Each year, the Academy's President awards the recipients of MAPA's Past President's Council Awards, instituted in 1997. The awards are given at the fall conference each year for that year. Not all of the four honors are awarded every year. The criteria for these awards is listed below and is available here in Adobe Acrobat format
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If you are interested in nominating an individual for an award, please E-mail
the President. Please include some pertinent information regarding the
individual, along with your nomination.| PREVIOUS AWARD WINNERS: | |
| 1998 | |
| PA of the Year: | Tim Parker, PA-C |
| Outstanding Service Award: | Mary Kate Ferguson, PA-C |
| 1999 | |
| Physician of the Year: | Hung Cheung, M.D. |
| Outstanding Service Award: | Evie Wollman, PA-C |
| Special Recognition Award: | Victoria Gruber, Esquire |
| 2000 | |
| PA of the Year: | Paul Szczybor, PA-C |
| Physician of the Year: | Edwin Whiteford, M.D. |
| 2001 | |
| Outstanding Service Award: | David Gibson, PA-C |
| Special Recognition Award: | Maryland Delegate Al Redmer |
| 2002 | |
| PA of the Year: | Joseph Hubicki, PA-C |
| 2003 | |
| PA of the Year: | Jane Rosen, PA-C |
| Physician of the Year: | Donald Chambers , M.D. |
| 2004 | |
| PA of the Year: | Jennifer Gularson, PA-C |
| Physician of the Year: | Stephen Sellinger, M.D. |
| 2005 | |
| PA of the Year: | Matthias Goldstein, PA-C |
| Physician of the Year: | Jerald Insel, M.D. |
| 2006 | |
| PA of the Year: | Stephen Wilson, PA-C |
| Physician of the Year: | Robert Reilly, M.D. |
| 2007 | |
| PA of the Year: | Patricia Alexander-Letke, PA-C |
| Physician of the Year: | Kraig Melville, M.D. |
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Academy of Physician Assistants Past President's Council: Awards Criteria |
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| PA of the Year: | |
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Current MAPA Member |
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Written nomination by another MAPA member |
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Not currently serving on MAPA Board of Directors or as a Committee |
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Chair Demonstrated clinical excellence and commitment to the PA Core Values (as adopted by AAPA) by formal award or written testimony |
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Recognized community service which increases awareness of the PA role and the PA contribution to society |
| Physician of the Year: | |
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Licensed Maryland Physician |
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Written nomination by a MAPA member |
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Supervision of Physician Assistants or employment of Physician Assistants in practice over the last 5 years. |
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Public promotion of the PA profession to legislators, community-at-large, or through a physician or other professional organization |
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Willingness to attend award ceremony (except in case of posthumous awards) |
| Special Recognition: | |
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Written promotion by a MAPA member |
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Promotion of the PA profession in the form of but not limited to: |
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Testimony before the state for national legislative bodies |
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Writing newspaper or magazine articles that increase public awareness of PAs |
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Interviews with press that promote PA public education |
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Production, distribution or promotion of health awareness information that also highlights PA role |
| Outstanding Service: | |
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Current MAPA member |
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Written nomination by another MAPA member |
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A minimum of five years service to the PA profession on a state or national level in at at least two different areas (e.g. officer, delegate/alternate, council/committee chair) |