About Us
Past Award Recipients
Curtis G. Hames Research Award Recipients
2011 Thomas Rosenthal, MD
2010 Alfred Berg, MD, MPH
2009 Lillian Gelberg, MD, MSPH
2008 Howard Rabinowitz, MD
2007 Peter Franks, MD
2006 Jack M. Colwill, MD
2005 Allen Dietrich, MD
2004 Stephen Zyzanski, PhD
2003 Paul Nutting, MD, MSPH
2002 Julian Tudor Hart, MD
2001 Lorne Becker, MD
2000 Klea Bertakis, MD, MPH
1999 Carole Bland, PhD
1998 Larry Green, MD
1997 Larry Culpepper, MD
1996 Roger Rosenblatt, MD, MPH
1995 Eugene Farley, Jr, MD, MPH
1994 Martin Bass, MD, MSc
1993 Paul Frame, MD
1992 Gerald Perkoff, MD
1991 George Parkerson, Jr, MD, MPH
1990 John P. Geyman, MD
1989 Ian R. McWhinney, MD, FCP, FRCP
1988 Jack H. Medalie, MD, MPH
1987 Jack Froom, MD
1986 Kerr White, MD
1985 Maurice Wood, MD
F. Marian Bishop Leadership Award Recipients
2011 Edward Shahady, MD
2010 Lucy Candib, MD
2009 Warren Heffron, MD
2008 Alfred Berg, MD, MPH
2007 Robert Taylor, MD
Ed Ciriacy, MD (posthumously)
2006 John J. Frey, MD
2005 G. Gayle Stephens, MD
2004 John P. Geyman, MD
2003 Robert F. Avant, MD
2002 Jack M. Colwill, MD
2001 Marjorie Bowman, MD, MPA
2000 Robert Graham, MD
1999 William Jacott, MD
1998 Paul Young, MD
1997 Paul Brucker, MD
1996 B. Lewis Barnett, Jr, MD
1995 Reginald Perkin, MD
1994 Daniel J. Ostergaard, MD
1993 David Satcher, MD, PhD
1992 Robert Rakel, MD
1991 Thomas Stern, MD
1990 Nicholas Pisacano, MD
Faculty Enhancement Program Recipients
2010-2011
Amir Levine, PhD
Julie Yeh, MD, MPH
2009-2010
Joshua Barash, MD
Anna Doubeni, MD, MPH
2008-2009
Susan Flocke, PhD
Michael Gorman, MD
Julie Taylor, MD, MSc
Vince WinklerPrins, MD
2007-2008
Alice Fornari, EdD, RD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Tina Kenyon, MSW, New Hampshire Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency, Concord, NH
2006-2007
Melissa Bradner, MD, MHA, Virginia Commonwealth University
Carol G. Hustedde, PhD, University of Kentucky
Amy Locke, MD, University of MIchigan
Jenny Walker, MD, MSW, MP, University of MIchigan
2005-2006
Jerry Boland, MD, Florida State University
Scott Counts, MD, Anderson Family Practice, Anderson, SC
Angela O’Neil, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
2004-2005
James Cook, MD, University of Michigan
Jeffrey McCollum, MD, University of Oklahoma
Lee Radosh, MD, Reading Hospital & Medical Center, Reading, Pa.
