This monograph summarizes the fellows' individual and collective experiences at the meeting and provides the reader with a sense of optimism about the future of interventional cardiology. Although each fellow clearly took his charge in earnest--to provide a critical and reasoned overview of a designated area--special recognition this year goes to Husam A. Noor, MD, for his article "Current perspectives on carotid artery interventions." We also congratulate the runner-up, Lee MacDonald, MD, of Northwestern University; Dr. MacDonald's summary of the meeting's coverage of the implications of guidelines for the management of patients with acute coronary syndromes epitomizes the goals of this educational program. Excellent papers on the state-of-the-art of gene therapy, peripheral and neurovascular interventions, and closure devices for septal defects also deserve special mention. It was a difficult year for the selection committee!

We wish all the fellows participating in this year's meeting the very best in their new venues and thank them for enhancing the overall quality of this program.

Warren K. Laskey, MD, FSCAI

Chair, Applications in Imaging--Cardiac Interventions Review Board

Director, Interventional Cardiology, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD

Joseph Babb, MD

East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC

Charles Davidson, MD

Cardiac Cath Laboratories, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL

Note: Drs. Babb, Davidson, and Laskey were ineligible to vote on manuscripts submitted by fellows from their own training programs.