Description

•  Created to recognize long-term, sustained contribution by a national or international leader in education specifically to AAP
•  Award criteria includes demonstration of:
  • Long-term and sustained involvement in AAP
  • Cumulative contribution to AAP Annual Meetings
  • Leadership contribution to AAP
  • National or international leadership in education
  • Nominee must be a current member who has a minimum a cumulative membership of seven (7) years in AAP.
•    Number: 1/year

Thank you for your interest. The Awards Portal is NOW OPEN! The deadline for submissions for this award is April 1, 2026. Click here to access the Awards Portal.

For additional inquiries, contact Hermioni L. Amonoo, MD, MPP, MPH, Awards Committee Chair, at hermioni_amonoo@dfci.harvard.edu

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Tips for Nominations

Nomination by AAP Steering Committee and Awards Committee (only)

Benefits 
 ​*$500 Honorarium 

  *Plaque
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​Award Recipients

2025 John Teshima, MD, MEd 

2024 Michael D. Jibson, MD, PhD 

2023 Jon A. Lehrmann, MD 

2022 Robert J. Boland, MD 

2021 N/A 

2020 N/A 

2019 Patrick O'Neill, MD 

2018 Karen Broquet, MD 

2017 Lowell Tong, MD 

2016 N/A 

2015 Donald Hilty, MD 

2014 Deborah Hales, MD 

2013 David J. Lynn, MD 

2013 Joan Meyer Anzia, MD 

2012 Linda L.M. Worley, MD 

2011 Carl Chan, MD 

2010 Laura Roberts, MD 

2009 Joel Yager, MD 

2008 Francis Lu, MD 

2007 Philip Muskin, MD 

2006 Donald Fidler, MD 

2005 Frederick Guggenheim, MD
2004 Jonathan Borus, MD 

2003 Carolyn Robinowitz, MD 

2002 Stephen C. Scheiber, MD 

2001 Don R. Lipsitt, MD

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