73rd Ferdinand C. Valentine Resident Essay Meeting |
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April 10th, 2024 |
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| Program Chairs: | Alexander Small, MD Allison Polland, MD |
| Judge(s): | Jennifer Anger, MD Jill Buckley, MD Aditya Bagrodia, MD |
| Debate Winners: | |
| Urologic Oncology: | |
| 1st Place | Six-Year Follow-Up of a Multiparametric MRI-selected Prostate Cancer Active Surveillance Cohort Demonstrates Safe Reduction in Biopsy Intensity Jesse Persily |
| 2nd Place | Superiority of Midlife Baseline Prostate-Specific Antigen value over PSA Doubling Time and Velocity in the Prediction of Lethal Prostate Cancer Development, and Mortality: a System Wide Analysis of a Racially Diverse North American Cohort Matthew Davis |
| 3rd Place | Germline BAP1 Mutations and Renal Cell Carcinoma: Clinical Course and Outcomes From 11 Patients Lina Posada Calderone |
| Benign Urology: | |
| 1st Place | Immunogenomic Evidence that Interstitial Cystitis with Hunner Lesions is an Autoimmune Condition Inna Tabansky Stern |
| 2nd Place | Routine Surveillance Following Augmentation Cystoplasty: Are Pediatric Urologists Still Doing Cystos Allison Grant |
| 3rd Place | Complications of Testicular Implants during Transmasculine Gender Affirming Surgery Patrick Ho |
| Clinical Practice and Quality Management and Socioeconomics(Including Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives): |
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| 1st Place | A Cross-Sectional Single-Institution Analysis of Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Symptoms Among Surgeons and Factors Influencing Adoption and Use of a Wearable Surgical Ergonomic Device: An In-Depth Analysis of a Urologic Surgeon Sub-Group Mark Farha |
| 2nd Place | High Nocturia Prevalence in People Living with Disabilities: A National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Analysis Marlie Elia |
| 3rd Place | Sexual Harassment in Urology: Society of Women in Urology Census Findings Abstract Arshia Sandozi (Presented by Katiana Vazquez Rivera) |
| Posters: | |
| 1st Place | Revision Rates for Rechargeable Sacral Neuromodulation Devices in the Management of Overactive Bladder Zhenyue Huang |
| 2nd Place | Use of Decipher Prostate Biopsy Test in Subjects with Favorable-Risk Disease Undergoing Conservative Management in the SEER Registry Mary Oakley Strasser (Presented by Jacob Lang) |
| 3rd Place | Adverse Events Associated with the Penuma® Penile Implant: An Analysis of the Food and Drug Administration Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience Database Mariela Martinez |
| Program Chairs: | Gina Badalato, MD Alexander Small, MD |
| Judge(s): | Stephen Boorjian, MD Candace Granberg, MD Kevin Koo, MD |
| Debate Winners: | |
| Urologic Oncology: | |
| 1st Place | Oncologic Outcomes of Testosterone Therapy in Men on Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer: A Population-Based Analysis Elie Kaplan-Marans Maimonides Medical Center |
| 2nd Place | Potential Anticancer Effect of Bioactive Extract of Monk Fruit (Siraitia Grosvenori) on Prostate and Bladder Cancer Cells Rogerio Huang New York Medical College |
| 3rd Place | Partial Gland Cryoablation Outcomes for Localized Prostate Cancer in Patients With MRI-Visible and MRI-Invisible Lesions Alec Zhu NY Presbyterian Hospital/Cornell Med. Center |
| Honorable Mention | Impact of Genomic Testing on Urologists’ Treatment Preference in a High-Risk Population: A Randomized Trial Samuel Carbunaru New York University Langone Medical Center |
