Membership

Awards

AAHPM Lifetime Achievement Award
Recognizes outstanding contributions and significant publications that have helped shape the direction of the field of hospice and palliative medicine. The award winner must agree to make a major presentation at the AAHPM Annual Assembly in the year the award is presented. If the award winner is unable or unwilling to make such an address, another award winner will be selected.

Past Winners
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

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. Nominations will be solicited from the membership.

Past Winners
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
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
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
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

AAHPM Project on Death in America (PDIA) Palliative Medicine National Leadership Award
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.

Past Winners
2008: Russell K. Portenoy, MD
2007: Diane Meier, MD FACP
2006: Susan Block, MD and J Andrew Billings, MD

AAHPM Project on Death in America (PDIA) Palliative Medicine Community Leadership Award
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
2008: Terence L. Gutgsell, MD
2007: Ann Allegre, MD FACP

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
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