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CSA FOUNDATION AWARD RECIPIENTS

Year	Turcotte Award	Enrichment Award
2022	Jason O. Robertson, MD, MS Cleveland Clinic Function of Endothelial Stem Cells in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia	Brett M. Tracy, MD The Ohio State University Biomarker Response to Amantadine & Improving Neurorecovery: The BRAIN Study
2021	Joal D. Beane, MD The Ohio State University Ex Vivo Generation of Tumor-Reactive T Cells Using an Immune-Enhanced, Patient-Derived Tumor Organoid-on-a-Chip (iTOC)	Kyle J. Van Arendonk, MD, PhD Medical College of Wisconsin Characterizing and Addressing Disparities in Surgical Care among Rural Children
2020	Lawrence Lee, MD, PhD McGill University Health Centre Use of a Mobile App (CareSense) to Improve Patient-Physician Communication, Patient Engagement, and Health Outcomes in Digestive Diseases View Final Report	Clayton C. Petro, MD Cleveland Clinic Parastomal Hernia Repair Utilizing the Retromuscular Sugarbaker versus Keyhole Mesh Techniques: A Registry-Based Randomized Controlled Trial
2019	Sameer Patel, MD University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Kv1.3 in Pancreas Ductal Adenocarcinoma View Final Report	Jonathan Bath, MD The Curators of the University of Missouri Quantification of Perfusion in Peripheral Arterial Disease Based on Remote-Sensing Infrared Thermography (RSIT) View Final Report
2018	Carlos Chan, MD, PhD University of Iowa Effect of Biliary Bacterial Contamination in Peritoneal Metastasis of Peri-Ampullary Cancer	Bart Rose, MD, MAS University of Alabama Birmingham Targeted Treatment of Metastatic GI Neuroendocrine Tumors in an Ex Vivo Model
2017	Courtney Balentine, MD University of Alabama at Birmingham Pilot Evaluation of the Virtual Acute Care for Elders Program for Older Patients Having Complex Gastrointestinal Surgery	Salman Ahmad, MD University of Missouri Health Care Traumatic Platelet Inhibition via Dense Granules and Flow Cytometry: A Mixing Study with Normal and Emergency General Surgery Patients
2016	Samantha Tarras, MD Wayne State University The Utility of the Measurement of Clostridium Difficile Toxin Levels and Toxin Gene Sequences in Blood Samples to Index Disease Severity: An Earlier Marker than Clinical Parameters?	Daniel I-Hsin Chu, MD The University of Alabama at Birmingham Detailing The Role of the Human Gastrointestinal Microbiome in Anastomotic Healing, Leaks and Outcomes after Colorectal
2015	Steven J. Schwulst, MD Northwestern University The Role of Innate Immunity in the Traumatic Brain Injury-induced Immune Suppression Syndrome	Evie Carchman, MD University of Wisconsin The Role of Autophagy in Anal Cancer Prevention
2014	Fumito Ito, MD, PhD University of Michigan Health System Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Generate Patient and Tumor Specific T Cells	Joshua M. V. Mammen, MD, PhD, MBA University of Kansas Medical Center Targeting Notch in Melanoma Stem Cells
2013	David F. Schneider, MD, MS University of Wisconsin The Effect of Immune Modulating Medications on Solid Tumor Incidence and Stage at Presentation in Non-Transplant Patients	Philip Wai, MD Loyola University Characterization of Immune-Editing Mechanisms in the Microenvironment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
2012	Ankush Gosain, MD, PhD University of Wisconsin Identification and Characterization of Gastrointestinal Mucosal Immune Defects in Hirschsprung’s Disease	Jacqueline Jeruss, MD, PhD Northwestern University CDK Inhibition and Restoration of SMAD3 Signaling in Aggressive Breast Cancer Subtypes
2011	Anthony Visioni, MD University Hospitals Case Medical Center Modulating KLF4 to Target Tumor-Associated Macrophages in Melanoma
2010	David P. Foley, MD University of Wisconsin Determing the Role of Nrf2 in a Murine Model of Hepatic Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
2009	David J. Bentrem, MD Northwestern University Study of 5-Lipoxygenase, an Arachidonic Acid Pathway Enzyme, in Colon Cancer
2008	Clifford S. Cho, MD University of Wisconsin Experimental Manipulation of Melanoma-Induced Immune Suppression
2007	Charles P. Heise, MD University of Wisconsin Salmonella mediated type III Secretion of Interleukin-10 for Prevention of Th2 mediated Inflammatory Bowel Disease
2006	Katharine Yao, MD Loyola University Medical Center TraumaList and LoyolaList: A Pilot Project to Improve “Hand Off” Communications and Workflow Efficiency
2005	Andy C. Chiou, MD University of Illinois Surgical Resident Rotation in the Office of Human Research Oversight’s Institutional Review Board
2004	Mark R. Hemmila, MD University of Michigan Trauma Care Quality Improvement
2003	Hank C. Hill, MD Roswell Park Cancer Institute Neoadjuvant Tumor Immunotherapy in a Surgical Metastasis Model
2002	Christian M. Schmidt, MD Indiana University The Role of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Human and Pancreatic Experimental Tumorigenesis
2001	Tina Desai, MD University of Chicago The Role of IL-6 in Hypoxic Endothelial Barrier Dysfunction
2000	Henry J. Schiller, MD SUNY Upstate Medical University Alveolar Mechanics and Ventilator Induced Lung Injury
1999	Jeffrey J. Susman, MD University of Cincinnati Modulation of Type 1/Type 2 Tumor Immune Responses to Improve Adoptive Immunotherapy
1998	Randall S. Sung, MD University of Michigan Cytokine Inhibition in Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer
1997	Peter Angelos, MD Northwestern University The Teaching of Ethics in Surgical Training: The Development of a Curriculum Scott A. Engum, MD Indiana University The Teaching of Ethics in Surgical Training: The Development of a Curriculum
1996	Scott A. Dulchavsky, MD Wayne State University Renal Apoptosis During Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
1995	Frank E. Johnson, MD St. Louis University International Traveling Scholarship in Health Outcomes Research