Presentations
Scholarly Activities Presentations July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025
Podium/Oral Presentation
K Cook. Double Barrel Wet Colostomy in Pelvic Exenteration: A Case Series. Presented at West Virginia ACS. 5.2025
J Cozza. Blunt Traumatic Atrio-Caval Rupture. Presented at West Virginia ACS. 5.2025
Reconstruction of a Traumatic Wrist Injury in a Pediatric Patient Using Ulnar Based Transposition Flap and Sural Nerve Cable Graft. R Norcini, A Turner, L Marku; H Rajjoub; H Uygur. Podium Presentation. Plastic Surgery – The Meeting 2024. September 27, 2024. (Oral Presentation)
Koenig ZA, Patel NK, Avasarala V, Turner A, Norcini R, Quiroga L, Maalouf M, Uygur HS, Brooke S, Woodberry K. Assessing Needlestick Injury Prevalence and Reporting Behaviors Among Resident Physicians. West Virginia American College of Surgeons Meeting. May 10, 2025 (The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, WV).
Koenig ZA, Patel NK, Avasarala V, Turner A, Norcini R, Quiroga L, Maalouf M, Uygur HS, Brooke S, Woodberry K. Assessing Needlestick Injury Prevalence and Reporting Behaviors Among Resident Physicians. 3rd Annual WV Healthcare Safety, Quality, and Experience Improvement (QI) Research Day. February 28, 2025 (Morgantown, WV).
Koenig ZA, Patel NK, Norcini R, Quiroga LH, & Woodberry KM. How Integrated is Plastic Surgery? A Cross-Country Curriculum Analysis of General Surgery Rotations. Plastic Surgery – The Meeting 2024. September 27, 2024. (Oral Presentation)
Koenig ZA, Rashid S, & Uygur HS. Impact of GLP-1 Agonists on Surgical Outcomes in Non-Bariatric Abdominal Panniculectomy: A 10-Year Retrospective Analysis. Ohio Valley Society of Plastic Surgeons Meeting 2025. May 15, 2025 (Oral Presentation)
Bohler WF, Burmeister J, Dimock E, Harvey A, Koenig ZA, Chaiyasate K, & Davidson C. Effect of USMLE Step 1 Pass/Fail Shift on Publication Behaviors among Successfully Matched Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency Applicants. American Council of Educators in Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting. February 21, 2025. (Oral Presentation)
Koenig ZA, Shabih S, & Uygur HS. Systematic Review and Novel Grading Algorithm for Blunt Cephalo-vascular Trauma. Plastic Surgery – The Meeting 2024. September 27, 2024. (Oral Presentation)
Nordstrom N, Smida T, Brown C, Wilson A, Bardes J. 30 Years After Mattox: A Contemporary Analysis of Prehospital Crystalloid Resuscitation After Trauma. Presented at Region 3 ACS Dec 2024.
Nicholas Nordstrom, MD, Tanner Smida, BS, James Bardes, MD, Daniel Grabo, MD, Kennith Coleman, DO, Lauren Dudas, MD, Nina Cohen, MD, Amanda Palmer, MD, Gregory Schaefer, DO, Allison Wilson, MD. Prehospital Rearrest Following Resuscitation From Traumatic Cardiac Arrest is Common and Associated with Increased Mortality. Trauma Competition Winner, WV ACS, May 2025
Patel NK, Henderson J, Uygur HS. Lateral Intercostal Artery Perforator Flap for Axillary Breast Reconstruction. West Virginia American College of Surgeons Meeting. 10 May 2025 (The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, WV). Oncologic Category, 1st Place
Koenig Z, Patel NK, Norcini R, Quiroga L, Woodberry KW. Comprehensive Rotation Analysis of Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency in the United States. American Council of Educators in Plastic Surgery (ACEPS) 2025 Winter Meeting. February 20-23, 2025 (Las Vegas, NV).
Oury, J., Anderson, R., Edwards G., Miranda M., Wilson, A. Chest Decompression for the Forward Medic: When, How, and the Future. Special Operation Medical Association Scientific Assembly, Raleigh, NC, May 08, 2025
Vail C., Riner D., Abbas, K., Oury, J., Paeascandola, L., Bartholomew, S., Wilson, A., Grabo, D. Association of Intraprocedural Stress Levels with Exam Outcomes in Special Operations Medic Training . Special Operation Medical Association Scientific Assembly, Raleigh, NC, May 06, 2025
Sestito M. Thakkar S. Schmidt CR. Boone BA. Robotic Total pancreatectomy with islet auto-transplantation for hereditary pancreatitis. Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Conference. March 2025.
Michael Sestito, Pearl Ma, Kelvin Higa, Salim Abunnaja. A Visual Concerto: Exploring the Wide Array of Bowel Obstructions Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. International Bariatric Club. September 2024.
BD Gillis, M Sestito, A Race, S Abunnaja, L Tabone, L Dudas, M Ritter, N Szoka. Bowel Anastomosis Simulation Trainer: A Novel Surgical Simulation Device to Enhance Surgical Education. ACS Clinical Congress. October 2024.
