Recognition Awards

Residency-Fellowship Program Director Recognition Award

The Residency-Fellowship Program Director Recognition Award is intended to acknowledge excellence on behalf of neurology program directors. Residency and Fellowship Program Directors face many challenges in administering a training program. This award is intended to acknowledge excellence on their behalf and recognize individuals whose leadership, creativity, and innovation are crucial in ensuring the future of neurology. Nominations should be inclusive in regard to gender and under-represented group. Candidates can nominate themselves or be nominated. Posthumous nominations will not be accepted. 

The application period for 2022 is August 30-October 28, 2021.

2021 Winners

Torrey Boland-Birch, MD
Chad Carlson, MD, FAAN
Jeremy Moeller, MD, FAAN
Rebecca E. Fasano, MD

Past Award Recipients:

2020: Gauri Pawar, MD, FAAN; Joel Shenker, MD, PhD
2019: Audrey Foster-Barber, MD, PhD; Donald Gilbert, MD, FAAN
2018: Lyell Jones, MD, FAAN; Raymond Price, MD, FAAN
2017: Vicki Shanker, MD; Perry Richardson, MD
2016: Timothy E. Lotze, MD; John J. Doyle, MD
2015: David C. Preston, MD; Tracey A. Milligan, MD
2014: Zachary N. London, MD; Deborah Young Bradshaw, MD
2013: Christopher J. Boes, MD; Steven Vernino, MD, PhD, FAAN
2012: Jaffar Khan, MD, FAAN; Patrick S. Reynolds, MD
2011: Blair Ford, MD, FAAN; David J. Capobianco, MD, FAAN
2010: John W. Engstrom, MD, FAAN; Noor A. Pirzada, MD
2009: Ralph F. Jozefowicz, MD, FAAN; Joel C. Morgenlander, MD, FAAN

Frank A. Rubino Award for Excellence in Clinical Neurology Teaching

The Frank A. Rubino Award for Excellence in Clinical Neurology Teaching is reserved for clinical neurologists who are exceptional clinical neurology teachers and praised by many with whom they work. This award is reserved for those who have distinguished themselves by devoting their practice to clinical neurology, seeing patients, and teaching clinical neurology and are often the 'neurologists' neurologist' in terms of clinical acumen, clinical judgment, professionalism, and patient/caregiver communication. The Rubino award recognizes those 'neurologists in the trenches' of clinical neurology and helping patients in their clinical practice. These clinical neurology educators are the lifeblood and origins of neurology and exemplified by Dr. Frank A. Rubino. The application period occurs each fall and recipients are recognized at the following spring Annual Meeting.

Past Award Recipients:

2020: Ann Poncelet, MD, FAAN
2019: Allen J. Aksamit Jr., MD, FAAN
2018: Barbara S. Giesser, MD, FAAN
2017: Amy A. Pruitt, MD