Match Day 2023

We want to congratulate and acknowledge the 4th year Medical Students who have worked with the Burn Research team throughout their time as medical students for a successful match day.

Sanjana Kurup of Howard University College of Medicine matched into Dermatology and will pursue her intern year in New York City at Hofstra/Lenox Hill and will then return to Howard University for her Dermatology residency. While a member of the burn lab, Sanjana studied hyperpigmentation and the usage of fractional ablative laser in burn hypertrophic scars. Her first author publication will be published soon in the journal: Lasers in Surgery and Medicine.

Stephen Tranchina of Georgetown University School of Medicine matched as a Preliminary Surgical intern at Wake Forest Baptist Med Ctr-NC in Winston-Salem, NC. While a member of the burn lab, Stephen contributed to many projects beginning as an M1 student.

He is an author on a manuscript titled, "Evaluation of healing outcomes combining a novel polymer formulation with autologous skin cell suspension to treat deep partial and full thickness wounds in a porcine model: a pilot study.

Carney BC, Oliver MA, Erdi M, Kirkpatrick LD, Tranchina SP, Rozyyev S, Keyloun JW, Saruwatari MS, Daristotle JL, Moffatt LT, Kofinas P, Sandler AD, Shupp JW.Burns. 2022 Dec;48(8):1950-1965. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2022.01.012. Epub 2022 Jan 21.PMID: 35151510 Free PMC article."

Congratulations to all of the upcoming graduating students who have worked with our team during the course of their time as medical students.