2003-2004
Fern Hauck, MD, MS, University of Virginia
Kevin Mathews, MD, St Elizabeth Family Residency Program, Utica, NY
Steve Watts, MD, University of Mississippi
2002-2003
Emily Bray, MD East Carolina University
David Brown, MD, University of Miami
Katherine Margo, MD, University of Pennsylvania
Lisa Nash, DO, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
2001-2002
Mary Patrice Guerrera, MD, FAAFP, Asylum Hill Family Practice Center, Inc., Hartford, CT
Sherry Robbins, MD, East Tennessee State University, Kingsport, TN
Alison E. Dobbie, MB, ChB, University of Texas Health Scient Center, San Antonio
1999-2000
Stoney Abercrombie, MD Anderson Area Medical Center, Anderson, SC
Maria Hervada-Page, MSS, Thomas Jefferson University
Caroline Wellbery, MD, Georgetown University
Kathy Zoppi, PhD, MPH, Indiana University
1998-1999
Marya Cota, PhD, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix
Wanda Gonsalves, MD, University of Kentucky
Clare MCluggage, MD, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School at Dallas
James Schulte, MD, Center for Family Medicine, Cleveland
International Scholarship Program Recipients
2010 Henry Lawson, MD, Ghana
2009 Eralda Turkeshi, MD, Tirana, Albania
2008 Agustina Pinero, MD, Argentina
2007 Cheong-Lieng Teng, MBBS, MMed
2006 Derek Hellenberg, Cape Town, South Africa
2005 Ludmilla Balteanu, MD, Moldova
2004 Dr. Maria Teresa Baran, Paraguay
2003 Fu Xijuan, MD, China
2002 Ikeoluwapo Oyeneye Ajayi, MD, Nigeria
2001 Dr. Anara Abilova of Biskek, Kyrgyzstan
2000 Oscar Fernández, MD, Santiago, Chile
1999 Ming-Hwai Lin, MD, Taipei, Taiwan
Patient Education Awards
NOTE: Patient Care and the Conference on Patient Education reconstructed this award category in 2002 to present one award each year for “Excellence in Patient Education Innovation,” replacing an annual award selected from individual category submissions by physicians, health professionals, and residency programs.
Excellence in Patient Education Innovation
2004 “Walk Your Way To A Healthy Heart” - Kimberly Forsht, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Whitehall, PA
2003 “Improving Immunization Rates at a Family Medicine Residency Clinic Through Education and Enhancement of
Documentation Methods” - James Taylor, PharmD, North Mississippi Health Services, Tupelo, MS
2002 “The Group Visit: Innovation in Multidisciplinary, Resident-driven Patient Care” Devin Sawyer, MD, St. Peter Family
Practice Residency Program, Olympia, WA
Residency
2000 The Toledo Hospital Family Practice Residency
W.W. Knight Family Practice Center, Toledo, OH
1999 West Virginia University
1998 Cedar Rapids Medical Education Foundation, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1997 No Award
1996 The Toledo Hospital Family Practice
1995 Corpus Christi Family Practice Residence
1994 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Dept. of Family Medicine Lubbock, Texas
1993 Stanislaus Medical Center FPR Modesto, California
