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New Leadership for the Journal of Clinical Anatomy The new Editor-in-Chief, American editor, and British editor for our journal - Clinical Anatomy - have provided a seemless transition in leadership.Dr. Stephen Carmichael, Chairman of Anatomy at Mayo Medical School, is Editor-in-Chief and Dr. Bob Leonard, at the University of California, Irvine, CA is our American editor. We are indebted to Drs. Don Cahill and Sandy Marks for their years of leadership in the AACA and for their devotion to, and outstanding management of, the Journal of Clinical Anatomy. Under their stewardship the Journal has come of age as the universally respected and authoritative publication in the field. As an Association, we should take this opportunity to thank Don and Sandy for their many contributions and acts of kindness. Each of you will probably want to express to them your appreciation as you reflect upon their many years of service to our organization and to the Journal. Ray Scothorne, BACA Editor for the Journal, has also stepped and passed the office on to Dr. Stuart McDonald (University of Glasgow). Stephen, Bob and Stuart - in conjunction with our Editorial Assistant Bev Northouse - have formed an effective partnership that ensures the iournal is in good hands as well enter the new millenium. 2002 AACA pre-doctoral award winners This year's predoctoral award compeition in Gainesville was especially tough to judge. As a result, the Association ended up giving three awards to three outstanding platform presentations. Each winner receives a check for $600 to offset travel costs to the meeting. Lelika Ramsaroop is a graduate student
in the
Cornelius Rosse, M.D., D.Sc. Elected to the Institute of Medicine. Cornelius Rosse, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Biolgical Structure in the School of Medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle was among sixty new members elected recently to the Institute of Medicine. Election to the Institute is both an honor and an obligation to work on behalf of the organization in its governance and studies. With their election, members make a commitment to devote a significant amount of time as volunteers on committees engaged in a broad range of studies on health policy issues. Current IOM projects include studies on improved care for dying children and their families, the protection of public health in the 21st century, the safety and effectiveness of the anthrax vaccine for the U.S. military, the causes and prevention of adolescent and adult suicide, elimination of racial and ethnic disparities in health care, and the consequences of having a large population without health insurance. The total active membership of the institute now stands at 632. Current active members elect new members from among candidates chosen for their major contributions to health and medicine or to related fields such as social and behavioral sciences, law, administration, and economics. The Institute's charter requires that at least one-fourth of the members be drawn from 2002 Presidential Travel Award Winner - Gainesville Meeting The Executive Council of the American Association of Anatomists (AACA) introduced the Presidential Travel Award Platform Competition for the Gainesville, FL meeting. To be considered for this competition, the author(s) had to submit a final manuscript of their paper at time of presentation in Gainesville. The paper will be considered for publication, following the usual peer-review process, in our Association's journal - Clinical Anatomy. The award is a reimbursement of travel expenses to the Graz, Austria meeting of the AACA in July of 2003, of up to a maximum of $1500. A panel of judges appointed by the Executive Council had its work cut out for them at the Gainesville meeting. Ten presenters were in the competition.
Hopefully we'll see Mark in Graz! The Gainesville
2002 Meeting Retrospective
The meeting in Gainesville began with the Career Development Committee's (CDC) half day Symposium entitled "The Right Stuff". The symposium drew over 40 participants (speakers, mentors and mentees) and gave the Committee renewed enthusiasm for planning it's next event scheduled for the 2004 Saint Mary's College meeting. More information on the CDC can be found in this site. The on-site Local Organizing Committee for the meeting
was composed of Stephanie West (left) of the Office
of Continuing Medical Education at the The Tuesday evening Welcome Reception was held at the Harn Museum of Art adjacent to the Doubletree Hotel and Conference Center - official site for the meeting. The Welcome Reception was funded by ThermoShandon, Hydrol Chemical and Icon Learning Systems (see list of sponsors and their Web links above). In addition to great food, seeing old friends and meeting new ones, the museum was open for browsing as was the gift shop.
