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Awards Program

As part of our mission the Foundation recognizes the outstanding contributions of our members to post-acute and long-term care medicine with the following annual awards:

Each award has its own nomination and selection criteria and procedures.  Please visit each individual award for more information.

Accepting applications for 2024 Awards July 1 – September 30.

2024 Award Winners will be announced at PALTC24 – AMDA’s Annual Conference , Spring 2024.

2024 Nominations will begin July 1, 2023 and run until September 30, 2023.

Clinician of the Year Award

Vikas Reddy, MD

2023 Clinician of the Year Award
Vikas Reddy, MD

The Clinician of the Year Award recognizes members of the interdisciplinary (IDT) team who serve in PALTC settings. It honors a licensed  health-care practitioner who is directly involved in treating and caring for people in PALTC settings and who embodies excellence in patient/resident care.

The 2023 Clinician of the Year award winner was announced at PALTC23.

The recipient was Vikas Reddy, MD. His nominator noted that “Dr. Reddy demonstrates a high level of professional competence in ongoing clinical, ethical, and social educational initiatives with providers in our practice as well as nursing staff in the skilled and long-term care communities we serve. He is recognized as a strong advocate for our patients and residents and demonstrates compassion and thoughtfulness in his interactions with them and their families. His collaborative approach with other team members has established him as a role model amongst his peers and associates. Involvement in community medical services is important to him and he is constantly developing new projects to bring clinical insight and guidance to the vulnerable populations we serve.” Strong testimonials from a number of his team members were also concluded.

2023 AWARD WINNER VIDEO
2023 Medical Director of the Year Award Winner: Vikas Reddy, MD

AWARD ELIGIBILITY
  • AMDA member in good standing
  • Licensed practitioners providing direct care in PALTC settings including physicians, advanced practice providers, mental health practitioners, social workers, physical or occupational therapists (ie. Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, PharmD).
  • Settings of practice including skilled nursing facility, private practice/practice management group, assisted living, or Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE).
HOW TO SUBMIT A NOMINATION

You may nominate an individual for the 2024 Clinician of the Year award by completing the information requested below. Nominations for the Clinician of the Year award are due September 30, 2023.

Nomination letters should be submitted in a Word document, double-spaced using Arial font size 11, not to exceed 3 pages. Once complete, you may upload this with the nominee’s current Curriculum Vitae (CV) on the nomination site at paltcfoundation.org.

To aid you in the preparation for your nomination, it is recommended that you contact the nominee to inquire into the specific activities or examples as required in clinical skills, collaboration, advocacy, and leadership, and to obtain their
current CV.

  • Narrative & Nominee Professional Information (Required): Please list address the categories listed below with specific examples thathighlight why this person should be selected.
  • Clinical skills– competence through continuing education, including ethical and social issues, exemplary
    interaction with patients/residents and families
  • Collaboration with other members of the team
  • Advocacy
  • Leadership
  • Please include quotes or information from others in support of your nomination.
CLINICIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD APPLICATION
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You may nominate an individual for the 2024 Clinician of the Year Award in Eduction by completing the information requested below.

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    Medical Director of the Year Award

    Rani Rao MD, FMCP, CMD

    2023 Medical Director of the Year Award
    Rani Rao, MD, FMCP, CMD

    The Medical Director of the Year Award recognizes those individuals whose vision, passion, leadership, knowledge, and commitment succeed in taking patient care to exceptional levels of quality, excellence, and innovation.

    The 2023 Medical Director of the Year award recipient—Rani Rao, MD, FMCP, CMD—received her award at the PALTC23 Annual Conference in Tampa, FL, on March 9, 2022.

    Dr. Rao’s nominator said: “When Dr. Rao arrived at Coler on March 30, 2020, NYC was the epicenter of the COVID-19 Pandemic in our country, and all of her efforts became focused on dealing with this public health crisis of an unprecedented nature. From day one, she rounded with our frontline workforce on the nursing units, conducting group meetings to help calm their fears and apprehension while doing all that she could do to get them sufficient supplies and PPE, and to obtain emergency replacement staff for our health care workers who became ill from COVID-19. Throughout the pandemic months, she worked diligently with other key leaders at Coler to maintain close lines of communication between residents and their families, arranging interdisciplinary meetings via videoconference to discuss plans of care.”

