AMA Foundation Leadership Award
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The Excellence in Medicine Awards (frequently known as the Leadership Awards) are accolades presented annually by the American Medical Association
Foundation to recognize excellence of a select group of physicians and medical students who exemplify the medical profession’s highest values: commitment to service, community involvement, altruism
, leadership and dedication to patient care. The AMA Foundation Excellence in Medicine Awards are considered the "Oscars" within the medical community.
The awards are highly covered in the medical news world. They are also recognized widely in traditional media outlets. Past recipients have been from diverse institutions including Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Yale, MD Anderson Cancer Center.
The recipients of these awards obtain national recognition for their dedication and leadership in medicine, along with grants and funding for their projects.
The Pride in the Profession Awards honor physicians whose lives encompass the true spirit of being a medical professional: caring for people. By practicing medicine in areas of challenge or crisis, or by devoting their time to volunteerism or public service, these physicians serve as the voice of patients in the United States who otherwise might not be heard.
, MD, MBA, the current US Surgeon General was bestowed with this award at the 2009 awards just two months prior to being nominated by President Obama on July 13, 2009.
Named for the founder of the AMA, the Dr. Nathan Davis
International Award in Medicine recognizes physicians whose influence reach the international patient population and change the future of their medical care. By treating, educating and counseling patients beyond the U. S. border, the physician’s work is having a positive impact on health care in the global arena.
This award recognizes exceptional medical professionals who go beyond the medical practice to positively influence health care. Through organized medicine and community activities, these individuals from different stages of the physician lifecycle make a difference in the quality of health care and the medical environment.
The Leadership Awards are presented to 15 medical students, 10 residents/fellows and 5 early career physicians highly-selected from across the United States to recognize their outstanding leadership in the areas of advocacy, community service and/or education.
Award recipients are also invited to attend leadership development training in Washington, D. C. This training will strengthen leadership skills and result in a greater effort to advance health care in America.
Recipients include Alexander Ding M.D., Rashid Rashid M.D., Ph.D, Jesse Ehrenfeld
M.D., Andrew Miller
M.D., Arturo Loaiza-Bonilla M.D., and Richard D. Urman
M.D.
The Jack B. McConnell, MD, Award for Excellence in Volunteerism recognizes the work of senior physicians who provide treatment to U. S. patients who lack access to health care. After a full career of practice, these physicians remain dedicated to the future of medicine through the spirit of volunteerism.
American Medical Association
The American Medical Association , founded in 1847 and incorporated in 1897, is the largest association of medical doctors and medical students in the United States.-Scope and operations:...
Foundation to recognize excellence of a select group of physicians and medical students who exemplify the medical profession’s highest values: commitment to service, community involvement, altruism
Altruism
Altruism is a concern for the welfare of others. It is a traditional virtue in many cultures, and a core aspect of various religious traditions, though the concept of 'others' toward whom concern should be directed can vary among cultures and religions. Altruism is the opposite of...
, leadership and dedication to patient care. The AMA Foundation Excellence in Medicine Awards are considered the "Oscars" within the medical community.
The awards are highly covered in the medical news world. They are also recognized widely in traditional media outlets. Past recipients have been from diverse institutions including Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Yale, MD Anderson Cancer Center.
The recipients of these awards obtain national recognition for their dedication and leadership in medicine, along with grants and funding for their projects.
Pride in the Profession Award
Aiding underserved U. S. PatientsThe Pride in the Profession Awards honor physicians whose lives encompass the true spirit of being a medical professional: caring for people. By practicing medicine in areas of challenge or crisis, or by devoting their time to volunteerism or public service, these physicians serve as the voice of patients in the United States who otherwise might not be heard.
Notable recipients
Regina BenjaminRegina Benjamin
Vice Admiral Regina Marcia Benjamin, USPHS is an American physician who serves as the 18th Surgeon General of the United States. Dr. Benjamin previously directed a nonprofit primary care medical clinic in Bayou La Batre, Alabama and served on the Board of Trustees for the Morehouse School of...
, MD, MBA, the current US Surgeon General was bestowed with this award at the 2009 awards just two months prior to being nominated by President Obama on July 13, 2009.
Dr. Nathan Davis International Award in Medicine
Improving health care globallyNamed for the founder of the AMA, the Dr. Nathan Davis
Nathan Davis
Nathan Davis was an American film and television actor.Davis was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Romanian immigrants, Rose and Fred Davis.Davis started acting in the late 1970s...
International Award in Medicine recognizes physicians whose influence reach the international patient population and change the future of their medical care. By treating, educating and counseling patients beyond the U. S. border, the physician’s work is having a positive impact on health care in the global arena.
Leadership Awards
Developing leaders in medicineThis award recognizes exceptional medical professionals who go beyond the medical practice to positively influence health care. Through organized medicine and community activities, these individuals from different stages of the physician lifecycle make a difference in the quality of health care and the medical environment.
The Leadership Awards are presented to 15 medical students, 10 residents/fellows and 5 early career physicians highly-selected from across the United States to recognize their outstanding leadership in the areas of advocacy, community service and/or education.
Award recipients are also invited to attend leadership development training in Washington, D. C. This training will strengthen leadership skills and result in a greater effort to advance health care in America.
Recipients include Alexander Ding M.D., Rashid Rashid M.D., Ph.D, Jesse Ehrenfeld
Jesse Ehrenfeld
Jesse Menachem Ehrenfeld is an American physician. Ehrenfeld is the Vice Speaker of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and is the youngest officer in the 228 year history of the organization. He is also a former Vice-President of the Massachusetts Society of Anesthesiologists...
M.D., Andrew Miller
Andrew Miller (physician)
Andrew Miller is a physician and scientist noted for his work in H1N1 as one of the first to note the increased risk to pregnant patients, as well as a recipient of the AMA Foundation Leadership Award.-References:...
M.D., Arturo Loaiza-Bonilla M.D., and Richard D. Urman
Richard Urman
Richard D. Urman is a physician practicing in Boston, Massachusetts at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Urman was the 2005 recipient of the American Medical Association Foundation Leadership Award . He received his MD from Harvard Medical School and MBA from Harvard Business School...
M.D.
Jack B. McConnell, MD Award for Excellence in Volunteerism
Senior physician volunteerismThe Jack B. McConnell, MD, Award for Excellence in Volunteerism recognizes the work of senior physicians who provide treatment to U. S. patients who lack access to health care. After a full career of practice, these physicians remain dedicated to the future of medicine through the spirit of volunteerism.