| Benign Urology: | |
| 1st Place | Maximizing Penile Prosthesis Length: Our Technique and Outcomes Shirin Razdan Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
| 2nd Place | The Exchangeability of KUB in the Workup of Bladder Bowel Dysfunction Patrick Ho (Presented by Alexandra Siegal) Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
| 3rd Place | Male-First Evaluation Reduces Costs and Time to Pregnancy: A Theoretical, Discrete-Time Markov Model of Infertile Couples with a Varicocele Albert Ha Columbia Univ. Phy. & Surg. |
| Clinical Practice and Quality Management: | |
| 1st Place | Predictors of Care-Seeking Behavior for Treatment of Urinary Incontinence in Men Dora Jericevic New York University Langone Medical Center |
| 2nd Place | Practice Patterns Affecting Delays in Care of Testicular Torsion Jennifer Lu SUNY at Stony Brook |
| Socioeconomics (Including Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives): | |
| 1st Place | Racial Disparities in Complications after Surgical Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse: An Analysis of Medical Comorbidities and Type of Surgery Arshia Aalami Harandi SUNY at Stony Brook |
| 2nd Place | Predictors of Timely and Delayed Urologic Evaluation Following Referral for Elevated PSA in a Diverse, Urban, High-Risk Population Priya Dave Einstein/Montefiore Hospital |
| 3rd Place | Urologists and LGBTQ Patients: A Qualitative Study of the Practice Patterns, attitudes and knowledge base of urologists toward their LGBTQ Patients Alex Xu New York University Langone Medical Center |
| Program Chairs: | Jane Cho, M.D. Gina Badalato, M.D. |
| Judge(s): | Isaac Y. Kim, M.D., Ph.D. Adam Hittelman, M.D., Ph.D. Daniel Petrylak, M.D. |
| Debate Winners: | |
| Clinical Category: | |
| 1st Place | Patterns of Antibiotic Resistance in Men Undergoing Serial Prostate Biopsy Alex Xu, MD (New York University Langone Medical Center |
| 2nd Place | Utility of Bandemia in Evaluation of Patients with Obstructive Urolithiasis Matthew Mikula, MD (Northwell Health) |
| 3rd Place | Predicting Major Ischemic Priapism: A Novel Dynamic Nomogram Based on Recurrent Ischemic Priapism Risk Factors Laurence Hou, MD (Hackensack Meridian Health |
| Honorable Mention | Predictors and Trends of Opioid-Sparing Radical Prostatectomy from a Large National Cohort Aaron Brant, MD (NY Presbyterian Hosp/Cornell Med. Ctr.) |
| Honorable Mention | Concurrent Systematic Biopsy may be Omitted in Men with PI-RADS 4/5 MRI undergoing MRI-fusion Targeted Prostate Biopsy Zachary Feuer, MD (New York University Langone Medical Center) |
| Socioeconomic Category: | |
| 1st Place | Low Reporting and Enrollment of Minorities in Genitourinary Oncology Trials Igor Inoyatov, MD (SUNY at Stony Brook) |
| 2nd Place | Race Trends in Patients Pursuing Minimally Invasive Sacrocolpopexy Annie Chen, MD (SUNY at Stony Brook) |
| Miscellaneous Category: | |
| 1st Place | Urology Resident Autonomy in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System Anh Nguyen, MD (Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School) |
| 2nd Place | Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitor Use and Progression to Heart Failure in Men with Coronary Artery Disease and Erectile Dysfunction Albert Ha, MD (Columbia Univ. Phy. & Surg.) |
| 3rd Place | Comparing the Cost-Effectiveness of Telemedicine versus Traditional Pathways for Outpatient Evaluation of Hematuria Kavita Gupta, MD (Einstein/Montefiore Hospital) |
