The Society would like to announce that the ASA Presidential Scholar Award has been renamed the James E. Cottrell, M.D., Presidential Scholar Award (which was made possible by an anonymous donation). The award recognizes colleagues who dedicate their formative careers to research.
Anesthesiologists who are within 10 years of their first appointment to a department of anesthesiology, who are board-certified in their country of practice, ASA members and clinically active in anesthesia, intensive care or pain medicine are eligible for the award. Nominees must be academically accomplished with peer-reviewed publications and funded research. Candidates should be nominated by their department chair or by the Committee on Research after review of the current year’s grant applicants of the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research. The nominee’s department chair should submit a letter of support and the nominee’s current curriculum vitae as well as one seconding letter from a senior faculty member....
