Aurora Awards

Twice a year, Kerecis holds competitions, The Northern Lights Wound Workshop and The Arctic Midnight Sun Surgical Workshop, to promote global scientific dialogue and exchange. Cases are collected from medical practices, academic institutions, and hospital facilities around the world, showcasing the use of Kerecis products in various surgical procedures and wound types. Physicians present novel cases in which fish skin grafts are applied for their intended uses. The scientific workshops are competition-based. The top-scoring cases will receive an Aurora Award, and the winning providers will be invited to the Aurora Workshop in Reykjavik to accept the award on behalf of their facility. The exchange of ideas is fostered between all attendees during this exclusive small-capacity event, where attendees present their findings.

The Northern Lights Wound Workshop is the leading scientific workshop for advancing the knowledge of the utility of fish skin grafts for managing chronic wounds and lower extremity injuries. The scientific workshop entry is competition-based. The exchange of ideas is fostered between all attendees during this exclusive small-capacity event, where attendees present their findings.
Northern Lights web page: https://www.kerecis.com/northern-lights-aurora/

The Arctic Midnight Sun Surgical Workshop is the leading scientific workshop for advancing the knowledge of the utility of fish skin grafts for managing surgical wounds and burn injuries. The scientific workshop entry is competition-based. The exchange of ideas is fostered between all attendees during this exclusive small-capacity workshop, where attendees present their findings.
Midnight Sun web page: https://www.kerecis.com/midnight-sun-workshop/

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.

Midnight Sun 2025

Grand Prize Winners

  • Ethan Thomas Paulin MD
  • Marc E. Walker MD, MBA, FACS
  • Suhail Sharif MD(KOL)
  • Dr. Marion Poget
  • Ariel Aballay MD, FACS, FABA(KOL)
  • Marcus Duda MD(KOL)

Grant Winners

  • Dr. Salvatore Burrai
  • Dott. Lorenzo Giannini
  • Dr. med. Siamak Sharafi
  • Ryan Gobble MD, FACS
  • Derek Bell MD
  • Kirtishri Mishra MD
  • Jeko Madjarov MD(KOL)
  • Matthew Martin Reinar DPM, FACFAS
  • James Melville DDS(KOL)
  • Gregory Louis Borah MD, DMD(KOL)
  • Pablo Lorenzo Padilla MD(KOL)
  • Elaina Yingnu Chen MD
  • George Karl Van Osten III MD(KOL)
  • Paris Lyndsie Malin DPM
  • Keoni Nguyen DO
  • Taylor McEachon NP, RNFA
  • Daniel Oreadi DMD
  • Andrew Vitale MD
  • Greg Clark DPM
  • Brendan James MacKay MD
  • Jonathan Schneider DO(KOL)
  • Diana A. Burgeno-Vega MD
  • Peter Kane MD
  • Gregory M. Georgiadis MD, FACS, FAAOS
  • Chau Pham MD, FACS
  • Joey Karim Ead DPM, MS
  • Eleanor Bucholz MD
  • Vimala Ramachandran MD
  • Anna Malysz Oyola DO
  • Laura Crankshaw MD
  • Binh Nguyen MD
  • Jonathan Stahl DO(KOL)
  • Waleed Zaid DDS, MSc, FRCS(c), FACS
  • Eric Martin DO(KOL)
  • Kyle Scarberry MD
  • Adam Silverman MD(KOL)
  • Bo Wang MD
  • Seth McCord MD
  • Maria Jose Barahona Andrade MD
  • Yevgeny Tarasov DO, PhD
  • Harold Bafitis MD

Northern Lights 2025

Grand Prize Winners

  • Matthew Modugno DOM
  • Heidi Godoy DPM
  • Michael Stickler MD

Grant Winners

  • Dr. Elsa Björk Valsdóttir
  • Dr. med. Matthias Schaffert
  • Dr. med. simeon Berov
  • Michael McPhee MD, FACS, MBA
  • Kelly Jones MSN, FNP-C
  • Shawn Braunagel DPM
  • Rober Fischer MD
  • Janalynn Miller FNP-C
  • Jaclyn Schumann DPM
  • Kyle Hehe DPM
  • Joshua Raskin DPM
  • Zachary Janes DPM
  • Gary Gansen DPM
  • Jessica Holman DNP
  • Lawrence Tarasuk DO
  • Christina Richardson MSN, APRN, FNÐ-BC, CWON
  • Josephine Kleyner DPM
  • Brian Maured DPM
  • Jennefer Pulapaka DPM
  • Girish Nair DPM
  • Gregory Sheremeta DPM
  • Davil Haile DPM
  • Anuj Paul DPM
  • Latisha Smith-Chase MD
  • Aaron Pearl DPM

