APM Awards

2027 Alliance Awards

Each year the Alliance and its charter associations honor members of the academic internal medicine community for outstanding leadership, dedication, and service to the profession and the organization through the AAIM Awards Program. With many different awards designed to honor various positions within departments of medicine and the internal medicine community, there is ample opportunity to ensure your colleagues are recognized for their commitment, enthusiasm, and expertise.

Submission Deadline: Friday, June 5, 2026.

If you have questions about the AAIM Awards Program, please contact (703) 341-4540 or email awards@im.org.

Robert H. Williams, MD, Distinguished Chair of Medicine Award

About the Award

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. The award is presented at the APM Winter Meeting.

Nomination Criteria

• The nominee must demonstrate the following attributes:
• Accomplishments made by the candidate in the administration and leadership of a department of internal medicine.
• Overall contributions to academic internal medicine in the areas of education, research, patient care and faculty development.
• Involvement with APM or AAIM (e.g., recent or prior attendance at APM Winter Meeting, committee service).
• The nominee must not be the recipient of an APM Williams award in the past three award years.

Please note, if a nominee is a current board, council, or executive committee member at the time the award recipient is being selected, they are not eligible for award consideration.

Submission Requirements

All submissions are completed online and require:

• Responses to award nomination criteria questions, which are based on the award’s nomination criteria.
• Upload of the nominee’s CV or resume. Please consider highlighting the sections that illustrate the nominee’s qualifications for the specific award.

Selection Process

• The nomination is reviewed, evaluated, and selected by APM Council. The evaluation and selection of the nominee is based on the responses to the award nomination criteria questions and the nominee’s CV or resume.

• If the selected recipient is unable to attend the APM Winter Meeting to accept the award, the recipient forgoes acceptance of the award and will be reconsidered the following year.
• All nominations may be considered for the year they are nominated as well as the following two years. An updated CV or resume is required for nominations to be reconsidered.
• All nominations may be considered for the year they are nominated as well as the following two years. An updated CV or resume is required for nominations to be reconsidered.