NEW STANDARD OF CARE?
Sarah Gerber, MD
Universitat Bern
Bern, Switzerland
EXERCISE STIMULATES ANTITUMORAL IMMUNITY IN METASTATIC PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA
Mansour E. Riachi, MD
NYU Langone Health
New York, NY
ORAL MICROBIOME SIGNATURES AS POTENTIAL BIOMARKERS FOR GASTRIC CANCER RISK ASSESSMENT
Shruthi R. Perati, MD
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, NJ
38th Annual Residents and Fellows Research Conference
May 6, 2023
Chicago, IL
FEASIBILITY AND SAFETY OF TAILORED LYMPHADENECTOMY USING SENTINEL NODE NAVIGATED SURGERY WITH A HYBRID TRACER OF TECHNETIUM-99M AND INDOCYANINE GREEN IN HIGH-RISK T1 ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA PATIENTS
Charlotte Frederiks, M.D.
Amsterdam University Medical Centers
MUCOSA-ADHERENT BACTERIA REGULATE THE HEALING OF COLONIC ANASTOMOTIC WOUNDS IN COLORECTAL CANCER SURGERY
Roy Hajjar, M.D.
Université de Montréal
PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY OF COMPLIANCE WITH RISK-STRATIFIED POST-HEPATECTOMY PATHWAYS
Allison Martin, M.D., M.P.H.
MD Anderson Cancer Center
SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY INHIBITS TUMOR FORMATION IN A MOUSE MODEL OF FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS
Cullen F. Roberts, M.D.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
37th Annual Residents and Fellows Research Conference
May 21, 2022
San Diego, CA
34th Annual Residents and Fellows Research Conference
May 18, 2019
San Diego, CA
33rd Annual Residents and Fellows Research Conference
June 2, 2018
Washington, D.C.
32nd Annual Residents and Fellows Research Conference
May 6, 2017
Chicago, IL
31st Annual Residents and Fellows Research Conference
May 21, 2016
San Diego, CA
30th Annual Residents and Fellows Research Conference
May 15, 2015
Washington, D.C.
29th Annual Residents and Fellows Research Conference
May 2, 2014
Chicago, IL
28th Annual Residents and Fellows Research Conference
May 17, 2013
Orlando, FL
27th Annual Residents and Fellows Research Conference
May 12, 2012
San Diego, CA
26th Annual Residents and Fellows Research Conference
May 6, 2011
Chicago, IL
25th Annual Residents and Fellows Research Conference
May 1, 2010
New Orleans, LA
24th Annual Residents and Fellows Research Conference
May 30, 2009
Chicago, IL
23rd Annual Residents and Fellows Research Conference
May 17, 2008
San Diego, CA