Midnight Sun 2024

Grand Prize Winners

  • Eric Martin COL, DO, FACOS, FSVS; FACS
  • Franco Bassetto
  • Robert Valenzuela MD
  • Jeremy Tan MD
  • Timothy Wolff DO

Grant Winners

  • Lina Weiss
  • Saziye Karace
  • Guide Ciprandi MD
  • Dhiren Patel MD, FACS
  • Binh Nguyen MD
  • Michael Patric Ogilvie MD, MBA, FACS
  • Marc E. Walker MD, MBA, FACS
  • Corianne Rogers MD
  • Jenna Wishnew MD, FACS
  • Gregory Amend MD
  • Yale Kadesky MD
  • Michael Romberg MD
  • Samir Sodha MD Daniel Dennis Lozano MD
  • Ramon A. DeJesus MD
  • Charalampos Siotos MD, PhD
  • Waleed Zaid DDS, MSc, FRCD(c), FACS
  • Charbel Chalouhy MD, MSc
  • Mohammad Gilani MD
  • Michael Lacqua MD
  • Frank Lacqua MD
  • Gary Vercruysse MD
  • Jaclyn M. Jankowski DO
  • Ashtyn Talos PA-C
  • Ariel Aballay MD
  • Adam T. Silverman MD
  • Grace Ann Lepis MD, MPH
  • Katherine Benedict MD
  • James Jee-Ling Chao MD
  • Andrea E. Geddes MD, MS
  • Anupama Mahta MD
  • Saraswati Dayal MD, FACS
  • Jonathan Stahl DO
  • Noel Natoli MD
  • Thomas Davenport MD, FACS
  • Richard J. Ehrichman MD
  • Alfredo Cordova MD, FACS
  • Stanislav Nickolaevich Tolkachjov MD

Northern Lights 2024

Grand Prize Winners

  • John Nguyen MD
  • Rimi Statkus DPM
  • Pastor Damien Aymeric med
  • Vilayvanh Saysoukha DPM

Grant Winners

  • Bernd Gächter
  • Dr. med. Lukas Fiedler
  • Sarah M. Russegger
  • Dr. med. Sascha Hoederath
  • MUDr. Pavol Stolfa
  • Elsa Björk Valsdóttir MD
  • Hojin Park MD
  • Brittany Lynn Nino DPM
  • Connor Stephen Krolikowski DPM
  • Courtney Aldridge PA-C
  • Cyaandi Rhone Dove DPM
  • Coleman Clougherty DPM, MA
  • Frank DiPalma DPM
  • Carrie Ann McGroarty, PA-C, MPAS
  • Cheryl Sabens MSN, APN, NP-C
  • Christopher Cook DPM, FACFAS
  • Hars Amin DPM
  • Heather Vu Tran DPM
  • Huifang Cheng NP
  • James Michael Cottom DPM, FACFAS
  • Jason Rizzo MD
  • Johanna Godoy-Jones DPM
  • Mario Cala DPM
  • Michael D. Schwarcz DPM
  • Michael J. Menack MD
  • Michael Murphy MD, FAMCS, FAAD
  • Allan Grossman DPM
  • Atif Baqai MD
  • Bradley Mechak DPM
  • Bridget Elizabeth Barmhart PA-C
  • Nicholas Blasingame DPM
  • Raffaella Buffolino DPM
  • Randall I Kline DPM
  • Roland A. Tolliver Jr. DPM
  • Ronal Guberman DPM
  • Sang Hyub Kim DPM
  • Sean Richard van Aken DPM
  • Stephen Dini DPM, FACFAS
  • Sunny Sajjad DPM
  • Vanessa Dajda Dimas MD
  • Wendy Jean Stevens CRNP

Northern Lights 2023

Grand Prize Winners

  • Dr. med Alessandro Corsi
  • Nickil Nayee DPM
  • Alex Kamenshikov DPM
  • Dr. med Anna-Lisa Pignet

