Membership

Awards

The call for award nominations for the awards to be presented at the 2013 AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly in New Orleans, LA has closed.

AAHPM Lifetime Achievement Award
Recognizes outstanding contributions and significant publications that have helped shape the direction of the field of hospice and palliative medicine.

Past Winners

• 2013: Robert M. Arnold, MD FAAHPM
• 2012: Russell K. Portenoy, MD
• 2011: Charles von Gunten, MD PhD FACP FAAHPM
• 2010: Eduardo Bruera, MD FAAHPM
• 2009: Diane E. Meier, MD FACP FAAHPM
• 2008: Robert Twycross, DM FRCP
• 2007: Rosemary Gibson, MSc
• 2006: Neil MacDonald, MD
• 2005: Derek Doyle, MD
• 2004: Florence Wald, MS RN MN
• 2003: Kathleen M. Foley, MD
• 2002: Dame Cicely Saunders, OM DBE FRCP
• 2001: Balfour M. Mount, MD

Gerald H. Holman AAHPM Distinguished Service Award
Recognizes outstanding and dedicated service to the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. The award will be presented to an individual (or group) that has advanced the mission of the AAHPM in a significant and lasting way.

Past Winners

• 2013: Daniel Fischberg, MD PhD
• 2012: Amy P. Abernethy, MD FACP FAAHPM
• 2011: Charles Sasser, MD FACP FAAHPM
• 2010: Jean S. Kutner, MD MSPH FAAHPM
• 2009: James F. Cleary, MD FAChPM
• 2008: Dale Lupu, PhD
• 2007: Paul Rousseau, MD FAAHPM
• 2006: Porter Storey, MD FACP FAAHPM
• 2005: David Weissman, MD
• 2004: Charles F. von Gunten, MD PhD FACP
• 2003: Susan Block, MD
• 2002: Ira R. Byock, MD
• 2001: Gerald H. Holman, MD FRCP FAAP and Michael H. Levy, MD PhD

The AAHPM Josefina B. Magno Distinguished Hospice Physician Award

Recognizes a hospice medical director or hospice physician who provides the highest quality services and innovative programs and who demonstrates exemplary dedication to the practice of palliative medicine in a hospice setting.

Past Winners

• 2013: Janet H. Bull, MD FAAHPM
• 2012: Gail Austin Cooney, MD FAAHPM
• 2011: Chuck Wellman, MD FAAHPM
• 2010: Barry M. Kinzbrunner, MD FAAHPM
• 2009: David M. McGrew, MD FAAHPM
• 2008: Laurel H. Herbst, MD
• 2007: Perry Fine, MD
• 2006: Cheryl Arenella, MD MPH
• 2005: Martha Twaddle, MD FAAHPM

AAHPM Humanities Award
Recognizes person(s) whose work has advanced the relationship between humanities and palliative care, and who have employed the discipline of the humanities to improve end-of-life care through community or professional education. Candidates for the award include poets, artists, musicians, medical educators and others involved in medical humanities in the broadest terms.

Past Winners

• 2013: Balfour M Mount, MD
• 2012: David Dosa, MD MPH
• 2011: Atul Gawande, MD MPHMA
• 2010: Rachel Naomi Remen, MD
• 2009: Authors of the Last Lecture; Randy Pausch, PhD and Jeffrey Zaslow
• 2008: Deidre Scherer
• 2007: Joan Didion
• 2006: Bill Moyers
• 2005: Jack Coulehan, MD MPH
• 2004: Robert Pope
• 2001: David Barnard, PhD and Sandra I. Bertman, PhD

Award for Excellence in Scientific Research in Palliative Care
Recognizes meaningful, exemplary research contributions to the field of hospice and palliative care. The recipient is expected to present his/her research within the broad context of the field of hospice and palliative care.

Past Winners

• 2013: R. Sean Morrison, MD FAAHPM
• 2012: J. Randall Curtis, MD MPH
• 2011: Harvey Chochinov, MD PhD FRCPC
• 2010: Sebastiano Mercadante, MD
• 2009: Vincent Mor, PhD
• 2008: Irene Higginson, BMedSci BMBS FFPHM PhD
• 2007: Betty Ferrell, PhD RN FAAN
• 2006: James Tulsky, MD
• 2005: Joan Teno MD MS
• 2004: Eduardo Bruera, MD

Recognizes a physician leader who has advanced the field of palliative care by the education of the next generation of palliative care leaders. The award program promotes the visibility and prestige of physicians in both academic and clinical settings who are committed to mentoring future leaders and serving as role models for other health professionals engaged in improving the care of the dying.

