Faculty Basic Science Presentation
Selim Suner, MD, MS, Brown University
Matthew R. Fellows, Carlos Vargas-Irwin, John P Donoghue: Defining Long-term Signal Reliability for a 100-electrode Chronically Implanted Array to Develop a Primate Model for Studying the Effect of Nearby Injury on Individual Neurons in Primary Mortor Cortex (M1).

Young Investigator Clinical Presentation
Alan E. Jones, MD, Carolinas Medical Center
Vivek S. Tayal, D. Matthew Sullivan, Jeffrey A. Kline: Randomized Controlled Trial of Immediate vs. Delayed Goal-directed Ultrasound to Identify the Etiology of Nontraumatic Hypotension in Emergency Department Patients.

Young Investigator Basic Presentation
Daniel P. Davis, MD, University of California, San Diego
Satoki Inoue, John C. Drummond, Paul J. Kelly, Daniel J. Cole, Piyush M. Patel: Combination of Isoflurane and an Extrinsic Caspase Pathway Inhibitor Results in Sustained Nuroprotection in Rats Subject to Focal Cerebral Ischemia.

Clinical Science Fellow Presentation
Rick Gerein, MD, University of Ottawa
Matin Osmond, Ian G. Stiell, Lisa Nesbitt, Starla Campbell: What is the Etiology of Out-of-Hospital Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Arrest.

Basic Science Fellow Presentation
Jing Chen, MD, Thomas Jefferson University
Luna Benvenisti-Zarom, Raymond F. Regan: Increasing Expression of Endogenous Heme Oxygenase-1 Protects Astrocytes from Heme-mediated Oxidative Injury.

Clinical Science Resident Presentation
Basmah Safdar, MD, Yale New Haven Hospital
Linda C. Degutis, Keala Yamamoto, Harry C. Moscovitz, Swarupa R. Vedere, Gail D'Onofrio: Comparison of Efficacy and Adverse Events of Intravenous Ketorolac and Parenteral Morphine Alone and in Combination in the Treatment of Acute Renal Colic.

Basic Science Resident Presentation
Brian McBeth, MD, University of Michigan
Susan A. Stern, Xu Wang, Michelle Mertz, Brian J. Zink: Effects of Cocaine in an Experimental Model of Traumatic Brain Injury.

Clinical Science Medical Student Presentation
Kyle Shaver, University of Pennsylvania
Robert J. Marsan, Keara L. Sease, Frank D. Sites, Frances S. Shofer, Judd E. Hollander: Does a Negative Inpatient Stress Test or Catheterization Prevent Return Cardiac Visits in the Following Year?

Basic Science Medical Student Presentation
Garig M. Vanderveldt, Thomas Jefferson University
Raymond F. Regan: The Neurotoxic Effect of Sickle Cell Hemoglobin.

Faculty Basic Science Presentation
Lawrence D. Sherman, MD, University of Pittsburgh
Lawrence D. Sherman, Aron Flagg, Clifton Callaway, James Menegazzi: Angular Velocity: A New Method to Predict Ventricular Fibrillation Duration.

Young Investigator Clinical Presentation
Nathan I. Shapiro, MD, MPH, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Nathan I, Shapiro, Richard E. Wolfe, Richard Moore, Sharon B. Wright, David W. Bates: Who needs a Blood Culture? A Prospectively Derived and Validated Clinical Prediction Rule.

Young Investigator Basic Presentation
Daniel P. Davis, MD, University of California, San Diego
Daniel P. Davis, Satoki Inoue, Paul J. Kelly, Dan J. Cole, John C. Drummond, Piyush M. Patel: Decoy Molecules May Contribute to Neuronal Ischemic Preconditioning.

Clinical Science Fellow Presentation
Christian Vaillancourt, MD, MSc, FRCPC, University of Ottawa
Christian Vaillancourt, Ian G. Stiell, George A. Wells, Valerie J. DeMaio: Mathematical Model Predicting the Potential Impact of Various Community Bystander CPR Rates on Overall Survival from Cardiac Arrest.

Clinical Science Resident Presentation
Christopher Kabrhel, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital
Christopher Kabrhel, Andrew T. McAfee, Samuel Z. Goldhaber: Prospective Evaluation of the Canadian Pulmonary Embolism Score in an Undifferentiated Emergency Department Population.

Clinical Science Medical Student Presentation
Jason McMullan, Medical University of South Carolina
Jason McMullan, Frederick H. Veser: Emergency Department Volume and Patient Acuity as Factors in Patients Leaving Without Treatment.

Basic Science Medical Student Presentation
Cedric Lefebvre, BS, Thomas Jefferson University
Cedric Lefebvre, Bernard L. Lopez, Theodore A. Christopher, Xin-Liang Ma: Anti-Apoptotic Effects and Its Mechanisms of a Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Recetor-g Agonist in Hypercholesterolemic Rabbits Subjected to Myocardial Ischemia and Reperfusion.

