02/05/2024

Nominations for 2024 Daniel Drake Humanitarian Award Now Open!

Nominations for this year's Daniel Drake Humanitarian Award Recipient are now open. Through this prestigious Award, the Academy Foundation recognizes one living physician each year whose humanitarian efforts have deeply impacted patients and the community.  Criteria for nominees include living physicians who:

-have given generously of themselves to their patients and the community
-have demonstrated a history of keen awareness and selfless dedication to others
-have dedicated much of their humanitarian efforts to the broad categories supported by the Academy Foundation, including but not limited to: Emergency Care, Child/Elderly Welfare, Public Health, Education/Communication for the public, Education and training for healthcare professionals, and Research (applied and basic)
-are members of the Academy of Medicine

Established in 1986, Daniel Drake Humanitarian Award Recipients in recent years include:

2023 - Peter G. Ruehlman, MD
2022 - John M. Tew, MD
2021 - C. Keith Melvin, MD
2020 - David Barron, MD
2017 - Steve Kleeman, MD
2016 - Carol Egner, MD
2015 - David Wiltse, MD & Creighton Wright, MD

How to nominate

Letters of nomination, along with humanitarian information about the physician being nominated, should be submitted to the Academy Foundation. Contact Nancy Coomer at the Academy of Medicine, 513-421-7010  or by email with nominations, questions, or requests for additional information.

The award is presented at the Academy of Medicine’s Annual Meeting held in the spring of each year.