| Laboratory Category: | |
| 1st Place | Anticancer Effect of Bioactive Extract of Poria Mushroom on Renal Cell Carcinoma: Alternative Therapeutic Implication Ashley Dixon, MD (New York Medical College) |
| Program Chairs: | Tricia Greene, M.D. Jane Cho, M.D. |
| Judge(s): | Daniel Barocas, M.D. Sam Chang, M.D. Nicole Miller, M.D. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville, TN |
| Debate Winners: | |
| Clinical Category: | |
| 1st Place | The Impact of Preoperative Oral Health on Buccal Mucosal Graft Histology Jane Kurtzman (Columbia Univ. Phys & Surgeons) |
| 2nd Place | Risk Stratification in Advanced Non-seminomatous Germ Cell Tumors (NSGCT): Validation of Age and Metastatic Disease Site to Improve the Traditional IGCCCG Risk Groups Arnav Srivastava (Rutgers – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School) |
| 3rd Place | The Effect of Pregnancy on Ureteral Decompression in Women with Obstructive Pyelonephritis from Nephrolithiasis: A Population-Based Analysis Connie Wang (Columbia Univ. Phys. & Surgeons) |
| Honorable Mention | Teardrop Urethral Mobilization and Advancement Repair for Distal Hypospadias Quincy Nang (New York Presbyterian/Cornell) |
| Honorable Mention | Using Competing Risk of Mortality to Inform the Transition from Prostate Cancer Active Surveillance to Watchful Waiting Borna Kassiri (New York University) |
| Socioeconomic Category: | |
| 1st Place | Factors Associated with Clinical Trial Participation for Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma Brian Shinder (Rutgers – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School) |
| Miscellaneous Category: | |
| 1st Place | Robotic Surgery Simulation League: Using Gamification to Increase Resident Engagement in Surgical Training George Moran (Columbia Univ. Phy. & Surgeons) |
| 2nd Place | Patient Safety in the Operating Room During Urologic Surgery: The OR Black Box Experience Leah Beland (Northwell Health) |
| 3rd Place | Feasibility of Skill Assessment Tool (C-SATS) At Health System Level – Implementation, Score Distribution, Skill Breakdown, and Trends in Participation Brian Dinerman (Lenox Hill Hospital) |
| Honorable Mention | Current Over-The-Counter Remedies for Urinary Tract Infection Treatment, Prevention, and Symptom Management Beth Edelblute (Mount Sinai) |
| Laboratory Category: | |
| 1st Place | Potentiation of Anticancer Effect by Combination of Mushroom Extract and Grapeseed Extract on Human Bladder Cancer Cells Jason Y. Elyaguov (New York Medical College) |
| 2nd Place | CYP21A2 Expression and Cortisol Production in a Human Adrenal Cell Line Kiersten Craig (New York Presbyterian/Cornell) |
| 3rd Place | Using CT-guided stereotactic prostate radiation therapy (CT-SPRT) to assess sustained murine prostate ablation Ali Zahalka (Mount Sinai) |
| Resident Essay Chairman: | Sven Wenske, M.D. |
| Resident Essay Co-Chairman: | Reza Mehrazin |
| Judge(s): | Chris M. Gonzalez, M.D. – Loyola University Medical Center David F. Penson, M.D. – Vanderbilt University J. Stuart Wolf, M.D. – Dell Medical School of the University of Texas at Austin |
| Debate Winners: | |
| Clinical Category: | |
| 1st Place | Follow-up of Men with PI-RADS 4 or 5 Regions of Interest on Prostate MRI and Non-Malignant Pathologic Findings on Initial Targeted Prostate Biopsy Xiaosong Meng (New York University Langone Medical Center) |
| 2nd Place | Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Ultrasound Fusion Biopsy Provides No Additional Benefit Compared with Systematic Biopsy that Includes Two Anterior Cores Joshua Sterling (Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical Sch.) |
