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Important
Annual Meeting Registration Information
 egistration
for the ASA 2004 Annual Meeting to be held October
23-27 in Las Vegas, Nevada, is now available on the
Web, and the process has never been more convenient.
Just log on to <www2.ASAhq.org>
and navigate through the “ASA Annual Meeting”
online registration icons. You will be able to access
scientific sessions, exhibitor information, housing
and activities in Las Vegas.
The initial preregistration deadline is September
22. After that date, online registration
only will be available until October 12.
All requests for refunds or exchanges must be in writing.
Individuals who register by September 22 and who will
receive their tickets in the mail must return the
tickets they wish to cancel or exchange for receipt
by ASA no later than October 12. No refunds or exchanges
will be allowed after October 12.2.
Residents’
Research Essay Award Recipients Honored
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K. Cahalan, M.D., Chair of the Committee on Research,
has announced that the committee will award prizes
for the following three entries in the ASA 2003 Residents’
Research Essay Award:
First Prize
George Gallos, M.D., College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Columbia University, New York, New York, for “Local
Anesthetics Reduce Mortality and Protect Against
Renal and Hepatic Dysfunction in Murine Septic Peritonitis.”
Second Prize
Claudia Benkwitz, M.D., University of Wuerzburg,
Wuerzburg, Germany, for “Influence of GABAA
Receptor Y2 Splice Variants on Isoflurane
Modulation.”
Third Prize
Jacob Raphael, M.D., Hadassah-Hebrew University
Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, for “Mechanisms
of Ischemic Preconditioning: A Potential Protective
Role of the Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1 in a Rabbit
Model of Regional Myocardial Ischemia.”
Recipients receive a plaque to acknowledge their
achievement and the opportunity to present their papers
at the awards ceremony and oral scientific poster
presentation during the ASA Annual Meeting in Las
Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday, October 24, at 8 a.m. during
the House of Delegates meeting in the Las Vegas Hilton.
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