In-Service Award
The four In-Service Awards given each year by the Department of Surgery recognize interns’ specific achievements on the American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination (ABSITE). The four awards are distributed based on the following criteria:
1. Person who scored above the 90th percentile range on the exam.
2. The person with the highest score for a Junior Level Resident.
3. The person with the highest score for a Senior level resident.
4. The person with the highest percentage increase from the last exam.
The ABSITE gauges the surgical residents’ knowledge in clinical and basic sciences. The test is intended to serve as an objective measure in order to determine competency for progression in the program. To learn more about the ABSITE, please visit www.absite.org/.
Prior recipients of the award include:
Top Score Junior Level |
Top Score Senior Level |
Highest Increase | Scored Above 90% | |
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2021 | Anoosh Bahraini | Joshua Herb | Emilie Barnes | Julia Button Chase Cox Conner Haase Xavier Baldwin Manual Sanchez-Casalongue |
2019 | Anastasiya Shchatsko | Stephen Mahoney | Mary Kate Bryan | Kevin Chen Anastasiya Shchatsko Marcos Lopez Joshua Herb Stephen Mahoney |
2018 | Josh Herb | Stephen Mahoney | Bailey Sanders | Tali Yohann Josh Herb Lauren Moskal Stephen Mahoney Chelsea Hutchinson |
2017 | Stephen Mahoney | Sara Scarlet | Sr:Tyler Ellis
Jr: Emily Newton |
Lauren Moskal Josh Herb Stephen Mahoney Sara Scarlet |
2016 | Stephen Mahoney | Sara Scarlet | Sr: Rebecca Brown Jr: Judyta Lipinska |
Stephen Mahoney |
2015 | Rafi Fredman | Trista Reid | Sr: Trista Reid Jr: Jonathan Black |
Chelsea Becker Sara Kim Rafi Fredman |
Junior Level | Senior Level | Highest increase | |
2014 | Abraham Korn, MD* | Michael Phillips, MD | Javeria Qureshi, MD |
2013 | Anna Johnson, MD | Courtney Sommer, MD* | Jason Glotzbach, MD* |
2012 | Kristen Sell, MD* | Colin Bird, MD | Colin Bird, MD |
2011 | Trista Reid, MD | Brian Bednarski, MD* | Michael Phillips, MD |
2010 | Sally Stander, MD* | Leora Tesche, MD | Jeff Dehmer, MD |
2009 | Sally Stander, MD | Leora Tesche, MD* | Heather Pennell, MD |
2008 | Courtney Sommer, MD | Aaron Garrison, MD* | Faera Byerly, MD |
2007 | Leora Tesche, MD | Aaron Garrison, MD | Brian Bednarski, MD |
2006 | Aaron Garrison, MD* | Ryan Heider, MD* | Stephanie Beidler, MD |
2005 | Aaron Garrison, MD* | Ryan Heider, MD*
Heather Neuman, MD* Tim Sadiq, MD* |
Erika Rager, MD |
2004 | Nancy Moss, MD
Tach Bhati, MD |
Karen Stitzenberg, MD |
* Scored above the 90th percentile