• 2013: Christine S. Ritchie, MD MSPH FAAHPM
• 2012: Anthony L. Back, MD
• 2011: Robert Arnold, MD FAAHPM
• 2010: R. Sean Morrison, MD FAAHPM
• 2009: Declan Walsh, MSc FACP FRCP (Edin)
• 2008: Russell K. Portenoy, MD
• 2007: Diane Meier, MD FACP
• 2006: Susan Block, MD and J Andrew Billings, MD

Recognizes a physician leader who has advanced the field of palliative care in their communities through distinctive mentorship and leadership. This award recognizes physicians in both academic and clinical settings who are committed to mentoring future leaders and serving as role models for other health professionals engaged in improving the care of the dying.

Past Winners

• 2013: Scott T. Shreve, DO
• 2012: Bernard J. Hammes, PhD
• 2011: Ira Byock, MD FAAHPM
• 2010: Timothy E. Quill, MD FACP FAAHPM
• 2009: Pallimed creator and contributers: Thomas E. Quinn, APRN MSN AOCN CHPN; Christian T. Sinclair, MD, FAAHPM, and Drew Rosielle, MD
• 2008: Terence L. Gutgsell, MD
• 2007: Ann Allegre, MD FACP

AAHPM Presidential Citation(s)
These award(s) acknowledge individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of hospice and palliative medicine but do not qualify for consideration in other award categories. Recommendations would be made by the President, Board members or leadership, and approved by the Board of Directors or Executive Committee. This recognition would not have to be given each year – only when suitable and exceptional candidates are identified and selected. It would also be limited to a maximum of three recipients (individuals or organizations) in a given year.

Past Winners

• 2013: Christine K. Cassel, MD, National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC), Senator Ronald L. Wyden
• 2012: Judy Lentz, RN MSN NHA, Myra J. Christopher, The Pain & Policy Studies Group
• 2011: Senator Sharon Carstairs, Canada, Lynn Hill-Spragens,The American Cancer Society
• 2010: Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Gail Sheehy, Steve Smith, CAE
• 2009: Tom Batiuk, Alexis Bakos, Dorothy Moga

AAHPM Awards for Young Investigators

Recognizes Annual Assembly papers and posters in three categories: medical students and doctoral candidates; physicians-in-training (fellows and postdoctoral candidates); and junior faculty.

Past Winners

2011: Junior Faculty Category

• A National Survey Of Hospice Quality (312-A)
• Melissa Carlson, PhD MBA, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
• Colleen Barry, PhD, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
• Ruth McCorkle, PhD FAAN, Yale University, New Haven, CT
• Sean Morrison, MD FAAHPM, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
• Emily Cherlin, PhD, Yale University, New Haven, CT
• Elizabeth Bradley, PhD, Yale University, New Haven, CT
• Managing Opioid Misuse in Palliative Care Settings: How Prepared Do Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellows Feel? (412-A)
• Julie Childers, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
• Robert Arnold, MD, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Physician-in-Training Category

• Pain and Physical/Psychological Symptoms in Ambulatory Patients with HIV (317-B)
• Jessica Merlin, MD MBA, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
• Liyi Cen
• Amy Praestgaard
• Michelle Turner, MS, MSKCC, New York, NY
• Aura Obando, MD, MGH, Somerville, MA
• Craig Alpert
• Sophie Woolston
• David Casarett, MD MA FAAHPM, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
• Jay Kostman
• Ian Frank
• Robert Gross

Student Category

• Patterns of End-of-Life Care in Children with Advanced Heart Disease (747)
• Emily Morell, BA, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
• Henry Cheng, MD, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
• Mark Scheurer, MD, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
• Leslie Smoot, MD, Harvard Medical and Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
• Joanne Wolfe, MD MPH, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
• Dorothy Beke, MS RN CPNP, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
• Elizabeth Blume, MD, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
  • 2010: Angelica Davila, MS (Student); Tarik Hadid, MD (Fellow/Post Doc); Karra Bikson, PhD MSW MA (Junior Faculty)
  • 2009: Renee D. Boss, MD; Nathan Goldstein, MD, and Christina Ullrich, MD (Junior Faculty); Noel C. Javier, MD (Physician in Training); Catherine A. Pham (Student)
  • 2008: Natalie Jacobowski (Student); Wael Lasheen (Fellows/Postdoc); Justin N. Baker and Kimberly S. Johnson (Junior Faculty)
  • 2007: Laura Pilar Gelfman (Student); Renee Boss, MD and Katherine Hauser, MD (Physicians in Training) and VJ Periyakoil, MD and Craig Blinderman, MD MA (Junior Faculty)
  • 2006: Maria Silveira,MD MA MPH and Karl Lorenz MD MSHS (Junior Faculty) and Sean O'Neill (Student)
  • 2005: Parag Bharadwaj