2009 Grant Recipients
The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Scientific Evaluation Committee is pleased to announce the 2009 APSF Grant recipients:
Dwayne Westenskow, PhD
Professor and Director of Bioengineering
Department of Anesthesiology,
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
"User Interface to Prevent Intravenous Infusion Pump Errors"
- APSF/Cardinal Health Foundation Research Award
- Ellison C. Pierce, Jr. MD Research Award
Daniel Raemer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
"Challenging Others in the Operating Room: Testing an Educational Patient Safety Initiative For Anesthesia Faculty"
- APSF/American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Endowed Research Award
Anahi Perlas, MD FRCPC
Assistant Professor,
Department of Anesthesia
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Gastric Ultrasonography: A Non-invasive Tool to Determine Gastric Volume. Development of a Quantitative Model"
- APSF/American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) President's Endowed Research Award
- The Doctor's Company Foundation Ann S. Lofsky, MD Research Award
Randy W. Loftus, MD
Anesthesiology Resident (graduating 6/08)/Critical Care Fellow (starting 7/09)
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH
"Assessment of Routine Intraoperative Horizontal Transmission of Potentially Pathogenic Bacterial Organisms and Associated Morbidity and Mortality"
- APSF/Anesthesia Healthcare Partners (AHP) Research Award
Ehab S.A. Farag, MD, FRCA
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Departments of General Anesthesia and Outcomes Research
Cleveland, OH
"Effects of Lactated Ringer's Solution versus Albumin and Alpha-2 Agonist Brimonidine versus Placebo on Intraocular Pressure During Prone Spine Surgery"
- APSF/Eisai Research Award
Randolph H. Hastings, MD, PhD
Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
University of California at San Diego
VA San Diego Healthcare System
San Diego, CA
"Educational Value of an Adjustable and Life-Like Laryngoscopy Simulator"
- APSF/Covidien Research Award
