2013 Recipient

North American Conference of Gastroenterology FellowsThese four awards were presented during the North American Conference of GastroenterologyFellows in March 2013. A total of 113 fellows submitted their research and 23 were invitedto attend the conference and present their work. Of the 23 attendees, four fellows wererecognized for the outstanding research presented in their abstracts and their presentations.The conference is sponsored by the ACG, is associated with the Canadian Association ofGastroenterology, and is supported in part by unrestricted educational grants by JanssenBiotech, Inc., UCB, Inc. and Procter and Gamble.2013 RecipientsMost Children with Eosinophilic Esophagitis have a Favorable Outcome as Young AdultsJohn W. Jacobs, MD, Matthew Bohm, DO, Anita Gupta, MBBS, Sandeep K. Gupta, MD,FACG, John M. Wo, MD, Indiana University, Indianapolis, INCost Effectiveness Analysis of Chromoendoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Surveillance inPatients with Ulcerative ColitisGauree Gupta Konijeti, MD, Mark G. Shrime, MD, MPH, Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, MD,Andrew T. Chan, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Cambridge, MassachusettsSurvival of Patients with Early Stage Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Treated withEndoscopic Treatment or Surgical Resection: An Analysis of Surveillance, Epidemiology,and End Results (SEER) DatabaseSaowanee Ngamruengphong, MD, Herbert C. Wolfsen, MD, FACG, Michael B. Wallace, MD,MPH, FACG, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FloridaNonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Subclinical Atherosclerosis: Analyses from theCoronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) StudyLisa B. VanWagner, MD, MS, Christina M. Shay, PhD, MA, Hongyan Ning, MD, MS, JohnWilkins, MD, Cora E. Lewis, MD, MSPH, Jeff Carr, MD, MS, James G. Terry, MS, DonaldLloyd-Jones, MD/ScM, David Jacobs, PhD, Mercedes Carnethon, PhD, NorthwesternUniversity, Chicago, IL64