| 3rd Place (Tie) | Time to Decompression of Stone Related Obstructive Pyelonephritis is Associated with Increased Odds of Death in the National Inpatient Sample Christopher Haas (Columbia Univ. Phy. & Surg.) |
| 3rd Place (Tie) | The Impact of Complete TURBT for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Prior to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on Subsequent Response and Downstaging Jamie Pak (Columbia Univ. Phy. & Surg.) |
| Honorable Mention | Patterns in Dropout Rate for Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation William T. Berg (SUNY at Stony Brook) |
| Honorable Mention | Prognostic Value of Histologic Subtype and Treatment Modality for T1a Kidney Cancers Michael Siev (New York University Langone Medical Center) |
| Miscellaneous Category/Socioeconomic: | |
| 1st Place | Evaluation of Asymptomatic Microscopic Hematuria: Risk of Malignancy and Estimated Medicare Cost Based on Hematuria Risk Index Daniel Rabinowitz (Maimonides Medical Center) |
| 2nd Place | Impact of Actue Care Urology Service on Care of the Acute Stone Patient Nina Mikkilineni (Columbia Univ. Phy. & Surg.) |
| 3rd Place | Cost Comparison of Intra-Detrusor Injection of Botulinum Toxin Versus Augmentation Cystoplasty for Refractory Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity in Children Soo Jeong Kim (NY Presbyterian Hosp/Cornell Med. Ctr.) |
| Basic Science Category: | |
| 1st Place | Prevention of Calcium Oxalate Stone Formation with Poria Mushroom Extract with Antioxidant Activity Neel Patel (New York Medical College) |
| 2nd Place | A Chemical-Genetic Approach to Identify Drugs for Inducing CYP21A2 Expression Kiersten Craig (NY Presbyterian Hosp/Cornell Med. Ctr) |
| Resident Essay Chairman: | Lee Richstone, M.D. |
| Resident Essay Co-Chairman: | Sven Wenske, M.D. |
| Judge(s): | David W. Lin, M.D., John L. Gore, M.D., Jonathan Harper, M.D. University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle, Washington |
| Debate Winners: | |
| Clinical Category: | |
| 1st Place | Postoperative pain management with ketamine in living donor nephrectomies: Preliminary results from a double-blind placebo-controlled randomized control trial Wai Lee – SUNY at Stony Brook |
| 2nd Place | The Role of Inheritance in the Development of Adolescent Varicoceles Luke Griffiths – Northwell Health |
| 3rd Place | Discordance Between Ureteroscopic Biopsy and Final Pathology for Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Justin Matulay – Columbia Univ. Phy. & Surg. |
| Honorable Mention | Comparison of Precision and Speed in Laparoscopic and Robot-Assisted Surgical Task Performance Jaime Cavallo – Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
| Honorable Mention | Does the Use of Antibiotic prophylaxis in Patients over 70 Years of Age Prior to Urodynamic Testing Reduce the Rate of Symptomatic Urinary Tract Infection? Anika Ackerman – Columbia Univ. Phy. & Surg. |
| Basic Science Category: | |
| 1st Place | Prophylactic Effect of Ethyl Pyruvate on Renal Ischemic/Reperfusion Injury in Rats Roger Yau – New York Medical College |
| 2nd Place | Identifying differential mRNA and miRNA expression patterns in dilated and collapsed seminiferous tubules reveals unique “niche” for spermatogenesis in men with severe forms of infertility Sameer Mittal – NY Presbyterian Hosp/Cornell Med. Ctr. |
