Congrats, Award Winners!
The AAP wishes to recognize the following individuals for their contributions and devoted support to the AAP and the specialty of physiatry. You can view all of our previous award winners below.
Distinguished Academician Award
2024 Adam Stein, MD
2023 Flora Hammond, MD
2022 John Chae, MD, ME
2021 Andrea Cheville, MD
2020 Gerard Francisco, MD
2019 Amie Brown McLain, MD
2018 Karen Kowalske, MD
2017 Steven Kirshblum, MD
2016 Michael Boninger, MD
2015 Jeffrey Palmer, MD
2014 Leighton Chan, MD
2012 Diana Cardenas, MD, MHA
2011 William Donovan, MD
2010 Carmen Terzic, MD
2009 John Whyte, MD, PhD
2008 W. Jerry Mysiw, MD
2007 Ross Zafonte, DO
2006 Martin Grabois, MD
2005 Walter Frontera, MD, PhD
2004 Margaret Stineman, MD
2003 Lawrence Robinson, MD
2002 Lynn Gerber, MD
2001 George Kraft, MD, MS
2000 Daniel Dumitru, MD, PhD
1999 Joel DeLisa, MD, MD
1998 Carl Granger, MD
1997 Barbara deLateur, MD
1996 Gerald Herbison, MD
1995 John Ditunno, Jr., MD
Early Career Academician Award
2024 Felicia Skelton,MD, MS
2023 Miguel X. Escalon, MD
2023 Andreane Richard-Denis, MD, MSc
2022 Prakash Jayabalan, MD, PhD
2022 Adam Tenforde, MD
2021 Daniel Herman, MD, PhD
2020 Ellen Casey, MD
2019 Nneka Ifejika, MD, MPH
2018 Sabrina Paganoni, MD, PhD
2017 Sheng Li, MD, PhD
2016 Nitin Jain, MD, MSPH
2015 David Morgenroth, MD
2014 Brad Kurowski, MD, MS
2012 Amy Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH
2011 Leslie Morse, DO
2010 Brad Dicianno , MD
2009 Neil Segal, MD
2008 Gwendolyn Sowa, MD, PhD
2007 Laura W. Lee, MD
2006 Pablo Celnik, MD
2006 Henry Lew, MD, PhD
2005 Lisa Krivickas, MD
2004 Amy Wagner, MD
2003 Steven Kirshblum, MD
2002 John Chae, MD
2001 David Gater, Jr., MD, PhD
2001 Lisa Fugate, MD
2000 Flora Hammond, MD
1999 Leighton Chan, MD
1998 Charles Levy, MD
1997 Michael Boninger, MD
1996 Craig McDonald, MD
Outstanding Service Award
2023 Michael Mallow, MD
2023 Mooyeon Oh-Park, MD, MSc
2022 Anne Felicia Ambrose, MD, MS
2022 Julie Silver, MD
2021 Thiru Annaswamy, MD, MA
2021 William Bockenek, MD
2020 David Morgenroth, MD
2020 Danielle Perret Karimi, MD
2020 Eric Wisotzky, MD
2019 Sara Cuccurullo, MD
2019 Michael O’Dell, MD
2018 Laura Kezar, MD
2018 Vu Nguyen, MD
2016 John Whyte, MD, PhD
2015 Kristjan Ragnarsson, MD
2014 Lawrence Pencak
2012 John King, MD
2011 Cindy Weber
2010 Kenneth Ottenbacher, PhD
2009 Walter Frontera, MD, PhD
2008 Gary Clark, MD, CPE, MMM
2007 Carolyn Braddom-Ritzler, EdD
2006 Teresa Massagli, MD
2005 Barry Smith, MD
2004 Thomas Strax, MD
2002 Jay Subbarao, MD
2001 Mehrsheed Sinaki, MD
1999 Bruce Gans, MD
1998 Randall Braddom, MD, MS
1997 Martin Grabois, MD
1996 Joel DeLisa, MD, MS
1995 Paul Corcoran, MD
Public Service Award
2022 Piya Sorcar, PhD
2021 Priya Chandan, MD, PhD, MPH
2020 Victor Calise, NYC Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities
2019 Sunil Kothari, MD and Jeffrey Berliner, DO, RSVP
