2020 AMSUS Awards Program

Congratulations to the 2019 AMSUS Award Honorees

Management & Administration Award winner LTC Scott C. Chamberlin, VC, USA (right) with Army Surgeon General LTG R. Scott Dingle, MSC, USA

Dentist Award winner COL Tawanna M. McGhee-Thondique, DC, USA (right) with Army Surgeon General LTG R. Scott Dingle, MSC, USA

Rehabilitation Award winner Ms. Lisa J. Young, MS, Department of Army Civilian (right) with Army Surgeon General LTG R. Scott Dingle, MSC, USA

Research & Development Award winner LTC Thomas H. Edwards, VC, USA (right) with Army Surgeon General LTG R. Scott Dingle, MSC, USA

William Gorgas Prevention Medicine Award winner LTC Eric Garges, MC, USA (right) with Army Surgeon General LTG R. Scott Dingle, MSC, USA

Information Technology Award winner COL John P. Staley, MS, USA (Ret) (right) with Army Surgeon General LTG R. Scott Dingle, MSC, USA

Physician Award winner CDR Corey Gustafson, MC, USN (right) with Navy Surgeon General RADM Bruce L. Gillingham, MC, USN

Lewis L. Seaman Senior Enlisted Award for Outstanding Operational Support winner MSgt Merri E. Fain, USAF (right) with Air Force Surgeon General Lt Gen Dorothy Hogg, NC, USAF

The Andrew Craige Allied Health Professional Award winner Major Emily A. Rougier, USAF, BSC (right) with Air Force Surgeon General Lt Gen Dorothy Hogg, NC, USAF

Nursing Award winner Madeline Ann Zecman, BSN, RN, Department of the Air Force Civilian (right) with Air Force Surgeon General Lt Gen Dorothy Hogg, NC, USAF

Medical Logistics Award winner 1st Lt Alexandre M. Rogan, USAF, MSC (right) with Air Force Surgeon General Lt Gen Dorothy Hogg, NC, USAF

Operational Medicine Award winner Capt Cristina D. Benitez, USAF, BSC (right) with Air Force Surgeon General Lt Gen Dorothy Hogg, NC, USAF

Military Medicine Article of the Year Award winner Joseph Kulas, Ph.D. (right) with BG (ret) John Cho, MD, USA, AMSUS Executive Director/CEO and Dr. Richard Stone, Executive in Charge, Veterans Health Administration

AMSUS Rising Star Award winner CDR Guillermo Jose Aviles-Mendoza, USPHS (center) with US Surgeon General VADM Jerome Adams (left) and HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Sylvia Trent-Adams (right)

Force Health Protection Award winner Navy Environmental and Prevention Medicine Unit FIVE (NEPMU-5) represented by CAPT Peter Obenauer, Officer in Charge, Naval Base San Diego (center) and HMC JanMichael Columna, Senior Enlisted Leader, Naval Base San Diego (right) with Navy Surgeon General RADM Bruce L. Gillingham, MC, USN

Lifetime Achievement Award winner Robert Ursano, MD (center) with Richard Thomas, MD, President of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (left) and Air Force Surgeon General Lt Gen Dorothy Hogg, NC, USAF (right)

AMSUS acknowledges the abilities of many outstanding federal healthcare individuals each year through our distinguished Awards Program.

About

As a member of federal healthcare, you are in a unique position to nominate a deserving individual for an AMSUS award. So many individuals do outstanding work in their fields, yet are never recognized publicly. This is your opportunity to see that recognition is given.

Nominations are open to any federal healthcare worker from the Army, Navy, Air Force, USPHS, Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services and the Uniformed Services University.

Here are the 2020 Awards Program Criteria and FAQ. The submissions period is open from 1 March – 17 July 2020. Award recipients will be announced in late September and presented at the AMSUS Annual Meeting Awards Banquet, 9 December 2020.

Please read the 2020 Awards Program Criteria and FAQ before entering the AMSUS Awards Online Submission Portal.

There are 14 competitive AMSUS award categories:

AMSUS Premier Awards nominated by the Executive Advisory Council:

Rising Star Award

Innovator Award (New in 2020)

Lifetime Achievement Award

Individual Professional Awards:

Physician Award

Dentist Award

Nursing Award

Andrew Craige Allied Health Professional Award

Management and Administration Award

Lewis L. Seaman Enlisted Award for Outstanding Operational Support – Senior Enlisted (E-7 – E-9)

Lewis L. Seaman Enlisted Award for Outstanding Operational Support – Junior Enlisted (E-5 – E-6)

Functional Mission Awards:

Operational Medicine Award

William Gorgas Preventive Medicine Award

Research & Development Award

Training and Education Award

Journal Article Award:

Military Medicine Article of the Year Award (Nominated by Editorial Board)

Photos from the 2019 AMSUS Annual Awards Banquet are available for download.