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.
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