2018 Yannick Benjamin and Alex Elegudin, Wheeling Forward
2017 Alison Cernich, PhD
2015 Geoffrey Ling, MD, PhD
2013 Craig H. Neilsen Foundation
2010 Tom Harkin, IA US Senator
2007 Ruth Brannon, MSPH, Director, Division of Research Sciences, NIDRR
2006 Edward Kennedy, MA US Senator
2005 Duane Alexander, MD, Director, NICHD
2004 Frank LoBiondo, US Congressman
2003 David Leach, MD, CEO, ACGME
2002 Richard Verville, JD, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville
2001 James Peters
2000 Christopher Reeve
1999 Katherine Seelman, PhD, Director, NIDRR
1998 John Porter, US Congressman, IL State
1997 Henry Betts, MD
1996 Marcus Fuhrer, PhD
1995 Slade Gorton, US Senator – WA
McLean Outstanding Resident/Fellow Award
2024 Steven Jow, MD
2023 Anne Kuwabara, MD
2023 Alexandra Fogarty, MD, MS
2022 Tracey Isidro, MD
2022 Bei Zhang, MD, MSc
2021 Allison Schroeder, MD
2020 Allison Bean, MD, PhD
2019 Andrew Collins, MD
2018 Brittany Bickelhaupt, MD
2017 Joshua Rothenberg, DO
2016 Daniel Cushman, MD
2015 Prakash Jayabalan, MD, PhD
2014 Kentaro Onishi, DO
2011 Nitin Jain, MD, MSPH
2010 Daniel Herman, MD, PhD
Innovation & Impact in Education Award
2024 Vu Nguyen, MD, MBA
2022 Denyse Richardson, MD, FRCPC
2021 Henry Lew, MD, PhD
2020 Reynaldo Rey-Matias, MD
2019 Ninad Karandikar, MD
2018 Jennifer Zumsteg, MD
Outstanding Student Interest Group Award
2024 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
2023 McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
2022 Georgetown University SOM
Carolyn Braddom Ritzler Research Award
2023 Nitin Jain, MD, MSPH
2021 Amy Wagner, MD
2019 Craig McDonald, MD
2017 Pablo Celnik, MD
2015 Jonathan Bean, MD, MPH, MS
2013 Todd Kuiken, MD, PhD
2006 John Chae, MD
2003 James Richardson, MD
2001 Margaret Stineman, MD
Distinguished AAP Member Award
2024 Margaret Turk, MD
2023 John Whyte, MD, PhD
2021 Walter Frontera, MD, PhD
2020 Kristjan Ragnarsson, MD
2014 Bruce Gans, MD
2010 Martin Grabois, MD
2009 Randall Braddom, MD
2008 Barbara deLateur, MD, MS
2007 Paul Corcoran, MD
2006 Joel DeLisa, MD, MS
2005 Carl Granger, MD
2003 Henry Betts, MD
2002 John Melvin, MD
2001 John Ditunno, Jr., MD
1992 Justus Lehmann, MD
1991 Frederic Kottke, MD, PhD
1990 Ernest W. Johnson, MD
American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (AJPM&R) Awards
Excellence in Research Writing Award
2024 Lauren B. Fischer, PhD, Joshua E. Curtiss, PhD, Daniel W. Klyce, PhD, Paul B. Perrin, PhD, Shannon B. Juengst, PhD, Kelli W. Gary, PhD, Janet P. Niemeier, PhD, Flora M. Hammond, MD, Thomas F. Bergquist, PhD, Amy K. Wagner, MD, Amanda R. Rabinowitz, PhD, Joseph T. Giacino, PhD, and Ross D. Zafonte, DO
2024 Yong-Hao Pua, PhD, Cheryl Lian-Li Poon, MS, Felicia Jie-Ting Seah, MS, John Wei-Ming Tan, MS, Ee-Lin Woon, BS, Hwei-Chi Chong, BS, Julian Thumboo, MD, Ross Allan Clark, PhD, and Seng-Jin Yeo, MBBS, FRCS(Orth), FAMS
2023 Yi Liu, MD, Gang Xu, MD, Jiang Geng, MD
