ISAP Poster Awards

ISAP is pleased to announce the 2024 abstract awardees. The posters were presented during the 2024 annual meeting on October 18, 2024 immediately before the ASA meeting in Philadelphia, PA, USA.  The authors receivee a monetary award.

2024 Abstract Awards

1st Place 

Modulation of human brain areas for memory and pain by propofol, dexmedetomidine, and fentanyl: A randomized controlled 7 T functional MRI study in healthy young adults

Presenting Author
: Keith M. Vogt
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Pittsburgh, PA, USA

2nd Place 

Stereoselective Population Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacogenomics of Intravenous Methadone

Presenting Author: Thomas K. Henthorn
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus

3rd Place

Nitrous Oxide Exposure Alters Functional Connectivity in Medial Limbic Structures in Treatment-Resistant Major Depression

Presenting author: Peter Nagele, M.D., M.Sc.
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago

2023 Abstract Awards


1st Place
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Remimazolam for Procedural Sedation in Children and Adolescents

Presenting author: Michel M.R.F. Struys, MD, PhD, FRCA
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

2nd Place
Validating the two-box model: overall fresh gas flow and characteristics of the initial high flow period are both useful markers of volatile anaesthetic consumption.

Presenting Author: R Ross Kennedy, MB, ChB, PhD
Christchurch Hospital Te Whatu Ora - Waitaha | Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand; University of Otago – Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand

3rd Place
High Frequency Signals in Frontal Cortex at Loss of Consciousness

Presenting Author: M Bruce MacIver, BSc, MSc, PhD
Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA