Awards
David K. Wagner Award
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As an organization, AAEM recognizes Dr. Wagner's contributions to the specialty by offering an award named in his honor to individuals who have had a meaningful impact on the field of Emergency Medicine and who have contributed significantly to the promotion of AAEM's goals and objectives. Dr. Wagner himself was given the first such award in 1995.
Joe Lex Educator of the Year Award
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This award recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to AAEM through work on educational programs. Nominees must be AAEM members who have been out of their residency for more than 5 years.
James Keaney Award
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Named after the founder of AAEM, this award recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to our organization. Nominees for this award must have 10 or more years experience in EM clinical practice and must be AAEM members.
Peter Rosen Award
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This award recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to AAEM in the area of academic leadership. Nominees for this award must have 10 or more years experience in an EM academic leadership position and must be AAEM members.
Resident of the Year Award
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This award recognizes a resident member who has made an outstanding contribution to AAEM. Nominees for this award must be AAEM resident members and must be enrolled in an EM residency training program.
Young Educator Award
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This award recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to AAEM through work on educational programs. Nominees must be out of residency less than five years and must be AAEM members.
Nomination Submission Process for the Above Awards
The AAEM Executive Committee will review the nominees and select recipients for all awards except the EM Program Director of the Year Award, which will be selected by the AAEM Resident and Student Association.
All nominations should be submitted in writing and should include:
- Name of the nominee.
- Name of the person submitting the nomination.
- Reasons why the person submitting the nomination believes the nominee should receive the award.
Award presentations will be made to the recipients at the 18th Annual Scientific Assembly to be held February 8-10, 2012, in San Diego, CA.
NEW for 2011!
Master of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (MAAEM)
Active members of AAEM may also recommend nominees to the AAEM executive committee for the Master of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (MAAEM). This recognition of senior AAEM fellows shall be extended to those who demonstrated a long career of extraordinary
- Service to AAEM
- Service as an exemplary clinician and/or teacher of emergency medicine
- Service to emergency medicine in the area of research and/or published works
- Service as a leader in the hospital, the community or organized medicine
- Service in the areas of health policy and advocacy
- Volunteerism
- Other activities or high honors that distinguished the physician as preeminent in the field of emergency medicine.
Nominees are expected to meet most, but not all of the above criteria. However, with very rare exceptions, nominees must meet the first criterion, extraordinary service to AAEM. Individuals shall not self-nominate. Current members of the board of directors may not receive a nomination, but will become eligible for a nomination two years after completion of their service as members of the board. Those nominees who receive approval from the board of directors shall receive their awards at the next Scientific Assembly. AAEM authorizes Masters to use the title MAAEM for as long as their AAEM membership remains current.
The nominator should submit the following to the AAEM executive committee:
- Letters of reference for the nominee from three other members in addition to the nominator (Total of 4 letters).
- Provide the nominee's current curriculum vitae.
Completed nominations, including all letters of reference and the CV, will receive consideration by the executive committee for submission to the board of directors.
Nominations will be accepted for all awards until midnight CST, November 10, 2011. The AAEM Executive Committee will review the nominees and select recipients for all awards except the EM Program Director of the Year Award, which will be selected by the AAEM Resident and Student Association.
Please submit all nominations to:
AAEM
555 East Wells Street, Suite 1100
Milwaukee, WI 53202
800-884-2236
Fax: 414-276-3349
info@aaem.org
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