Dr. Michael Lynch Wins the 2013 Glancy Award

Congratulations to Dr. Michael Lynch, PGY5 plastic surgery resident, who was named the recipient of the prestigious Glancy Award at the Black Tie Dinner of the Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (SEPSRS) in June. His paper entitled “Dermal Autografts as a Substitute for Acellular Dermal Matrices (ADM) in Tissue Expander Breast Reconstruction: A Prospective Comparative Study,” was selected from over 60 papers submitted from 11 accredited plastic surgery residency programs throughout the Southeast. Co-authors were 4th Year Medical Student Michael Chung and Dr. Brian Rinker.

The Glancy Award has been given every year since 1977 to the plastic surgery resident judged to have the best paper presented in the residents’ competition at the SEPSRS Annual Meeting

Picture caption:  (From left: Dr. Brian Rinker (Professor of Surgery, UK), Dr. Jorge de la Torre, Chairman of the SEPSRS Resident Competition Committee, and Dr. Michael Lynch.)