    2023 AWARD WINNER VIDEO
    2023 Medical Director of the Year Award Winner: Rani Rao, MD, FMCP, CMD

    PAST WINNERS

    Recipients of the Medical Director of the Year Award

    2022 Swati Gaur, MD, MBA, CMD

    2021 Leslie Beth Eber, MD, CMD

    2020 Fred Feinsod, MD, CMD

    2019 Charles Crecelius MD, PhD, CMD

    2018 Eric Hasemeier, DO, MBA, CMD

    2017 Joshua Schor, MD, CMD

    2016 David A. LeVine, MD, CMD

    2015 Patricia A. Chace, MD, CMD

    2014 Sandra Liliana Oakes, MD CMD

    2013 Rocco Vivenzio, MD, CMD

    2012 Noel DeBacker, MD, CMD

    2011 Sabine von Preyss-Friedman, MD, CMD

    2010 Robert Schreiber, MD, CMD

    2009 Rebecca L. Ferrini MD, MPH, CMD

    2008 J. Kenneth Brubaker, MD, CMD

    2007 Timothy Malloy, MD, CMD

    AWARD ELIGIBILITY
    • A physician in good standing with the community and profession
    • An AMDA member
    • A Certified Medical Director (CMD)
    • An experienced medical director (3 or more years)
    • An experienced attending physician in a nursing facility(ies)
    • A proven team leader
    • A proven clinical leader
    • Involved in community activities
    • An effective educator
    HOW TO SUBMIT A NOMINATION

    You may nominate an individual for the 2024 Medical Director of the Year award by completing the information requested below. Nominations for the Medical Director of the Year award are due September 30, 2023.

    The nomination letter should be submitted in a Word document, double-spaced using Arial font size 11, using this form as a guide to complete and not exceed three pages. Once complete, you may upload this with the nominee’s current Curriculum Vitae (CV).
    Narrative:

    • Experience in Years
    • Service History – Facilities served and dates of service as medical director.
    • Include quotes or information from other facility leaders (e.g., Administrator and DON) in
      support of your nomination application.
    • Incorporated psych-emotional components (e.g., How he/she makes staff, colleagues, and
      patients feel)

    Describe in detail activities and examples of success with measured outcomes when available in each of the categories.

    • Medical Director Activities –: team leader, clinical leader, staff education, and community involvement
    • Team leadership – e.g. established a wound care team
    • Clinical leadership – e.g. implemented practice guidelines on falls prevention
    • Education of facility staff – e.g. in-service topics, state or national presentations
    • Community involvement – e.g. represents and supports the facility in the broader medical community, holds monthly advance directives clinics at the local senior center

    To aid you in the preparation for your nomination it is recommended that you contact the nominee to inquire into the specific activities or examples as required in clinical skills, collaboration, advocacy, and leadership, and to obtain their CV.

    Before you get started, consider the following:

    • Review AMDA’s Role and Responsibilities of the Medical Director and compile examples of how your medical director fulfills these.
    • Cite examples of how your medical director collaborates with the interdisciplinary team.
    • Gather examples of the everyday contributions he/she makes as well as extraordinary and exceptional contributions.
    MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD APPLICATION
    *Required Fields

    You may nominate an individual for the 2024 Medical Director of the Year Award by completing the information requested below.

    MM slash DD slash YYYY
    Is the Nominee (both BOXES MUST BE CHECKED to be eligible)

    Submitter's Information

    All nominations MUST INCLUDE the attachments listed below.
    Accepted file types: jpg, gif, png, pdf, doc, docx, Max. file size: 100 MB.
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      William Dodd Founder’s Award

      Arif Nazir, MD, CMD

      2023 William Dodd Founder’s Award
      Arif Nazir, MD, CMD

      The William Dodd Founder’s Award for Distinguished Service recognizes significant contributions to building the Society’s organizational strength, image, and mission by promoting the development of competent, compassionate, and committed medical practitioners. It is named for AMDA Founder William Dodd, MD, CMD.

      At PALTC23, the award was presented to Arif Nazir, MD, CMD.

