2007 award winners

 

The ASMBS would like to recognize the recipients of the following awards and congratulate them on their outstanding achievements.

Allied Health Circle of Excellence

William F. Gourash, MSN, CNRP

ASMBS Research Grant Awards ($50,000 each)

April D. Strader, PhD
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Carbondale, IL
Mechanisms Underlying Improved Glycemia Following Ileal Transposition
Sponsored by Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.

David B. Sarwer, PhD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Improvements in Reproductive Status Following Bariatric Surgery
Sponsored by the ASMBS Foundation

Melissa A. Kalarchian, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Optimizing Long-Term Weight Control after Bariatric Surgery
Sponsored by the ASMBS Foundation

John Halverson Young Investigator Award

Cindy Lee, BS
"Calcium Homeostasis after Bariatric Surgery: A Comparison of the Sleeve Gastrectomy, Duodenal Switch and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass"

Karl Storz Endoscopy-America Bariatric Surgery Fellow Scholarship

Michael C. Harnisch, MD
"Preoperative Weight Gain Does Not Predict Failure of Weight Loss or Comorbidity Resolution of Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity (RYGB)"

2007 Outstanding Poster Award

Laurie Spaulding, MD
"Long-Term Results of Sclerotherapy for Dilated Gastrojejunostomy After Gastric Bypass"

Hazem Elariny, MD
"Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy with Banding – A Four-Year Followup"

Allied Health Research Award

Dawn M. Miller, MA, CIP
"Where In The World is Carmen SanDiego? Strategies for Improving Follow-Up Rates with Bariatric Patients"

Subramaniam Sadhasivam, MD
"Refusals, Denials, and Patient Choice: Reasons Prospective Patients Do Not Have Bariatric Surgery"