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ACP Awards and Masterships: Nominate Your Heroes, Mentors, and Colleagues

The Awards Committee of the American College of Physicians invites your assistance in recognizing the accomplishments of distinguished individuals and organizations through the College's awards and Masterships. Nominations are now invited for the 2008-09 awards cycle, which will end with the College’s bestowing eighteen awards and a number of Masterships during the Convocation ceremony at Internal Medicine 2009. These awards recognize outstanding contributions in the practice of medicine, teaching, research, public service, leadership, and medical volunteerism.

The Awards and Mastership Booklet, which has been updated for 2008-09, contains criteria for the College's awards and Masterships plus detailed instructions for writing nominating and supporting letters. Print copies have been mailed to current and past ACP Officers, Regents, and Governors; current ACP national committee and council members; and all ACP Masters. If you would like a print copy mailed to you, please contact staff as described at the end of this message. Or you may consult the updated booklet on ACP Online, at the link above.

Please note that a minimum of five detailed supporting letters and a curriculum vitae (or equivalent) with full bibliography are required for nominations to be considered. The deadline for all materials is July 1, 2008. Please note: The awards process is different for the Johnson Award. A minimum of three letters of support is required, and the deadline for all Johnson Award materials is April 1, 2008. In keeping with ACP’s Diversity Policy, the Awards Committee requests that nominators consider a wide array of outstanding candidates including women, underserved minorities, other ethnic groups, and international members and colleagues. Nominees are especially welcome for the Stengel Award, Loveland Award, Menninger Award, Rosenthal Awards, Claypoole Award, Outstanding Volunteer Clinical Teacher Award, and Johnson Award.

Please note that only ACP Fellows may be nominated for Mastership and that Masterships as well as awards are competitive. That is, only a limited number are given each year, and the most outstanding are selected by comparison. Both Mastership and awards nominations should be handled confidentially, and individuals should not self-nominate.

For questions, information about the status of nominations submitted previously, and copies of the Awards and Masterships Booklet, please contact the staff liaison to the Awards Committee, Martha Cornog, at mcornog@acponline.org, 800-523-1546, ext. 2696, or direct at 215-351-2696. For copies of the Awards and Masterships Booklet, please contact Meghann Williams, Coordinator, Awards-Convocation and Diversity, at mewilliams@acponline.org, ext. 2714, or direct at 215-351-2714.

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