APMA is pleased to announce the winners of the APMA 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting Abstract Competition. The winners in each category were selected by a panel of judges appointed by the Education Committee. The six categories of awards are as follows:
First place: Does Instrumented-Assisted Modified Lapidus Surgery Reduce the Risk of Bunion Recurrence Compared to Traditional Modified Lapidus Surgery? — Adam E. Fleischer, DPM, MPH, will receive $500
Co-authors:
Jeffrey R. Baker, DPM
Nandini Sarup
Henry M. Greenberg, DPM
Booke Bujdos
Rachel H. Albright, DPM, MPH
Lowell S. Weil Jr., DPM, MBA
Second place: Radiographic Predictors of Functional and Clinical Outcomes in Transmetatarsal Amputations: Does the Residual Parabola Structure Truly Matter? — Craig Verdin, DPM, will receive $250
Co-authors:
Christopher Ply Christian Lava
John DiBello
Christopher Attinger, MD
Karen Evans, MD
John Steinberg, DPM
Third place: Effect of Walking and Running Speed on First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Motion in Healthy Runners — Rosemary Thompson, DPM, will receive $100
First place: Beyond the Bone: A Misdiagnosis of Paget's Disease Reveals Polyostotic Mazabraud's Syndrome — Michael A. Higham, DPM, will receive $500
Co-authors:
Stephanie N. Campbell, DPM
Amanda L. Killeen, DPM
Second place: A Retrospective Case Series Analyzing The Use of Pinch Grafts as an Alternative to Split Thickness Skin Grafts— Shalvi Prasad, DPM, will receive $250
Co-authors:
Paul Whitehouse, DPM
Haywan Chiu, DPM
Third place: Social Determinants of Health Screening Identifies Social Isolation and Virtual Care Challenges to Have Significant Impact on Podiatry Patients at a Large Academic Institution— Gary M. Rothenberg, DPM, will receive $100
Co-authors:
Kanika Kochhar, DPM
Elizabeth Tronstein, DPM
First place: Safety and Efficacy of Flexor Tenotomy for Treatment of Digital Ulcerations and Pre-Ulcerative Lesions—Jennifer A. Skolnik, DPM, will receive $500
Co-authors:
Nicole Sciotti
Darrah Speis
Mohammad Hossain
Aanchal Sharma
Zoreed Mukhtar
Second place: Multifaceted Antibiotic Resistance in Diabetic Foot Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis— Paramitu Basu, PhD, MS, will receive $250
Co-authors:
Oren Sadeh, DPM
Priyank Kumar, PhD
Ricky Li
Emily Yang
Svetlana Lopata, DPM
Third place: Transmetatarsal and Midfoot Amputation Saves Limbs— Hau T. Pham, DPM, will receive $100
Co-authors:
Ewald R. Mendeszoon Jr., DPM
Justin C. Ogbonna, DPM
Ashley D. Daniel, DPM
Elizabeth A. Sanders, DPM
Christian Costales, DPM
Alyssa Miyasato, DPM
Subin Siby, DPM
First place: Parachute Technique in Allograft Application - An Alternative Treatment in Fat Pad Atrophy— William A. Bui Tran, DPM, will receive $500
Second place: A Rare Case of Septic Arthritis: Streptococcus Gallolyticus in Osteoarticular Foot Infections Linked to Colorectal Cancer— Dhruv Patel, DPM, will receive $250
Co-author:
Roshni Patel, DPM
Third place: Invasive Candidiasis Presenting as Severe Desquamation of the Epithelial Layer of the Foot: A Rare Cutaneous Manifestation— Lindsey M. Kanno, DPM, will receive $100
Co-author:
Katherine M. Perscky, DPM
First place: Increased Breast and All-Cause Cancer Prevalence Among Female Podiatrists—Bethany Robinson will receive $500
Co-author:
Johanna Richey, DPM
Second place: Effect of Increasing Subtalar Motion Via an Arthroscopic Resection of a Talocalcaneal Coalition on Pain Symptoms: A Case Study— Sahil Kapadia will receive $250
Co-authors:
Aanchal Sharma
Miranda Royds
Albert D'Angelantonio III, DPM
Third place: In Vitro Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Effects of Nitric Oxide on Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms Using Chemical NO Donors—Disal Wickramasinghe will receive $100
Co-authors:
Monica Cambi
Tehreem Syed
Eileen Chusid, PhD
Anthony Iorio, DPM
Paramita Basu, PhD
Kemal Yariz, PhD
Does Surgeon Type affect Total Ankle Arthroplasty Survivorship in the US?— Khushiben Patel will receive $250 and the Arthur B. Helfand, DPM Award
Co-authors:
Adam E. Fleischer, DPM, MPH
Hector M. Santiago, DPM
Rachel H. Albright, DPM, MPH
Dyane E. Tower, DPM, MPH, MS
Lowell S. Weil Jr., DPM, MBA
Congratulations to all winners listed above and thank you to all who participated. Sharing your research with your fellow podiatrists is vital!