Residents' Research Day 2023
On Friday, May 5th, 2023 the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery held its Annual Residents' Research Day with Dr. David Chang as Visiting Professor and keynote speaker.
Visiting Professor Dr. David Chang
Dr. David Chang is a Professor and the Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Director of Microsurgery Fellowship at the University of Chicago Medicine. Dr. Chang has dedicated over 25 years in the field of reconstructive surgery for cancer patients, and has developed an international reputation as a leader, a pioneer and an innovator in our field. He was a recipient of the prestigous Godina Traveling Scholar Award (2005) and the Buncke Lectureship (2019) from the American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery. He has published over 170 peer-reviewed research articles and numerous book chapters. He has been invited to lecture at more than 250 national and international symposia and meetings, while serving as a visiting professor at leading institutions all over the world. He has served on the editorial board of numerous leading medical journals including Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. He is a senior board examiner for the American Society of Plastic Surgery and has served on the Board of Directors for American Society of Plastic Surgery from 2014-2017. He is the past President of the American Society of Resonstrucitve Microsurgery (2017) and World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (2019-2021).
Awards
Research Day is always the highlight of our academic year as our residents present their academic pursuits. The Dr. Robert McFarlane Resident Research Award, a prize endowed by the graduates of the Western University Plastic Surgery Teaching program in recognition of Dr. McFarlane who was the founder of the Division and a world-renowned hand surgeon, is awarded to the resident with the best overall research presentation. This year, Dr. Sasha Letourneau was the recipient for her paper "Validation of Augmented Reality-Based Finger Range of Motion Measurement".
Dr. Eric Mitchell was the recipient of the award for "Best Presentation" this year for his talk entitled "Development of an On-Call Assessment Tool for Use in a Competency-Based Plastic Surgery Program". Our residents have gone on to present their research at many national and international forums and have been prize winners at these venues as well.
The residents presented "The Waldo Stavraky Award for Best Clinical Teacher" to Dr. Aaron Grant this year. Congratulations, Dr. Grant!
