ACPM AWARDS

PAST WINNERS

The Special Recognition Award honors outstanding achievement in or contribution to the field of preventive medicine. Recipients do not need to be working directly in the field of preventive medicine, but should be recognized as important contributors to the field.

The Distinguished Service Award recognizes a Fellow or Member of ACPM for outstanding service to ACPM.

The William Kane Rising Star Award honors a member of ACPM, who is within seven years of completion of residency training and who is certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. The recipient must have demonstrated a commitment to preventive medicine and the potential to make significant contributions to the field of preventive medicine and its organizations.

The Don Gemson Resident Award honors a resident member of ACPM, in any year of training including the practice year, for outstanding achievement in community service, scholarship, research, teaching and overall leadership. Evidence of a strong potential for future contributions to the field of preventive medicine is required. In addition, the recipient of the Resident Award will receive a check for $500.

Past Winners

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD

Ronald M. Davis, MD 2008
C. William Keck, MD 2007
Lloyd Novick, MD 2006
Jeffrey P. Koplan, MD 2005
Michael C. Fiore, MD 2004
Don Vickery, MD  2003
Barry Levy, MD 2002
Duncan Clark, MD 2001
F. Douglas Scutchfield, MD 2000
Kenneth Kizer, MD 1999
Alice Ring, MD 1998
Bill Foege, MD 1997
David A. Kessler, MD 1996
Philip R. Lee, MD 1995
Steven Woolf, MD 1994
David Rogers, MD 1993
D.A. Henderson, MD 1992
John Last, MD 1991
James O. Mason, MD 1990
J. Michael McGinnis, MD 1989
Robert S. Lawrence, MD 1988
C. Everett Koop, MD 1987
Alexander D. Langmuir, MD 1986
 

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

Neal D. Kohatsu, MD 2008
Miriam Alexander, MD 2007
Judy Rubin, MD 2006
George Anderson, MD 2005
Arthur L. Frank, MD 2004
Michael Parkinson, MD 2003
Ronald Davis, MD 2002
Kevin Patrick, MD 2001
Jonathan Fielding, MD 2000
Marcel Salive, MD 1999
Roy DeHart, MD 1998
Eric Evenson, MD 1997
Gershon Bergeisen, MD 1997
Dorothy Lane, MD 1996
Suzanne Dandoy, MD 1995
David Harris, MD 1994
Fred Nobrega, MD 1993
F. Douglas Scutchfield, MD 1992
Hugh H. Tilson, MD 1991
Edward A. Lichter, MD 1990
M. Alfred Haynes, MD 1989
Joseph Stokes, III, MD 1989
Jacqueline Messite, MD 1988
Terence Collins, MD 1987
Frank L. Babbott, Jr., MD 1986
H. Bruce Dull, MD 1985
John M. Last, MD 1984
William Foege, MD 1984
William P. Richardson, MD 1980
Walter C. Barnes, MD 1977
Lester Breslow, MD 1976
Kurt W. Deuschle, MD 1975
Katharine Boucot Sturgis, MD 1973
Ernest L. Stebbins, MD 1972
 

WILLIAM KANE RISING STAR AWARD

Elizabeth Tilson, MD 2008
Paul D. Rockswold, MD 2007
Michael Compton, MD 2006
Joseph McLaughlin, MD 2005
Amber E. Barnato, MD 2004
E. Anne Peterson, MD  2003
James Tacci, MD and Mirza Rahman, MD 2002
David Katz, MD 2001
Eric France, MD 2000
Stephanie Zaza, MD 1999
John D. Meyer, MD 1998
Miriam Alexander, MD 1997
Michael Parkinson, MD 1996
Erica Frank, MD 1996
 

DON GEMSON RESIDENT AWARD

Jennifer Espiritu, MD 2008
Kshamica S. Nimalasuriya, MD 2007
Ryung Suh, MD 2006
Jason Spangler, MD 2005
Matthew Allison, MD  2004
Greg Holtzman, MD  2003
Lorraine Yeung, MD 2002
Caroline Volel, MD 2001
Anne Lang, MD 2000
J. Patrick Moulds, MD 1999
Elizabeth Kann, MD 1998
Rebecca Ferrini, MD 1997
Rika Maeshiro, MD 1996
 

 

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD:
Ronald M. Davis, MD, MPH, FACPM

Ronald M. Davis, MD, MPH, FACPM, became the 162nd President of the American Medical Association in June 2007.  He has been Director of the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit since 1995.  Previously he served as Chief Medical Officer in the Michigan Department of Public Health (1991-95) and Director of the Office on Smoking and Health at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1987-91).  He completed the Epidemic Intelligence Service program and the preventive medicine residency program at CDC; received his M.D. degree and Master of Arts degree in Public Policy Studies from the University of Chicago; and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan.  Dr. Davis is board-certified in preventive medicine and chairs the Residency Advisory Committee for the preventive medicine residency program at the University of Michigan School of Public Health (where he is an adjunct professor of epidemiology).  Previously he was North American editor of the British Medical Journal, the founding editor of the journal Tobacco Control, chair of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee (MCAC) of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and a member of the Board of Commissioners of The Joint Commission.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD:
Neal D. Kohatsu, MD, MPH, FACPM

Neal Kohatsu, MD, MPH, FACPM, is Chief of the Cancer Control Branch in the California Department of Public Health where he oversees programs in tobacco control, nutrition & physical activity, preventive services, and epidemiology.  Most of his career has been in the California Department of Public Health where he has served in a number of leadership positions including Acting State Health Officer.  Other past positions include: Medical Director, Medical Board of California; and Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Iowa.  Dr. Kohatsu received his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh.  His fellowship training was in cardiovascular disease prevention and epidemiology at the Stanford Prevention Research Center.  Dr. Kohatsu is board certified in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine and is immediate past president of the American College of Preventive Medicine.

WILLIAM KANE RISING STAR AWARD:
Elizabeth Tilson, MD, MPH, FACPM

Elizabeth Tilson, MD, MPH, FACPM, currently provides primary care in the Child Health Clinic and is the Medical Director of Community Care of Wake/Johnston Counties; a care management, quality improvement program for Medicaid patients in the two counties.   She received her MD and completed a Pediatric residency at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.  After residency training, she worked as a primary care physician in the Child Health Clinic at the Wake County Human Services-Public Health Center in Raleigh, NC.  She then furthered her training at the University of North Carolina –Chapel Hill and completed a Master in Public Health, a residency in Preventive Medicine, and a post-doctoral fellowship in the Cancer Control and Education Program. She is board certified in Preventive Medicine and Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

DON GEMSON RESIDENT AWARD:
Jennifer Espiritu, MD

Jennifer Espiritu, MD, is a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy, and Chief Resident at the University of North Carolina Preventive Medicine program. She is an alumna of the University of California at Berkeley, obtained her medical degree from the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD, and completed her internship in General Surgery at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA. She has worked with Marine and Navy organizations, including ships at sea and training programs for aviators. As a Preventive Medicine resident, Dr. Espiritu is enrolled in the Public Health Leadership degree program at the UNC School of Public Health. She was also a visiting scholar at the Department of Homeland Security, researched gender-based violence in refugee populations at the Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Aide Medicine, and is currently working with a statewide quality of care initiative called Improving Performance in Practice with the UNC Family Practice Department and the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians.  Dr. Espiritu is a member of the APMR Governing Council and the Aerospace Medicine Association Liaison.