Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine Student Earns Best Case Report Honor
Shaikh poses with Natan Zundel, M.D., FACS, president of the ACS’s South Florida Chapter.
Saamia Shaikh, a class of 2020 Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine student, won first place in the Best Case Report (podium presentation) category at the South Florida Chapter of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) annual meeting held March 16 in Fort Lauderdale. Shaikh’s report was titled “Surgical Management of Incidental Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma Ex Goblet Cell Carcinoid Tumor with Appendectomy, Secondary Right Hemicolectomy, and Abdominal Wall Resection.”