The Gainesville meeting had a record number of platform presentations but the audience remained strong through each of the 2.5 days of the 19th Annual Scientific Session.
It seems everywhere we go, local medical students are able to provide entertainment through the talent within their class(es). This year was no exception. Pictured above are members of the first year College of Medicine class at the University of Florida. Among their numbers were some that expressed their experience in gross anatomy and the respect and gratitude they exhibited toward the donors to their Anatomical Board that made this life-long learning event possible.
One of our members, Sam Scott (Creighton, Physical Therapy) forwarded a Powerpoint presentation of his pictorial overview of the Gainesville meeting. It can be viewed by clicking here. With the Gainesville meeting now behind
us, we are all looking forward to the meeting next year in Graz, Austria.
This event promises to be a major coming together of anatomists from the
AACA and EACA but also from Austria, New Zealand, Spain and South Africa.
Be sure to check out the travel planning information available on the
Graz meeting site. Everything you need to plan your travel - registration
and accomodation request forms, Accompanying Person's Program, post-conference
trips, etc. are all on-line with prices, dates and pertinent information.
Saint Francis College, University of South Alabama, Alma College, Saint Louis University, and Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. What do these 5 schools have in common? - There's a faculty member at each of them who took advantage of the opportunity to apply for an American Association of Anatomist's Outreach Grant to fund anatomy-related workshops for high school students and science teachers. Take advantage of us!! Apply for an AAA Outreach Grant. Your two-page proposal should provide project details, goals, budget, and expected audience. Maximum support is $3,000. For more details, just go to AAA's Anatomy Link: www.anatomy.org and click on "Awards." Submit your proposal by August 1 to: AAA Outreach Grant, American Association of Anatomists, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814. Email: exec@anatomy.org or by phone at (301)-571-8314. You must be an AAA member to apply for an Outreach Grant. It's easy to join at www.anatomy.org! Peter Abrahams Honored by Students At the first graduation ceremony of the new international charity school based in Uganda and Cambridge, Peter Abrahams, one of the founding members of both the AACA and the BACA, was given an award for "Dynamic teaching style, resourcefulness and faith in our abilities" from the whole student body. As well as the usual wall plaque the students had presented him with a huge hand- painted plate that included all their signatures. This is yet another creative example of student's honoring those individuals who have made a difference in their education. The plaque and plate hang proudly on the wall in his office. Congratulations Peter! |
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Department of Anatomy in the School of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences
at the University of Durban-Westville in Durban, South Africa. Ms. Ramsaroop's
paper was entitled: "Anatomical basis for a successful upper limb
sympathectomy". Her clininico-anatomical study investigated potential
factors that could be responsible for an unsuccessful upper limb sympathectomy.
Her paper was sponsored by Kapil Satyapal, a friend and member of the
Association. Lelika was one of many international attendees at the Gainesville
meeting.
John
H. Bolte, III from the Division of Anatomy and Medical Education
at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. won for his presentation
entitled "Injuries caused by low level impacts to shoulders of 16
human cadavers: a comparative study of autopsy and radiologic findings.
His engineering background gave the research project, funded by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a high profile example how clinical
anatomy can be instrumental in evaluating engineering problems. His postgraduate
mentor is Margaret (Peg) Hines - a long-time member of the Association.
John submitted his paper as a manuscript for consideration for publication
in Clinical Anatomy. We look forward to seeing it in print! 
Kale
D. Bodily is a first year medical student at the Mayo Medical
School. His presentation was entitled "Restoration of motor function
of the deep peroneal nerve by direct nerve transfer of branches from the
tibial nerve. An anatomical study." The study investigated a new
surgical technique to give a better outcome to individuals with loss of
ankle dorsiflexion due to stretch injuries to the common peroneal nerve.
The presentation reinforced the role of understanding anatomy in clinical
situations and how that can be applied to provide better quality of life
post surgery. Co-authors on the paper were Robert J. Spinner and Allen
T. Bishop from the Departments of Orthopedics and Neurosurgery at the
Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation in Rochester, MN. Congratulations to all
three recipients!
