Submission Deadline

January 6, 2025

How to Apply

Individuals may nominate themselves or a colleague. To be considered for this award, the nominated individual must:

  1. Be a current member of the Academic Pediatric Association.
  2. Fill out the common application.
  3. Submit two 1-2 page letters of recommendation explaining why they are deserving of the award.
  4. Submit a Program Description. You may download the minimum components of a Program Description here.
  5. Submit a CV.
  6. Submit a DEI statement. (250 word maximum)

The APA Health Care Delivery Program Award recognizes an innovative and effective program that supports health care in the context of a teaching setting.

Eligibility

General pediatric programs led by APA members are eligible for this award. The program must include residents, fellows, and/or medical students. It may provide general pediatric care or care to children with special or specific needs (e.g., children with lead poisoning, teenage mothers and their children, or children with chronic illnesses), or it may support a system of care (e.g., an immunization tracking system).

Criteria

Applications will be evaluated based on consideration of the extent to which the program excels in the following domains:

  • Innovation in program development and design
  • Scope and breadth of the program
  • Incorporation of teaching for healthcare professionals
  • Strength of evaluation of the program (i.e. assessment of impact on healthcare outcomes and/or trainees)
  • Potential for dissemination and sustainability
  • Extent to which the program embraces principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion

Award Winners

2024

  • Kate Connor, MD, MSPH, Johns Hopkins Rales Health Center

2023

  • Robin Scott, MD, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore

2022

  • Steve Federico, MD Denver Health Division of General Pediatrics and School Health

2021

  • Ihuoma Eneli, MD, MS Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition Nationwide Children's Hospital

2020

  • Amy Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH Technology Assisted Children's Home Program (TACHP)

2019

  • Bonny Lyn Johnston Whalen, MD The Center for Addiction Recovery in Pregnancy and Parenting, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center/Geisel School of Medicine

2018

  • Rahil Briggs, PsyD Montefiore Medical Group

2017

  • Susmita Pati, MD, MPH Stony Brook University

2016

  • Barron Patterson, MD Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Pediatric Primary Care Clinic

2015

  • Judith Shaw, EdD, MPH, RN NIPN Program Director

2014

  • Barry Zuckerman, MD Department of Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine

2013

  • Johns Hopkins Children's Center Harriet Lane Clinic

2012

  • John Cowden, MD Kanas City, MO

2011

  • Susan Fisher-Owens, MD Health Care Delivery - Primary Teeth Program, UCSF, Program Director

2010

  • Scott Krugman, MD Franklin Square Hospital Center Baltimore, MD

2009

  • Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health (Golberg CNMC) Children's National Medical Center of Washington D.C. Denice Cora-Bramble, MD, MBA

2008

  • CATCH Pediatric Mobile Team Affiliated with Wayne State University School of Medicine/Children's Hospital of Michigan Detroit, MI Program Director: Teresa Holtrop, MD

2007

  • The University of California, San Francisco Medical Center Shannon Thyne MD, Medical Director: Nan Madden

2006

  • Rocking Horse Center Springfield, OH Medical Director: James Duffee, MD, MPH

2005

  • South Main Clinic, University of Utah Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics, University of Utah Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Salt Lake Valley Health Department Salt Lake City, UT

2004

  • Guilford Child Health, Inc. Guilford County, North Carolina

2003

  • The Ohio Rural Developmental and Behavioral Clinic Initiative Columbus, Ohio

2002

  • Denver Health Division of General Pediatrics Denver, CO

2000

  • Young Parents Program, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

1999

  • ChessPenn Health Services, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Chester, PA

1998

  • Community House Calls, Harborview Medical Center

1997

  • MEDIC Salvation Army Homeless Shelter Clinic, Madison, WI New York Children's Health Project New York, NY

1996

  • Cabrini Green Youth Program Clinic Children's Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL

1995

  • Georgetown University Community Pediatric Program Pediatric Mobile Clinic Washington, DC