1992 W.W. Knight FPR Toledo, Ohio
1991 Forbes FPR Monroeville, Pennsylvania
1990 Fairview General Hospital FPR Cleveland, Ohio
1989 Glendale Adventist Med Ctr FPR Glendale, California
1988 Sioux Falls, FPR Sioux Falls, South Dakota
1987 Mercy Family Med Residency Denver, Colorado
1986 Conference not held
1985 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Dept. of Family Medicine Lubbock, Texas
1984 Florida Hospital FPR Orlando, Florida
1983 Valley Medical Center FPR Fresno, California
Health Professional
2000 Joan Hemmers, RN
Beaver Medical Group, L.P., Redlands, Calif
1999 Cindy Lawrimore, MN, RN, FNP, Florence, SC
1998 No Award
1997 Wendy McBrair, RN, MS, Marlton, NJ
1996 Eileen Garven, RN, Fairview Health System Cleveland, OH
1995 Linda M Porterfield, PhD, Arrhythmia Consultants, Memphis, Tenn
1994 Kimberly Kuhlman, MEd, RD, LD, CDE Toledo, Ohio
1993 Mary Elesha-Adams, RN, MSN Greenville, North Carolina
1992 Germain B. Ross, BSN Minneapolis, Minnesota
1991 Colleen Bray, MS, RD El Paso County, Colorado
1990 Margaret Comerford Freda, EdD, RN Bronx, New York
1989 Angela Dubivsky, RD Newark, New Jersey
1988 Commdr. Judith J. Glenn, RN, CNM San Diego, California
1987 Nancy Cooper, RD, CDE Minneapolis, Minnesota
1986 Conference not held
1985 Joyce Ann Barron, R.N. Madisonville, Kentucky;Ray Marcrom, Pharm.D. Manchester, Tennessee
1984 Margaret C. Yarborough, RPh, MS Raleigh, North Carolina
1983 No Award
Physician
2001 Asim A. Jani, MD, Florida Department of Health, Orlando, FL
2000 Richard Bloomfield, MD, Newport Family Practice, Newport, NC
1999 International Medicine Clinic, Seattle, WA
1998 Steven Masley, MD, Olympia, WA
1997 Major Cindy Barter, MD, Fort Belvoir, VA
1996 Nalin C Mehta, MD, Albermarle, NC
1995 F Stuart Sanders, MD, Clarksville, GA
1994 Louis H. McCormick, MD, Franklin, LA
1993 Thomas J. Weida, MD, Lititz, PA
1992 S.M. Cameron, MD, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1991 Jeffrey K. Pearson, MD, San Marcos, CA
1990 Paul B. Little, MD, Alexandria, VA
1989 George E. Abraham, II, MD, Sandra F. Burford, MD, Lee Griffin, MD, Hildon H. Sessums, Jr., MD, Vicksburg, MS
1988 Barbara P. Yawn, MD, Worthington, MN
1987 Kelly S. Segars, Sr, MD, Luka, MS
1986 Conference not held
1985 Michael J. Moore, MD, Salem, VA
1984 Trenton L. James, MD, Baton Rouge, LA
1983 Lawrence H. Bernstein, MD, Kenneth R. Dardick, MD, Storrs, CT
STFM Advocate Award Recipients
2011 Russell Robertson, MD
2010 Elissa Palmer, MD
2009 Larry Green, MD; Perry Pugno, MD; Samuel Jones, MD
2008 Allen Hixon, MD
2007 WWAMI Network of Family Medicine Residencies
2006 Robert Crittenden, MD, MPH
2005 Daniel Onion, MD
2004 Jeffrey Cain, MD
STFM Best Research Paper Award Recipients:
2011
Carlos Jaen, MD, PhD; William Miller, MD, MA; Marivel Davila, MPH;
Benjamin Crabtree, PhD; Paul Nutting, MD, MSPH; Kurt Stange, MD, PhD;
Raymond Palmer, PhD; Robert Wood, DrPH; Elizabeth Stewart, PhD;
Elizabeth Stewart, PhD
2010
Brian Jack, MD; Veerappa Chetty, PhD; David Anthony, MD, MSc; Jeffrey Greenwald, MD; Gail
