David J. Birnbach, M.D., Director of Obstetric Anesthesiology and Resident Education at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City, has been awarded the APSF/Dryden Research Grant Pr 1995. The title of his research project is ‘Skin disinfection prior to initiation of epidural anesthesia: a microbiologic assessment of a commonly utilized method of skin disinfection and evaluation of a new means of antisepsis.” Dr. Birnbach is also an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University.

The Gale E. Dryden, M.D., Research Fund was established in 1993 within the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation to honor Dr. Dryden and to support research on anesthesia-related nosocomial infections.