Residents’ Research Essay Contest Award Recipients Honored

ichael 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 2006 ASA Residents’ Research Essay Award contest.

First Prize
Christiane Frick, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts for “Long-Term Effects of Botulinum Toxin on Neuromuscular Function.”

Second Prize
Long T. Nguyen, M.D., State University of New York at Stonybrook, Stonybrook, New York, for “Attenuation of Anesthetic Preconditioning and Reactive Oxygen Species Production in the Aged Heart.”

Third Prize
Hannah Wunsch, M.D., Columbia University, New York, New York, for “Increased Mortality Associated With Acute Respiratory Failure of Extra-Pulmonary Origin.”

Winners receive a plaque and cash award to acknowledge their achievement.

The awards will be presented during the Celebration of Research at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, October 16, at McCormick Place.

Component Society News: Florida Society Elects Top Officer

afael V. Miguel, M.D., was elected as President of the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists at its June 25, 2006, Annual Meeting in Palm Beach.

Dr. Miguel is Professor and Program Director of Pain Medicine of the departments of Anesthesiology and Neurosurgery at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He is a lifelong academic anesthesiologist and pain physician who has participated in numerous clinical trials and has published extensively in the field of pain medicine and various perioperative medicine topics. He was the first anesthesiologist appointed to the Florida Board of Medicine, serving as vice-chair of the board and chair of its Credentials Committee and Physician Assistants Council.