2004 Recognition Awards
Best Clinical Paper
Robert D. Galpin, MD, FRCS; C Gavin R. Webb, MD; Douglas G. Armstrong, MD; Daniel Schlatterer, DO; and Robert M Kay, MD; Susan A Rethlefsen, PT; Ana Fern-Buneo, MD, PT; Tishya A Wren, PhD; David L. Skaggs, MD
A Comparison of Short and Long-Arm Plaster Casts for Displaced Distal-Third Pediatric Forearm Fractures: A Prospective Randomized Trial; and Botulinum Toxin as an Adjunct to Serial Casting in Children with Cerebral Palsy
Best Scientific Paper
Harry KW Kim, MD; Tim Randall, BSc; Haikuo Bian, MD; Joseph Jenkins, BSc; Amanda Garces; Frieder Bauss, PhD
Ibandronate Decreases Femoral Head Deformity Following Ischemic Necrosis of the Capital Femoral Epiphysis (CFE) in Immature Pigs
Best Poster
Unni G. Narayanan, MD; James G Wright, MD, MSc, FRCSC; Douglas M Hedden, MD, FRCSC; Benjamin Alman, MD FRCSC; Andrew Howard, MD, MSc; Brian Feldman, MD, MSc; Hillary A. Llewellyn-Thomas, PhD; Morgan Slater, BASc; Sandra Donaldson, BA
Concerns, Desires & Expectations of Surgery for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Comparison of Patients’, Parents’ and Surgeons’ Perspectives.
Distinguished Achievement Award
Marc A. Asher, MD
For his pioneering work as a pediatric orthopaedist. For his long-term and distinguished role as a member and officer of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America. For his long-term commitment to teaching and clinical research. For his outstanding work in the field of spinal deformity surgery with innovations in instrumentation, three dimensional correction and surgical outcomes.
Presidential Guest Speaker
Lynn Staheli, MD