section navigation • TAIM Chapter Awards • Texas Chapter Laureates • Volunteerism and Community Service Awards • GIMSPP Decade of Service Award • TAIMS Advocate of the Year Award • TAIMS Legislative Champion

Laureate Award

The Laureate Award honors those Fellows and Masters of the College who have demonstrated by their example and conduct an abiding commitment to excellence in medical care, education, or research and in service to their community, their Chapter, and the American College of Physicians.

The recipient of this award shall bear the title Laureate of the Texas Chapter.

These awards shall be presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting. The awardees should accept the recognition in person, unless excused by the Governor. The awardees are to be nominated by a process that may originate from the Awards Committee or from any member of the Chapter. The nomination must document the attributes and accomplishments of the nominee.

The awardees shall be senior physicians and Fellows or Masters of long-standing, with acknowledged excellence and peer approval in the field of internal medicine. In addition, the awardees should have served their Chapter with distinction. Exceptional circumstances may modify these requirements.

Texas Chapter Volunteerism and Community Service Award

The Texas Chapter Volunteerism and Community Service Award was launched in May 2000 to honor members of the Texas Chapter who have distinguished themselves in voluntary service in the area of medicine. Examples of volunteerism and community service include, but are not limited to community education on health and medical issues, medically related charity work, and community-based medical education.

Awardees must be Masters, Fellows, Members, or Associates of the College. The service must have been performed on a voluntary basis and not required for the completion of teaching, training, or position requirements. Volunteer work must have been done as a physician and be medically related.

Award recipients who are members (Masters, Fellows, or Members) of the College will be eligible for nomination for the Oscar E. Edwards Memorial Award for Volunteerism and Community Service presented by the national ACP each year at the College's Annual Session. Recipients of this award have distinguished themselves as true humanitarians to be honored for their voluntary contributions in medicine.

GIMSPP Decade of Service

The General Internal Medicine Statewide Preceptorship Program Decade of Service Award honors highly active and dedicated preceptors who have taught medical students in their practices for the past ten years. The award is presented to preceptors who have served as mentors to students for at least seven of those years. We thank these devoted preceptors for the time, knowledge, and energy they have unselfishly given to the future physicians of Texas.

TAIMS Advocate of the Year Award

TAIM Services, the advocacy arm of the Texas Chapter of the ACP, is pleased to announce the creation of the Advocate of the Year award to be presented to a registered Key Contact who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the areas of legislative advocacy and grassroots activism. This person has consistently communicated concerns on behalf of TAIM Services to elected officials on issues and unfailingly responded to legislative alerts, as well as served as a community spokesperson on behalf of internal medicine and patients. In addition, this person has expanded the Chapter¹s advocacy program, recruited new Key Contacts, and actively participated in Leadership Day visits and/or other meetings with legislators and staff.

TAIMS Legislative Champion

The TAIMS Legislative Champion award is presented in recognition of outstanding legislative leadership, demonstrated support for medical education funding and improved access to quality health care, sponsorship of TAIMS legislation, and commendable voting records on issues of importance to medicine and to patients.

Nominations for Texas Chapter Awards

Nominations for Chapter awards should include a detailed letter of recommendation and curriculum vitae. Nominations for the Volunteerism and Community Service Award should include a detailed description of the program or activity for which the person is being nominated, and a description of the impact the program or activity has had on the target group or general community.

Additional letters of support are welcome and may strengthen the nomination.

Send nominations and letters of support to: Texas Academy of Internal Medicine, Awards and Recognitions Committee, 401 W. 15th St., Austin, TX 78701; or e-mail to gena.girardeau@texmed.org.