IARS Annual Meeting

Kosaka Best Abstract Awards

The Kosaka Best Abstract Awards are awarded to the top scoring abstracts submitted to the IARS Annual Meeting in three categories: Clinical Research, Basic Science, or Scholars.  Three (3) Top Finalists will be selected in each category and present during the Kosaka Best Abstract Session (5 minute talk, 3 minute Q&A, 5 slide max). The finalists will receive a $50 prize and one winner from each category will receive $500.

The Kosaka Best Abstract Awards are supported by the Japan Society for Clinical Anesthesia (JSCA) and the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS). The founder of the JSCA, Dr. Futami Kosaka, started a cooperative relationship with IARS in 1990 and developed the foundation for today’s Kosaka Best Abstracts Session.

Eligibility Requirements

The abstract:

  • Must be submitted to the IARS Annual Meeting.
  • Must be submitted in Clinical Research, Basic Science or Scholars.

The presenting author indicated in the abstract submission:

  • Will receive the prize.
  • Is not required to have an active IARS Membership.
  • For the scholars category, author must be junior faculty member within the first six years of faculty appointment at the instructor or assistant professor level.

The abstract must be presented during the Kosaka Best Abstracts Session at the IARS Annual Meeting.

Prize

The Finalists will receive:

  • $50 gift certificate and a certificate of recognition at the Annual Meeting

One winner from each category will receive:

  • $500 and a plaque after the IARS Annual Meeting

The Basic and Clinical Winners will receive a complimentary registration to the following year’s Annual Meeting and a $1000 travel stipend should they attend.

 

Junior Faculty Travel Awards in Pediatric Anesthesia or Perioperative Medicine (supported by Y.S.Prakash)

The Junior Faculty Travel Award in Pediatric Anesthesia is awarded to the top scoring abstract in the area of pediatric anesthesia by an early-stage faculty in an academic anesthesiology department within the first six years of faculty appointment at the instructor or assistant professor level. The awardee will receive a $500 prize and a certificate.

The Junior Faculty Travel Award in Perioperative Medicine is awarded to the top scoring abstract in the area of perioperative medicine by an early-stage faculty in an academic anesthesiology department within the first six years of faculty appointment at the instructor or assistant professor level. The awardee will receive a $500 prize and a certificate.

Eligibility

The abstract:

  • Must be submitted in the areas of pediatric anesthesia or perioperative medicine.
  • Must be presented as a poster presentation during the meeting.

The presenting author indicated in the abstract submission:

    • Must be an early-stage faculty in an academic anesthesiology department within the first six years of faculty appointment at the instructor or assistant professor level.
    • Will receive the prize.

Prize

  • $500 and certificate after the Annual Meeting

Congratulations to the 2023 Kosaka Best Abstract Winners:

Basic Science: Discovery of a New Quinone Anesthetic Leads to Identification of a Novel Pharmacological Target in Mice

Richard Levy, MD, NY Presbyterian Hospital – Columbia University

Clinical Research: Lung entropic hysteresis: The concept of retained energy in mechanically ventilated ARDS patients

Aiman Suleiman, MD, MSc, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Scholars: Hispanic ethnicity and postoperative discharge to a nursing home: A New York City hospital retrospective study

Annika Witt, BSc, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Congratulations to the 2023 Top Finalists:

Top Basic Science Presentations:

Tissue-protective and immunomodulatory functions of mature B cells in a murine model of hyperoxic lung injury

Dusan Hanidziar, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Enolase-2 in circulating extracellular vesicles as a biomarker to predict the severity of traumatic brain injury in male mice

Balaji Krishnamachary, PhD, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Top Clinical Research Presentations

The causes of hypoxemia and their relative contribution in COVID-19 respiratory failure: a combined Multiple Inert Gas Elimination Technique and Dual-Energy Computed Tomography study

Mattia Busana, MD, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

Effect of simulated blood pressure elevation during hypotensive noncardiac surgical procedures upon 30-day all-cause postoperative mortality as projected by the sluscore

Wolf Stapelfeldt, MD, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN

Top Scholars Presentations

The influence of intraoperative opioid administration on postoperative pain and opioid requirements

Laura A. Santa Cruz Mercado, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Neonatally sevoflurane-exposed and unexposed male rat cagemates affect each other’s neurodevelopmental phenotypes

Lingsha Ju, MD, MSc, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Congratulations to the 2022 Winners:

Basic Science Research Award Winner:

Glutamatergic and Adrenergic Neurons Mediate Alpha-2-Agonist-Induced Sedation and Hypnosis in Mice

Andrew McKinstry-Wu, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Clinical Research Award Winner:

Cognitive and cerebrospinal fluid Alzheimer’s Disease biomarker changes over time in older surgical patients and matched nonsurgical controls

Megan Wong, Duke University School of Medicine

Scholars Award Winner:

Integrated single-cell and plasma proteomic modeling to predict surgical site complications, a prospective cohort study

Amy Tsai, UC Davis School of Medicine

Congratulations to the 2022 Top Finalists:

Top Basic Science Presentations:

Ketamine Mitigates Sevoflurane-Induced Persistent Memory Deficits and Prevents Increased Activity of GABAA Receptors in Mice

Dian-Shi Wang, University of Toronto

Top Clinical Research Presentations

Incidence and predictors of a same-day case cancellation.

Karuna Wongtangman, Montefiore Medical Center

Development and Validation of Machine Learning Model to Predict Postoperative, Post-Discharge Opioids Refills as a Screening Tool for Referral to a Transitional Pain Service Clinic.

Andrew Bishara, UCSF

Top Scholars Presentations

Chemogenetic activation of dopaminergic midbrain neurons accelerates cognitive recovery following dexmedetomidine- but not ketamine-induced loss of consciousness in rats

Kathleen Vincent, Massachusetts General Hospital

Phase-Locked Acoustic Stimulation Increases Human Thermal Arousal Thresholds during Dexmedetomidine Sedation

Christian Guay, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Top Late-Breaking Presentations (not eligible for award)

Human Demonstration of a Closed-loop, Wearable Naloxone Injector System

Jacob Sunshine, University of Washington School of Medicine

Variation in postpartum hemorrhage prevalence based on hospital of delivery in California.

Rudolph Davis, MD, MPH, Stanford University School of Medicine