Faculty Basic Science Presentation
Richard Summers, MD, University of Mississippi
Richard L Summers, Zizhuang Li, Domenic P Esposito, and Drew Hildebrandt: Effect of Delta Receptor Agonist on Duration of Survival During Hemorrhagic Shock. Acad Emerg Med 2002 9: 504-505.

Young Investigator Presentation
Daniel Rusyniak, MD, Indiana University
Daniel E Rusyniak, Mark A Kirk, Jason D May, Louise W Kao, Julie L Welch, Edward J Brizendine, and Robert J Alonso: Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment in Acute Ischemic Cerebral Vascular Accidents: A Prospective, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study. Acad Emerg Med 2002 9: 445-446.

Basic Science Fellow Presentation
Mark Su, MD, New York University/Bellevue Hospital Center
Mark Su, Jason Chu, Mary Ann Howland, Lewis S Nelson, and Robert S Hoffman: Amiodarone (Ami) Attenuates Fluoride-induced Hyperkalemia in Human Erthrocytes (RBCs). Acad Emerg Med 2002 9: 485.

Clinical Science Fellow Presentation
Linda Papa, MD, CM, CCFP, University of Ottawa
Linda Papa, Ian G Stiell, and George A Wells: Predicting Need for Intervention in Renal Colic Patients after ED Discharge. Acad Emerg Med 2002 9: 361.

Clinical Science Resident Presentation
Joe Suyama, MD, University of Cincinnati
Joe Suyama, Edward J Otten, Matthew D Sztajnkrycer, Christopher Lindsell, Amy B Kressel, and Judith M Daniels: Surveillance of Infectious Disease Occurrences in the Community: An Analysis of Symptom Presentation in the ED. Acad Emerg Med 2002 9: 358-359.

Basic Science Resident Presentation
Steven Bird, MD, University of Massachusetts
Steven B Bird, Romolo J Gaspari, Won Jae Lee, and Eric W Dickson: Diphenhydramine as a Protective Agent in Severe Organophosphate Poisoning. Acad Emerg Med 2002 9: 357-358.

Medical Student Presentation
James Frederick, BA, University of Pennsylvania
James R Frederick and Robert W Neumar: Delayed Inhibition of Calpain Activity after Global Brain Ischemia. Acad Emerg Med 2002 9: 443.

Basic Science Fellow Presentation
Henry E Wang, MD, University of Pittsburgh
Henry E Wang, James J Menegazzi, Christopher B Lightfoot, Clifton W Callaway, Kristofer C Fertig, Lawrence D Sherman: Effects of Biphasic vs. Monophasic Defibrillation on the Scaling Exponent and Defibrillation Outcome in a Swine Model of Prolonged Ventricular Fibrillation. Acad Emerg Med 2001; 8:5: 425

Emanuel Rivers, MD, Henry Ford Hospital
Emanuel P Rivers, H Bryant Nguyen, Sue Havstad, Bernhard Knoblich, Barry Derechyk, William Rittinger, Marie Mullen, Varnada Karriem-Norwood, Julie Urrunaga, Jay Fisher, Julie Ressler, Alexander Muzzin, Puja Uppal, Gregory Hayes, William Chung, Doris Powell, Kevin R Ward, Benjamin Guslitis, Michael C Tomlanovich: Early Goal-Directed Therapy in the Treatment of the Systemic Inflammatory Response Emergency Department Intervention. Acad Emerg Med 2000; 7:5:427

Faculty Basic Science Presentation
Laurence Katz, MD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Laurence M Katz, Yuanfan Wang, Barbara Duff-Griffith, Beth M Tyler, Elliott Richelson: Neurotensin Analog Induces Rapid and Prolonged Hypothermia after Cerebral Ischemia. Acad Emerg Med 2000; 7:5: 425

Xin-liang Ma, MD, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University
Xin-liang Ma, Feng Gao, Chen-ling Yao, Bernard L Lopez, Theodore A Christopher: Role of Calcium in Post-ischemic Myocardial Apoptosis. Acad Emerg Med 2000; 7:5 507

Young Investigator Presentation
David Wright, MD, Emory University
David W Wright, Martha E Bauer, Stuart W Hoffman, Donald G Stein: Progesterone Reduces Cerebral Edema after Traumatic Brain Injury in Male Rats. Acad Emerg Med 2000; 7:5: 511-512

Basic Science Fellow Presentation
D Matthew Sullivan, MD, Carolinas Medical Center
D Matthew Sullivan, Jeffrey A Kline: Right Ventricular Dysfunction Ex-vivo after Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism. Acad Emerg Med 2000; 7:5: 548

Clinical Science Fellow Presentation
Geoffrey A Jackman, MD, Emory University
Geoffrey A Jackman, Mirna M Farah, Harold K Simon, Arthur L Kellermann: Seeing is Believing: Parental Perceptions versus Observed Child Behavior around a Firearm. Acad Emerg Med 2000; 7:5: 559-560

