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News -> July, 2001 News
The Spring Meeting of the American Rhinologic Society, held at the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM), was a most successful educational event. We held sessions in conjunction with the Triologic Society, the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, as well as a freestanding Scientific Session. The program put together by Dr. Paul Toffel was superb, and exceptionally well received. We had a total of 372 registrants (108 ARS members, 83 nonmembers, 9 Allied Health, and 172 Residents), with a large number of resident participants.
Dr. Toffel should also be congratulated on a most successful corporate dinner to thank those members of industry who support the research efforts of the American Rhinologic Society. To date, we have raised $286,000 dollars. We also were able to offer two grants, one for the Young Investigators Award in the amount of $25,000 and one for the Resident Grant Award for $8,000. The process for the choice of the recipients went through the CORE Grant Committee, which represents all of the Otolaryngologic Societies, and ranks the applications, as would an NIH Study Section. This year's recipients are:
David B. Conley, M.D., North Western University (Young Investigators Award)
Larry K. Burton, M.D., Mayo Clinic (Resident Grant Award)
The COSM Society Secretaries met, and have decided that a consolidated program of fewer days' duration would be beneficial for the registrants in future meetings. It was decided that no society would have more than three scientific sections during COSM, and that other measures be explored to maximize the educational benefit, and reduce the overhead charges for the meeting.
It was important to all society secretaries to maintain the congeniality and interchange of the Spring Meeting, which certainly characterizes it when compared to the larger fall American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation meeting.
I would like to thank Dr. J. David Osguthorpe for all of his efforts on behalf of the Society in editing the Newsletter. He has taken the publication to a highly professional level, with improved content and substance. His successor will be Dr. Brent Senior, who will take on the Editorship of the Newsletter after our Fall Meeting.
Congratulations also to the new Officers of the Society: Second Vice President, Dr. Joseph Jacobson, Board of Directors, Dr. William Bolger, and Dr. Stilianos Kountakis.
I would also like to suggest to the members to view the ARS web site at www.american-rhinologic.org. Dr. Martin Citardi has helped create one of the best internet sites for our specialty, and suggestions can be forwarded directly to him at the Cleveland Clinic.
Lastly, I want to thank Wendi Perez and Susan Arias for all of their assistance and their tireless efforts on behalf of the Society and the Secretary's Office.
Marvin P. Fried, M.D.
ARS Secretary
Bronx, New York
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