2025 Resident Competition

Marguerite Meariman 1st place

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Brepocitinib induces clinical improvement in patients with cicatricial alopecia and attenuates scalp inflammatory biomarkers

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Neil Jairath 2nd place

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

A Retrieval augmented generation-enabled LLM for improved cSCC prognostication

Kristina Navrazhina 3rd place

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Tape strip detects molecular alterations and cutaneous biomarkers in early and late stage hidradenitis suppurativa

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Yasir Al-Dojaily

New York Medical College

Optimizing surgical training for the left-handed dermatology resident: A systematic review for identifying challenges and proposing guidelines for better education of trainees

Alyssa Breneman

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Simplifying nasal reconstruction after Mohs surgery: an algorithm based on three cutaneous zones

Rachel Christensen

Weill Cornell Medical College

Characterization of skin response in patients with Mycosis Fungoides and Sezary Syndrome treated with Mogamulizumab: A retrospective, real world cohort

Tess Lukowiak

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

“Mohs and social media: a cross-sectional analysis of the quality of TikTok videos regarding Mohs micrographic surgery”

Justin Marson

SUNY Downstate

New dimensions in dermatologic surgery: a pilot study of light detection and ranging in the pre-operative setting

Emily Nadelmann

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Comparative analysis of melanoma histologic subtypes and stage at diagnosis by race and ethnicity: insights from a Bronx cohort versus the TCGA-SKCM dataset

Vartan Pahalyants

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Risk factors for satellitosis/in-transit metastasis and its prognostic significance in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

Rachel Tannenbaum

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Outcome measurement instruments for dermatologic adverse events in cancer trials

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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

2026 Annual Stritzler Resident Competition

6:00-7:00pm

7:00-9:00pm

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Resident Competition

About the Competition

The Stritzler Competition is an annual event sponsored by the Dermatologic Society of Greater New York that invites residents to present their research to their peers and faculty. The presentations are evaluated by a panel of judges. Additional details about the competition can be found here. Past winners and presenters can be found here.

Sarah Gold
Weill Cornell Medical College
Lived experience of hirsutism in transgender individuals 		June Moon
New York Medical College
Secondary re-closure versus secondary intention healing in postoperative cutaneous wound dehiscence: a systematic review
Nisrine Kawa
Columbia University of Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Characterizing the burden of skin-related quality of life among patients with hematological conditions 		Erica Cohn
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Efficacy and safety of medical interventions for moderate to severe hidradenitis suppurativa: a living systematic review and network meta-analysis
Shahzeb Hassan
SUNY Downstate
The prevalence of nonmelanoma skin cancer in a population of patients with oculocutaneous albinisim in Haiti		Ronan Talty
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
BRAFV600E mutation rewires melanoma lipid metabolism and ferroptosis sensitivity
Grant Sprow
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Comparison of Mohs micrographic surgery and postoperative wound complication rates in non-Hispanic white and skin of color patients 		Ziyang Xu
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Establishment of dermatopathology image encyclopedia DempathNet using artificial intelligence empowered workflow
Anusha Pasumarthi
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
JAK3/TEC kinase inhibition is safe and effective in cicatricial alopecias: results from a prospective clinical trial 		Alison Romisher
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Beyond weight loss: GLP-1 receptor agonists as a novel therapeutic option for repigmentation in vitiligo
Madeline Kim
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Tape strip molecular profiling captures abrocitinib-induced normalization of immune, barrier, and itch skin biomarkers in moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis

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