The PAPS Prize is given to a trainee under the age of 35 years who gives the best oral presentation at the Annual PAPS Meeting. The recipient must submit a publication for the PAPS edition of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery that is accepted by the Publications Committee.
Recent PAPS Prize Winners
2017 |
Jamie Harris - Manipulation of variables in controlled release vincristine treatment in Neuroblastoma - a predictive model of survival. Erin Ward - Prophylactic Ladd procedure is associated with increased risk of subsequent volvulus in patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia and abdominal wall defects. |
2018 |
Kathryn Anderson - Too much of a bad thing: discharge opioid prescriptions in pediatric appendectomy patients. Xiangqi Liu - Circulating tumor cells detection in neuroblastoma patients by EpCAM-independent enrichment and immunostaining-fluorescence in situ hybridization. |
2019 |
James Prieto - Premenarchal patients present differently: a twist on the typical patient presenting with ovarian torsion. Jordan Taylor - Replicating and identifying large cell neuroblastoma using high-dose intra-tumoral chemotherapy and automated digital analysis. |
2020 |
Seyed Arshad - Cryoanalgesia enhances recovery from minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum resulting in reduced length of stay: a case-matched analysis of NSQIP-pediatric patients. You-Sheng Lin - Graphene quantum dots as a novel bio-targed nano gene carrier for neuroblastoma in vivo. |
2021 |
Sophie Carr - Optimizing skin antisepsis for neonatal surgery Robert Rettig - Cryoablation is associated with shorter length-of-stay and reduced opioid use after the Ravitch procedure. |
2022 |
Brittany Hegde - Impact of cryoanalgesia use for pain control in minimally invasive pectus excavatum repair on hospital days and costs. Fereshteh Salimi Jazi - Increasing amount of hair reduction using laser correlates with lower probability of recurrence in patients with pilonidal disease. Jamie Schnuck - Chest tube management following lung resection in pediatric patients: a retrospective analysis.
Special Recognition Hannah Cockrell, presented by Jamie Schnuck - Implementation of a cryoablation-based pain management protocol for pectus excavatum. Asia Smith - Importance of ileum and colon in patients with short bowel syndrome. |
2023 |
Jingying Jiang - Clinical characteristics and prognosis of biliary atresia with low serum matrix metalloproteinase-7 levels. Koshiro Sugita - Superiority of intestinal adaptation by hepatocyte growth factor in the jejunum: Study on a short-bowel rat model. |