POSNA Annual Meeting May 12 — May 15, 1997 Location: Banff, Alberta, Canada Chair Person:Charles T. Price, MD 1997 Recognition Awards Distinguished Achievement Award Howard Steel, M.D. For his enormous impact on pediatric orthopaedics as a teacher, thinker and scientist. His imaginative ideas have stimulated and provoked a whole generation of orthopaedic surgeons. He has worked tirelessly to encourage young surgeons to expand beyond the horizons of orthopaedics. Above all, he has done this with infectious good humor. Presidential Guest Speaker Robert Hensinger, MD 1997 Research Awards Best Clinical Paper Vicente Gomez, MD; Julyn Aguilar; MD; Rogelio Espina, MD Surgical vs Conservative Treatment of Polls Paraplegia in Children Best Scientific Paper Vincent F. Deeney, MD; Jeffrey S. Shilt, MD; Kevin McKinley, MD; Cheryl Quinn, PhD The Effect of Increasing the Frequency of Distraction During Limb Lengthening on Soft Tissues in an Animal Model