Sanchez, PharmD, BCPS; Anna Johnson, RN; Shaula Forsthe, MA, MPH; Julie
O’Connell, MPH; Michael Paasche-Orlow, MD, MA, MPH; Christopher
Manasseh, MD; Stephen Mar
2009
Alex Kirst, MD, MS; Resa Jones, MPH, PhD; Steven Woolf, MD, MPH; Sara Woessner, MD; Daniel Merenstein, MD; J. William Kerns, MD; Walter Foliaco, MD; Paul Jackson, MD
2008
Dan Merenstein, MD; Marie Diener-West, PhD; Ann Halbower, MD; Alex Krist, MD; Haya Rubin, MD, PhD
2007
William Ventres, MD, MA; Sarah Kooienga, FNP; Ryan Marlin, MD, MPH; Peggy Nygren, MA: and Valerie Stewart, PhD
2006
Allen Dietrich, MD; Thomas Oxman MD, John Williams Jr, MD, MHS, Herbert Schulberg, PhD, Martha Bruce, PhD, MPH, Pamela Lee, PhD, Sheila Barry, Patrick Raue, PhD, Jean Lefever, MS, Moonseong Heo, PhD, Kathryn Rost, PhD, Kurt Kroenke, Martha Gerrity, MD, PhD, Paul Nutting, MD, MSPH
2005
Charles Mouton, MD, MS; Rebecca Rodabough, MS; Susan Rovi, PhD; Julie Hunt, PhD; Melissa Talamantes, MA; Robert Brzyski, MD, PhD; Sandra Burge, PhD
2004
Joseph DiFranza, MD; Judith Savageau, MPH; Nancy Igotti, MD; Kenneth Fletcher, PhD; Judith Ockene, PhD; Ann McNeill, PhD; Mardia Coleman, BS; Connie Wood, BS
2003
David Mehr, MD; Ellen Binder, MD; Robin Kruse, PhD; Steven Zweig, MD, MSPH; Richard Madsen, PhD; Lori Popejoy, MSN, RN; Ralph B. D’Agostino, PhD
2002
Kurt Stange, MD, PhD; Susan Flocke, PhD; Meredith Goodwin, MS; Robert Kelly, MD, MS; Stephen Zyzanski, PhD
2001
Kevin Grumbach, MD; Joe Selby, MD, MPH; Cheryl Damberg, PhD; Andrew Bindman, MD; Charles Quesenberry, PhD; Alison Truman, MA; Connie Uratsu, MA
2000
Allen Dietrich, MD; Ardis Olson, MD; Carol Hill Sox, Engr; et al
1999
Kurt Stange, MD, PhD; Stephen Zyzanski, PhD; Carlos Jaen, MD, PhD
1998
Michael F. Fleming, MD, MPH; Kristen Barry, PhD; Linda Manwell; Kristen Johnson, MA; Richard London, MD; et al
1997
Daniel Longo, ScD; Ross Brownson, PhD; Jane Johnson, MA, et al
1996
Alfred Tallia, MD, MPH; David Swee, MD; Robin Winter, MD; et al
1995
Bernard Ewigman, MD; James Crane, MD; Fredric Frigoletto, MD, et al
1994
Michael Klein, MD; Robert Gautheir, MD; Sally Jorgenson, MB, et al
1993
Paul Fischer, MD; Meyer Schwartz, MD; John Richards, Jr, MD; Adam Goldstein, MD; Tina Rojas
1992
Thomas Nesbitt, MD, MPH; Frederick Connell, MD, MPH; L. Gary Hart, PhD; Roger Rosenblatt, MD, MPH
1991
William Wadland, MD, MS; Dennis Plante, MD
1990
Paul Fischer, MD; John Richards, Jr, MD; Earl Berman, MD; Dean Krugman, PhD
1989
Allen Dietrich, MD; Eugene Nelson, DSc; John Kirk, MD; Michael Zubkoff, PhD; Gerald O'Connor, PhD, DSc
STFM Excellence in Education Award Recipients
2011 Randall Longenecker, MD
2010 Sam Cullison, MD, MPH
2009 Laurel Milberg, PhD
2008 Kent Sheets, PhD
2007 Anita Taylor, MEd
2006 Mark Quirk, EdD
2005 John (Jack) Pfenninger, MD
2004 William Anderson, PhD
2003 William K. Mygdal, EdD
2002 Cynthia Haq, MD
2001 Deborah Simpson, PhD
2000 Peter Curtis, MD
1999 Stephen Bogdewic, PhD
1998 Frank Hale, PhD
