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PGA ARCHIVES - Residents Research Contest - |
| The Residents Research Contest is open to international competition. This Program provides researchers with an excellent opportunity to introduce him/herself to the global anesthesia community. Monetary awards were given for the best presentations. The contest was conducted poster-style on Saturday, December 8th, 2007 during the PGA 61 conference. Prizes were awarded prior to the E.A. Rovenstine Memorial Lecture on Monday, December 10, 2007. |
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| At the Rovenstine Lecture, left to right, above, Dr. Cynthia A. Lien, Residents Research Contest Chair, Dr. Andrew D. Rosenberg, PGA Scientific Programs Chair and Dr. Rebecca S. Twersky, PGA General Chair, congratulate Minjae Kim, M.D. of the Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, the 1st place winner for "Isoflurane Mediates Protection from Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury via Sphingosine and Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Dependent Pathways." |
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| Left to right, Drs. Lien, Rosenberg, and Twersky, with Matthias L. Riess, M.D., Ph.D. of the Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who placed second for his presentation of "Differential Increase of Mitochondrial Matrix Volume by Sevoflurane in Isolated Cardiac Mitochondria." |
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| Left to right, Drs. Lien, Rosenberg, Twersky and third place finisher, Sebastian Brandt, M.D. from the Departments of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland who presented "Aggressive and Moderate Fluid Resuscitation in Septic Pigs: Consequences on Morbidity." |
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| Above, center, Dr. Riess presents his research poster at the Saturday session. |
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| The 2nd place ribbon awarded to Dr. Riess' research poster. |
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| Left to right, Drs. Kim, Lien, Riess and Brandt during PGA 61. |