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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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Maryland
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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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