The AAMC is pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the association’s annual awards, which honor individuals and institutions making significant contributions to medical education, research, clinical care, and community engagement.
Do you know someone who exemplifies the best of academic medicine? Nominations for the 2024 AAMC Awards are now open! Visit aamc.org/awards to learn more about the criteria and to submit a nomination.
Adina Kalet, MD, MPH, FACP, FAACH
2023 Award for Excellence in Medical Education
Throughout her 30-year career as a leader, mentor, and educator in academic medicine, Adina L. Kalet, MD, has been an advocate for helping clinicians develop their communication skills and has authored more than 200 papers and three books underscoring her mission to help medical students better connect with their patients.
James Crowe Jr., MD
2023 Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences
James Earl Crowe Jr., MD, a professor of pathology, microbiology, and immunology at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, has developed antibody treatments for a broad range of pathogens, including avian and swine influenza strains, Ebola, smallpox, mpox, dengue, and, most recently, the SARS-CoV-2 virus that led to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Jaclyn Nunziato, MD, MS
2023 Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award
Jaclyn D. Nunziato, MD, MS, associate professor in OB-GYN at Virginia Tech-Carilion (VTC) School of Medicine, has been influential in designing curriculum in health systems science and has mentored countless students in obstetrics and gynecology.
Selwyn Rogers, Jr., MD, MPH, FACS
2023 Louis W. Sullivan, MD, Award
Selwyn O. Rogers, Jr., MD, MPH, FACS, professor and chief of trauma and acute care surgery, and founding director of the University of Chicago Medicine Trauma Center, established the first trauma center operation on the South Side of Chicago and remains committed to ensuring the workforce reflects the community.
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (UMKC)
2023 AAMC Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Engagement
The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (UMKC) remains dedicated to improving the health and well-being of individuals and populations across all aspects of its mission.
Neil Powe, MD, MPH, MBA
2023 Herbert W. Nickens Award
Neil Richard Powe, MD, MPH, MBA, chief of medicine at the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG), and vice chair of medicine and Constance B. Wofsy Distinguished Professor at the University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF) School of Medicine, is a leader in the field of health equity, serving as a voice for social justice in the practice of medicine and education of clinicians.
Denise Jamieson, MD, MPH
2023 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation David E. Rogers Award
Denise Jamieson, MD, MPH, vice president for medical affairs and dean at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, is an internationally recognized public health leader dedicated to advancing women’s health.
Lisa Bellini, MD
2023 Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award
During her three decades at Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) at the University of Pennsylvania, Lisa M. Bellini, MD, has influenced all medical student programs at PSOM through her leadership, including raising the quality of the core clerkship and sub-internships such that they are among the highest-rated courses in the school.
Neil Osheroff, PhD
2023 Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award
As a professor of biochemistry and medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) for more than 40 years, Neil Osheroff, PhD, has led the Master Science Teachers (MST) cohort, a role established in 2007 to recognize VUSM’s outstanding basic science educators.
Dimitrios Papanagnou, MD, MPH
2023 Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award
As an emergency medicine physician, Dimitrios Papanagnou, MD, MPH, sees up close the influence of the social determinants of health on those seeking urgent and emergent medical care and allows this insight to inform his work as a clinician and educator to help students better serve their diverse patients.
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Karen Szauter, MD, MACP
2023 Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award
Karen Szauter, MD, MACP, assistant dean of educational affairs at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) John Sealy School of Medicine, has emphasized creative teaching and assessment approaches to clinical training, mentoring up to 20 students per year on abstract writing and poster preparation.
Elisa Hurley, PhD
2023 Special Recognition Award
Elisa A. Hurley, PhD, former executive director of PRIM&R (Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research), guided the organization and an engaged research community of over 25,000 individuals through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Geneviève Moineau, BSc, MD, FRCPC, ICD.D
2023 Special Recognition Award
Geneviève Moineau, BSc, MD, FRCPC, former president and CEO of the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC), an internationally recognized expert on accreditation in medical education, has played a crucial role in responding to health workforce challenges.