2017 Annual MedStar Health Research Symposium

Members of the FBSRL presented their work.

Anna Day, BS was awarded the top score in the basic science category:

Assessment of in vitro disruption of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus biofilms and cytotoxicity with common skin cleansing agents. Anna Day, BS, Abdulnaser Alkhalil, PhD, Bonnie C. Carney, BS, Lauren T. Moffatt, PhD, Jeffrey W. Shupp, MD

Melissa M. McLawhorn was award the top score in the burns/trauma/critical care category:

Elucidating the role of concurrent non-thermal trauma in burn injury morbidity and mortality. M. M. McLawhorn, RN, BSN, L. B. Nosanov, MD, C. E. Stiles, BS, J. W. Shupp, MD

Poster Presentations:

Burn injuries in patients with paralysis- a national perspective on injury patterns and outcomes. Jennifer L. Paul, Christina E. Stiles, BS, Melissa M. McLawhorn, RN, Lauren B. Nosanov, MD, Jeffrey W. Shupp, MD

Winter is Coming: A Regional and National Perspective on Cold Injury.

Melissa M. McLawhorn RN, BSN, Lauren B. Nosanov, MD; Shannon Radomski, BA, Jenna N. Luker, MD, Lauren T. Moffatt, PhD, Jeffrey W. Shupp, MD

Molecular signaling in dyspigmented hypertrophic scars: a keratinocyte-melanocyte co-culture evaluation. Bonnie. C. Carney, BS, Jason. H. Chen, MD, Abdulnaser Alkhalil, PhD, Lauren T. Moffatt, PhD, Jeffrey. W. Shupp, MD

Impacts of pathogen colonization and infection on a dermal regeneration matrix. Kyle W. Monger, BS, Lauren T. Moffatt, PhD, Bonnie C. Carney, BS, Jeffrey W. Shupp, MD

Topical Application of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-derived Conditioned Media Accelerates Burn-related Wound Healing. Jason H. Chen, MD, Stephen E. Epstein, MD, Yuri Kudinov, PhD, Bonnie C. Carney, BS, Mariana Vigiola Cruz, MD, Lauren T. Moffatt, PhD, Sergey Sikora, PhD4, Jeffrey W. Shupp, MD

Alterations in Hemostatic Markers Following Burn Injury. Mariana Vigiola Cruz MD, Kathleen E. Brummel-Ziedins PhD, Thomas Orfeo PhD, Lauren T. Moffatt PhD, Jeffrey W. Shupp MD

Four of our research fellows received awards at the resident competition at the 2017 MedStar Health Research Symposium.

Jason H. Chen, MD won first place in the research resident category and presented his work as an oral presentation.

Racial Disparities in Mortality and Complications after Burn Injury: Results of Analysis of the National Burn Repository. Jason H. Chen, MD , Lauren B. Nosanov, MD, Bonnie C. Carney, BS, Mariana Vigiola Cruz, MD, Lauren T. Moffatt, PhD, Jeffrey W. Shupp, MD

Lauren B. Nosanov, MD won 2nd place in the research resident category and presented her work as a poster.

Effectiveness of a glycylcycline antibiotic for reducing the pathogenicity of superantigen-producing methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in burn wounds. Lauren B. Nosanov, MD; Daniel Y. Jo, BS; Pranay R. Randad, BS; Lauren T. Moffatt, PhD; Bonnie C. Carney, BS; Rachel T. Ortiz, MS; Jeffrey W. Shupp, MD

Mariana Vigiola Cruz won 3rd place in the research resident category and presented her work as a poster.

Assessing Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction after Burn Injury using a Rat Scald Model. Mariana Vigiola Cruz, MD, Bonnie C. Carney, BS, Jason Chen, MD, Kyle Monger, BS, Lauren T. Moffatt, PhD, Jeffrey W. Shupp, MD

Shawn Tejiram, MD won 3rd place in the senior resident category and presented his work as a poster.

Examining The Use of Rotational Thromboelastometry As A Method of Identifying Burn Induced Coagulopathy. Shawn Tejiram, MD, Kathleen E. Brummel-Ziedins, PhD, Thomas Orfeo, PhD, Lauren T. Moffatt, PhD, and Jeffrey W. Shupp, MD