he Committee on Scientific and Educational Exhibits has announced the winners for the ASA 2007 Annual Meeting held October 13-17, in San Francisco. More than 50 scientific and educational exhibits were displayed at the meeting. The presentations were of high quality, and there was a tie for first place. In addition, awards for second and third place were presented. The winners were:

First Place (tie)
“Improving the Safety of PCA Opioid Infusions by Integrating Patient Monitors and Infusion Pumps,” presented by Julian E. Goldman M.D., Michael W. Jopling, M.D., Frank J. Overdyk, M.D., Sandy Weininger, Ph.D., David Arney, Ph.D., Insup Lee, Ph.D., Susan F. Whitehead, B.S., Philippe-Antoine Cortes, M.Eng., and Shankar Krishnan, Ph.D., from Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston.

Dr. Rosenberg, left, congratulates members of a team from New York University on their first-place tie for the 2007 Scientific and Educational Exhibits Award. From left to right, they are: Jovan Popovic, M.D., David B. Albert, M.D., Daniel D. Wambold, M.D., Mitchell H. Marshall, M.D., and Thomas J. J. Blanck, M.D., Ph.D. The other first-place winners appear on the following page.

First Place (tie)
“A Simulator for Learning Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia,” presented by Jovan Popovic, M.D., Andrew D. Rosenberg, M.D., Daniel D. Wambold, M.D., Thomas J.J. Blanck, M.D., Ph.D., Maki Morimoto, M.D., David B. Albert, M.D., Robert Altman, M.D., Mitchell H. Marshall, M.D., from New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases and the New York University School of Medicine, New York City.

Dr. Rosenberg with the first-place tie winners from Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Left to right, they are: Julian E. Goldman, M.D., Philippe-Antoine Cortes, M.Eng., Tracy Rausch, Gordon Fowler, Susan F. Whitehead, B.S., and David Arney, Ph.D. Not pictured were Michael W. Jopling, M.D., and Frank J. Overdyk, M.D.

Second Place
“3-D Airway Reconstruction, Virtual Reality and Digital Imaging in Anesthesiology,” presented by Frederico G. Osario, M.D., Mauricio Perilla, M.D., D. John Doyle, M.D., Ph.D., Martin Palomo, D.D.S., from the Cleveland Clinic.

Third Place
“Handheld Technology in Anesthesiology: Review of Current Educational and Practical Tools,” presented by Frederico G. Osario, M.D., Miguel A. Cruz, M.D., Loran A. Mounir-Soliman, M.D., R. Michael Ritchey, M.D., from the Cleveland Clinic.

Scientific and clinical value, originality, creativity and the 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, New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, and Professor of Anesthesiology and Orthopedic Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.