Resident Janice Wong, MD, MS (fellowship match: University of California San Diego Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery), won the Best Surgical Video Award from the American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS) for her video titled "A Complex Reconstructive Approach to Vaginal Scarring and Urethral Intercourse." In the video, co-created by former URPS fellow Alejandro Gómez-Viso, MD, and mentored by faculty Cassandra Kisby, MD, MS, Dr. Wong demonstrates several pelvic reconstructive techniques that can be utilized for patients with aberrant anatomy due to trauma and congenital anatomic differences.
Dr. Kisby, faculty Cindy Amundsen, MD, and Duke Orthopaedic Surgery/Duke Biomedical Engineering colleague Shyni Varghese, PhD's research paper, "Exosomes for Prevention of Mesh Complications in a Porcine Sacrocolpopexy Model," was selected for the Best Basic Science Paper Award. The paper will be submitted to NPJ (Nature Partner Journals) Regenerative Medicine.
The awards were presented at AUGS Pelvic Floor Disorders Week, in Washington, District of Columbia, Oct. 22-25.
Dr. Kisby's work is supported by the Duke KURe Career Development Award and the Office of Physician Scientists Development Award.