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Award & Scholarship Recipients

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The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Society's 2017 awards that recognize outstanding contributions to the field of women's health and menopause. Recipients will be acknowledged during the NAMS 28th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 11-14, 2017.

Recognition Awards

NAMS/Thomas B. Clarkson Outstanding Clinical and Basic Science Research Award
This award recognizes a NAMS member’s outstanding menopause-related clinical or basic science research.

Recipient:
Pauline M Maki, PhD
Chicago, IL

NAMS/Leon Speroff Outstanding Educator Award
This award recognizes a NAMS member’s excellence in menopause-related education of clinicians or the general public.

Recipient:
Risa Kagan, MD, FACOG, CCD, NCMP
Berkeley, CA

NAMS/Ann Voda Community Service Award
This award recognizes a healthcare provider within the NAMS membership who has demonstrated outstanding community service.

Recipient:
Monica M Christmas, MD, FACOG, NCMP
Chicago, IL

NAMS Certified Menopause Practitioner (NCMP) of the Year
This award recognizes one current NAMS Certified Menopause Practitioner (NCMP) for outstanding work to his/her patients.

Recipient:
Ann L Steiner, MD, NCMP, FACOG
Radnor, PA

NAMS Media Award
This award recognizes a media professional whose body of work, through any consumer media outlet (ie, print, television, radio, Internet), has served to expand the knowledge and understanding of menopause.

Recipient:
Ms Kristen Monaco
MedPage Today

NAMS/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Best Paper of the Year Award
This award recognizes the best paper published in Menopause in 2016. The recipient is selected by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal.

Recipient:
Ellen W Freeman, PhD
Philadelphia, PA

“Anxiety as a risk factor for menopausal hot flashes: evidence from the Penn Ovarian Aging cohort”
Menopause. 2016;23(9):942-949

New Investigator Awards

These awards recognize the outstanding abstract submissions of three investigators who have achieved their degree within the past 7 years.

Carolyn J Gibson
PhD, MPH
San Francisco, CA

Julia K Prague
MBBS, BSc, MRCP(UK)
London, United Kingdom

Daniella Wald Spielman
MBS, BA
New Brunswick, NJ

NAMS/Pfizer Medical Resident, Fellow, and DNPs In-Training Reporter Program

These 30 scholarships were designed to provide medical residents, fellows, and DNPs In-Training the opportunity to attend the 2017 NAMS Annual Meeting. The recipients have been asked to prepare a presentation on a topic of their choice from content at the meeting to share with colleagues in their program when they return home.

Sapna Balwani
MD
Philadelphia, PA

BattleStallworth_Monique
Monique N Battle-Stallworth
DNP(S)
Bethesda, MD

Rachel M Bramblet
DO
Cincinnati, OH

Chaves_Katherine
Kate Chaves
MD
Baltimore, MD

Tara Condon
DNP(S)
Minneapolis, MN

Deshpande_Neha
Neha Deshpande
MD
Philadelphia, PA

Dimitriadis_Irene
Irene Dimitriadis
MD
Boston, MA

Jenna B Friedenthal
MD
New York, NY

Hart_Marcie
Marcie K Hart
DNP(S)
Bethesda, MD

Jiminez Diaz_Solimar
Solimar Jimenez Diaz
MD
St. Petersburg, FL

Johnson_Tialicka
Tialicka Johnson
DNP(S)
Bethesda, MD

Julian_Zoe
Zoe I J Julian
MD, MPH
San Francisco, CA

Kok_Susan
Susan Kok
MD
Rochester, MN

Sarah A Lambeth
MD
Boston, MA

Liao_Caiyun
Caiyun Liao
MD, MPH
Memphis, TN

Manhas_Manisha
Manisha K Manhas
MD
Rochester, MN

Moore_Kyle
Kyle V Moore
DO
Rochester, MN

Moreno_Camille
Camille Moreno
DO
Cleveland, OH

Morris_Jerrine
Jerrine R Morris
MD
Atlanta, GA

Neace_Sasha
Sasha M Neace
DO
Cincinnati, OH

Nyangau_Linet
Linet B Nyangau
DNP(S)
Shakopee, MN

Lauren L Pacheco
MD
Birmingham, AL

Jessica Polishook
MD
Wynnewood, PA

Megan F Schmidt
MD
Charlottesville, VA

Julia Shinnick
MD
Providence, RI

Rachel A Sievert
MD
Birmingham, AL

Lori Taylor
DNP(S)
Jackson, TN

Elizabeth Wesser
DNP(S)
Minneapolis, MN

Tiffany D Williams
DNP(S)
Bethesda, MD

Caitlyn K Zinn
DO
Cincinnati, OH

Endowment Membership Scholarship

The NAMS/Irwin J. Kerber Membership Scholarship Endowment, provided through a generous endowment to the Society in 2011, provides one medical resident working in women’s health with a NAMS membership.

Recipient:
Ann Vale, MD
Haverford, PA

30100 Chagrin Blvd, Suite 210 - Pepper Pike, OH 44124, USA

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Award & Scholarship Recipients

Recognition Awards

New Investigator Awards

NAMS/Pfizer Medical Resident, Fellow, and DNPs In-Training Reporter Program

Endowment Membership Scholarship

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