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2025 Midwest Resident Research Symposium Winners
First Place
Kyla Petrie, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Comparison of Retear Rates and All-Cause Reoperation Rates in Pediatric and Adolescent AL Reconstructions Using Bone Patellar Tendon and Quadriceps Tendon Grafts
Second PlaceGrant Schroeder, MD
Stanford University
Shorter Relative Patellar Defect Length after Bone Patellar Tendon Bone Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction is Associated with Better Postoperative Patient-Reported Outcomes at 1-year Follow-upMathangi Sridharan, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
Predictive Factors of Having a Second UBC-Related Pathologic FractureThird PlaceKelechi Nwachuku, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Osteoarthritis and Total Joint Arthroplasty in Housing Insecure Patients at a Safety-Net Hospital in a Major Urban CityAlexa K. Pius, MD
Stanford University
Navigated and Robotic Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) Do Not Confer Improved 5-Year Survivorship Compared to Conventional TKA: An Analysis from the American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR)Karch M. Smith, MD
University of California, San Diego
Combined Root and Body (CRAB) Lateral Meniscus Tears in the Adolescent Population: An Underrecognized and Underreported Tear PatternPresenters’ Choice Oliver Dong, MD
San Francisco Orthopaedic Residency Program at University of California, San Francisco Health St. Mary’s Hospital
Osteochondral Autograft from the Proximal Tibiofibular Joint for Reconstruction of Acute Tibial Plateau Fractures with Severe Chondral Defects
Nicole J. Newman-Hung, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
Characteristics and Recurrence Risk of Upper Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma
