The Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care announces the establishment of the Neurotrauma Residents Award. A $1,000 prize and recognition will be given to the most outstanding contribution to the papers presented at the annual sectional meetings held in conjunction with the CNS and AANS. All neurosurgical residents in training, in fellowship, or within one year of completing their residency will be eligible. A short manuscript (5-10 pages) must be submitted to qualify for consideration of this award. Beginning with the 1997 AANS meeting, abstract submission forms will have specific information on applying for this award. In the meantime, further information is available from Jack Wilberger, MD, (412) 359-6200.
Kent Yundt, MD, has been awarded the annual $50,000 Brain Trauma Foundation Fellowship for 1996. Dr. Yundt will study the effects of acute hyperventilation on regional cerebral ischemia in human traumatic brain injury using PET scanning. This research will be done under the direction of Ralph Dacey, MD, Chairman of Neurosurgery at Washington University in St. Louis.
The Joint Section elections for 1996-1998 produced the following results: Chairman, Charles H. Tator, MD; Chairman-Elect, Brian Andrews, MD; Secretary -Treasurer, Don Marion, MD; Executive Council Members-At-Large, Ross Bullock, MD, and Dan Kelly, MD.