Resident Presentation
Brigitte M Baumann, MD, University of Pennsylvania
Brigitte M Baumann, Jeanmarie Perrone, Frances S Shofer, Judd E Hollander: Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-controlled Trial of Diazepam, Nitroglycerin or Both for Treatment of Cocaine Associated Acute Coronary Syndrome. Acad Emerg Med 2000; 7:5: 514

Medical Student Presentation
Joshua CS Rucker, BSc, University of Toronto
Joshua CS Rucker, Janet C Tesler, Akinori Takeuchi, Ben Greenhouse, Alex Vesely, Sasha Kobrossi, Ron Somogyi, Eitan Prisman, David Preiss, George Volgyesi, Steve Iscoe, Arthur S Slutsky, Ludwig Fedorko, Joseph A Fisher: Effect of O2 on Cerebral Blood Flow in CO-Poisoned Subjects. Acad Emerg Med 2000; 7:5: 504-505

Valerie De Maio, University of Ottawa
Valerie De Maio, Ian Stiell, George Wells, Daniel Spaite, Michael Martin, Jo-Anne O'Brien: Factors Associated with Field Pronoucement of Cardiac Arrest Patients. Acad Emerg Med 2000; 7:5: 509

Basic Science Poster
Selim Suner, MD, MS, Brown University
Selim Suner, Gregory D. Jay, Richard Raymond: Myocardial Depression in Rat Hearts Perfused Ex-vivo with Carbon Monoxide. Acad Emerg Med 1999; 6: 5: 394.

Basic Clinical Science Oral
David Magid, MD, MPH, University of Colorado
David J. Magid, Ella Lyons, Ned Calonge: Insurance Related Differences in Delay in Seeking Emergency Care for Patients with Myocardial Infarction. Acad Emerg Med 1999; 6: 5: 385.

Basic Clinical Science Poster
Samuel D. Turnipseed, MD, University of California, Davis
Samuel D. Turnipseed, J. Douglas Kirk, John R. Richards, Ezra A. Amsterdam: Frequency of Acute Coronary Syndromes in Methamphetamine Users with Chest Pain. Acad Emerg Med 1999; 6: 5: 424.

Young Investigator Basic Science
Hernan F. Gomez, MD, University of Michigan
Hernan F. Gomez, Mark J. Miller, Jeffrey S. Warren: Antigenic Cross-reactivity of Venoms from Medically Important North American Loxosceles Spider Species. Acad Emerg Med 1999; 6: 5: 378-379.

Young Investigator Clinical Science
Amy C. Plint, MD, University of Ottawa
Amy C. Plint, Martin H. Osmond, Terry P. Klassen: A Randomized Double-blind Study Comparing the Efficacy of Racemic Epinephrine to Salbutamol in Acute Asthma. Acad Emerg Med 1999; 6: 5: 492.

Resident Oral
Nicholas A. Schwartz, MD, University of Pittsburgh
Nicholas A. Schwartz, David J. Istvan, Michael A. Turturro, Gregory L. Larkin: Perceived Mode of NSAID/Placebo Administration and Its Effect on Analgesia. Acad Emerg Med 1999; 6: 5: 505

Resident Poster
Annabella V. Salvador, MD, NYU Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital
Annabella V. Salvador, Rebecca S. Fineberg, Lewis S. Nelson, Robert S. Hoffman: The Effects of Fosphenytoin Compared to Other Anticonvulsants for the Prevention of Theophylline-induced Seizures. Acad Emerg Med 1999; 6: 5: 392-393.

Medical Student Presentation
Valerie J. De Maio, University of Ottawa
Valerie J. De Maio, Ian G. Stiell, George A. Wells, Daniel W. Spaite, Roxanne E. Ward: Optimal Defibrillation Response Time Intervals for Maximum Prehospital Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates. Acad Emerg Med 1999; 6: 5: 369.

Fellow Presentation
Kevin Curtis, MD, George Washington University
Kevin Curtis, Milena Miljkovic-Lolic, Robert E. Rosenthal, Julius Axelrod, Aidan Hampson: Neuroprotective Effects of Cannabidiol Following Focal Cerebral Ischemia in Rats. Acad Emerg Med 1999; 6: 5: 371.

Best Basic Science Poster
Raymond F. Regan, MD, Thomas Jefferson University
Regan RF, Guo Y: Toxic Effect of Hemoglobin on Spinal Cord Neurons in Culture. Acad Emerg Med 1998; 5: 5: 449.

Best Oral Clinical Science Presentation
Ian Stiell, MD, MSc, University of Ottawa
Stiell IG, Spaite DW, Wells GA, Field BJ, Munkley DP, Lyver MB, Ward RE, DeMaio VJ, Campeau T, Dagnone E: The Impact of Rapid Defibrillation on Cardiac Arrest Survival in the Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support (OPALS) Study. Acad Emerg Med 1998; 5: 5: 417-418.

