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Annual Registrar Prize

Registrar Prizes, including the Nate Myers Clinical Research Prize, are awarded following presentation by candidates at the AAPS Annual Scientific Meeting.

Registrar Prize Rules

The Registrar Prize is open only to sepcialist trainees, non-accredited registrars, surgical residents and house surgeons, medical students and research Fellows.  All entrants must reside in Australasia or have conducted their research in Australasia, and with the exception of specialist trainess must not have been awarded higher degrees (eg FRCS, FRACS, PhD) more than two years ago.

Previous Registrar Prize Winners

1996

Best Clinical Presentation

Dr Tracey Merriman (New South Wales) "Incarcerated Ovarian Inguinal Hernias"
Dr Brendan Bowkett "Pancreatic Trauma"
Best Scientific Presentation Dr Jill Orford (New South Wales) "Eosinophils and IL-5 Markers of Acute Rejection in Allograft Transplantation"
1997 (Christchurch) Best Clinical Presentation Dr Roy Kimble "Does gut atresia cause polyhydramnios?"
Best Scientific Presentation Dr Tom Clarnette "Exogenous cGRP can induce the testis to cross the scrotal septum"
 1998 (Sydney) Best Clinical Paper (RACP) Dr Chris Kirby (Adelaide) "Paediatric Appendectomy: Comparative Appraisal Over a 25 Year Period"
  Best Research Paper (RACP) Ms Nikki Wing (Christchurch) "Relationship of Tracheal Agenesis to Oesophageal Atresia in the Ardiomycin Induced Rat Model"
  Best Poster Presentation (RACS)  Dr R Kumar (Sydney) "Outcome of Children with Pelviureteric Junction Obstruction Presenting with Acute Renal Failure"
    
2001 (Brisbane) Best Clinical Paper Andrew Holland "Laser doppler imaging diagnosis of burn depth in children"
Best Research Paper Low Yee "The prognostic value of ductal plate malformation and other histological parameters in biliary atresia: An immunohistochemical study"
Best Poster Presentation S Singh "Duodenal atresia, vascular ring and subglottic stenosis - a case report"
 2002 (Adelaide) Best Clinical Paper  Dr Craig McBride (New Zealand) "Vesicoureteric Reflux and the Micturating Cystourethrogam - Do We Know What We Think We Know?"
    Dr F Murphy (Adelaide) "The Increasing Usage of Ultrasound as the Primary Investigation in the Diagnosis of Groin Swellings"
  Best Research Paper  Dr D Arsic (Christchurch) "Expressions of SHH Protein in Rat Foregut Varies According to Embryological Stage"
    Dr J Fraser (Brisbane)  "Scarless fetal wound healing in response to deep partial thickness scald in the ovine model"
    
2003 (Sydney) Best Clinical Paper David Yeo (Sydney) "Delayed Repair of Paediatric Lacerations: Its Effect on Infection Rate Post-Operatively"
Best Research Paper John Fraser (Brisbane) "Deep Dermal Burn Results in Scarless Wound in the Ovine Fetus"
Best Poster Presentation Dejan Arsic "Disruption of SHH GLI Signalling Pathway Associated with Abnormal Foregut Development"
2004 (Melbourne) Nate Myers Clinical Research Prize Dr Sandhya Pillai (Auckland) "Gastrointestinal Complications Following Spinal Surgery in Children"
Best Laboratory Research Paper Dr James Wood (Sydney) "Minimally Invasive Intravesical Ureteric Reimplantation"
Parkash Mandhan (Christchurch) "Similarities in the Aberrations of the Intrinsic Innervation of the Foregut and Hindgut in Fetal Rats Developing Oesophageal Atresia and Imperforate Anus"
2005 (Townsville) Nate Myers Clinical Research Prize Dr Sebastian King (Melbourne) "Colonic Manometry in Paediatric Slow Transit Constipation Shows Consistent Deficiencies in Propogating Contractions Manometric of a New Disease"
Best Laboratory Presentation Mr Naeem Samnakay (Brisbane) "Early Changes in the Fetal Kidney in Ovine Bladder Outflow Obstruction"
Best Poster Presentation Dr James Wood (Sydney) "Minimal Invasive Intravesical Surgery: Are Port Closure and Bladder Damage Necessary?"