2009 Distinguished Fellow Awards Program

The American College of Rheumatology is pleased to announce the availability of a limited number of merit awards for rheumatology fellows. The intent of the Distinguished Fellow Awards Program, formerly Rheumatology Fellow Award, is to recognize clinical and research fellows who are in a rheumatology fellowship training program and who have performed meritoriously. The recipients of these awards will be honored in Philadelphia, PA at the time of the 75th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology, during the week of October 16-21, 2009.

Funding

The Distinguished Fellow Awards Program is sponsored by the ACR and supported through the ACR Fellows Education Fund. The ACR Fellows Education Fund is supported by educational grants from Abbott, Inc., Amgen/Wyeth and Bristol Myers Squibb Company. Approximately ten awards in the amount of $1,500 each will be presented by the ACR.

Eligibility

• Nominee must be completing their second or third year of their first rheumatology fellowship in an ACGME-accredited rheumatology training program at the time of nomination and be eligible to take the rheumatology certification exam (i.e. board-eligible).

• Individuals in their fourth year of fellowship or participating in a post-doctoral fellowship will not be considered.

• Nominee must possess an MD, DO or equivalent degree.

• Nominee must maintain an outstanding record of accomplishment. Equal weight will be given to excellence in the following areas:

  • Clinical care

  • Teaching

  • Research and scholarly activity

  • Community service

• Nominee must submit an abstract for the 2009 ACR Annual Scientific Meeting.

• Previous recipients of this award or the Rheumatology Fellow Award are not eligible for this award.

• Applicants must be nominated by a supervisor, training program director, or an ACR member in good standing.

• Applicants must be an ACR member in good standing at the time of application.

2009 Recipients

Rohit Aggarwal, MD
Rush University Medical Center

Angelique Collamer, MD
Brooke Army Medical Center

Jessica Gordon, MD
Hospital for Special Surgery

Robert Keenan MD, MPH
New York University School of Medicine

Jennifer King, MD
University of California, Los Angeles

Mary Margaretten, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Amanda Nelson, MD
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Michael Ombrello, MD
Saint Louis University

Soumya Raychaudhuri, MD, PhD
Brigham & Women's Hospital

Gabriela Schmajuk, MD
Stanford University