Physician of the Year

In existence since 1982, the Physician of the Year Award is one of TAFP’s highest honors. The Commission on Membership and Member Services urges all TAFP members to consider their colleagues and submit nominations.

Nominees should:

• Provide the community with compassionate and caring medical service on a continuing basis,
• Be directly and effectively involved in community activities that enhance the quality of life of his/her home area,
• Provide a credible and invaluable role model, as a healer and human being to the community, and as a professional in the science and art of medicine to colleagues, other health professionals and, especially to young physicians in training and medical students,
• Be in good standing in the medical community,
• Be active, practicing members of AAFP and TAFP,
• Have been in practice for at least 10 years with no plans to retire for at least two years, and
• Spend at least 50 percent of the time in active practice and/or family medicine education.

Nomination Requirements

• Download and complete a nomination form,
• Submit a typed copy of a current curriculum vitae limited to three pages, and
• Submit a current 5 x 7 black-and-white head-and-shoulders photo of the candidate.

Supporting Documentation

• Maximum of eight pages (note: supporting documentation does not include the nomination form or CV),
• One side only, no more than two letters per page,
• All pages must be photocopy-ready and of reproducible quality, and
• The entire packet should be mailed flat — do not fold.

The Commission on Membership and Member Services will judge submissions.

Awards will be presented at the TAFP Annual Session in Houston, Texas, July 16-20, 2008.

Questions should be addressed to Kathy McCarthy at kmccarthy@tafp.org or call (512) 329-8666, ext 14

Nominations must be received by TAFP by February 11, 2008.

Please mail nominations to:

Kathy McCarthy
Texas Academy of Family Physicians
12012 Technology Boulevard, Suite 200
Austin, Texas 78727