Marianne Gausche, MD, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Gausche M, Lewis RJ, Stratton SJ, Haynes B, Gunter CR, Goodrich S, Poore PD, McColough MD, Henderson DP, Pratt F, Seidel JS: A Prospective, Randomized Study of the Effect of Out-of-Hospital Pediatric Intubation on Patient Outcome. Acad Emerg Med 1998; 5: 5: 428.

Best Poster Clinical Science Presentation
Kevin R. Ward, MD, Henry Ford Hospital
Ward KR, Hart SM, Khlaer J, Lulek M, Rivers EP: Hemodynamic Changes Associated with the Use of Etomidate During Rapid-Sequence Induction of Critically Ill Patients. Acad Emerg Med 1998; 5: 5: 394.

Young Investigator Oral
Hernan Gomez, MD, University of Michigan
Gomez HF, Miller MJ, Trachy JW, Desai A, Warren JS: Inhibition of Dermonecrotic Arachnidism with Intradermal Polyclonal Anti-Loxosceles Spider Venom Fab Fragments. Acad Emerg Med 1998; 5: 5: 474.

Young Investigator Poster
Andrew T. McAfee, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital
McAfee T: Computer Modeling Characteristics of Emergency Department Daily Census Data. Acad Emerg Med 1998; 5: 5: 538.

Best Fellow
Prescott G. Woodruff, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Woodruff PG, Emerman CL, Cydulka RK, Gibbs MA, Pollack CV, Camargo CA: Prospective, Multicenter Study of Relapse Following Treatment for Acute Asthma Among Adults Presenting to the Emergency Department. Acad Emerg Med 1998; 5: 5: 375.

Best Resident Oral
Eric W. Dickson, MD, University of Massachusetts
Dickson EW, Reinhardt CP, Renzi FP, Tibbles PM, MArcel R, Becker RC: The Ischemic Preconditioning Effect is Transferable Between Rabbits via Whole-blood Transfusion. Acad Emerg Med 1998; 5: 5: 379.

Best Resident Poster
Michael L. Martino, University of Pittsburgh
Martino ML, Menegazzi JJ, Vanderbilt M, Vukmir RB, Novick LA: Nitric Oxide Titration of Porcine Endotoxic Shock. Acad Emerg Med 1998; 5: 5: 459.

Best Educational Presentations
Selected to represent Emergency Medicine at the AAMC Annual Meeting
Hazen Ham, PhD, American Board of Emergency Medicine
Ham HP, Gallagher EJ, Reinhart MA: Level of Examiner Agreement for the Critical Actions of the American Board of Emergency Medicine Oral Certification Examination. Acad Emerg Med 1998; 5: 5: 431-432.

Philip Henneman, MD, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Gallagher EJ, Schropp MA, Henneman PL: Changes in Institutional Attributes Associated with Formation of Academic Departments of Emergency Medicine. Acad Emerg Med 1998; 5: 5: 431.

Best Medical Student Presentation
Wende Reenstra, PhD, Boston University
Reenstra WR, Buras JA, Svoboda KK: Hyperbaric Oxygen Increases Human Dermal Fibroblast Proliferation, Growth factor receptor number, and In-vitro Wound Closure. Acad Emerg Med 1998; 5: 5: 409-410.

Best Poster Basic Science Presentation
Xin-Liang Ma, MD, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University, "Oxidative Injury Caused by Peroxynitrite"

Best Oral Clinical Science Presentation
Ian Stiell, MD, MSc, University of Ottawa, "Multicenter Implementation of the Ottawa Knee Rule"

Best Poster Clinical Science Presentation
Gerard Brogan, MD, University Medical Center, "Evaluation of Two Clinical Strategies for RapidlyRuling-Out Acute Myocardial Infarction in the ED"

Best Young Investigator Oral Presenations
Terry L. Vanden Hoek, MD, University of Chicago, "Residual Cellular Oxygen During Ischemia Augments Reperfusion Injury"

John G. Younger, MD, University of Michigan, "Partial Liquid Ventilation Increases Bronchoalveolar TNF and IL-6 Following Hemorrhagic Shock"

Best Young Investigator Poster Presentation
James Quinn, MD, University of Michigan, "Outcome Measures in Clinical Wound Studies: Reliability of Cosmesis Scales with a Determination of a Minimal Clinically Important Difference"

Best Fellow Presentation
Blake Bulloch, Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, "Validation of the Ottawa Ankle Rules in Children with Ankle Injuries"

Best Educational Presentations
Selected to represent Emergency Medicine at the AAMC Annual Meeting
Kevin Kilgore, MD, St. Paul Ramsey Medical Center, "Nuts and Bolts: A Method for Effective Daily Medical Student Feedback and Evaluation"

Dane M. Chapman, MD, PhD, Washington University, "Acquiring Clinical Reasoning Competency: Group Versus Individual Practice Using Patient Management Computer Simulations"

Best Medical Student Presentation
Ted Collison, Methodist Hospital, "ED Workplace Interruptions: Are Emergency Physicians Multitasking?"

