Young at Heart Award
2007 Award to:
Samuel P. Solish, MD, Former AMA-YPS chair; chair of the AMA Ophthalmology Section Council; delegate to the AMA-HOD from the American Academy of Ophthalmology
“Dr. Solish has been an outstanding role model for physicians interested in organized medicine. He has been a strong promoter of young physician leadership development with the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s AMA delegation. He is a great teacher. He has always been a strong supporter of the AMA-YPS. He has been a mentor and a friend.”
Nominated by: Ravi D. Goel, MD and Savina E. Low, MD
The AMA Young Physicians Section Young at Heart Award was implemented in 1993. Nominees for the award must be AMA members who are not eligible for Section membership whose support and guidance have strengthened the YPS. This can be through (1) organizational aid; (2) support of YPS issues in reference committees/causes and on the floor of the AMA House of Delegates; and/or (3) support of YPS leadership development, eg., promotion of YPS leaders.
Previous "Young at Heart" award recipients have included:
2006
Donald J. Swikert, MD, Delegate to the AMA-HOD from Kentucky; Program Director, Family Practice Residency, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Edgewood, KY
2005
Nancy Nielsen, MD, PhD., Speaker, American Medical Association House of Delegates
2004
John A. Knote, MD, Lafayette, Indiana. Past Speaker and Vice-Speaker, American Medical Association House of Delegates; Past Member, AMA Council on Medical Service; Past President, Organization of State Medical Association Presidents; Past Speaker, American College of Radiology (ACR) Council; and Delegate, Indiana State Medical Association
2003
Barbara McAneny, MD, Past President, New Mexico Medical Society; Delegate, American Society of Clinical Oncology
2002
Calvin Sia, MD, Honolulu, Hawaii
2001
Calvin R. Peters, MD, Delegate to the AMA-HOD from the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
2000
Emmanuel G. Cassimatis, MD, Member, Council on Medical Education
1999
Palma E. Formica, MD, AMA Trustee
1998
Richard F. Corlin, MD, Speaker, AMA House of Delegates; Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Services to Young Physicians (that recommended to the House of Delegates that the AMA-YPS be formed)
1997
Barbara Rockett, MD, Member, AMA Council on Legislation
1996
Major General Ronald R. Blanck, DO, Alternate Delegate to the AMA-HOD from the U.S. Army
1995
Charles Aswad, MD, Delegate to the AMA-HOD from New York; Executive Vice President, Medical Society of the State of New York
1994
John Nettles, MD, Delegate to the AMA-HOD from American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
1993
Kim Bateman, MD, Delegate to the AMA-HOD from Utah; Chair, AMA Council on Long Range Planning and Development
A Nomination form for the 2008 Award is available online. Nominations also may be sent via e-mail, or in person at the Assembly meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii in November 2007. The deadline for the 2007 award was December 31, 2006. Only individuals who are not Young Physicians Section members (over age 40) are eligible to be nominated. For further information about this award, contact the AMA Department of Young Physician Services.
