Humanitarian Award: Recognizing care from the heart
The AAFP’s Humanitarian Award honors members for extraordinary and enduring humanitarian efforts both within and beyond the borders of the United States.
Recipients receive their choice of either:
Flight and accommodations for up to two nights to receive the award in person at the AAFP Congress of Delegates.
$2,000 monetary award to support their outstanding work.
Award details
The award is open to members whose enduring accomplishments, in the United States or globally, show extraordinary humanitarian care.
Questions?
Email awards@aafp.org.
2026: Charles Rhodes, MD, FAAFP
2025: Scott Kellermann, MD, MPH&TM
2024: Marjie Heier, MD, FAAFP
2023: Shawn R. Vainio, MD, FAAFP
2022: None
2021: Evelyn M. Figueroa, MD
2020: Bruce Dahlman, MD, MSHPE, FAAFP
2019: Charles T. Mettetal, MD, FAAFP
2018: Ann E. Evensen, MD, FAAFP
2017: H. Kyle Sheets, MD, FAAFP
2016: David P. Gaus, MD, MPH, TM
2015: Onwura Michael Obiekwe, MD, FAAFP
2014: Linda A. Walsh, MD
2013: Cora Le Ethel Christian, MD, MPH, FAAFP
2012: Emily Cope Harrison, MD, MPH
2011: Christopher M. Guerrero, MD, FAAFP
2010: Paul Joseph Jaster, MD, FAAFP
2009: Susan L. Nagele, MD
2008: Stoney Abercrombie, MD
2007: Susan Black, MD
2006: Kathleen Bliese, MD
2005: Calvin Wilson, MD
2004: Stuart P. Embury, MD
2001: Daniel J. Ostergaard, MD
2001: Alain J. Montegut, MD
1997: Gary Morsch, MD