The
2002 winner of the Presidential Travel Award Platform Competition was
Mark Coty from the Department of Anatomy at the University
of South Florida's College of medicine in Tampa, FL. His mentor is Don
R. Hilbelink a long-time member of the Association. His platform presentation
was entitled ``Effect of time postmortem on mechanical properties of immature
swine tendons" . Mark has an engineering background which helped
in designing an experimental apparatus to determine the effects of storage
time postmortem on the mechanical properties of tendons - often used in
surgical transplants. His study revealed ultimate tensile strength was
altered over a 10 hour postmortem time lapse. This elegant study re-inforces
the integration of not only functional anatomy but also biomedical engineering
in the surgical techniques utilized so commonly in clinics today. We look
forward to seeing it in print in Clinical Anatomy. 
University of Florida, Lynn Romrell (middle), Professor
of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Associate Dean from Medical Education
at UF COM, and Lisa Booher (right), Executive Assistant
for the Florida Anatomical Board at the University of Florida. This photo
was taken at the end of the Annual Banquet and all three look proud of
the job they had done as well as relieved that the meeting was almost
over. Without the cooperation and detail-oriented organization skills
of these three individuals, the meeting would not have become a reality,
nor the obvious success it was. All three received Certificates of Appreciation
for the effort they put into making Gainesville one of our most highly
attended North American meetings.
On
Wednesday morning the Scientific Session was opened by University of Florida
Administrators and dignitaries. Stephen P. Sugrue, Ph.D.
is Professor and Chairman of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University
of Florida College of Medicine. He highlight the important role that those
faculty associated with the teaching of clinically- relevant anatoy in
his department made to the curriculum at UF COM.
Albert
L. Rhoton, Jr., M.D., the R.D. Keene Family Professor and Chairman
Emeritus, Department of Neurological Surgery at UF COM gave the 2002 Presidential
Presentation. Dr. Rhoton used 3D slide projection to give everyone in
the audience a dramatic tour through various approaches used in neurosurgery.
Not only was the three dimensionality of the presential striking but the
quality of the dissections used was outstanding. His talk was entitled
"Art and beauty of the brain and brain in surgery". It was a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see, first hand, the work by Dr. Rhoton
and his associates in the development of skull based approaches to neurosurgery.
Poster
sessions always generate great interest. Many had computer demonstrations
accompanying them. Our membership continues to demonstrate innovation
in teaching technique through development of computer-assisted instruction
modules, both CD and web-based.
The
University of Florida Doubletree Hotel and Conference Center catered breaks
and lunch daily for the attendees. The lunch break was welcomed
and was always well attended!
Our exhibitors (listed above) continue to develop new and innovative materials
to help us enhance our teaching. Poster sessions were distributed
along the walls of the exhibition rooms.
The
annual Banquet is always a special event. This year it was held in the
Hotel. The Doubletree staff went to great lengths to give us a memorable
event. Florida grouper and filet mignon were on the menu. Lots of cross-table
conversations were ongoing.
Annually,
the Association bestows a special award on someone in the field of clinical
anatomy for their meritorious service or publications in the field. The
2002 Honored Member Award went to Robert (Bob) D. Acland
from the University of Louisville. Here Association president, Dan Graney
(left) is presenting the award plaque to Dr. Acland (right). More on Dr.
Acland's accomplishments can be found in this site. 
Dr.
Acland and his wife, who accompanyied him to the meeting, display the
hand-engraved plaque he was presented with moments earlier. We are wondering
about the significance of the stop watch that Dr. Acland holds in his
right hand? 
In
addition to our Honored Member Award, the Association also has Pre-doctoral
Presentation Awards and a Presidential Platform Presentation Travel Award.
Below are the three predoctoral award winners: Kale Bodily (left), Lelika
Ramsaroop (middle) and John Bolte (right). More information on their presentations
is included elsewhere on this page.