October 6, 2001
Academy bestows honors, awards
Each year, the Academy bestows honors and awards on its members and others during the AAFP Annual Assembly. The recipient of the Family Physician of the Year award was reported in the Tuesday-Wednesday issue of this newspaper. In addition, the following have been presented at Assembly.
- Honorary Membership -- the AAFP's highest honor -- Professor Julio Ceitlin of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Professor Wesley Fabb of Melbourne, Australia.
- Award of Merit -- Roger Sherwood of Kansas City, Mo.
- Exemplary Teaching Awards -- Edward Bope, M.D., of Columbus, Ohio (full-time); Francesca Taylor, M.D., of Los Angeles (part-time); and Terry Lowe, M.D., of Hattiesburg, Miss., and Charles O'Donnell, D.O., of Wichita, Kan. (volunteers).
- Humanitarian Awards -- Alain Montegut, M.D., of Portland, Maine, and Daniel Ostergaard, M.D., AAFP vice president for international and interprofessional activities
- John G. Walsh Award -- Robert Higgins, M.D., of Anacortes, Wash.
- President's Awards -- Sanford Bloom, M.D., of Santa Barbara, Calif.; Linda Farley, M.D., of Verona, Wis.; and Cynthia Haq, M.D., of Madison, Wis.
- Public Health Award -- Louis Kazal Jr., M.D., of Chevy Chase, Md.
- Robert Graham Family Physician Executive Award -- Brig. Gen. Kenneth Farmer Jr., M.D., of Tacoma, Wash.
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