This program provides scholarships to the STFM Annual Spring Conference for STFM members who in their first 2 years as full-time faculty exhibit outstanding leadership potential. Since its inception in 1988, this program has supported the attendance of 91 new faculty at this conference.

This award is the STFM Foundation's initiative to develop leaders in our discipline. Attendance at national meetings is one way to help develop leaders and leadership skills. This award is for up to $1,500 and is intended to cover travel and hotel expenses for attendance at the 2009 STFM Annual Spring Conference in Denver.

Nominations are being accepted through December 2008.

Criteria:

The nominee must:

In addition, financial need for funding to attend the meeting will be considered.

To nominate one of your faculty as a 2008 scholar, please send a packet containing the original and five copies of the following to Stacy A. Brungardt, CAE, 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Ste. 540, Leawood, KS 66211, 800-274-2237, ext. 5401, e-mail: sbrungardt@stfm.org.

Letter of Nomination (with verification of the eligibility criteria)
One Additional Letter of Recommendation
Candidate's CV

New Faculty Scholar Award Recipients:

2008: Rolf Montalvo Chen, MD, University of Texas, Houston
          Joseph Gibes, MD, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
          Corey Lyon, DO, Research FMR, Kansas City, Missouri
          Michael Park, MD, University of Colorado Rose FMR, Denver,                     Colorado     
          Mari Ricker, MD, Providence Milwaukie FMR, Milwaukie, Oregon
          Michelle Roett, MD, Georgetown University-Providence Hospital           Residency, Washington, DC
2007: Richard Allen, MD, MPH, St. Mark’s FMR, Salt Lake City, UT
           Lia Pierson Bruner, MD, Texas Tech University
          Troy Fiesinger, MD, Conroe FMR, Conroe, TX
           Nathan Hitzeman, MD, Sutter Health FMR, Sacramento, CA
           Lisa Maxwell, MD, FPR, Christiana Care Health System,
                Wilmington, DE
           Lisa Marie Ward, MD, University of California, San Francisco
           Cheryl Seymour, MD, Maine-Dartmouth FPR, Augusta, ME
2006: Steven Brown, MD, Banner Family Practice, Phoenix, AZ
           Paul Crawford, MD, Eglin Air Force Base, FL
           Edgar Figueroa, MD, MPH, Columbia University
           Sarah Parrott, DO, University of Kansas
           Jason Wilbur, MD, University of Iowa
2005: Careyana Brenham, MD, Southern Illinois University
           Phuc Duc (PD) Nguyen, MD, University of Texas HSC,
                Houston
           Stephen Scott, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
2004: David Anthony, MD, Brown University
           Charles Blackadar, MD, Puget Sound FMR, Tacoma, WA
           Diana Heiman, MD, University of Connecticut
           Mary Stephens, MD, MPH, East Tennessee State University
2003: Kara Cadwallader, MD, Family Practice Residency of Idaho,
               Boise, ID
          Renee Crichlow, MD, University of California, Davis
          Eric Schackow, MD, PhD, St. Elizabeth FPR, Chicago, IL
          Stephen Schultz, MD, University of Rochester
2002: Susan Anderson, MD, University of South Dakota
          W. Clay Jackson, MD, University of Tennessee-Memphis
          Doug Knutson, MD, Ohio State University
          Anthony Viera, MD, Jacksonville Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, FL
          Lorraine Wallace, PhD, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

       
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