2026 Alliance 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.

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Past Awards Recipients

Award Descriptions

Aba Black, MD, MHS

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.

Allen Mead

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.

Lisa L. Willett, MD, MACM

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.

Surendra Marur, MD, MPH, FACP

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.

Barbara Gottlieb, MD, MPH

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.

Claudia Kroker-Bode, MD, PhD, FACP

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.

Aashish Didwania, MD

APDIM Distinguished University Medical Educator Award

Aashish 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.

Jacki L. Johnson, M.Ed.

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.

Danielle E. Vath, M.Ed.

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.

Evan Dale Abel, MD, PhD, FACP

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

Evan Dale Abel, MBBS, DPhil, FACP

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.

Cassandra D. Salgado, MD, MS, FIDSA, FSHEA

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.

Amit Pahwa, MD

CDIM Charles H. Griffith, III, MD, Educational Research Award

Amit 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.

Tyler Larsen, MD, FACP

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.

Dee Anna Wilson

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.

Reenie Abraham, MD

CDIM Louis N. Pangaro, MD, Educational Program Development Award

Reeni 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.

Benjamin Doolittle, MD, Mdiv

MPPDA Alex Djuricich, MD, Award

Benjamin Doolittle, MD, MDiv

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.

Katie Shaw, MD

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.

Jane Trinh, MD, FAAP, FACP

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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