Best Oral Clinical Science Presentation Rebecca Roberts, MD, Cook County Hospital, "Randomized Controlled Trial of A Rapid Diagnostic Protocol for Chest Pain Patients: Cost and Patient Satisfaction Outcomes"

Best Scientific Poster
David A. Talan, MD, University of California, Los Angeles, "Bacteriology of Infected Dog and Cat Bite Wounds"

Best Resident/Fellow Poster
Claudia M. Beck, MD, University of Louisville, "Emergency Department Managed Care Denials: Do Patients Pay Their Bills?"

Best Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care
Kathy N. Shaw, MD, MS, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, "Screening for Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Young Febrile Children in the Emergency Department Which Test is Best?"

Best Education Presentation
William Burdick, MD, Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann Univeristy, "Construct Validity of Performance Based Assessment of Emergency Medicine Residents"

Best Educational Presentations
Selected to represent Emergency Medicine at the AAMC Annual Meeting
William P. Burdick, MD, Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University, "Construct Validity of Performance Based Assessment of Emergency Medicine Residents"

Richard Lichenstein, MD, University of Maryland, "MEDSIMM c 2.1 - A Pediatric Advanced Life support Simulation Program"

Best Resident/Fellow Oral Presentation
Ian Stiell, MD, MSc, University of Ottawa, Edward W. Cetaruk, MD, University of Colorado, "Detrimental Cardiac Effects of Cocaine are Due to its Local Anesthetic Effects"

Best Innovations in Emergency
Medicine Education Exhibit
Anna Bradham, MD, Vanderbilt University, "Use of Digital Photography to Record Emergency Medicine Residency Experience"

Best Medical Student Presentation
Rebbeca Stroh, Thomas Jefferson University, "Splanchnic Ischemia-Reperfusion Shock is Attenuated by L-Propionyl Carnitine, and Endogenous Ester in Fatty Acid Metabolism"

Best Technology Presentation
David M. Schreck, MD, MS, Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center, "Factor Analysis of the Standard Electrocardiogram"

Best Oral Clinical Science Presentation Arthur L. Kellermann, MD, MPH, Emory University, "Weapons Involvement in Home Invasion Crimes"

Best Scientific Poster
Amy J. Behrman, MD, University of Pennsylvania, "Tuberculosis Exposure in the Emergency Department"

Best Resident/Fellow Poster
Wayne Satz, MD, Medical College of Pennsylvania, "An Analysis of Physician Dependent Costs Between Family Practitioners, Internists, and Emergency Physicians"

Best Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care
David M. Jaffe, MD, Washington University, "Temperature (T), Total White Cell Count (WBC) and Band Counts as Indicators of S. Pneumoniae (SP) Occult Bacteremia (OB)"

Best Education Presentation
William P. Burdick, MD, Medical College of Pennsylvania, "Reliability of Performance Based Assessment of Emergency Medicine Residents"

C. James Holliman, MD, Pennsylvania State University, "Workforce Projections for Emergency Medicine: How Many Emergency Physicians Do We Need?"

Best Resident/Fellow Oral Presentation
Robert Silbergleit, MD, Medical College of Pennsylvania, "A New Model of Uncontrrolled Intra-Abdominal Hemorrhage Allows Stratification of Injury Severity and Direct Correlation of Blood Pressure and Rate of Hemorrhage"

Best Innovations in Emergency
Medicine Education Exhibit
John W. Becher, DO, Albert Einstein Medical Center, "The Use of Videotape Review in the Trauma Resuscitation Chief Training for Senior Emergency Medicine Residents"

Best Medical Student Presentation Kristina K. Ishihara, Vanderbilt University, "Advance Directives in the Emergency Department"

Best Technology Presentation
Charles B. Cairns, MD, University of Colorado, "Noninvasive Assessment of Tissue Metabolism in Critically Injured Trauma Patients"

Best Oral Clinical Science Presentation
William H. Bickell, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, "A Comparison of Immediate versus Delayed Fluid Resuscitation for Hypotensive Patients with Penetrating Torso Injury"

Ian G. Stiell, MD, University of Ottawa, "A Multicenter Clinical Trial to Implement the Ottawa Ankle Rules"

Best Scientific Poster
Mark V. Williams, MD, Emory University, "Barriers Facing Patients Seeking Acute Care at a Public Hospital"

Best Resident/Fellow Poster
Emil Skobeloff, MD, Medical College of Pennsylvania, "Estrogen Withdrawal Alters the Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio in Rabbits"

Best Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care
Richard J. Scarfone, MD, "Nebulized Dexamethasone Versus Oral Prednisone in the Emergency Department Treatment of Acute Asthma in Children"

Best Education Presentation
Salvatore Mangione, MD, Medical College of Pennsylvania, "Physical Examination Skills of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine Residents"

Best Educational Presentations
Selected to represent Emergency Medicine at the AAMC Annual Meeting
Salvatore Mangione, MD, Medical College of Pennsylvania, "Physical Examination Skills of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine Residents"

C. James Holliman, MD, MS, Hershey Medical Center, "Can Academic Medical Centers Which Do Not Have an Emergency Medicine Residency Meet the Residency Review Committee's Requirements to Start an Emergency Medicine Residency?"

