Two research residents with the Department of Surgery were recently recognized at the International Pediatric Surgical Oncology and International Society of Pediatric Oncology meeting in Toronto.
Dr. Yan Shi won best overall paper for his work on “MDM4 is a Potential Novel Therapeutic Target in Hepatoblastoma.” Shi is a research resident in the lab of Dr. Sanjeev Vasudevan, a pediatric surgeon at Texas Children’s and an assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine.
Dr. Yesenia Rojas’ paper, “Adrenocortical Carcinoma in Children: A Review of the National Cancer Database,” was chosen as one of four papers presented in the “Best of International Pediatric Surgical Oncology” session and will be fast-tracked for rapid publication in “Pediatric Blood and Cancer.” Rojas is a research resident in the lab of Dr. Jed Nuchtern, who is chief of pediatric surgery at Texas Children’s.