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.

2024 48^th Symposium Winner: Christopher Puchi, MD

Past Winners

2023 47^th Symposium Winner: Christopher Puchi, MD
2022 46^th Symposium Winner: Matt Maksimoski, MD
2021 45^th Symposium Winner: Jacob Eide, MD
2020 44^th 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