      “Arif has held every significant position in AMDA over the years. His presidency energized…the average, frontline AMDA member in a positive way. His push for increased technology utilization in PALTC was the first movement for the increased utilization of information technology for frontline clinicians,” his nominator noted. “He has put AMDA and its clinicians in a positive spotlight. He has pushed care initiatives to his and other chains of facilities in quality initiatives and the use of intradisciplinary team members. To know him is to sense his impetus for positive change in PALTC.”

      2023 AWARD WINNER VIDEO

      2023 AWARD WINNER | The William Dodd Founder’s Award for Distinguished Service: Arif Nazir, MD, CMD

      PAST WINNERS

      Recipients of the William Dodd Founder’s Award for Distinguished Service

      2022 Michael Wasserman, MD, CMD

      2021 Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP

      2020 Keith Rapp, MD, CMD

      2019 David Smith, MD, CMD

      2018 Paul Katz, MD, CMD

      2017 Jonathan Musher, MD, CMD

      2016 Karyn Leible, MD, CMD

      2015  J. Kenneth Brubaker, MD, CMD

      2014  Jeffrey Burl, MD, CMD

      2013  Paul Drinka, MD, CMD

      2012 Steven Levenson, MD, CMD

      2011 William D. Smucker, MD, CMD

      2010 Charles Crecelius, MD, PhD, FACP, CMD

      2009 Daniel Haimowitz, MD, FACP, CMD

      2008 Charles A. Cefalu, MD, MS

      2007 Daniel Osterweil, MD, MscEd, CMD

      2006 Leonard Gelman, MD, CMD

      2005 James E. Lett II, MD, CMD

      2004 Randall Huss, MD, CMD

      2003 Dennis Stone, MD, MBA, CMD

      2002 Keith Krein, MD, CMD

      2001 Cheryl Phillips, MD, CMD

      2000 Eric Tangalos, MD, CMD

      1999 Monte J. Levinson, MD, CMD

      1998 Nicholas Owen, MD, CMD

      1997 William Dodd, MD, CMD

      AWARD ELIGIBILITY
      • A physician, physician assistant, or advanced nurse practitioner in good standing with the community and profession.
      • Active in the field of post-acute & long-term care.
      • AMDA member in good standing.
      • Not a current officer on the AMDA, ABPLM or Foundation boards.
      HOW TO SUBMIT A NOMINATION

      You may nominate an individual for the 2024 William Dodd Founder’s Award by completing the nomination form. The 2024 Dodd award will be presented at PALTC24 – AMDA’s annual conference.

      Nominations for the William Dodd Founder’s Award are due September 30, 2023.

      Nomination letters should be submitted in a Word document, double-spaced using Arial font size 11, using this form as a guide to complete and not to exceed 2 pages. Once complete, you may upload this with the nominee’s current Curriculum Vitae (CV).

      Narrative: Provide specific contributions and examples that the nominee has made to build the organizational strength, image, and mission of AMDA, and advance the Society’s goals to improve care delivered to patients throughout the long-term care continuum. Include quotes or information provided by others in support of your nomination as appropriate.

      To aid you in the preparation for your nomination it is recommended that you contact the nominee to inquire into the specific activities or examples as required in this nomination and leadership, and to obtain their CV.

      WILLIAM DODD AWARD APPLICATION
      *Required

      You may nominate an individual for the 2024 William Dodd Founder’s Award by completing the information requested below.

      MM slash DD slash YYYY
      Is the Nominee(Required)
      Check to indicate YES. (Nominees MUST BE a licensed practitioner and current AMDA member to be eligible. MUST NOT be a current officer on a related board.)

      Submitter's Information

      All nominations MUST INCLUDE the attachments listed below.
      Accepted file types: jpg, gif, png, pdf, doc, docx, Max. file size: 100 MB.
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        James Pattee Award for Excellence in Education

        Philip Sloane, MD, MPH

        2023 James Pattee Award – Joint Recipient
        Philip Sloane, MD, MPH

        PAST WINNERS

        Recipients of the James Pattee Award for Exellence in Education

        2022   Peter Jaggard, MD, CMD, FACP
        2021   Michele F. Bellantoni, MD, CMD
        2020  Robert Kaplan, MD, CMD
        2019
           Naushira Pandya, MD, CMD

