APA’s Institute on Psychiatric Services: A Winning Experience
The prize drawings held in the Exhibit Hall at APA’s 1999 Institute on Psychiatric Services in New Orleans last month made attending the meeting that much more valuable. Raffle drawings for quality prizes were held each day in the Exhibit Hall.
Neil Pessin, Ph.D., of New York City was the winner of the grand prize—a notebook computer, which he is sure to use when he attends APA’s 2000 annual meeting in Philadelphia in the spring.
The prizes were made possible by an unrestricted grant from pharmaceutical company Hoechst Marion Roussel Inc. APA President Allan Tasman, M.D., and his wife, Cathy, along with Troy Thompson, M.D., chair of the Scientific Program Committee, enjoyed the fun of drawing the tickets and announcing the names of the winners.
Here is a list of the other winners and their prizes:
David H. Beyer Jr., M.D., of Waco, Tex.: dinner for two
C. Duane Burgess, M.D., of Hattiesburg, Miss.: free registration at APA’s 2000 annual meeting
Rayond Faber, M.D., of San Antonio, Tex.: cordless phone
Barbara Haight, Ph.D., of Durham, N.C.: VCR
Rosemary Laramore, M.D., of Bullhead City, Ariz.: fax machine
Dianne LeBlanc, M.S.S.W., of Metairie, La.: Palm Pilot
Jeff Levin, M.D., of Durham, N.C.: digital camera
Alexandra Obiora-Oputa, M.D., of Alexandria, Va.: two nights at the Philadelphia Marriott for APA’s 2000 Institute on Psychiatric Services
Howard Telson, M.D., of New York City: free registration at APA’s 2000 Institute on Psychiatric Services
Pat Teverbaugh, M.D., of Santa Cruz, Calif.: two round-trip airline tickets to anywhere in the continental United States
V.R. Vemuganti, M.D., of Gloversville, N.Y.: stereo and computer printer
Claudio Winitskowski, M.B.A., of Rio de Janeiro: video camera
The next Institute on Psychiatric Services will be held October 25 to 29, 2000, at the Philadelphia Marriott Hotel in Philadelphia. Please note that the meeting days will be different: Wednesday through Sunday instead of the usual Friday through Tuesday.
The preliminary program will be available in May 2000 and can be obtained by calling the APA Answer Center at (888) 357-7924.