2016 Abstract Winners

First Place Award:

SASM 6th Annual Meeting - Photo credit: Dr. Michael Pilla,
Communications Subcommittee Chair 

Title: Counterintuitively, Higher Continuous Infusion Rate of Dexmedetomidine Shows the Tendency to Retain Both Hypoglossal and Phrenic Nerve Activities Compared to Lower Rate in Anesthetized Rabbits

Co-Author: Shinichi Nakamura, MD, Takato Uchida, MD, Natsuo Kimura, MD, Shingo Hijikata, MD and Yuichi Fukushima, MD, General Hospital Saitama, Japan


Second Place Award:

SASM 6th Annual Meeting - Photo credit: Dr. Michael Pilla,
Communications Subcommittee Chair 

Title: Role of an Ancestral Protein in the Mechanism of Restorative Sleep

Co-Author: Matthew A. Strope, DO Candidate, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City, Missouri, Julie L. Mustard and Norbert W. Seidler, PhD, Division of Basic Sciences, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City, Missouri


Third Place Award:

SASM 6th Annual Meeting - Photo credit: Dr. Michael Pilla,
Communications Subcommittee Chair 

Title: Mobile Phone AppBased Novel Oximetry System

Author: Edwin Seet, MBBS, MMed (Anesthesiology), Head and Senior Consultant, Department of Anesthesia, Alexandra Health System, Daniel Chia, PhD, Director Transformation Office, Alexandra Health System


Research Grant Recipient:

SASM 6th Annual Meeting - Photo credit: Dr. Michael Pilla,
Communications Subcommittee Chair

Title: Post-Operative Outcomes from Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Screening Questions with BMI and Neck Circumference

Principal Investigator: Vidya T. Raman, MD