Oriens Award
Fellows and Residents are invited to submit an essay for the EAST Oriens Award, which is supported by an unrestricted grant from the Polk Family Charitable Fund.
Applicants must currently be in Fellowship or Residency (not to be completed before June 2025) to be eligible to apply. All applicants must submit a personal statement (one page maximum) on "This is why I want a career in trauma and acute care surgery." Applicants are required to identify a sponsor at the time of submission. Sponsors must be an EAST Active or Mentor member. One Fellow and one Resident award winner will be named.
Essays must be anonymous. Information that identifies the author is not allowed. Do not include your name in the essay document (headers and footers included). Please do not use your name as the file name for your essay document.
One Fellow and One Resident award winner will be named. Each will receive:
- Complimentary registration to the 38th EAST Annual Scientific Assembly
- Up to $1500 reimbursement for lodging and travel-related expenses to the EAST Annual Scientific Assembly (restrictions apply).
- The Fellow and Resident winners will be invited to give an oral presentation of his/her winning essay at the 2025 EAST Oriens Award Session held during the EAST Annual Scientific Assembly.
Apply/Submit an Essay
Essay submissions for the 2025 award are closed. The submission deadline was 11:59 pm CDT on September 1, 2024.
Past Award Recipients & Keynote Speakers
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Year |
Award Recipient |
Keynote Speaker |
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2024 Fellow Winner |
Simin Golestani, MD |
Amy J. Goldberg, MD, FACS I Would Not Change A Thing - Manuscript published in the July 2024 issue of the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery |
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2024 Resident Winner |
Jennifer Brewer, MD |
Amy J. Goldberg, MD, FACS |
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2023 Fellow Winner |
Julia R. Coleman, MD, MPH |
Clay Cothren Burlew, MD, FACS |
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2023 Resident Winner |
Colin Whitmore, DO |
Clay Cothren Burlew, MD, FACS |
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2022 Fellow Winner |
Youssef H. Shaban, DO |
Lenworth M. Jacobs, MD, MPH, DSc (Hon), FACS, FWACS (Hon) |
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2022 Resident Winner |
Gillian L. Hoshal, DO |
Lenworth M. Jacobs, MD, MPH, DSc (Hon), FACS, FWACS (Hon) |
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2021 Fellow Winner |
Margo N. Carlin, DO |
Sharon M. Henry, MD, FACS |
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2021 Resident Winner |
Alexandra C. Ferre, MD |
Sharon M. Henry, MD, FACS |
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2020 Fellow Winner |
Christina Riojas, MD |
Eileen M. Bulger, MD, FACS |
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2020 Resident Winner |
Mike M. Mallah, MD |
Eileen M. Bulger, MD, FACS |
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2019 Fellow Winner |
Lisa M. Kodadek, MD |
Andrew Peitzman, MD, FACS |
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2019 Resident Winner |
Danby Kang, MD |
Andrew Peitzman, MD, FACS |
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2018 Fellow Winner |
Lourdes Y. Swentek, MD |
J. Wayne Meredith, MD, FACS |
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2018 Resident Winner |
Christopher P. Foran, MD |
J. Wayne Meredith, MD, FACS |
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2017 Fellow Winner |
Danielle A. Pigneri, MD |
J. David Richardson, MD, FACS |
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2017 Resident Winner |
Ashley B. Hink, MD, MPH |
J. David Richardson, MD, FACS |
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2016 Fellow Winner |
Dylan R. Nieman, MD, PhD |
Donald H. Jenkins, MD, FACS |
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2016 Resident Winner |
Samuel Wade Ross, MD, MPH |
Donald H. Jenkins, MD, FACS |
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2015 Fellow Winner |
Gerard A. Baltazar, DO |
Timothy C. Fabian, MD, FACS |
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2015 Resident Winner |
T. Shane Hester, DO |
Timothy C. Fabian, MD, FACS |
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2014 Fellow Winner |
Roseanna Guzman-Curtis, MD, MPH |
Grace S. Rozycki, MD, MBA, FACS |
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2014 Resident Winner |
Joshua G. Corsa, MD, NREMT-P |
Grace S. Rozycki, MD, MBA, FACS |
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2013 |
Charity Evans, MD |
C. William Schwab, MD, FACS |
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2012 |
Jason J. Schrager, MD, FACS |
Donald D. Trunkey, MD, FACS |
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2011 |
Joseph V. Sakran, MD, MPH |
David V. Feliciano, MD, FACS |
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2010 |
Albert Chi, MD |
L.D. Britt, MD, MPH, FACS |
*EAST has been given permission by the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery to link published content.
Please direct any questions to the EAST Administrative Offices at 312-202-5508 or by email at managementoffice@east.org.