Grant Winners

  • Dr. med Philip Duppers
  • Dr. med Dirk-Theodor Schräeder
  • Dr. Lina Weiss
  • Dr. med Simeon Nikola Berov
  • med. Rebecca Hizli
  • Deep Shah DPM
  • Jaime Cesar Giraldo Arango
  • James LaPolla DPM
  • Dilliam M. Noorlag DPM
  • Jarrod Kaufman MD
  • Jason R. Miller DPM
  • Ladd Clayton Atkins DO
  • Marcus V Duda
  • Matthew Liwski DPM
  • Nicholas Cappa DPM
  • Patrick Roberto DPM
  • Stephanie Campbell DPM
  • Tomasz Rostkowski DPM
  • Val E Haddon II DPM
  • Annie Truitt MD
  • Brittany Wojnicki DPM
  • Carmina Quiroga DPM
  • Janale Beckford DPM
  • John Cappa DPM
  • Kamran Shayesteh DO
  • Kiera Margaret Benge-Shea DPM
  • Kimberlee Hobizal DPM
  • Luis Joseph Navazo MD
  • Richard Bruno DPM
  • Scott Gawlik DPM, FACFAS
  • Thanh An Nguyen DPM
  • Jonathan Hook DPM
  • Jamie Cesar Giraldo Arango MD

Northern Lights 2022

Grand Prize Winners

Grant Winners

  • Alexis Chan
  • Babajide Ogunlana
  • Brian Futrell
  • Brian J Burgess
  • Charmaine Capistrano NP
  • Christine Espenilla APRN, FNP-BC
  • Christopher Lee Winters DPM
  • Daniel Peterson DPM
  • Ejodamen Shobowale DPM
  • Elisabetta Lacopi MD
  • Gregory Neal MD
  • Heather A. McKenzie MD
  • Ira Henri Kraus
  • Jennifer Brandt
  • John Cappa
  • Joseph D. Rundell DPM
  • Kimberlee Hobizal
  • Kirsten Smith
  • Lauren P. Stephenson NP
  • Linda A. Coulter RN
  • Loan Lam von der Lancken
  • Lucian G. Vlad MD
  • Michael E. Calderone DPM
  • Mina Abadeer DPM
  • Ming-wie Wu
  • Marie Lejeune
  • Marjory Jones MD
  • Nikul Mahendra Panchal
  • Norman-Philipp Hoff MD
  • Patrick Stephen Agnew DPM
  • Peter F. Lovato
  • Pierre Morcel
  • med. Sandra Moritz
  • Tracy M. robertson NP

Northern Lights 2021

Grand Prize Winners

  • Andrew Bright DO
  • Dr. Alessandro Corsi
  • Dr. Andrea Galanti
  • Peter Lovato DPM
  • Nickil Nayee DPM
  • Dr. Eun So Park

Grant Winners

  • Britain Wetzel DPM
  • James LaPolla DPM
  • Hyunseong Kang
  • Joon Ho Sung Rimi Statkus DPM
  • Rimi Statkus DPM
  • Dr. Anna Cyrek
  • Dr. Nickil Nayee
  • Dr. Brittany Wojnicki

Northern Lights 2020

Grand Prize Winners

  • Linda Agnes Coulter BSN, MS, RN, CWOCN
  • Hsin Han Chen MD
  • John Cicero DPM

Grant Winners

  • Matthew Endara MD
  • Chan Kang MD
  • Angela Renee Akin DO
  • Jacob Reinkraut DPM, FACFAS
  • Michael Van Vliet MD
  • Eunsoo Park MD
  • Robert Burdi DPM

Northern Lights 2019

Grand Prize Winners

  • Bryan L. Folkers, D.O., FACOS
  • Lisa A Jeffers, MS, CRNP, FNP-BC, CWS

Grant Winners

  • Brittnie Cave MSN, RN, FNP-BC, WCC
  • Jogn Cicero DPM
  • Mark Suski MD, FACS
  • Eric Lullove DPM
  • Bridget Corey DPM
  • Ryan Chatelain DPM
  • Randy Shafritz MD, FACS, RPVI
  • Rajan Patel DPM
  • Patric McEneaney DPM, FACFAS
  • Jonathan Hook DPM, CWOCN
  • Janette Dingess BSN, CWOCN
  • Matthew C. G. Liwski DPM
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