IFFAS Award Recipients

 

2024

Takakura Prize for Best Clinical Paper

Joint Kinematics after Peroneus Brevis to Longus Transfer for Treatment of Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity
Matthew Conti, MD


President's Prize for Best Research Paper

Fully Reduced HMGB1 Enhances Nonunion Fracture Healing in Diabetic Rat Model
Jarrett Cain, DPM


Best ePoster

Increased Complication and Hardware Removal Rates Associated with Headed Screws in Subtalar and Ankle Arthrodeses
Christopher Gross, MD


Best Trainee Award

Jaeyoung Kim, MD

2022 (postponed from 2020)

Takakura Prize for Best Clinical Paper

Long Term Functional Outcomes After Total Ankle Arthroplasty
James Brodsky, MD


President's Prize for Best Research Paper

Metal Artifact Reduction Sequence (MARS) MRI for the Evaluation of Total Ankle Arthroplasty: A Cadaveric Study
Moses Lee, MD​

2017

Takakura Prize for Best Clinical Paper

Polymorphisms of Estrogen Receptors in Menopausal Women with Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction
P.A. Pontin, C. de Cesar Netto,  F. Fonseca, E. C. Baracat, K. Carvalho, T. Fernandes, A. Godoy Santos


President's Prize for Best Research Paper

Antinociceptive Effect of Hyaluronic Acid Sodium on Ankle Osteoarthritis Model
S. Jimbo, Y.Terashima, A. Teramoto, K. Watanabe, Y. Sakakibara, H. Shoji, N. Tohse, Y. Yamashita​


Best ePoster

Treatment of Freiberg's Infraction in Athletic Population
D. Georgiannos, I. Bisbinas

 

2014

Takakura Prize for Best Clinical Paper

Patient Expectation and Satisfaction as Measures of Surgical Outcome in End-Stage Ankle Arthritis: A Prospective Cohort Study of Ankle Joint Replacement versus Ankle Fusion
Alastair S.E. Younger, MBChB, ChM; Timothy R. Daniels, MD; Mark A. Glazebrook, MD, MSc, PhD; Murray J. Penner, MD; Kevin J. Wing, MD; Hubert Wong, PhD; Peter Dryden, MD; Karl A. Lalonde, MD


President's Prize for Best Research Paper

Correlation Between Static Radiographic Measurements and Inter-segmental Angles Measurements During Gait Using a Multi-segment Foot Model with a 15 Marker Set
Sang Gyo Seo, MD; Ji-Beom Kim, MD; Sung Ju Kim, MS; Ji Hyung Kim, MD; Kyoung Min Lee, MD; Chin Youb Chung, MD; In Ho Choi, MD; Dong Yeon Lee, MD, PhD

 

2011 (meeting cancelled but award presented)

Takakura Prize for Best Clinical Paper

Clinical and Radiographic Assessment of Low Tibia Osteotomy by Varus Type Osteoarthritis of the Ankle
Akira Taniguchi, MD; Yasuhito Tanaka, MD; Takenori Matsuda, MD; Satosu Kamijyo, MD; Tsukasa Kumai, MD; Yoshinori Takakura, MD

 

2008

Takakura Prize for Best Clinical Paper

Radiological Evaluation of the Rheumatic Foot
Sérgio Damião Prata, MD


President's Prize for Best Research Paper

A Prospective Gait Analysis of Patients Before and After Ankle Replacement
James Brodsky, MD