Best Resident/Fellow Oral Presentation
Diane C. Barta, MS, MD, University of Colorado, "Different Preconditioning Stimuli Protect Myocardial Mechanical Function after Ischemia Reperfusion Injury"

Best Innovations in Emergency
Medicine Education Exhibit
William J. Frohna, MD, Madigan Army Medical Center, "Effectively Communicating with Consultants An Instructional Module"

Best Medical Student Presentation
Frederick P. Bowman, BS, Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania, "Lower Esophageal Sphincter Pressure during Prolonged Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation"

Best Technology Presentation
H. U. Strohmenger, MD, University of Ulm, "Median Frequency of Ventricular Fibrillation Reflects Myocardial Blood Flow and the Chance of Successful Resuscitation"

Best Oral Clinical Science Presentation Ian G. Stiell, MD, University of Ottawa, "A Field Trial to Implement Decision Rules for Radiography in Ankle Injuries"

Best Scientific Poster Rebecca Smith-Coggins, MD, Sanford University, "Promoting Alertness and Performance on the Night Shift: An Intervention Study"

Best Resident/Fellow Poster
David J. Magid, MD, Denver General Hospital, "Cost-Effectiveness of the Prehospital ECG and Thrombolytic Therapy"

Best Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care
Marc H. Gorelick, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, "Outpatient Management of Low-Risk Febrile Infants Without Antibiotics"

Best Education Presentation
John V. Weigand, MD, Akron City Hospital, "Directing an Emergency Medicine Residency: The Problems and Their Solutions"

Best Educational Presentations
Selected to represent Emergency Medicine at the AAMC Annual Meeting
C. James Holliman, MD, Hershey Medical Center, "Documentation of the Need for Attending Supervision of Residents in the Emergency Department"

Steven M. Chernow, MD, University of Colorado, "An Educational Intervention Improves Fourth-Year Medical Students' Emergency Medicine Test Utilization and Reduces Costs"

Best Resident/Fellow Oral Presentation
Howard A. Smithline, MD, Henry Ford Hospital, "Systemic Hemodynamic and Oxygen Transport Response to Graded Carbon Monoxide Poisoning"

Best Innovations in Emergency
Medicine Education Exhibit
William P. Burdick, MD, Medical College of Pennsylvania, "Clinical Skills Taught by Emergency Medicine Faculty: A Model First-Year Course"

Best Medical Student Presentation
Michael I. Rose, BA, Bellevue Hospital Center, "The Effect of Global Ischemia and Reperfusion on the Plasma Levels of Endogenous Vasoactive Peptides"

Best Technology Presentation
James Mateer, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, "Ultrasound Evaluation of Ectopic Pregnancy by Emergency Physicians"

Best Oral Clinical Science Presentation
Ron Pirrallo, MD, William Beaumont Hospital, "Interrater Agreement of Paramedic Rhythm Labeling: Implications for Uniform Reporting of Data From Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest"

Best Scientific Poster
Blaine White, MD, Wayne State University, "Fluorescent Histochemical Localization of Lipid Peroxidation During Brain Reperfusion"

Best Resident/Fellow Poster
Christian Tomaszewski, MD, Carolinas Medical Center, "Prevention of Neurologic Sequelae From Carbon Monoxide by Hyperbaric Oxygen in Rats"

Best Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care
Jim Quinn, MD, University of Ottawa, "A Clinical Trial Comparing N-2-Butyl-Cyanoacrylate With Suturing Facial Lacerations in Children"

Best Educational Presentations
Selected to represent Emergency Medicine at the AAMC Annual Meeting
Richard Wolfe, MD, Denver General Hospital, "Evaluation of Criteria Used to Select Applicants for Emergency Medicine Residencies"

Arthur Sanders, MD, University of Arizona, "Characteristics Influencing Career Decisions of Academic and Nonacademic Emergency Physicians"

Best Resident/Fellow Oral Presentation
Susan Stern, MD, University of Cincinnati, "A Trial of Multiple Resuscitation Regimens in Severe Hemorrhagic Shock"

Best Innovations in Emergency
Medicine Education Exhibit
Robert Schwartz, MD, Hartford Hospital, "A New Educational Program for Death Telling: Didactic, Video, and Standardized Family Scenarios"

Best Medical Student Presentation
Kristin Mascotti, BS, University of Minnesota, "In Vitro Effect of Deferoxamine and 21-Aminosteroid on Hyperbaric-Induced Lipid Peroxidation in Rat Brain"

Best Medical Student Presentation Best Technology Presentation
Charles Shufflebarger, MD, Methodist Hospital of Indiana, "Comparison of A Neutral Network Versus Triss for Predicting Survival After Trauma"

Best Oral Methodology Presentation
Jeff Runge, MD, Carolinas Medical Center, "Prosecution of Injured Alcohol-Intoxicated Drivers for DWI"

