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ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE JOHN MITCHELL AWARD It is with great pleasure that we announce the winners of the John Mitchell Award for the best article in Volume 11 of the Journal of Emergency Medicine. This award was presented at the annual JEM Editorial Board Meeting in Orlando, Florida, on September 13, 1994. The winners for 1993 are Giovanni Bertini, MD, Cristina Giglioli, MD, Carlo Rostagno, MD, Albert0 Conti, MD, Laura Russo, MD, Tamara Taddei, MD, and Barbara Paladini, MD, for their article entitled, “Early Out-of-Hospital Lidocaine Administration Decreases the Incidence of Primary Ventricular Fibrillation in Acute Myocardial Infarction,” which appeared in the Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1 l( 6):667-672. This article was voted by the members of the Editorial Board as the best article published in Volume 11, We look forward to future winners of the John Mitchell Award and congratulate this past year’s winners for their fine article.
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THE PloNEEd~OF LAPAROSCOPk CHOLECYSTECTOMY IS FIRST RECIPIENT OF JACOBSON INNOVATION AWARD CHICAGO-Professor Francois Dubois of Paris, France, is the first recipient of the JacobsonInnovation Award of the American Collegeof Surgeons.This award recognizessurgeonsor surgicalteamswhoseoriginal pioneeringefforts haveled to a .milestonein theadvancementof surgicalcare.The awardis madepossiblethrough a gift from Julius H. JacobsonII, MD, FACS, a generalvascularsurgeonknown for his pioneeringwork in the developmentof microsurgery.The award was presentedto ProfessorDubois at the JacobsonInnovation Award Dinner on June 10, 1994,at the headquartersof the American Collegeof Surgeons. Professor Dubois, who is chief of the Departmentof DigestiveSurgeryat the Centre Medico-Chirurgical de la Porte de Choisy, Paris, introduced minilaparotomy for cholecystectomyin 1973by reporting his experienceswith l,SQO patients. In 1987,he and his colleaguesbegantraining in the laboratory and developedthe techniquesno\l! widely usedfor laparoscopiccholecystectomy.Their first operationwasperformedin, 1988and the initial experienceon patientswasreported in 1989.This surgical innovation has revolutionizedthe treatment of gallbladder diseaseas well as the practice of generalsurgery. Since that time, thousandsof surgeonshavebeentrained in thesemethods,and the technologyhasbeenadopted for use in many other procedures.As a result of this innovation, patients have readily acceptedminimally invasivesurgeryand postoperativehospitalconfinement hasbeenconsiderablyreduced. ProfessorDubois receiveda medical degreefrom the University of Paris in 1957. From 1963to 1992,he servedasprofessorof surgeryat the University of Paris and as surgeon-in-chiefat the Hopital International de 1’Universitede Paris. Professor Dubois has publishedwidely on sphincterpreservingsurgeryfor patientswith cancer of the rectum as well as on many other demandingproblemsin gastrointestinal surgery. The American College.of Surgeonsis a scientific andeducationalorganizationof surgeonsthat wasfounded in 1913to raisethe standardsof surgicalpracticeand to improve the careof the surgicalpatient. The Collegeis dedicatedto the ethical and competentpractice of surgery. Its achievementshave significantly influencedthe courseof scientific surgeryin America, and have establishedit as an important advocatefor all surgicalpatients.The Collegehasmore than 56,ooOmembersand it is the largestorganizationof surgeonsin the world.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE JOHN MITCHELL AWARD It is with great pleasure that we announce the winners of the John Mitchell Award for the best article in Volume 11 of the Journal of Emergency Medicine. This award was presented at the annual JEM Editorial Board Meeting in Orlando, Florida, on September 13, 1994. The winners for 1993 are Giovanni Bertini, MD, Cristina Giglioli, MD, Carlo Rostagno, MD, Albert0 Conti, MD, Laura Russo, MD, Tamara Taddei, MD, and Barbara Paladini, MD, for their article entitled, “Early Out-of-Hospital Lidocaine Administration Decreases the Incidence of Primary Ventricular Fibrillation in Acute Myocardial Infarction,” which appeared in the Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1 l( 6):667-672. This article was voted by the members of the Editorial Board as the best article published in Volume 11, We look forward to future winners of the John Mitchell Award and congratulate this past year’s winners for their fine article.
TheJournalof EmergencyMedicine ANNOUNCEMENT
THE PloNEEd~OF LAPAROSCOPk CHOLECYSTECTOMY IS FIRST RECIPIENT OF JACOBSON INNOVATION AWARD CHICAGO-Professor Francois Dubois of Paris, France, is the first recipient of the JacobsonInnovation Award of the American Collegeof Surgeons.This award recognizessurgeonsor surgicalteamswhoseoriginal pioneeringefforts haveled to a .milestonein theadvancementof surgicalcare.The awardis madepossiblethrough a gift from Julius H. JacobsonII, MD, FACS, a generalvascularsurgeonknown for his pioneeringwork in the developmentof microsurgery.The award was presentedto ProfessorDubois at the JacobsonInnovation Award Dinner on June 10, 1994,at the headquartersof the American Collegeof Surgeons. Professor Dubois, who is chief of the Departmentof DigestiveSurgeryat the Centre Medico-Chirurgical de la Porte de Choisy, Paris, introduced minilaparotomy for cholecystectomyin 1973by reporting his experienceswith l,SQO patients. In 1987,he and his colleaguesbegantraining in the laboratory and developedthe techniquesno\l! widely usedfor laparoscopiccholecystectomy.Their first operationwasperformedin, 1988and the initial experienceon patientswasreported in 1989.This surgical innovation has revolutionizedthe treatment of gallbladder diseaseas well as the practice of generalsurgery. Since that time, thousandsof surgeonshavebeentrained in thesemethods,and the technologyhasbeenadopted for use in many other procedures.As a result of this innovation, patients have readily acceptedminimally invasivesurgeryand postoperativehospitalconfinement hasbeenconsiderablyreduced. ProfessorDubois receiveda medical degreefrom the University of Paris in 1957. From 1963to 1992,he servedasprofessorof surgeryat the University of Paris and as surgeon-in-chiefat the Hopital International de 1’Universitede Paris. Professor Dubois has publishedwidely on sphincterpreservingsurgeryfor patientswith cancer of the rectum as well as on many other demandingproblemsin gastrointestinal surgery. The American College.of Surgeonsis a scientific andeducationalorganizationof surgeonsthat wasfounded in 1913to raisethe standardsof surgicalpracticeand to improve the careof the surgicalpatient. The Collegeis dedicatedto the ethical and competentpractice of surgery. Its achievementshave significantly influencedthe courseof scientific surgeryin America, and have establishedit as an important advocatefor all surgicalpatients.The Collegehasmore than 56,ooOmembersand it is the largestorganizationof surgeonsin the world.