The Aurora Awards
The Kerecis Case Study Competition
REVIEW COMMITTEE
Dr. Shannon Payseur is board certified in both Family Medicine and Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine. She is a native of New Orleans holding a Masters in Public Health from Tulane University School of Public Health. Dr. Payseur is a limb salvage specialist who is passionate about empowering all patients through nutrition optimization for advanced recovery.
Dr. Jeffrey Wilson Shupp, MD, is the director of the Burn Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and an attending surgeon in the burn and trauma section of surgery.
Dr. Randy Shafritz, MD is a vascular surgery specialist in New Brunswick, NJ and has been practicing for 21 years. He specializes in vascular surgery.
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Aurora Awards 2020 Submission Now Open!
Submission guidelines
Complete the Case Study Template and send to aurora@kerecis.com once completed
- Completed Case Study Template (including the Patient Consent form for Photography)
- A minimum of three cases (unless the case is a multi-interventional or unique situation, and/or a unique approach is being used)
- Case series that illustrates the use of Kerecis Omega3 Wound
- The case series should be new and current
- Description of the cases should be clear and reproducible
- Submissions must include photos, measurements, brief description of treatment and outcomes
- If you are a U.S government employee please contact info@kerecis.com for ethics clearance
Award Categories
Categories:
- Wounds
- Surgical application
- Burns
- Resident award
Awards
Two Grand Prizes: Two contest winners will receive an educational grant to present their successes at the
NORTHERN LIGHTS WOUND
WORKSHOP – MARCH 26-27, 2020
- Seven educational grants will be awarded for accepted case series submissions in 4 categories: Chronic Wounds (2), Surgical Wounds (2), Burns (1) and Resident Awards (2).
- The grants can be used to submit and present the case series at a US National or Regional Conference in 2020
- Each grant consists of a $700 honorarium plus flight and two hotel nights
Review process
Case Series will be blindly reviewed by an external review committee
Notification of its decisions will be sent out by JANUARY 17, 2020
Review committee
Dr. Shannon Payseur is board certified in both Family Medicine and Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine. She is a native of New Orleans holding a Masters in Public Health from Tulane University School of Public Health. Dr. Payseur is a limb salvage specialist who is passionate about empowering all patients through nutrition optimization for advanced recovery.
Dr. Jeffrey Wilson Shupp, MD, is the director of the Burn Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and an attending surgeon in the burn and trauma section of surgery.
Dr. Randy Shafritz, MD is a vascular surgery specialist in New Brunswick, NJ and has been practicing for 21 years. He specializes in vascular surgery.