| 3rd Place | Oxidative Stress-Mediated Anticancer Effect of Mushroom Extract on Bladder Cancer Cells Cristina Fox – New York Medical College |
| Socioeconomic Category: | |
| 1st Place | PSA Screening of Black Veterans Before, During, and After Implementation of the 2012 US Preventative Services Task Force Recommendations Tope Rude – New York University Langone Medical Center |
| Miscellaneous: | |
| 1st Place | The National Resident Matching Program Code of Conduct: What is the Degree of Compliance During the Urology Match Process? Elisabeth Sebesta – Columbia Univ. Phy. & Surg. |
| 2nd Place | Patterns of resource utilization in men with metastatic prostate cancer and their associated outcomes Ron Golan – NY Presbyterian Hosp/Cornell Med. Ctr. |
| Moderator(s): | Ephrem Olweny, M.D. Lee Richstone, M.D. |
| Judge(s): | Manoj Monga, M.D. Michael Gong, M.D. Courtenay Moore, M.D. The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH |
| Debate Winners: | |
| Clinical Category: | |
| 1st Place | Increasing Incidence of High Grade Prostate Cancer Among Veterans After the United States Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Against Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening Michael Piecuch – Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School |
| 2nd Place | Learning Curve of MRI-US Fusion-Targeted Biopsy: Improvements in Cancer Detection Over Time Xiaosong Meng – New York University Medical Ctr. |
| 3rd Place | Bulbocavernosus Muscle Area as a Novel Quantitative Measure for Androgen Deficiency Sandeep Gurram – Northwell Health |
| Honorable Mention | Assessment of Physicians’ Practices in Screening and Treating Women with Bacteriuria Erica Ditkoff – Columbia Univ. Phy. & Surgeons |
| Honorable Mention | Role of Personality in Reported Stent-Related Quality of Life Following Ureteroscopic Stone Extraction Rachel Davis – Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Med Sch |
| Basic Science Category: | |
| 1st Place | Combination of Hexaminolevulinate (Cysview®) and Blue Light Irradiation Induce Cell Death in Patient-Derived Bladder Cancer Organoid Model: A Pilot Study Justin Matulay – Columbia Univ. Phy. & Surgeons |
| 2nd Place | Is Ethyl Pyruvate a More Effective Agent for Prevention of Oxidative Renal Cell Injury? Jonathan Bloom – New York Medical College |
| 3rd Place | Pilot Study Results Using Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting of Spermatozoa from Testis Tissue: A Novel Method for Sperm Isolation after TESE Sameer Mittal – NY Presbyterian Hosp/Cornell Med. Ctr. |
| Socioeconomic Category: | |
| 1st Place | Healthcare Disparities: Do Medicaid Patients Have Longer Wait Times for Outpatient Urological Evaluation? Wai Lee – SUNY Stony Brook |
| 2nd Place | Patient Race and Clinical Benefit are Associated with Receipt of Definitive Prostate Cancer Treatment in the Veterans Health Administration Temitope Rude – New York University Med. Center |
| Miscellaneous: | |
| 1st Place | Frequency, Quality and Utility of Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Parth Modi – Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Med Sch |
| 2nd Place | A Historical Comparison of the Preeminent Urology Textbooks of 1917 and 2017: 100 Years of Urology Alon Mass – New York University Med. Center |
| 3rd Place | Gender Differences in Academic Productivity and Promotion Among Top Urologists Marissa Theofanides – Columbia Univ. Phy. & Surgeons |
| Moderator(s): | Danil Makarov, MD, MHS Ephrem Olweny, M.D. |
| Judge(s): | Aria F. Olumi, MD Cidgem Tanrikut, M.D. Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts |
