he Committee on Scientific and Educational Exhibits has announced the winners for the 2005 Annual Meeting. Fifty-one scientific and educational exhibits were displayed. The winners were:

First Place
“A Comprehensive Multimodal Perioperative Analgesic Regimen With an Emphasis on Peripheral Nerve Blockade Improves the Perioperative Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty.” Presenters were James R. Hebl, M.D., Sandra L. Kopp, M.D., Mark W. Pagnano, M.D., Robert L. Lennon, M.D., David E. Byer, M.D., and Terese T. Horlocker, M.D., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

Second Place
“How to Avoid Death for a Dollar! Implementation of Perioperative Cardiac Risk Reduction Therapy (PCRRT): Beta Blockers and Clonidine (BBAC),” submitted by Arthur W. Wallace, M.D., Ph.D., and Gerald M. Ozanne, M.D., University of California-San Francisco.

Third Place
“Interactive Regional Anesthesia Resident Training by Real-Time Anatomy Imaging,” submitted by Gerbrand J. Groen, M.D., Ph.D., Nizar Moayeri University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Scientific and clinical value, originality, creativity and quality of the presentation are considered when judging the awards. The committee thanks all those who took the time to develop and present their exhibits.

Andrew D. Rosenberg, M.D., is Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital for Joint Diseases, and Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.