The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS COT) hosts an annual Resident Trauma Paper Competition. Residents of all surgical specialties as well as trauma fellows from all COT Regions are eligible for participation.
All abstracts on trauma care including basic or clinical research are considered. Winning papers at the state level compete at the Region IX competition the first Saturday of December. Winners of the regional competitions are invited to participate in the national competition during the Committee on Trauma Annual Meeting. The abstracts and papers may have been previously presented but not published in any peer-reviewed journal before the annual national competition.
For additional information and timeline visit https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/about-trauma/trauma-papers
2022 Virtual SoCal Resident Paper Competition
First place: $500
Creatinine Clearance Predicts Dosing of Prophylactic Lovenox in TBI Patients by Greigory Park, MD Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
Second place: $300
Prospective Assessment of Social Determinants of Health and Length of Stay Among Emergency General Surgery and Trauma Patients by Nicole DePolo, MD Loma Linda University, Loma Linda
Third place: $200
The Risk of Hemorrhagic Complications After Anticoagulation Therapy in Trauma Patients: A Multicenter Evaluation by Cameron Ghafil, MD LAC+USC, Los Angeles
2022 ACS COT Region IX Resident Paper Competition Phoenix, AZ
Winners:
1st place: Dr. Greigory Park, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center – Creatinine Clearance Predicts Dosing of Prophylactic Lovenox in TBI Patients
2nd place: Dr. Nitasha Sharma, San Joaquin General Hospital – Aggressive Critical Care Management of the Potential Brain-Dead Donor
3rd place: Dr. Nicole DePolo, Loma Linda University Medical Center – Prospective Assessment of Social Determinants of Health and Length of Stay Among Emergency General Surgery and Trauma Patients
2022 Virtual SoCal Resident Paper Competition
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center hosted the 2019 Region IX Residents Trauma Paper Competition