Successful Avoidance of Blood Transfusion in Craniofacial Surgery: the West Viriginia University Bloodless Surgery Protocol. Denisse Arteaga, MD, Hal S. Meltzer, MD, Acara Turner, MD, Sebastian M. Brooke, MD, Halil S. Uygur, MD, Pavithra Ellison, MD,Patrick Tomboc, DO, and P. David Adelson, MD. 2025 Annual American Association of Neurological Surgeons Meeting.
Niemann B, Ivey A, Hopen Q, Dakhlallah D, Brundage K, Mihalik N, Eubank T, Boone B. Neutrophil extracellular trap inhibition revitalizes PDAC immunotherapy responsiveness via reduced fibrosis and TCF1+CD8+ progenitor T cell expansion. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting. March 2025.
Coloarticular Fistula as a Long-Term Sequela of the Hartmann Procedure. Jeevan J. Murthy, Jake Engel, David DeFazio, Keri Mayers. Presented at ASCRS.
Double Autologous Pericardial Patch Reconstruction of Two-Cusp Aortic Valve Endocarditis with Annular Abscess. David DeFazio MD,Lawrence Wei MD, Nathan Kister MD, Luigi Lagazzi MD, Nestor Dans MD, Ali Darehzereshki MD, Goya Raikar MD, Vinay Badhwar MD, J. Hunter Mehaffey MD. Presented at STSA.
Automated Release of Surgical Pathology Reports to Residents via EMR:
A Quality Improvement/Educational Initiative Pilot Study. David DeFazio MD, Phillip Stone MD, Mary Kledzik MD, Kimberly Bailey MD, Brian Boone MD, Carl Schmidt MD, Kevin Train MD, Douglas Murken MD. Presented at West Virginia Chapter American College of Surgeons 74th Annual Meeting. Won 2nd place in General Surgery Resident Competition
Video Abstract Presentations
Abou Saleh I, Cunningham-Hill M, Patel S, Zimmerman P, Lyle CA, Oury, J. Repair of Internal Jugular Vein Aneurysm [Video Presentation]. Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM 2025); 2025 Jun; New Orleans, LA.
Gomez-Tschrnko M, Race A. Hiatal Hernia Repair in Kartagener’s Syndrome. Video presentation. SAGES Meeting 2025. Long Beach, CA, USA. March 15, 2025.
Poster Presentations
Koenig ZA, Bohler F, Hobbs G, & Woodberry KM. The Impact of ACGME Accreditation Status on Program Structure and Rotation Curricula in Integrated Plastic Surgery Programs. American Council of Educators in Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting. February 23, 2025.
Salisbury FK, Koenig ZA, & Uygur HS. Management of Frontal Bone Exposure Following Paramedian Forehead Flap for Nasal Reconstruction.West Virginia University Van Liere Conference. September 16, 2024.
M Sestito, A Ivey, H Pratt, B Niemann, T Eubank, BA Boone. Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Modulate Vascular Density and Function In Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Tumor Microenvironment. Pancreas Club. July 2024.
M Sestito, K Ranson, B Niemann, H Pratt, C Schmidt, BA Boone. Robotic Pancreaticoduodenectomy Mitigates The Impact of Frailty On Post-Operative Morbidity and Mortality. Pancreas Club. July 2024.
Sestito M. Stone P. Groves E. Hajiran A. Murken DR. Use of Double-Barrel Wet Colostomy as Part of Pelvic Exenteration: A Case Series. American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. May 2025.
Michael Sestito, Nova Szoka, Lawrence E. Tabone, Salim Abunnaja. From Crisis to Recovery: Emergency Gastric Bypass Reversal: Indications, Technical Pearls, and Outcomes. International Bariatric Club. September 2024.
Patel NK, Henderson J, Uygur HS. Lateral Intercostal Artery Perforator Flap for Axillary Breast Reconstruction. American Society of Plastic Surgeons. 2025 October 10 (New Orleans, LA).
Koenig ZA, Patel NK, Avasarala V, Turner A, Norcini R, Quiroga L, Maalouf M, Uygur HS, Brooke S, Woodberry K. Assessing Needlestick Injury Prevalence and Reporting Behaviors Among Resident Physicians. American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference. July 2025 (WV).
Brown C, Bardes J, Arefy Rahat, Lin Calvin, Bailey Hannah, Price Bradley, Bibb Minta, Dudas Lauren, Palmer Amanda, Boo Sohyun, McCloskey Justin, Joseph Joe, Gabrielle Anthony, & Wilson Alison. The Potential Economic Impact of Utilizing the mBIG Criteria in Trauma Transfer. 74th Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Chapter American College of Surgeons, Annual Resident Trauma Abstract Competition
Swords, J; Mayers, K; Train, K; Murken, D “Management of Extraperitoneal Rectal Perforation in 3 patients on Bevacizumab”; American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons May 2025
Gootee J, Weimer A, Race A, Reddy S, Abunnaja S, Tabone L, and Szoka N (March 2025) Fluorescence Guided Measuring and Foregut Applications of Novel Near-Infrared Calibration Tube. Presenting at SAGES, Long Beach, California.