2026 AAIM Award Recipients
The Alliance will honor the 2026 awards recipients during Academic Internal Medicine Week 2026, held April 19-22, in Seattle, WA.
The 2026 recipients represent an outstanding group of academic internal medicine professionals who have been recognized for their exceptional leadership, dedicated service, and astounding achievements. Join us in congratulating these individuals for their contributions to academic internal medicine.
AAIM Inclusive Excellence Award
Aba Black, MD, MHS
Associate Professor
Yale-New Haven Medical Center (Primary Care)
The AAIM Inclusive Excellence Award recognizes academic internal medicine physicians, administrators, and physicians-in-training whose work substantially advances diversity, equity and inclusion through systems which ensure high quality care for all patients. The award is presented to an individual or team who promotes and champions diversity, equity, and inclusion in their department of medicine.
AIM Distinguished Service Award
Allen Mead
Vice President, Medical Group Network Departments
Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
The AIM Distinguished Service Award recognizes an AIM member who has made significant contributions to the field of administration of academic internal medicine, either by scholarly activity that advances the knowledge base or best practices, by role model leadership in the profession, and by fostering collegiality among our membership.
APDIM Dema C. Daley Founders Award
Lisa L. Willett, MD, MACM
Vice Chair for Education and Faculty Development
University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine
The APDIM Dema C. Daley Founders Award honors a member of the internal medicine community recognized nationally as an educator, innovator, and leader.
APDIM Distinguished Community Associate Program Director / Core Faculty Award
Surendra Marur, MD, MPH, FACP
Associate Program Director
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
The APDIM Distinguished Community Associate Program Director Award recognizes an Associate Program Director or Core Faculty at a community-based program for outstanding contributions to the field of graduate medical education. This award honors those medical educators who have made a significant institutional, regional and/or national contribution based on their work as educators in residency training programs.
APDIM Distinguished University Associate Program Director/Core Faculty Award
Barbara Gottlieb, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital
The APDIM Distinguished University Associate Program Director Award recognizes an Associate Program Director or Core Faculty at a university-based program for outstanding contributions to the field of graduate medical education. This award honors those medical educators who have made a significant institutional, regional and/or national contribution based on their work as educators in residency training programs.
APDIM Distinguished Community Medical Educator Award
Claudia Kroker-Bode, MD, PhD, FACP
Residency Program Director
AdventHealth Florida
The APDIM Distinguished Community Medical Educator Award honors a member of the internal medicine community who has demonstrated exceptional, sustained achievement in graduate medical education. This award honors those educators who have made either a lasting local or regional impact, or who have made significant national contributions based on their work as educators in community hospital-based residency programs.
APDIM Distinguished University Medical Educator Award
Aashish K. Didwania, MD
Vice Chair of Education
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
The APDIM Distinguished Medical Educator Award recognizes an individual or a team for outstanding contributions to the field of graduate medical education. This award honors those medical educators who have made significant contributions to the development of new and innovative curricula or educational programs, novel approaches to core teaching skills, and advocacy for high quality education on the national level.
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APDIM Program Administrator Excellence Award
Jacki L. Johnson, MEd
Graduate Medical Education Program Administrator
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
The APDIM Program Administrator Excellence Award is presented to an individual who has achieved professional excellence at the local, regional and/or national level in the field of program administration. Nominees for this award are individuals who have demonstrated exceptional work within their program, institution, or organization to improve, advance, and elevate their program and their profession.
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APDIM Program Administrator Rising Star Award
Danielle E. Vath, MEd
Program Administrator
University Hospitals Osteopathic Consortium (UHOC/Parma)
The APDIM Program Administrator Rising Star award is presented to an emerging leader in the Internal Medicine GME community, including core programs and medicine subspecialties, whose record reflects ongoing and exceptional commitment to the profession.
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APM Robert H. Williams, MD, Distinguished Chair of Medicine Award
E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD
Chair and Executive Medical Director
David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles
The APM Robert H. Williams, MD, Distinguished Chair of Medicine Award is presented to a physician who has demonstrated outstanding leadership as the chair of a department of internal medicine.
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ASP Eric G. Neilson, MD, Leadership in Specialty Internal Medicine Award
Cassandra D. Salgado, MD, MS, FIDSA, FSHEA
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Development, and Well-Being; Divison Chief, Infectious Disease
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
The ASP Neilson award recognizes a leader who has shaped the internal medicine specialties landscape. The award acknowledges and promotes the work of outstanding leaders who bring about change for specialty medicine and the internal medicine community.
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CDIM Charles H. Griffith, III, MD, Educational Research Award
Amit K. Pahwa, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
The CDIM Charles H. Griffith, III, MD, Educational Research Award recognizes a CDIM member who has contributed significantly to educational research related to undergraduate medical education. The award is presented at Academic Internal Medicine Week.
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CDIM Early Career Medical Student Educator Award
Tyler Larsen, MD, FACP
Clerkship Co-Chair
David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles
The CDIM Early Career Medical Student Educator Award is an award that recognizes innovation and excellence in medical student education by a CDIM member at the instructor or assistant professor level. Areas of achievement may include leadership and scholarship in medical student education, teaching, or service to CDIM or AAIM.
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CDIM Linda J. Marts Administrator Service Award
Dee Anna Wilson
Lead Student Program Coordinator
University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine (Tulsa)
The CDIM Administrator Service Award recognizes a CDIM education administrator member who has made significant contributions to the association, either while serving as a Clerkship Administrators Advisory Council chair or council member, as a leader of a committee, task force, or special interest group, as a presenter at a CDIM national conference, or contributions made as a mentor to CDIM associate members.
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CDIM Louis N. Pangaro, MD, Educational Program Development Award
Reeni A. Abraham, MD
Associate Vice Chair of Undergraduate Medical Education
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
The CDIM Educational Program Development Award recognizes a CDIM member who has made significant contributions to the development of an outstanding educational program in areas such as curriculum development, ambulatory educational programs, inpatient educational programs, and community medicine education.
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MPPDA Alex Djuricich, MD, Award
Benjamin Doolittle, MD, M Div, FAAP, FACP
Program Director
Yale School of Medicine
The MPPDA Alex Djuricich, MD, Award is presented to a Program Director of a Medicine Pediatrics Residency Program who demonstrates a notable record of individualized advocacy for each trainee, excellence in program leadership, and innovations in curriculum, teaching and/or medical education.
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MPPDA Brendan P. Kelly, MD, Award
Katie Shaw, MD
Associate Program Director
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
The MPPDA Brendan P. Kelly, MD, Award is presented to an Associate Program Director of a Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program who demonstrates the teaching excellence, collaborative leadership, and compassionate patient care that Dr. Kelly modeled so well.
MPPDA Leadership in Med-Peds Award
Jane Trinh, MD, FAAP, FACP
Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine; Divison Chief, Medicine-Pediatrics
Duke University School of Medicine
The MPPDA Leadership in Med-Peds Award is presented to a physician who has made significant contribution to Medicine-Pediatrics as a profession and to the education of Medicine-Pediatrics residents.
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