| Debate Winners: | |
| Clinical Category: | |
| 1st Place | Alon Mass – New York University Langone Medical Center |
| 2nd Place | Daniel Lee – NY Presbyterian Hosp/Cornell Med. Ctr. |
| 3rd Place | Brenton Armstrong – New York University Langone Medical Center |
| Transitional (Research) Category: | |
| 1st Place | Aryeh Keehn – Einstein/Montefiore Hospital |
| 2nd Place | Sandeep Mehta – Northwell Health |
| 3rd Place | Aaron Bernie – NY Presbyterian Hosp/Cornell Med. Ctr |
| Honorable Mention: | |
| 1st | Carrie Mlynarczyk – Columbia Univ. Phy. & Surg |
| 2nd | Dmitry Volkin – New York University Langone Medical Cente |
| 3rd | Xiaosong Meng – New York University Langone Medical Center |
| 4th | Daniel Sagalovich – Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
| Program Chairman: | John Phillips, M.D. |
| Program Vice-Chairman: | Danil Makarov, M.D., MHS |
| Judge(s): | Jaime Landman, M.D. and Edward Uchio, M.D., University of CA, Irvine Jeffrey Cadeddu, M.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| Debate Winners: | |
| 1st Place Laboratory | Neal Patel (Rutgers – Robert Wood Johnson) |
| 2nd Place Laboratory | Jennifer Reifsnyder (Cornell) |
| 3rd Place Laboratory | Amul Bhalodi (New York Medical College) |
| 1st Place Clinical | Matthew Pagano (Columbia) |
| 2nd Place Clinical | Christopher Hartman (North Shore/LIJ Health System) |
| 3rd Place Clinical | Ghalib Jibara (Brookdale) |
| Honorable Mention | Jennifer Ahn (Columbia) Alison Levy (Columbia) |
| 1st Place Misc. | Danny Lascano (Columbia) |
| Program Chairman: | Ivan Colon, M.D. |
| Program Vice-Chairman: | John Phillips, M.D. |
| Judge(s): | Stephen Nakada, M.D., Daniel Williams IV, M.D., Sara L. Best, M.D., Univ. of Wisconsin Sch. Of Medicine |
| Debate Winners: | |
| 1st Place Laboratory | Lamont Barlow, M.D. (Columbia) |
| 2nd Place Laboratory | Nikhil Waingankar, M.D. (North Shore/LIJ Health System) |
| 3rd Place Laboratory | Eric Moskowitz, M.D. (New York Medical College) |
| 1st Place Clinical | Nicholas Hauser, M.D. (Cornell) |
| 2nd Place Clinical | Sameer Mittal, M.D. (Cornell) |
| 3rd Place Clinical | Blake Wynia, M.D. (NYU) |
| Honorable Mention | Jason Van Batavia, M.D. (Cornell) Joshua Gonzalez, M.D. (Mount Sinai) |
| 1st Place Misc. | Blake Alberts, M.D. (Columbia) |
| 2nd Place Misc. | Simpa Salami, M.D. (North Shore/LIJ Health System) |
| 3rd Place Misc. | Geoffrey Gaunay, M.D. (Beth Israel) |
| Honorable Mention | David Peters, M.D. (Brookdale) |
| Program Chairman: | Douglas Scherr, M.D. |
| Program Vice-Chairman: | Ivan Colon, M.D. |
| Judge(s): | Glenn Preminger, M.D., John Wiener, M.D., Brant Inman, M.D., Duke Univ. Med. Ctr. |
| Debate Winners: | |
| 1st Place Clinical | Lamont Barlow, M.D. (Columbia) |
| 2nd Place Clinical | Joshua Gonzalez, M.D. (Mount Sinai) |
| 3rd Place Clinical | Kara Watts, M.D. (Montefiore) |
| 1st Place Laboratory | Jason Van Batavia, M.D. (Columbia) |
| 2nd Place Laboratory | Drew Freilich, M.D. (New York Medical College) |
| 3rd Place Laboratory | Christopher Barbieri, M.D. (Cornell) |
| 1st Place Misc. | Steven Weissbart, M.D. (Mount Sinai) |
| 2nd Place Misc. | Benjamin Katz, M.D. (Beth Israel) |
| 3rd Place Misc. | Gina Badalato, M.D. (Columbia) |
| Program Chairman: | David Shin, M.D. |
| Program Vice-Chairman: | Douglas Scherr, M.D. |
| Judge(s): | Ballentine Carter, M.D., Robert Getzenberg, M.D., Alan Partin, M.D., Johns Hopkins Univ. Sch. Of Medicine |
| Debate Winners: | |
| 1st Place Clinical/Misc | Christopher Deibert, M.D. (Columbia) |