        2018    Jeffrey B. Burl, MD, CMD
        2017    Matthew S. Wayne, MD, CMD
        2016    Verna Reynolds Sellers, MD, CMD
        2015    Jonathan Evans, MD, MPH, CMD
        2014    Heidi White, MD, MHS, MEd, CMD
        2013    Leslie S. Libow, MD, CMD
        2012    Paul Katz, MD, CMD
        2011    John E. Morley, MB, BCH
        2010    Cari Levy, MD, PhD, CMD
        2009    Cheryl L. Phillips MD, CMD, AGSF
        2008    Leonard Gelman, MD, CMD
        2007    Daniel L. Swagerty, MD, MPH, CMD
        2006    Catherine Kiley, DO, CMD
        2005    David Brechtelsbauer, MD, CMD
        2004    Janice Knebl, DO, CMD
        2003    Michael Maddens, MD, CMD
        2002    Jonathan Musher, MD, CMD
        2001    Alva Baker III, MD, CMD
        2000    David A. Smith, MD, FAAFP, CMD
        1999    Larry Lawhorne, MD, CMD
        1998    Steven A. Levenson, MD, CMD
        1997    James Pattee, MD, CMD

        The James Pattee Award for Excellence in Education recognizes significant contributions to enhance AMDA-The Society’s educational structure and framework, to advance education specific to PALTC practice, and to promote AMDA leadership via educational endeavors within the LTC continuum. It was established to honor James Pattee, MD, CMD, the father of the AMDA Certification Program and the Core Curriculum program.

        The 2023 award had joint recipients: Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, and Philip Sloane, MD, MPH.

        As their nominator explained, “[Drs. Sloane and Zimmerman have] performed the editor’s role for
        JAMDA in an exemplary fashion. Always a voice for PALTC and AMDA, JAMDA has fulfilled that role
        incredibly well with their leadership. The journal has been elevated to a higher position in the academic world and made JAMDA the preeminent publication for PALTC. Worldwide articles have been solicited, edited, then accepted and published. Editorial articles have defined PALTC, outlining where it has been and where it should be headed. Many of those editorial articles have been penned by Drs. Sloane and Zimmerman, with the balance crafted by PALTC thought leaders. Drs. Sloane and Zimmerman are the exemplars of Jim Pattee’s vision for AMDA.”

        2023 AWARD WINNERS VIDEO

        James Pattee Award for Excellence in Education – Joint Recipients: Philip Sloane, MD, MPH and Sheryl Zimmerman. PhD

        Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD

        2023 James Pattee Award – Joint Recipient
        Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD

        AWARD ELIGIBILITY
        • A physician, physician assistant or advanced nurse practitioner in good standing with the community and profession.
        • Active in the field of post-acute & long-term care.
        • AMDA member in good standing.
        • Not a current officer on the AMDA, ABPLM or Foundation boards.
        HOW TO SUBMIT A NOMINATION

        You may nominate an individual for the 2024 James Pattee Award for Excellence in Education by completing the nomination form. The 2024 Pattee award will be presented at PALTC24 – AMDA’s Annual Conference.

        Nominations for the James Pattee Award for Excellence in Education are due on September 30, 2023.

        Nomination letters should be submitted in a Word document, double-spaced using Arial font size 11, using this form as a guide to complete and do not exceed 2 pages. Once complete, you may upload this with the nominee’s current Curriculum Vitae (CV).

        Narrative: Provide specific contributions and examples that the nominee has made to advance the educational goals of AMDA, and as a leader in PALTC education across the PALTC continuum. Include quotes or information provided by others in support of your nomination as appropriate.

        To aid you in the preparation for your nomination it is recommended that you contact the nominee to inquire into the specific activities or examples as required in this nomination and leadership, and to obtain their CV.

        JAMES PATTEE AWARD APPLICATION

        *Required Fields

        You may nominate an individual for the 2024 James Pattee Award for Excellence in Education by completing the information requested below.

        MM slash DD slash YYYY
        Is the Nominee
        Check to indicate YES. (Nominees MUST BE a licensed practitioner and current AMDA member to be eligible. MUST NOT be a current officer on a related board.)

        Submitter's Information

        All nominations MUST INCLUDE the attachments listed below.
        Accepted file types: jpg, gif, png, pdf, doc, docx, Max. file size: 100 MB.
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