Best Oral Clinical Science Presentation
Ronald Maio, DO, University of Michigan, "Increased Rural Motor Vehicle Crash Mortality: Role of Crash Severity and Medical Resources"

Best Scientific Poster
Thomas Aufderheide, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, "Milwaukee Prehospital Chest Pain Project Phase I: Feasibility and Accuracy of Prehospital Thrombolytic Candidate Selection:

Best Resident/Fellow Poster
Richard Clark, MD, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, "Clinical Presentation and Treatment of Black Widow Spider Envenomations: A Review of 163 Cases"

Best Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care
Tracy Lieu, MD, Children's Hospital of Boston, "Strategies for Diagnosis and Treatment of Febrile Infants: Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness"

Best Educational Presentations
Selected to represent Emergency Medicine at the AAMC Annual Meeting
Alexander Trott, MD, University of Cincinnati, "Academic Emergency Medicine in US Medical Schools"

Arthur Sanders, MD, University of Arizona, "Factors Influencing Career Choices in Academic Emergency Medicine"

Best Resident/Fellow Oral Presentation
Emil Skobeloff, MD, Medical College of Pennsylvania, "Role of Magnesium as a Calcium Antagonist in Rabbit Bronchial Smooth Muscle"

Best Innovations in Emergency
Medicine Education Exhibit
James J. Menegazzi, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, "Implementation of a Research Design and Statistics Curriculum for Emergency Medicine"

Best Medical Student Presentation
Melissa Nielsen, University of Cincinnati, "Effect of IV Glucose on Survival and Neurologic Outcome After Cardiac Arrest"

Best Oral Methodology Presentation
Carl Stevens, MD, Harbor-UCLA, "Patients Who Leave the Emergency Department Without Medical Evaluation: Severity of Illness and Need for Acute Care"

Best Resident Paper
Kristi L. Koenig, MD, University of California, Irvine, "Rapid Sequence Intubation of Head Trauma Patients: Prevention of Fasciculations With Pancuronium Versus Mini-Dose Succinylcholine"

Best Oral Clinical Science Presentation
Daniel Spaite, MD, University of Arizona, "Injury Severity Among Helmeted and Non-Helmeted Bicyclists Involved in Collisions with Motor Vehicles"

Best Scientific Poster
William Bickell, MD, Letterman Army Institute, "Use of Hypertonic Saline/Dextran Versus Lacerated Ringer's Solution as a Resuscitation Fluid Following Uncontrolled Aortic Hemorrhage in Anesthetized Swine"

Best Resident/Fellow Poster
Judith J. Dennis, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, "Recurrent Hypoglycemia After D50 Administration"

Best Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care
Mananda S. Bhende, MD, University of Pittsburgh, "Validity of a Disposable End-Tidal CO2 Detector in Verifying Endotracheal Tube Position in Infants and Children"

Best Educational Presentations
Selected to represent Emergency Medicine at the AAMC Annual Meeting
Steven M. Chernow, MD, University of Colorado, "Academic Emergency Medicine: A National Profile With and Without Emergency Medicine Residency Programs"

Harold A. Thomas, Jr., MD, Wake Forest University, "Faculty Attrition Among Three Specialties"

Best Resident/Fellow Oral Presentation
Norman Paradis, MD, Henry Ford Hospital, "The Effect of pH on the Change in Coronary Perfusion Pressure After Epinephrine During CPR in Humans"

Best Oral Methodology Presentation
William G. Baxt, MD, University of California, San Diego, "The Use of an Artificial Neural Network for Decision-Making Under Uncertainty; The Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction"

Best Resident Paper
Daniel J. DeBehnke, MD, Wright State University, "Comparison of Standard External CPR, Open-Chest CPR, and Cardiopulmonary Bypass in a Canine Myocardial Infarct Model"

Best Oral Clinical Science Presentation
Kathleen Hargarten, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, "Prehospital Prophylactic Lidocaine Does Not Favorably Affect the Outcome of Patients with Chest Pain"

Best Scientific Poster
Steve G. Crespo, MD, Medical College of Pennsylvania, "Comparison of Intravenous and Intraosseous Administration of Epinephrine in a Cardiac Arrest Model"

Best Resident/Fellow Poster
Marc Smith, MD, Harbor-UCLA, "Pharmacologic Interventions in Acute Cocaine Toxicity"

Best Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care
J. G. Linakis, MD, Children's Hospital, "Role of Activated Charcoal and Sodium Polystyrene Sulfanate (Kayexalate) in Gastric Decontamination for Lithium Intoxication: An Animal Model"

Best Educational Presentations
Selected to represent Emergency Medicine at the AAMC Annual Meeting
Robert A. DeLorenzo, Albany Medical College, "Analyzing Clinical Case Distributions to Improve an Emergency Clerkship"

Robert F. Polglase, Mercer University, "Problem-Based ACLS Instruction: A Model Approach for Undergraduate Emergency Medical Education"

