In-Service Award | Department of Surgery

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%
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