Congratulations to 2022’s Award-Winning Research Abstract and Poster Authors

2022 Award winning research abstracts presenters from left: Zachary McCormick, MD; Amir Koutp, MD; and Nolan Gall, MD. Not pictured: Valentine U. Chukwuma, MD, PhD and Alycia Amatto, MD.

Best Resident Abstracts

• Valentine U. Chukwuma, MD, PhD; Byron J. Schneider, MD. Predicting Time of Expected Positive Response to Epidural Steroid Injection for Spine Pain.
  
  

• Nolan Gall, MD; Wei-Xian Li, MD; Marc Caragea, DO; John Chan, MD; Lisa Huynh, MD; Jayme Koltsov, PhD; Matthew Smuck, MD; Joshua Levin, MD. Results of Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections Stratified by the Specialty of the Referring Physician.
  

Best Basic Science Abstract
Amir Koutp, MD; Johanna Petritsch, Christoph Skias, MD; Peter Grechenig; Alexandros Andrianakis, PhD; David C. Kieser, PhD; Georg C. Feigl, MD. Anatomical Topographical Investigation of the Medial Branch of the Dorsal Thoracic Branch of the Spinal Nerve in the Segments T10 – T12.

Best Clinical Abstract
Zachary L. McCormick, MD; Barrett S. Boody, MD; Aaron Conger, DO; Katrina Harper, MS; Colton Hickman, DO; Joshua A. Hirsch, MD; Jeffrey C. Lotz, PhD; Kevin Macadaeg, MD; Matthew Smuck, MD; Beau P. Sperry; Taylor R. Burnham, DO, MS. Patient Demographic, Clinical, and Imaging Characteristics Associated with Successful Treatment Outcomes Following Basivertebral Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation: A Pooled Cohort Study of Three Prospective Clinical Trials.

Best Poster
Alycia Amatto, MD; Taylor Burnham, DO, MS; Masaru Teramoto, PhD; Robert Burnham, MD, MS. The Effectiveness and Predictive Factors of Sacroiliac Joint Radiofrequency – A Practice Audit.