Best Resident/Fellow Oral Presentation
Charlene B. Irvine, MD, University of Cincinnati, "Effect of Hypertonic vs. Normotonic Resuscitation on Intracranial Pressure After Combined Head Injury and Hemorrhagic Shock"

Best Oral Methodology Presentation
Michael Smith, MD, Highland General Hospital, "Comparison of Different Definitions of Critical Trauma Patients"

Best Resident Paper
Ray E. Keller, MD, Geisinger Medical Center, "Contribution of Sorbital Combined With Activated Charcoal in Prevention of Salicylate Absorption"

Best Oral Clinical Science Presentation
William G. Baxt, MD, University of California, San Diego, "The Inability of Prehospital Trauma Prediction Rules to Classify Trauma Patients Accurately"

Best Scientific Poster
David L. Schriger, MD, UCLA, "Defining Normal Capillary Refill: Variation with Age, Sex, and Temperature"

Best Resident/Fellow Poster
Katherine M. Hurlbut, MD, University of Arizona, "Reliability of Clinical Presentation for Predicting Significant Viper Envenomation"

Best Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care
Peter Aijian, MD, Valley Medical Center, "Endotracheal Intubation of Pediatric Patients by Paramedics"

Best Educational Presentations
Selected to represent Emergency Medicine at the AAMC Annual Meeting
Frank J. Papa, DO, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, "A Computer-Assisted Tool Designed to Improve Clinical Problem Solving Skills"

Charles E. Saunders, MD, Vanderbilt University, "Videotape Review of Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation: Analysis of Elements of Resuscitation Team Performance"

Best Oral Methodology Presentation
Phillip L. Henneman, MD, Harbor-UCLA, "Attending Coverage in Academic Emergency Medicine: A National Survey"

Best Resident Paper
Douglas Sinclair, MD, Victoria General Hospital, "The Evaluation of Suspected Renal Colic: Ultrasound Scan vs. Excretory Urography"

Best Methodology Poster

Frank J. Papa, DO, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, "A Computer-Assisted Learning Tool Designed to Improve Clinical Problem Solving Skills"

Best Oral Clinical Science Presentation
Ranjan Thakur, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, "A Randomized Study of Epinephrine Versus Methoxamine in Prehospital Ventricular Fibrillation"

Best Scientific Poster
Ruth Dimlich, PhD, University of Cincinnati, "Effects of Sodium Dichloroacetate on ATP and Phosphocreatine in Ishchemic Rat Brain"

Best Resident/Fellow Poster
Gert-Paul Walter, MD, Michigan State University, "Emergency Intraosseous Infusions in Children: A Practical Method of Teaching Prehospital Personnel"

Best Educational Presentations
Selected to represent Emergency Medicine at the AAMC Annual Meeting
David Plummer, MD, Hennepin County Medical Center, "Emergency Department Critical Care Registry"

Best Resident Paper
Robert L. Muelleman, MD, Truman Medical Center, "Blood Pressure Effects of Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone and Epinephrine in Anaplylactic Shock"

Best Oral Clinical Science Presentation
Stuart A. Malafa, MD, Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, "Prehospital Index: A Multicenter Trial"

Joseph F. Waeckerle, MD, Baptist Medical Center, Kansas City, "A Prospective Study Identifying the Efficacy of Clinical Findings and Sensitivity of Radiographic Findings in Carpal Navicular Fractures"

Best Scientific Poster
Mark Howard, DO, Henry Ford Hospital, "Improvement in Coronary Perfusion Pressures After Open Chest Cardiac Massage in Humans: A Preliminary Report"

Best Resident Paper
Steven Chernow, MD, University of Arizona, "Use of the Emergency Department for Hypertensive Screening"

Best Oral Clinical Science Presentation
Harlan A. Stueven, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, "Bystander/First Responder CPR: Ten Years Experience in a Paramedic System"

Best Resident Paper
William C. Dalsey, MD, and Scott A. Syverud, MD, University of Cincinnati, "Transcutaneous and Transvenous Cardiac Pacing For Early Bradyasytolic Cardiac Arrest"

Best Paper
Charles G. Brown, MD, Ohio State University, "Injuries Associated With the Percutaneous Placement of Transthoracic Pacemakers"

Best Presentation
Paul M. Paris, MD, University of Pittsburgh, "The Prehospital Use of Transcutaneous Cardiac Pacing"

Best Paper
Charles F. Babbs, MD, Purdue University, "Improved Cardiac Output During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation with Interposed Abdominal Compressions"

Best Presentation
Sandra H. Ralston, MD, Purdue University, "Intrapulmonary Epinephrine during Prolonged Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Improved Regional Blood Flow and Resuscitation in Dogs"

Best Presentation
Stephen R. Boster, MD, University of Louisville, "Translaryngeal Absorption of Lidocaine"

Best Presentation
Robert W. Strauss, MD, University of Chicago, "Expanded Role of the Barium Enema in the Acute Abdomen"

Best Presentation
Jacek B. Franaszek, MD, and Harold A. Jayne, MD, University of Illinois, "Medical Preparations for an Outdoor Papal Mass"