Congratulations to the 2024 SIM Tank winners!
- First place: Brett Campbell, MD – Design and Development of a 3D-Printed Intraoral Flap Inset Task Trainer
- Second place: Merry Sebelik, MD, MAMSE – Low-Cost Simulator for Objective Assessment of Ultrasound-Guided Procedural Competence
- Third place: Clark Rosen, MD – EMG-guided Laryngeal Botulinum Toxin Injection Simulator Utilizing Trans-Cricothyroid Approach
2024 Simulation Showcase:
- A 3D Simulation Training Model for Endoscopic Back-and-Forth Septoplasty
Maurizio Di Cicco, Michele Gaffuri; Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Policlinico di Milano, Italy
- Advanced Interdisciplinary Airway Management (AIAM) Simulation Training
Karthik R. Prasad, MD; PGY-2 (Otolaryngology), Ansley Roche, MD, Yan H. Lee, MD, Avanti Verma, MD; Yale-New Haven Hospital - Advancing Education in Facial Fracture Patterns with an Innovative 3D Printed Model
Ethan Moore, BA, Scott Mann, MD; University of Colorado School of Medicine and Denver Health Medical Center - Assessing Simulated Pediatric Tracheostomy Emergencies with NeoCHART+ (TM) for PEAK-II
Marc-Mina Tawfik, BS, Elliot Schiff, BA, Roxanna Mosavian, BA, Christine Campisi, BA, Amanda Shen, MS, Juan Lin, PhD, Alanna Windsor, MD, Jacqueline Weingarten-Arams, MD, Sara H. Soshnick, DO, MS, Akira Nishisaki, MD, MDCE, Sangmo Je, MD, PhD , Tensing Maa, MD, Ilana Harwayne-Gidansky, MD, MA, Regine M. Fortunov, MD, Christina J. Yang, MD, MSc, and the International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research, and Education (INSPIRE) Investigators; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Albany Medical Center, Albany Medical College, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital - BottleCric: An Innovative Low-Cost Cricothyroidotomy Simulator
Layo Alaga, Daniel E. Guindon; McGill University, Canada - Botulinum Toxin Injection Simulation to Enhance Safe Facial Injections and Prevent Complications
Mohsen Naraghi, MD, Hamed Sarikhani, MD; Body Brillianceand Montefiore Medical Center - Design and Development of a 3D-Printed Intraoral Flap Inset Task Trainer
Brett Campbell, MD, Lauren Schlegel, MD; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Development of a Low-Cost, 3D-Printed and High-Fidelity Cricothyrotomy (HFC) Trainer for Clinical Skills Advancement
Kamel Awayda, BS, MD/PhD Student, Woodger Faugas, JD, Esq, Medical Student, Zuivanna Rivas, BS, Medical Student; University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. - EMG-Guided Laryngeal Botulinum Toxin Injection Simulator Utilizing Trans-Cricothyroid Approach
Clark A. Rosen, MD, Ian Bowers, DO, MBA, Vyvy Young, MD, Antonia Lagos Villaseca, MD; University of California San Francisco and Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Chile. - Enhancement of Video Endoscopic Surgical Skills in Otolaryngology through Simulation and Competitive Learning
Duane J. Taylor, MD, James “Butch” Rosser, Jr., MD, Sedale Boire DO, PGY-1, Alessandra Bliss MD, Owen Burns, Ramy Freeman, Noah Seifu; George Washington University, Trinity Holy Cross Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Gila Medical Center, University of Buffalo, Mountain View Hospital/Sunrise Health GME Consortium and Georgetown University. - Expanding the Reach of Simulation Education with SimBox
Marc-Mina Tawfik, BS, Tracy Cheung, BA, Sara Friedman, BA, Alice Lee, MD, Jash Patel, MD, Anna Corbalan, MD, Neha Patel, MD, Juliette Levine, NP, Erin E. Montgomery, RN, Maybelle Kou, MD, Elizabeth Sanseau, MD, MS, Marc Auerbach, MD, Sofia Athanasopoulou, MD, Christina J. Yang, MD, MSc; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, Montefiore Medical Center, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Indiana University Health, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus/Inova Children’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Yale University - Flexible Laryngoscopy Simulation as a Tool to Improve Surgical Skills and Minimize Patient Discomfort in Residency Training
Karuna Dewan, MD, Lucy Liu, MD, Camille Robichaux, BS; Louisiana State University - Improving Radiofrequency Ablation of Thyroid Nodule Phantom Modules
Tiffany Heikel PA-C, Bao Y. Sciscent, BS, Hanel Eberly, BS, Neerav Goyal, MD, MPH, David Goldenberg, MD, Tiffany Heikel, PA-C - Integration of 3-D Printed Trachea Model for an AAO-HNSF Emergency Airway Management Simulation Session for Medical Students
Deepthi S. Akella, MS, Vijay A. Patel, MD, Matthew T. Brigger, MD, MPH, Justin Ryan, PhD, Michele M. Carr, DDS, MD, PhD - Low-Cost Simulator for Objective Assessment of Ultrasound-Guided Procedural Competence
Merry Sebelik, MD, MAMSE, Benjamin Wibonele, MD, PGYV, William Sebelik-Lassiter; Emory University Division of Endocrine Head and Neck Surgery and Milwaukee School of Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering. - Moderate Fidelity Lateral Canthotomy with Cantholysis Simulation For Resident Education
Davis M. Aasen, MD, Katherine R. Kavanagh, MD; The University of Connecticut Division of Otolaryngology and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center - New Open Educational Resources for Temporal Bone Dissection in the Open Oto Project
Michelle Higgins, MD, PhD, Rustin Kashani, MD; University of Iowa Health Care - Next Dimension Medical Education: A Pilot Study Exploring Virtual Reality in Head and Neck Anatomy
Ivan Alvarez, BS, Emily Johnson, BS, Mackenzie Latour, MD, Michael Yim, MD; LSU Health Shreveport - Novel Paranasal Sinus Surgical Simulation Model
Sammuel Sobey, PhD, B.Eng; Fusetec - OtoVIS: a Photorealistic Otologic Simulator Mobile Application for Asynchronous Learning in Undergraduate Medical Education
Ryan Chan, MSc, MD, Myra Chen, PhD, William Kim,, MSc, Arthur Batista, MA. - Stimulating STEMM Student Interest in Otolaryngology through Simulation Activities
Duane J. Taylor, MD, James “Butch” Rosser, Jr., MD, Sedale Boire, DO PGY-1, Alessandra Bliss, MD, Owen Burns, Ramy Freeman, Noah Seifu; George Washington University, Trinity Holy Cross Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Gila Medical Center, University of Buffalo, Mountain View Hospital/Sunrise Health GME Consortium and Georgetown University - Validating a Virtual Simulation Tool for Local and Regional Flap Reconstruction in the Head and Neck: A Pilot Study
Ella Koonar, MD, MSc, Fatemeh Ramazani, MD, MMEd, Shamir Chandarana, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Wayne Matthews, MD, FRCSC, Christiaan Schrag, MD, FRCSC, Jennifer Matthews, MD, MSc, FRCSC, David Mackenzie, MD, FRCSC, David Mackenzie, MD, FRCSC, Sam Roberts, MD, Court Cutting, MD, Robert Hart, MD, FRCSC, Justin Lui, MD, FRCSC; University of Calgary and NYU Langone Medical Center.