1997 Marian R. Stuart, PhD
1996 Norman B. Kahn, Jr, MD
1995 Robert L. Blake, Jr, MD
1994 Joel Merenstein, MD
1993 Lucy Candib, MD; Wm. MacMillan Rodney, MD
1992 Michael Gordon, PhD
1991 Larry Culpepper, MD, MPH; Dona L. Harris, PhD
1990 Jack Froom, MD; Gabriel Smilkstein, MD
1989 Carole J. Bland, PhD; Robert B. Taylor, MD
1988 Jack H. Medalie, MD, MPH; Katharine A. Munning, PhD
1987 Nikitas J. Zervanos, MD
1986 Jack M. Colwill, MD; William Reichel, MD
1985 Jorge Prieto, MD; Donald C. Ransom, PhD
1984 Robert C. Davidson, MD, MPH
1983 B. Lewis Barnett, Jr, MD; Arthur Kaufman, MD; Fitzhugh Mayo, MD
1982 Frank C. Snope, MD
1981 Hiram B. Curry, MD; Theodore J. Phillips, MD
1980 John P. Geyman, MD; G. Gayle Stephens, MD
1979 F. Marian Bishop, PhD, MSPH; Ian R. McWhinney, MD; Thomas L. Stern, MD
1978 Lynn P. Carmichael, MD
STFM Innovative Program Award Recipients
2011 The Integrative Medicine in Residency Online Curriculum, Patricia Lebensohn, MD, director
2010 No award given
2009 The Family Medicine Digital Resources Library: Helen Baker, PhD, MBA; Traci Nolte, CAE; Jacob Reider, MD; Richard Usatine, MD
2008 The Healer's Art Course, Rachel Remen, MD
2007 Smiles for Life Steering Committe: Alan Douglass, MD; Wanda Gonsalves, MD; Russell Maier, MD; Hugh Silk, MD; Nancy Stevens, MD, MPH; James Tysinger, PhD; and Steve Wrightson, MD
2006 Gurjeet Shokar, MD; Robert Bulik, PhD
2005 Richard Zimmerman, MD, MPH; Sanford Kimmel, MD, Donald Middleton, MD
2004 Ellen Beck, MD
2003 Marji Gold, MD
2002 Allen Shaughnessy, PharmD; David Slawson, MD
2001 Perry Pugno, MD, MPH, AAFP; Frank Dornfest, MD
2000 Kent J. Sheets, PhD
1999 Jeffrey Stearns, MD
1998 Richard Zimmerman, MD, MPH; Ilene Burns, MD, MPH
1997 Susan E. Skochelak, MD, MPH
1996 James R. Damos, MD
1995 Scott A. Fields, MD; William L. Toffler, MD
1994 Luis Samaniego, MD
1993 No award given
1992 Patrick McBride, MD
1991 Franklyn Dornfest, MD
1990 H. John Blossom, MD; Diane Plorde McCann, MD
1989 Peter Curtis, MD
1988 Thomas L. Campbell, MD; Susan McDaniel, PhD
1987 Norman B. Kahn, Jr, MD
STFM Recognition Award Recipients
2011 Susan McDaniel, PhD
2010 Elizabeth Garrett, MD, MSPH
2009 Denise Rodgers, MD
2008 Laurence Bauer, MSW, MEd
2007 Joseph Hobbs, MD
2006 Josh Freeman, MD
2005 Dona Harris, PhD
2004 Paul Paulman, MD
2003 Thomas L. Schwenk, MD
2002 David Swee, MD
2001 Jay Siwek, MD
2000 Katherine C. Krause, MD
1999 Hilliard Jason, MD, EdD; Jane Westberg, PhD
1998 Howard Stein, PhD
1997 Donald L. Fink, MD
1996 Anthony F. Vuturo, MD, MPH
1995 Joseph W. Tollison, MD
1994 Peter Coggan, MD, MSEd; Robert Massad, MD
1993 Robert L. Van Citters, MD; John Lein, MD
1992 Annie Lea Shuster
1991 James G. Jones, MD
1990 Rosemarie Sweeney, MPA
1989 Eugene S. Farley, Jr, MD, MPH
1987 Thomas L. Leaman, MD; Rafael C. Sanchez, MD
1986 Julio Ceitlin, MD; John J. Frey, MD
1985 David N. Sundwall, MD; William H. Burnett, MA
1984 Edward J. Shahady, MD; Nicholas J. Pisacano, MD
1981 Richard H. Moy, MD
1978 Robert F. Knouss, MD
