AMPA Medical Director of the Year

[Harry Sibold <harry-sibold@mema.net>]

It is time for nominations for AMPA's Medical Director of the Year
award!  

In 2000, the Air Medical Physician Association instituted a new annual
award in addition to the yearly Distinguish Physician Award.  In
contrast to the Distinguished Physician Award, which is intended to
recognize lifetime achievement and service to AMPA & the Air Medical
community, the Medical Director of the Year is intended to recognize
that physician who has made outstanding contributions to his or her own
program.

For that reason, AMPA asks that nominations for this award of
recognition come from individual programs.  We would like to hear from
the flight crews, administration, and/or program staff about the
outstanding contributions of their medical director.  

The nominee should be an AMPA member and have shown exceptional personal
involvement in the program.  We are looking to those that are considered
an invaluable part of the team's success and whose contributions to
medical direction, education, quality care, outreach, safety, and team
moral to be part of the essential fabric of the program…in short, a
leader.

Nominations should be in the form of a one-page letter, which outlines
the qualities for which your medical director should be recognized. 
Nominations should be made to Pat Petersen at the Air Medical Physician
Association office or faxed to 801-408-1668 by Thursday 2 August, 2001. 
Information is also available online at www.ampa.org.

In addition, we would like to recognize once again the 2000 inaugural
recipient, Dr. Jeff Hillesland, medical director of Gundersen Lutheran
Medlink Air of LaCrosse, Wisconsin.

Best Regards,
Harry Sibold, MD, FACEP
President-elect, Air Medical Physician Association

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