Resident Meeting and Conferences

Showcase your research at the 2026 Annual Clinical Assembly!
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2025 Video Competition Winners

Recipient

Author

Specialty

Title of Video

First Place

Jordan Sarver, D.O.

Urological Surgery

Robotic Assisted Correction of a Retrocaval Ureter via a Ureteroureterostomy

Second Place

Elise Yoon, D.O.

Neurological Surgery

Resection of Fourth Ventricular Neurocysticercosis Causing Obstructive Hydrocephalus

Third Place

Morgan Clare, D.O.

General Surgery

Robotic Assisted Release of a Single Adhesive "Glory Band" in the Setting of a Closed Loop Obstruction



2025 ACOS Robert C. Erwin Literary Award Winners

Award

Author Name

Title

Surgical Discipline

1st Place

Zachary Brennan, D.O.

TAVR Offers No Early Recovery Advantage Over SAVR in Patients Under 75 Cardiothoracic Surgery

Cardiothoracic Surgery

2nd Place

Bhairav Shah, D.O.

The Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Ostomy Reversal in Diverticulitis General Surgery

General Surgery

3rd Place

Vaishnavi Patel, D.O.

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and its Association with Overactive Bladder Urological Surgery

Urological Surgery

4th Place

Grace Young, D.O.

The Use of COMLEX Performance When Considering DO Applicants to General Surgery Residency Programs

General Surgery

5th Place

Zachariah Taylor, D.O.

Minder matters: how anxiety and depression shape low-risk prostate cancer active surveillance adherence in a real-world population

Urological Surgery



2025 ACOS Resident Achievement Award Winners

Resident Achievement Award Winner

Specialty

Zachariah Taylor, D.O.

Program Director: Laurence Belkoff, D.O., FACOS
Main Line Health

Urological Surgery

Michael Smith, D.O.

Program Director: James Siegert, D.O.
Franciscan Health Olympia Fields

Urological Surgery

David Mann, D.O.

Program Director: Colleen Donahue, MD
Medical University of South Carolina

General Surgery

Elise Yoon, D.O.

Program Director: Boyd Richard, D.O.
Henry Ford Providence/Michigan State University

Neurological Surgery


Congratulations to the 2025 winners!