One of Surgery’s own, Dr. Jared Gallaher, won the the Best Abstract Award from ACS.
Award theme/category: Global Surgery/Global Surgery/Humanitarian Outreach
Abstract title: Multi-Drug Resistance Colonization is Associated with Increased Mortality after Burn Injury in Sub-Saharan Africa
Co-authors: Joanna Grudziak, MD, Vanessa Msosa, MBBS, Bruce A Cairns, MD, FACS, Anthony G Charles, MD, MPH, FACS
Dr Gallaher is a fourth year general surgery resident at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Raised in Kentucky, he attended Wheaton College and Wake Forest School of Medicine. He recently completed a 2-year research fellowship with the Malawi Surgical Initiative, spending 1 year living in Lilongwe, Malawi under the supervision of Dr Anthony Charles. His research focuses on trauma, burn, and emergency general surgery care in developing countries, especially in sub- Saharan Africa. Dr Gallaher plans to pursue academic global surgery after completing a fellowship in acute care surgery.