AAAA 2018 Honor Awards

The AAAA® will begin accepting online nominations for the 2018 Honor Awards Monday, September 11, 2017.  The deadline to submit a nomination is Monday, October 9, 2017.

Annual Honor Awards Nomination Policy

The Board has established five honor award categories:

A. AAAA® John E. Steinhaus, MD Memorial Award for Distinguished Service by a Physician: Awarded for exceptional contributions to the AA profession encompassing an entire career.

B. Meritorious Commitment by a Physician: Awarded for exceptional contributions to the AA profession within the past four to five years.

C. Distinguished Service by an AAAA® Member: Awarded for exceptional contributions to the AAAA® and to the AA profession.

D. Media Coverage Award (to include print, video, electronic and radio media): Awarded for exceptional contributions by media professionals to the AA profession.

E. Distinguished Service in Education by an AAAA® Member: Awarded to an exceptional AA who has demonstrated excellence in preceptorship and has made exceptional contributions to the AA profession.


Fellow Members may nominate one candidate for each award. Each student my nominate one candidate for the Distinguished Service in Education by an AAAA® Member Award.

The list of nominees will be given to AAAA® Board members in advance of the Fourth Quarter Board meeting. Board members will review the nominations prior to the meeting where Board members will have one vote in each of the five categories. The recipient for each award will be determined by majority vote of Board members.

The awards will be presented at the AAAA® 2018 Annual Meeting, April 21 - 24 in St. Pete Beach, Fl. The recipients will be invited to attend as AAAA® guests.

 Directions for submitting a nomination

Complete a nomination form (links below) and submit via email to [email protected]

Click here to submit a nomination for the Distinguished Service in Education by an AAAA® Member Award (Fellows & Students)

To submit a nomination for all other awards, click here (Fellows only)