Submission Deadline

January 10, 2021

How to Apply

2021 Miller-Sarkin Mentoring Award Application Information

Individuals may nominate themselves or a colleague for the APA Miller-Sarkin Award. To be considered or nominate a colleague for this award, an individual or nominator must:

  1. Be a current APA member
  2. Fill out the common application and submit nominee CV by January 10, 2021
  3. Submit a statement and four letters of support as listed below by January 10, 2021.
  • Statement from nominee including
    • description of mentoring philosophy
    • strategies for developing a successful mentoring relationship
    • an overview of their role as a mentor i.e. how individuals are mentored, type of individuals mentored and impact as a mentor
  • Four (4) Letters of support (to be collected by the nominator):
    • Letter of support from the nominator
    • Letters of support from two individuals who have been mentored by the nominee
    • Letter of support from the nominees' department chair, dean or national leader in nominees discipline

The APA Miller-Sarkin Mentoring Award recognizes the contributions of an APA member who has provided outstanding mentorship to learners or colleagues, both locally and nationally and serves as a model to others who aspire to mentor others as they mature.

Award Winners

2021

  • Maryellen E. Gusic, MD

2020

  • Lee M. Pachter, DO

2019

  • Debra Bogen, MD

2018

  • Janet Serwint, MD

2017

  • Thomas Newman, MD, MPH

2016

  • Paul Young, MD

2015

  • Samir Shah, MD, MSCE

2014

  • Nancy Spector, MD

2013

  • Iris Wagman Borowsky, MD, PhD

2012

  • Fred Rivara, MD, MPH

2011

  • John Leventhal, MD

2010

  • Larrie W. Greenberg, MD

2009

  • Nathan Kuppermann, MD, MPH

2008

  • Kenneth B. Roberts, MD

2007

  • Lewis R. First, MD

2006

  • Stephen Ludwig, MD

2005

  • Richard Sarkin (posthumously)
  • Steve Miller (posthumously)