| 2nd Place Clinical/Misc | Puneet Masson, M.D. (Cornell) |
| 3rd Place Clinical/Misc | Kelly C. Johnson, M.D. (UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson) |
| Honorable Mention | Ranjith Ramasamy, M.D. (Cornell) Dara Holder, M.D. (Columbia) |
| 1st Place Laboratory | Yongpeng Gu, M.D. (Brookdale) |
| 2nd Place Laboratory | Bobby Alexander, M.D. (New York Medical College) |
| 3rd Place Laboratory | Soroush Rais-Bahrami, M.D. (North Shore/LIJ Health System) |
| Honorable Mention | Piruz Motamedinia, M.D. (Columbia) |
| Program Chairman: | Sovrin Shah, M.D. |
| Program Vice-Chairman: | David Shin, M.D. |
| Judge(s): | Richard Babayan, M.D., David Wang, M.D., Mark Katz, M.D. – Boston Univ. Sch. Of Med. |
| Debate Winners: | |
| 1st Place Clinical | Timothy Siegrist, M.D. (Lenox Hill) |
| 2nd Place Clinical | Mark Silva, M.D. (Columbia) |
| 3rd Place Clinical | Boback Berookhim, M.D. (Mount Sinai) |
| Honorable Mention | Elena Gimenez, M.D. (Cornell) Matthew Wosnitzer, M.D. (Columbia) |
| 1st Place Laboratory | Andrew Fishman, M.D. (NY Medical College) |
| 2nd Place Laboratory | David Green, M.D. (NY Medical College) |
| 3rd Place Laboratory | Bobby Alexander, M.D. (NY Medical College) |
| Honorable Mention | Jonathan Schiff, M.D. (Cornell) Ricardo Gonzalez, M.D. (Cornell) |
| 1st Place Misc. | Justin Friedlander, M.D. (North Shore/LIJ) |
| 2nd Place Misc. | Ruben Pinkhasov, M.D. (Maimonides) |
| 3rd Place Misc. | Drew Freilich, M.D. (New York Medical College) |
| Program Chairman: | John Phillips, M.D. |
| Program Vice-Chairman: | Sovrin Shah, M.D. |
| Judge(s): | Eric A. Klein, M.D., Daniel A. Shoskes, M.D., Sandip P. Vasavada, M.D. – Cleveland Clinic |
| Debate Winners: | |
| 1st Place Clinical/Misc | Jason Van Batavia , M.D. (Columbia) |
| 2nd Place Clinical/Misc | Piruz Motamedinia, M.D. (Columbia) |
| 3rd Place Clinical/Misc | Puneet Masson M.D. (Cornell) |
| Honorable Mention | Brian Marks, M.D. (SUNY Downstate) |
| 1st Place Laboratory | Bobby Alexander, M.D. (NY Medical College) |
| Honorable Mention | Peter Stahl, M.D. (Cornell) |
| Program Chairman: | Jaspreet Sandhu, M.D. |
| Program Vice-Chairman: | John Phillips, M.D. |
| Judge(s): | Leonard Gomella, M.D., Edouard J. Trabulsi, M.D., Patrick J. Shenot, M.D. – Thomas Jefferson Med. College |
| Debate Winners: | |
| 1st Place Clinical | Puneet Masson, M.D. (Cornell) |
| 2nd Place Clinical | Gina Badalato, M.D. (Columbia) |
| 3rd Place Clinical | Benjamin Dillon, M.D. (Mount Sinai) |
| Honorable Mention | Sylvia Montag, M.D. (North Shore/LIJ) Ranjith Ramasamy, M.D. (Cornell) |
| 1st Place Laboratory | Eric Kauffman, M.D. (Cornell) |
| 2nd Place Laboratory | Catherine Seager, M.D. (Columbia) |
| 3rd Place Laboratory | Stephen Poon, M.D. Columbia |
| Honorable Mention | Peter Stahl, M.D. (Cornell) |
| 1st Place Misc. | Israel Nosnik, M.D. (Beth Israel) |
| Program Chairman: | Robert Moldwin, M.D. |
| Program Vice-Chairman: | Jaspreet Sandhu, M.D. |
| Judge(s): | Ian M. Thompson, M.D., Carlos Bermejo, M.D., Dipen Parekh, M.D. – Univ. of Texas HSC at San Antonio |
| Debate Winners: | |
| 1st Place Clinical | Marc Feder, M.D. (Montefiore) Erica Lambert, M.D. (Columbia) Michael Schwartz M.D. (Cornell)Andrew Hirsh, M.D. (Columbia University) |
| 2nd Place Clinical | Michael Herman, M.D. (Cornell) Jonathan Kaye, M.D. (North Shore/LIJ) |
| Honorable Mention | Stephen Poon, M.D. (Columbia) |
| 1st Place Laboratory/Misc | Eric Kauffman, M.D. (Cornell) |
| 2nd Place Laboratory/Misc | Shahab Hillyer, M.D. (Brookdale) |
