October 2000 • Post-Assembly Edition • Dallas
Rep. Henry Bonilla, others win AAFP awards at Assembly
The Congress of Delegates gave numerous awards recognizing contributions to the specialty on Sept. 18-19. The new National Leadership Award was presented to Rep. Henry Bonilla, R-Texas. "Many of us refer to Henry Bonilla as our health professions champion in Congress," said (then) AAFP President Bruce Bagley, M.D., thanking Bonilla for his support of primary care initiatives.
"I'm proud of my accomplishments in helping increase funding for health training programs," said Bonilla. "Despite the fact that we haven't gotten the budgets we needed from the White House or the Senate, we've been able to prevail."
Bonilla serves on the House Appropriations Committee and its Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee. Partly through Bonilla's work, Congress is likely to approve $86 million for Title VII primary care programs in fiscal year 2001, the amount the Academy backs, an increase of about $8 million over the FY 2000 funding.
The new award honors those who have helped improve the nation's health by furthering primary care through legislation or the support of public policy initiatives.
Other awards and their winners:
- Robert Graham Family Physician Executive Award -- Nancy Wilson Ashbach, M.D., M.B.A., Loveland, Colo.
- Public Health Award -- Mary Elizabeth Roth, M.D., Southfield, Mich.
- Exemplary Teaching Awards -- Mark Deutchman, M.D., Denver, Colo. (full-time); Mary Robinson, M.D., Jacksonville, Fla. (part-time); and Ronald Brown, M.D., Wichita, Kan., and Jonathan Rosen, M.D., Burlington, Conn. (volunteers).
- Thomas W. Johnson Award -- Marjorie Bowman, M.D., Philadelphia, Pa.
- John G. Walsh Award -- Nikitas Zervanos, M.D., Lancaster, Pa.
- Award of Merit -- Jay Siwek, M.D., Silver Spring, Md.
- American Family Physician/Walter H. Kemp Award -- Rebecca Moran, M.D., Phoenix, Ariz.
- Outstanding Service Award -- Joel Feigin, M.D., Flemington, N.J.
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