2021 Mini Jacob, MD, PhD, Pengsheng Ni, MD, Jane Driver, MD, MPH, Elizabeth Leritz, PhD, Suzanne Leveille, PhD, Alan Jette, PT, PhD, MPH and Jonathan Bean, MD, MPH
2020 Sara Cuccurullo, MD, Talya Fleming, MD, William Kostis, MD, PhD, Christine Greiss, DO, Martin Gizzi, MD, PhD, Anne Eckert, AuD, MBA, Arlen Razon Ray, PT, Rosann Scarpati, RN, Nora Cosgrove, RN, Traymon Beavers, BS, Javier Cabrera, PhD, Davit Sargsyan, MS and John Kostis, MD
2019 Chun-De Liao, MSc, Jau-Yih Tsauo, PhD, Hung-Chou Chen, MD and Tsan-Hon Liou, MD, PhD
2018 Wolfgang Gruther, MD, Karin Pieber, MD, Irene Steiner, MSc, Cornelia Hein, PT, Jörg Michael Hiesmayr, MD and Tatjana Paternostro-Sluga, MD
2017 Ju Seok Ryu, PhD, MD
2016 Zhongming Huang, PhD, MD
2015 Patricia Quigley, PhD, ARNP, CRRN
2014 James Rimmer, PhD
2013 Alberto Esquenazi, MD
2012 Joel Stein, MD
2011 Andrea Cheville, MD, MSCE
2010 John Whyte, MD, PhD
2009 Patrick Kortebein, MD
2009 Gwendolyn Sowa, MD, PhD
2008 Trina DeMott, MD, PT
2006 Henry Tong, MD, MS
2005 John Chae, MD, ME
2004 Diane Jette, PT, DSc
2003 Faye Chiou-Tan, MD
2002 James Cosgrove, MD
2001 William McKinley, MD
2000 Thao M.P. Tran, MD
2000 Kenneth Ottenbacher, PhD
1999 Laura W. Lee, MD
1999 Timothy Dillingham, MD
1998 Andreas Schmid, MD
1998 Mark Wineinger, MD
1997 Laura W. Lee, MD
1997 Daniel Dumitru, MD
1996 Kimberly BeDell, MD
1996 Kevin Means, MD
1995 John Chae, MD
1995 Robert Werner, MD, MS
1994 Barbara Ross-Rothweiler, PhD, MS
1994 Denise Campagnolo, MD, MS
1993 Paul Dreyfuss, MD
1993 Susan Dreyer, MD
1992 John Bach, MD
1992 Frank John English Falco, MD
1992 Lawrence Robinson, MD
1991 D. Casey Kerrigan, MD
1991 Barbara deLateur, MD, MS
1990 C. Jill Calder, MD
Ernest W. Johnson Excellence in Research Writing In-Training Award
2024 Srijan S. Raha, Silas Yip, Chester Ho, MD, Olaleye Olayinka, PhD, Ingris Peláez-Ballestas, PhD, Ana K. Rame-Montiel, MSc, Rob MacIsaac, SW, Rita Henderson, PhD, Katharina Kovacs Burns, PhD, Jeffrey Bakal, PhD, Rebecca Charbonneau, MD, Rija Kamran, PT, and Adalberto Loyola-Sanchez, MD, MSc, PhD
2021 Mattias Hill, MD, Sophie Jörgensen, MD, PhD, Gunnar Engström, MD, PhD, Margaretha Persson, PhD and Jan Lexell, MD, PhD, DPhil h.c.
2020 Yen-Ting Chen, PhD, Shengai Li, MS, Craig DiTommaso, MD, Ping Zhou, PhD and Sheng Li, MD, PhD
2019 Yi Li, MD, Jingjing Fan, MS, Jingyi Yang, MS, Chengqi He, PhD and Shasha Li, PhD
2014 Jennifer Soo Hoo, MD
2013 Siera Goodnight, MPH
2012 Angela Garcia, MD
2011 Whitney Chouteau, DO
2010 Sheila Jean McNeill Ingham, MD
2009 Christopher A. Taylor, MD
2008 Nitin Jain, MD, MSPH
2005 Edvin Koshi, MD
2005 XIN Wang, MD
2004 Ju Seok Ryu, MD
2003 Eric Zemper, PhD
2002 Rana Hinma
2001 Wannapha Petchkrua, MD
William Rush Dunton, Jr, MD Award for Outstanding Reviewer
2024 Samuel Bierner, MD
2023 David Lipson, MD, FRCPC
2021 Elizabeth Knight, MD
2020 Matthew Bartels, MD, MPH
2019 Pamela Roberts, PhD