Alliance Awards Program

The Alliance Awards honor faculty and staff in academic internal medicine for their exceptional achievements. The call for FY 2026 Award nominations will be open from May 9 to June 6, 2025.

To view the 2025 award recipients, please click here.

For more information, please contact AAIM Member Services at (703) 341-4540 or awards@im.org.

• May: Call for nominations open
• July: Recipient selection process
• August: Recipient notification
• September: Recipient announcement to public

• Inclusive Excellence Award
• Special Recognition Award

• Distinguished Service Award

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

• Eric G. Neilson, MD, Leadership in Specialty Internal Medicine Award

Administrators

• Program Administrator Excellence Award
• Program Administrator Rising Star Award

Physicians

• Dema C. Daley Founders Award 
• Distinguished Community Medical Educator Award
• Distinguished University Medical Educator Award
• Distinguished Community Associate Program Director/Core Faculty Award
• Distinguished University Associate Program Director/Core Faculty Award

Administrators

• Linda J. Marts Administrator Service Award

Physicians

• Charles H. Griffith, III, MD, Educational Research Award
• Early Career Medical Student Educator Award
• Louis N. Pangaro, MD, Educational Program Development Award
• Ruth-Marie E. Fincher, MD, Service Award

Administrators

• Program Administrator Award

Physicians

• Alex Djuricich, MD Award
• Brendan P. Kelly, MD, Award
• Leadership in Med-Peds Award
• Walter W. Tunnessen, Jr., MD, Award

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