Hal Jayne Excellence in Education Award 

Steve Lowenstein, MD, MPH - University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Excellence in Research Award 

Jeff Kline, MD - Carolinas Medical Center

Leadership Award

Michelle Biros, MD, MS - Hennepin County Medical Center

Young Investigator Awards 

Jesse Pines, MD, MBA - University of Pennsylvania

Jon Rittenberger, MD, MS - University of Pittsburgh

Stephen Trzeciak, MD, MPH -  Cooper University Hospital

Special Recognition Award 

Roger Lewis, MD - Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 
Bob Neumar, MD, PhD - University of Pennsylvania 

2009 New Orleans, LA  (To be recognized at the 2010 business meeting in Phoenix, AZ)

2008 Annual Meeting Presentation Awards

Presentation Award Winners (Determined from 2008 presentations after the meeting in Washington DC)

• Best Faculty Award 
Amy Plint, MD
: A Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial of Nebulized Epinephrine and Dexamethasone in Outpatients with Bronchiolitis

• Best Young Investigator Presentation 
Lynn Babcock-Cimpello, MD
: Ability of S100B to Predict Abnormal Head CT in Children with Mild TBI

• Best Basic Science Award 
Joseph Piktel, MD
: Attenuated Effect of Cooling on Dispersion of Repolarization Underlies Decreased Risk of Arrhythmogenesis in Therapeutic vs. Severe Hypothermia

• Best Resident Award 
Anna Marie Chang, MD
: Left Bundle Branch Block Does Not Increase Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction in ED Patients with Potential Acute Coronary Syndrome

• Best Fellow Award 
Erik Hess, MD
: Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinical Prediction Rules to Exclude Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Emergency Department Setting: A Systematic Review

• Best Medical Student Award 
Maria Nelson
: A Geospatial Analysis of Persons Opting-Out from an Exception to Informed Consent Out-of-Hospital Interventional Trial

• Best Innovations in Emergency Medicine Exhibit Award
James V. Ritchie, MD, FACEP
The Contraption: A Low-Cost Participatory Hemodynamic Simulator

• Resident Visual Diagnosis Contest Winner
Dustin Mark, MD