Chapter Accomplishments & Awards

Chapter Award Information

  • FCAAP wins Large Chapter Award 1975
  • FCAAP wins Large Chapter Award 1993
  • FCAAP wins Outstanding Chapter Award for Very Large Chapter 2004, 2005

 

Chapter Awards Given:

Contact the Executive Office for more information or for nominations.

John O. Whitcomb Outstanding Pediatrician Award
Honors those pediatricians within the Chapter who deserve recognition by their peers for their outstanding service as pediatricians.

Selection and Presentation:

  • Step 1 - Each regional and alternate regional representative identify a pediatrician in their district that deserves recognition as an outstanding pediatrician. (All nominees are recognized at the Annual Meeting as award winners within their respective districts.)
  • Step 2 – The regional representatives are asked to submit a one-page summary supporting their nominee as the statewide outstanding pediatrician. The Officers review the nominations and select the winner of the John O. Whitcomb Award. Presentation is made at the annual meeting.

Distinguished Service Award
Award may be granted annually to an individual who has contributed significantly to Pediatrics in the state of Florida.

Selection and Presentation:

  • Nominations will be made by the Judicial Committee and presented to the Officers for ratification at the Spring Board meeting. Award presented at the annual meeting.

Child Advocate of the Year Award
Award may be granted annually.

Selection and Presentation:

  • Selected by the Board. Presented at annual meeting.

Samuel P. Bell, III Legislative Award
May be given annually to that Legislator who, with courage and constancy, has carried the torch of Florida’s children.

Selection and Presentation:

  • Nominations determined by Legislative Committee. Presentation of award at annual meeting.

Outstanding Medical Student Award
Recognizes outstanding medical students from the State’s medical schools.

Selection and Presentation:

  • Recipients are chosen by the Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the medical schools. Presentation is made at graduation ceremonies.

Phillip O. Lichtblau Award
This award is given annually to a children’s surgeon who has contributed significantly either regionally or statewide to the Children’s Medical Services Program

Selection and Presentation:

  • The Children’s Medical Services medical directors, assistant medical directors or any individual within the CMS organization submit nominations that are forwarded to CMS in Tallahassee. Two nominations are then submitted to Craig Lichtblau for determination of the winner.

Other: 

Abraham Jacobi Memorial Award
About Abraham Jacobi: Born in Germany in 1830, Dr Jacobi arrived in New York in 1853. In 1860, he established the first children’s clinic at the New York Medical College, and he was a teacher of pediatrics from 1857 until he was nearly 70 years old. He influenced the care of children in almost all medical institutions in New York City and was considered the focal point of all pediatric thought and teaching. In 1880, Dr Jacobi established the AMA Section on Pediatrics; Dr Jacobi was twice elected the president of the American Pediatric Society, the first time on its founding in 1889; he served as president of the Association of American Physicians (1896), the New York Academy of Medicine (1855-89), and the American Medical Association (1912-13). Abraham Jacobi died in 1916 at the age of 86.

Award Criteria:

  • Nominees are restricted to pediatricians who are members of both the AAP and the AMA.
  • Nominees will have made notable contributions to pediatrics on a national level.
  • Nominees are recognized for teaching, patient care, and/or clinical research in the Jacobi tradition, rather than accomplishment in basic sciences.
  • Nominees should be noted for long term achievements rather than a single brilliant achievement.
  • Nominees should be in practice or full-time in a university position.
  • Nominees have demonstrated participation in and cooperation with organized medicine in the broadest sense.

The recipient of the Abraham Jacobi Award will be presented with an honorarium, a plaque, and travel expenses. A letter of nomination and the nominee’s curriculum vita are required for consideration.

 

 

Current Member Award Recognition:


National Member Award Opportunities:

Summary Description

AAP Education Award

AAP Excellence in Public Service Award

AAP Nutrition Award

Committee on Communications

Committee on Native American Child Health

Committee on Nutrition

Steering Committee on Quality Improvement Management

Council on Children with Disabilities

Council on Clinical Information Technology

Council on Community Pediatrics

Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness
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Section on Adolescent Health

Section on Allergy & Immunology

Section on Bioethics

Section on Cardiology

Section on Child Abuse and Neglect

Section on Community Pediatrics

Section on Critical Care

Section on Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Section on Emergency Medicine

Section on Epidemiology

Section on Infectious Diseases

Section on Injury, Violence & Poison Prevention

Section on Nephrology

Section on Orthopaedics

Section on Pediatric Pulmonology

Section on Perinatal Pediatrics

Resident’s Section ( and the Section on Allergy & Immunology has Resident Award )

Section on Rheumatology

Section on Surgery
The Section presents the William E. Ladd Medal, which is the highest honor the Section can bestow on physicians who have made a significant contribution to the field of pediatric surgery. The Section also presents the Arnold M. Salzberg Award to surgeons who have distinguished themselves as mentors. In addition, six pediatric surgery research prizes are awarded at each meeting to those young investigators who have performed innovative research studies.

Section on Transport Medicine

Section on Uniformed Services

 
 
 

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