2009 Fenton Award - Click Here to Download Nomination Word Document
The Association of Medicine and Psychiatry is the national organization for physicians with combined training in medicine (internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, neurology) and psychiatry, and for all physicians committed to patient care, research and education at the interface of medicine and psychiatry. The Martin Fenton Award was established in 1998 to honor Dr. Martin Fenton, a founding member of the AMP, who exemplified the award criteria. He was an outstanding clinician, educator and leader with a vision for excellence at the interface.
AMP will be selecting an outstanding resident to receive our 9th award this year. The resident should be in his/her final year of training, in academic year 2009 – 2010, in a combined internal medicine/psychiatry or family medicine/psychiatry residency in the United States.
The Martin Fenton Award will be presented at the national AMP meeting being held in Chicago on Friday, October 2nd and Saturday October 3rd 2009, at Rush University.
The awardee will serve as a nonvoting resident member of the AMP Board of Directors, for the 2009-2010 year. His/her responsibilities will include:
attending board meetings (at teleconferences during the year, and at the 2010 annual meeting)
outreaching and working as a contact person for residents in combined residencies throughout the United States, to familiarize and get them involved with AMP
serving as a member of the Fenton Award Selection Committee for 2010-2011,
working on AMP projects of his/her choice
Please send us nominations of residents who have demonstrated two or more of the following:
1.Outstanding Clinical Performance
2.Outstanding Teaching Skills
3.Outstanding Writing and/or Research
4.Outstanding Service to Community
5.Outstanding Leadership within their institutions
6.Outstanding Leadership at a regional and/or national level.
Active participation and contributions to AMP will be given special consideration.
The nominating letter must come from the resident’s training director, or a member of the Association of Medicine and Psychiatry. The letter should be no more than 250-300 words in length, delineating the outstanding accomplishments in 2 or more of the above areas. Any materials (papers, teaching curricula, etc. by the nominee) should be attached.
Nomination should be sent by June 29th, 2009 to:
Charles E. Schwartz, M.D.
Department of Medicine, Centennial 327
Montefiore Medical Center
111 E. 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467
Email: chschwar@montefiore.org; Telephone: 718-920-5343; Fax: 718-515-6103
