The Nathan A. Womack
Surgical Society Research Day

May 31, 2022

(2023 date TBD)

Nathan A. Womack Distinguished Visiting Professor

JAYME LOCKE, MD, MPH
Professor, Director, Division of Transplantation, Arnold G. Diethelm Endowed Chair in Transplantation Surgery at The University of Alabama at Birmingham

ABOUT JAYME LOCKE, MD, MPH

Dr. Locke is an abdominal transplant surgeon specializing in innovative strategies for the transplantation of incompatible organs, disparities in access to and outcomes after solid organ transplantation, and transplantation of HIV-infected end-stage patients. Dr. Locke completed an undergraduate degree in biology and chemistry at Duke University and her medical degree at East Carolina University prior to matriculating to Johns Hopkins Hospital where she received training in general surgery and multi-visceral abdominal transplantation. Dr. Locke completed her Master of Public Health degree with an emphasis in biostatistics and epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Her research interests include complex statistical analysis and modeling of transplant outcomes and behavioral research focused on health disparities. She has authored more than 140 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 20 book chapters and is an NIH R01-funded investigator. In addition, Dr. Locke is a Deputy Editor for the American Journal of Transplantation and is an editorial board member for Annals of Surgery. She is also a member of the American Society of Transplantation (AST), American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS; Councilor-at-Large), and American Society of Nephrology (ASN), as well as, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), Society of University Surgeons (SUS; Councilor-at-Large), the Southern Surgical Association (SSA), Society of Clinical Surgery (SCS), and the American Surgical Association (ASA). Dr. Locke is the recipient of numerous honors including the UAB Dean’s Excellence Award in Research 2016 and was named the 2016 James IV Association of Surgeons Traveling Fellow, Top 40 Under 40 by the Birmingham Business Journal, AL.com’s 2015 Women Who Shape the State, B-Metro Top Women in Medicine 2017, American College of Surgeons Traveling Fellow 2018, Association for Clinical & Translational Science (ACTS) Distinguished Investigator Award: Translation into Public Benefit and Policy (2018), and the AST Clinical Science Faculty Award 2020.

Dr. Locke is currently Professor of Surgery and the Arnold G. Diethelm MD Endowed Chair in Transplantation Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and serves as the Director of the Comprehensive Transplant Institute and Chief of the Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Abstracts are now being accepted for the 2022 Nathan A. Womack Surgical Society Research Day scheduled to take place on Tuesday, May 31 at the Koury Oral Health Sciences Building.

Previously presented abstracts/posters are acceptable.  Mandatory attendance is asked of all residents.  Recognizing the hardships that the pandemic has placed  on everyone’s schedule, participation with abstract submission is strongly encouraged.  Submissions from fellows and medical students are also encouraged and welcomed.

Abstracts must be less than 3000 characters including spaces. Top-ranked abstract submissions will be selected for oral presentations. Applicants selected for oral presentations will be informed by mid-May. Prizes will be awarded for the top oral and poster (basic science and clinical) presentations.

All abstracts must be submitted electronically. The extended deadline for submission is Sunday, May 1st by 11:59 pm. Late submissions will not be accepted.

For more information or questions about Research Day, please contact surgery_research@med.unc.edu or visit our website: http://www.med.unc.edu/surgery/research/templates for helpful hints/templates.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

This year’s event will take place on the ground floor of the UNC School of Dentistry (Koury Oral Health Sciences Building). The School is located on the UNC Campus at 385 South Columbia Street.

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Poster Set-Up and Registration
Main Street (Ground Floor)

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Resident Career Development Session with Dr. Locke (Biscuits and Donuts)
G508 (Ground Floor)

11:40 PM – 1:00 PM Poster Presentations
Main Street (Ground Floor)

1:10 PM – 2:55 PM Oral Presentations
G411 (Ground Floor)

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Nathan A. Womack Distinguished Visiting Professor Keynote Lecture

“Making the ImPossible Possible:  the road to clinical trials of porcine kidney xenotransplantation”                     

Jayme Locke, MD, MPH (Hon)
G411 (Ground Floor)

4:05 PM Nathan A. Womack Awards Presentation

G411 (Ground Floor)