Residents completing basic science and/or clinical research have successfully submitted abstracts to present at local, regional, and national meetings. Both platform and poster presentations have been given at meetings hosted by the Academic Surgical Congress, American Burn Association, American Colleges of Surgeons, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Society of Surgical Oncology, and many others.

A listing of selected titles of presentations given over the 2017-2018 academic year is as follows:    

• Outcomes for Gastrostomy Placement in the Setting of Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis
• Biologic Effects and Long-Term Outcomes in Neonatal Gastroschisis (BELONG) Study
• Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy with Immediate Reconstruction: A Safe and Effective Option for Overweight and Obese Women?
• MnT4MPyP Enhances Ascorbate-Induced Radiosensitization in Pancreatic Cancer (PDAC)
• Ascorbate Decreases Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) in Mice
• Treatment & Prognosis of Rectal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Analysis of the National Cancer Database
• Invasive Fungal Infections in Burns 
• A population-based Validation of the New AJCC Subclassification of Anal Squamous Cell Cancer Stage II A and B
• The Pancreas as a Site of Metastasis or Second Primary in Patients with Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors
• Effective Cytoreduction Can Be Achieved in Patients with Numerous Neuroendocrine Tumor Liver Metastases
• A Population-based Validation of the Notch Activation in Endothelial Cells by the S. Aureus Toxin HLA Circumvents Transcription of Canonical Downstream Targets
• A 5-year Longitudinal Study of Factors Influencing Surgery as a Career Choice in Medical Students: Analysis of the First Cohort from the Start of Medical School to Matriculation
• Risk Factors for 30-day Readmission Following Adrenalectomy
• Genetic Testing in Breast Cancer Patients: Do Mutations Other than BRCA Make a Difference in Surgical Decision Making?
• Pediatric Trauma Center Verification Improves Clinical Care and Reduces Charges in Children with Blunt Splenic Injury 
• The Impact of Patient Demographics vs. Tumor Factors on the Prognosis of Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated with Standard Chemoradiation Therapy.
• The Equivalence of Short-term Perioperative Outcomes Among Pediatric Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic and Open Ileoanal Pouch Anastomosis
• The Impact of Multiagent Chemoradiation Treatment vs. Radiation With or Without Monoagent Chemotherapy on the Prognosis of Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma