Annual Resident Research Symposium Award
The Annual Resident Research Symposium, inaugurated in 1977, highlights the innovative research projects of PGY3-5 residents in the Northwestern Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. We recognize each symposium winner with an engraved pewter mug, cash prize and their name commemorated on the perpetual cup trophy housed in the department.
2023 47th Symposium Winner: Christopher Puchi, MD
Past Winners
- 2022 46th Symposium Winner: Matt Maksimoski, MD
- 2021 45th Symposium Winner: Jacob Eide, MD
- 2020 44th Symposium Winner: Samuel Racette, MD
- 2019 43rd Symposium Winner: Abhita Reddy, MD, MBA
- 2018 42nd Symposium Winner: Cong Ran, MD
- 2017 41st Symposium Winner: Jacqueline Greene, MD
- 2016 40th Symposium Winner: Jacqueline Greene, MD
- 2015 39th Symposium Winner: Zafar Sayed, MD
- 2014 38th Symposium Winner: Zafar Sayed, MD
- 2013 37th Symposium Winner: Whitney Liddy, MD
- 2012 36th Symposium Winner: Jill Jeffe, MD, & Jennifer Lavin, MD, MS
- 2011 35th Symposium Winner: Jill Jeffe, MD
- 2010 34th Symposium Winner: Jennifer Decker, MD
- 2009 33rd Symposium Winner: Stephanie Smith, MD, MS
- 2008 32nd Symposium Winner: Sandra Koterski, MD
- 2007 31st Symposium Winner: Sara Richer, MD
- 2006 30th Symposium Winner: Sanjay Keni, MD
- 2005 29th Symposium Winner: Kristin Seiberling, MD
- 2004 28th Symposium Winner: Joseph Raviv, MD
- 2003 27th Symposium Winner: Jocelyn Stamat, MD
- 2002 26th Symposium Winner: Sarah Vakkalanka, MD
- 2001 25th Symposium Winner: Samuel Lin, MD, MBA
- 2000 24th Symposium Winner: Brandon Bentz, MD, & David Kutler, MD
- 1999 23rd Symposium Winner: Vincent Ostrowski, MD
- 1998 22nd Symposium Winner: Brandon Bentz, MD
- 1997 21st Symposium Winner: Karen Fong, MD, & Vikram Patel, MD, MBA, MPH
- 1996 20th Symposium Winner: Stephen Ellis, MD
- 1995 19th Symposium Winner: Stephen Ellis, MD
- 1994 18th Symposium Winner: David Conley, MD
- 1993 17th Symposium Winner: Alan Micco, MD
- 1992 16th Symposium Winner: Alan Micco, MD, & Elisabeth Beahm, MD
- 1991 15th Symposium Winner: Bernard Pacella, MD
- 1990 14th Symposium Winner: Carl Drucker, MD
- 1989 13th Symposium Winner: Carl Drucker, MD
- 1988 12th Symposium Winner: Peter Costantino, MD
- 1987 11th Symposium Winner: Dean Toriumi, MD
- 1986 10th Symposium Winner: Garret Herzon, MD
- 1985 9th Symposium Winner: Garret Herzon, MD
- 1984 8th Symposium Winner: Tom Wang, MD
- 1983 7th Symposium Winner: Carl Wurster, MD
- 1982 6th Symposium Winner: Paul Christu, MD
- 1981 5th Symposium Winner: Christopher Surek, DO
- 1980 4th Symposium Winner: Dennis Elonka, MD
- 1979 3rd Symposium Winner: Robert Ossoff, MD
- 1978 2nd Symposium Winner: Anita Newman, MD
- 1977 1st Symposium Winner: Michael Goldman, MD