Aurora Awards

At Kerecis sustainability is the prize. Our Aurora Awards Trophies, presented to grand prize winners at the Northern Lights Wound and Midnight Sun Workshop in Reykjavik, symbolize both achievement in the operating room and our commitment to sustainability. 
 
The top piece is created from recycled fishing nets and rope collected on shores, helping to clean up our oceans and protect marine life. With a look almost identical to marble, the base is crafted from recycled single-use packaging, upcycling waste into something beautiful and meaningful. 

Thank you all for taking time and effort to submit your cases. Your participation is greatly appreciated.

There was a total of 46 case submissions (22 wound, 24 surgical and burn)

Aurora Case Winners

• • Dr. Alessandro Corsi, Surgical Dehiscence

• • Dr. Anna Cyrek, Surgical Wound S/P femoral popliteal bypass

• • Dr. Andrea Galanti, Venous Leg Ulcer

• • Dr. Hyunseong Kang, Pressure Sore

• • Dr. Joon Ho Song, Scald Burn

• • Dr. Rimi Statkus, Multiple Lower Extremity Fasciotomies

• • Dr. Britain Wetzel/ Dr. James LaPolla, Diabetic Foot Ulcer

• • Dr. Brittany Wojnicki, Post Amputation Surgical Wound

Grand Prize Winners

• • Dr. Andrew Bright, Post Spinal Surgery Surgical Wound

• • Dr. Alessandro Corsi, Post Excision of Carcinoma Surgical Wound

• • Dr. Andrea Galanti, Pyoderma Gangrenosum

• • Dr. Peter Lovato, Post Achilles Rupture Surgical Incision

• • Dr. Nickil Nayee, Thermal Burn

• • Dr. Eun Soo Park, Burns to the Plantar

The 2020 Aurora Awards Competition has named eight winning cases, two of which are in the grand prize category.

Category: Wound

*Grand Prize* Case: “Peristomal Pyoderma Gangrenosum”
Linda Coulter, BSN, MS, RN, CWOCN, Cleveland Clinic, Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing, Cleveland, Ohio

Case: “Necrotizing Fasciitis”
Jacob Reinkraut, DPM, FACFAS, Complete Foot and Ankle, Ridgewood, New Jersey

Category: Surgical

*Grand Prize* Case: “Fasciotomy with Surgical Debridement”
Dr. Hsin Han Chen, Director of Burn Centre, China Medical University Hospital, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Plastic Surgery

Case: “Large Necrotic Ulcer Requiring Skin Graft”
Matthew R. Endara, MD, MRMG Plastic Surgery, Columbia and Spring Hill, Tennessee, USMRMG

Case: “Traumatic Degloving Injury”
Chan Kang, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Republic of Korea

Category: Resident

Case: “Calcinosis Cutis”
Eunsoo Park, MD, Soon Chun Hyang University Bucheon Hospital, Republic of Korea

Category: Resident

Case: “Chemical Burn”
Angela Akin, DO, Cedar Park Regional Medical Center Wound Care , Cedar Park, Texas

Case: “Second Degree Burn – Bilateral Foot”
Robert Burdi, DPM, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, Illinois

We received close to 50 submissions.

Congratulations to the following winners!

• • John Cicero, DPM – Bloomfield, New Jersey: Case series on the use of Kerecis Omega3 Wound as an implanted spacer in joint surgery

• • Linda Coulter, RN BSN CWOCN – Beechwood, Ohio: Use of Kerecis Omega3 Wound on a large Peristomal Pyoderma Gangrenosum wound resulting in wound closure in approximately three months with a reduction of pain

• • Hsin Han Chen, Plastic Surgeon – Taipei, Taiwan: Application of Kerecis Omega3 Wound on a post fasciotomy hand case with exposed tendons

Seven winners to receive seven educational grants

• • Surgical

• • Matthew Endara, MD

• • Chan Kang, MD

• • Chronic

• • Michael Van Vliet, MD

• • Burn

• • Robert Burdi, DPM PGY2

• • Eunsoo Park, MD

Close to twenty case series describing treatment with the Kerecis Wound were submitted.

The two contest winners who will receive an educational grant

• • Bryan Folkers D.O. FACOS – Plastic Surgery, Iowa: Five unique surgical case studies on the use of Kerecis immediately post debridement, following application technique and wound closure of all wounds using up to six graft applications

• • Lisa Jeffers CRNP, CWS – Nurse Practioner, Maryland: Case series on atypical wounds with the focus on use of Kerecis to provide dermal regeneration for exposed bone

In addition, Kerecis is awarding twelve educational grants

• • Brittnie Cave MSN, RN, FNP-BC, WCC

• • John Cicero DPM

• • Mark Suski MD, FACS

• • Eric Lullove DPM

• • Bridget Corey, DPM

• • Ryan Chatelain DPM

• • Randy Shafritz, MD, FACS, RPVI

• • Rajan Patel DPM

• • Patrick McEneaney DPM, FACFAS

• • Jonathan Hook, DPM, MHA

• • Janette Dingess BSN, CWOCN

• • Mathew Liwski DPM