| 3rd Place Laboratory/Misc | John Fitzgerald, M.D. (Brookdale) |
| Honorable Mention | John Riordan, M.D. (UMDNJ-Robert Wood) |
| Program Chairman: | Robert E. Weiss, M.D. |
| Program Vice-Chairman: | Robert M. Moldwin, M.D. |
| Judge(s): | Timothy Boone, M.D., Rodney Appell, M.D., Kevin Slawin, M.D. – Baylor College of Medicine |
| Debate Winners: | |
| 1st Place Clinical | Eric Kwon, M.D. (Lenox Hill) |
| 2nd Place Clinical | Stefan Samuelson, M.D. (Columbia) |
| 3rd Place Clinical | Jamie Kanofsky, M.D. (NYU) |
| Honorable Mention | Jeremy Kaufman, M.D. (NYU) Joseph Feliciano, M.D. (SUNY Downstate) David Robbins, M.D. (NYU) |
| 1st Place Laboratory | Gerald Wang, M.D. (Cornell) |
| 2nd Place Laboratory | Michael Schwartz, M.D. (Cornell) |
| 3rd Place Laboratory | Caroline Alvayay, M.D. (Montefiore) |
| Honorable Mention | Joshua Ehrlich, M.D. (Cornell) |
| Program Chairman: | Mantu Gupta, M.D. |
| Program Vice-Chairman: | Robert E. Weiss, M.D. |
| Judge(s): | Alan Partin, M.D., Ballentine Carter, M.D., Robert H. Getzenberg, Ph.D. – Johns Hopkins Univ. Sch. Of Medicine |
| Debate Winners: | |
| 1st Place Clinical | John Watson, M.D. (UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson) |
| 2nd Place Clinical | Daniel Barocas, M.D. (Cornell) |
| 3rd Place Clinical | Puneet Masson, M.D. (Columbia) |
| 1st Place Laboratory | Preston Sprenkle, M.D. (Columbia) |
| 2nd Place Laboratory | Kevin Bigelow, M.D. (Cornell) |
| 3rd Place Laboratory | Michael Ohebshalom, M.D. (Cornell) |
| 1st Place Misc. | Seth Strope, M.D. (Mount Sinai) |
| 2nd Place Misc. | John R. Carlucci, M.D. (Maimonides) |
| 3rd Place Misc. | Erica H. Lambert (Columbia) |
| Program Chairman: | Doug Scherr, M.D. |
| Program Vice-Chairman: | Mantu Gupta, M.D. |
| Judge(s): | Michael Blute, M.D. – Mayo Clinic |
| Debate Winners: | |
| 1st Place Clinical | Marco Camuzzi, M.D. (Brookdale) |
| 2nd Place Clinical | Stephen Boorjian, M.D. (Cornell) |
| 3rd Place Clinical | Michael Ohebshalom, M.D. (Cornell) |
| Honorable Mention | Ying Hua, M.D. (Columbia University) Jamie Kanofsky, M.D. (NYU) |
| 1st Place Laboratory | Eric Smith, M.D. (Cornell) |
| 2nd Place Laboratory | Seth Strope, M.D. (Mount Sinai) |
| 3rd Place Laboratory | Grace Biggs, M.D. (Beth Israel) |
| Honorable Mention | John Riordan, M.D. (UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson) |
| 1st Place Misc. | Lee Richstone, M.D. (Cornell) |
| 2nd Place Misc. | Jay Shah, M.D. (Columbia) |
| 3rd Place Misc. | Elan Salzhauer, M.D. (SUNY Downstate) |
| Honorable Mention | Adam Berman, M.D. (Beth Israel) Mark Katz, M.D. (Columbia) |
| Program Chairman: | Stephen Savage, M.D. |
| Program Vice-Chairman: | Doug Scherr, M.D. |
| Judge(s): | Karim Hamawy, M.D., Andrea Sorcini, M.D., Ingolf A. Tuerk, M.D. – Lahey Clinic |
| Debate Winners: | |
| 1st Place Clinical | Carl Gjertson, M.D. (Columbia) |
| 2nd Place Clinical | Grant Disick, M.D. (Mount Sinai) Brent Yanke, M.D. (SUNY Downstate) |
| 3rd Place Clinical | Jay Shah, M.D. (Columbia University) |
| Honorable Mention | Lee Schachter, M.D. (SUNY Downstate) |
| 1st Place Laboratory | Seth Strope, M.D. (Mt. Sinai) |
| 2nd Place Laboratory | Jason Hafron, M.D. (Montefiore) |
| 3rd Place Laboratory | Scott David, M.D. (Cornell) |
| Honorable Mention | Jonathan Schiff, M.D. (Cornell) Ricardo Gonzalez, M.D. (Cornell) |
| 1st Place Misc. | Rupa Patel, M.D. (NYU) |
| 2nd Place Misc. | Robyn Rosenkopf-Leitner, M.D. (SUNY Downstate) |
| 3rd Place Misc. | G. De Castro, M.D. (Columbia) |