Earl G. Young Foundation For Education and Research

Earl G. Young, M.D.
(1928-1989)

Earl Young Resident Research Competition
Dr. Earl G. Young of Minneapolis was a founding member of the Western Trauma Association and its 14th President. He died of a myocardial infarction, Monday, February 27, 1989, while skiing at Snowbird during the 19th Annual Meeting of the Association.

Dr. Young received his medical degree from the University of Rochester, N.Y. and Ph.D. in surgery from the University of Minnesota. He completed advanced training in cancer research at Harvard, a fellowship in cardiovascular surgery at Baylor University in Houston and studied microvascular surgery at the University of California–San Diego.

He was a clinical professor of surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School, and a practicing general and vascular surgeon at the Park-Nicollet Clinic in Minneapolis from 1960. He was nationally known and was actively involved in research and education throughout his career. In 1988, one year before his untimely death, he received the Owen H. Wangensteen Award for Academic Excellence from the University of Minnesota Health Science Center. It was awarded by an unprecedented unanimous vote of all 72 surgical residents.

The Residents Paper competition was begun in 1991 as a tribute to Dr. Young’s memory and his "spirit of inquiry, love of learning … and commitment in service to mankind.

 - Dr. John Najarian characterizing Earl at a memorial service in his honor at the University of Minnesota.

Resident Paper Competition Rules:

Eligibility:  All medical students, residents, and fellows who have completed the work being presented while in an official training program.  The presenter may have completed training at the time of presentation.   

Requirements:  The paper must not have been presented at another major meeting nor published prior to the WTA meeting.  All abstracts accepted for Earl Young presentation must have a manuscript submitted electronically in a Journal of Trauma format to the Publications Committee Chair by January 15^th. 

Sponsorship:  The sponsorship of an Earl Young Competition is not to be taken lightly.  The sponsor of the paper must be a Western Trauma Association member in good standing.  If the paper is not submitted by the deadline (or at all), the sponsor will be blocked from Western Trauma presentations for one year.  The sponsor and/or the senior author is expected to be present when the paper is given or face potential one-year censorship.  During the abstract selection process, Earl Young submissions are given greater weight, increasing their potential for being accepted.

EARL G. YOUNG AWARD
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