Public health

TAFP created the TAFP Public Health award in 2004 modeled after the AAFP Public Health Award to honor work in Texas. Past winners are:

2004 — Eduardo Sanchez, MD, Austin (won AAFP’s 2005 Public Health Award)
2005 — Olga Duchicela, MD, Weimar
2006 — Thomas Gavagan, MD, Houston
2007 — Janet Realini, MD, San Antonio (won AAFP’s 2008 Public Health Award)
2008 — Juan Campos, MD, MBA, MPH, McAllen
2009 — Tamra K. Deuser, MD, Flower Mound (won AAFP’s 2010 Public Health Award)
2010 — James A. Mobley, MD, Portland
2011 — Philip Huang, MD, MPH, Austin

Nominees may be physicians working in public health or going beyond their patient community to have an impact on public health, or non-physicians who have an extraordinary impact on the public health of America (city, county, state, or nation). Nominations must come from a TAFP member.

Nomination Requirements

• Completed nomination form,
• Typed copy of a current curriculum vitae,
• A written narrative describing the nominee’s public health activity and impact, and
• Letter of recommendation from the nominator.

The Commission on Public Health will judge submissions.

Awards will be presented at the TAFP Annual Session in Austin, Texas, July 14, 2012.

Questions should be addressed to Kate Alfano at kalfano@tafp.org or call (512) 329-8666, ext 16.

Nominations must be received by TAFP by Feb. 10, 2012.

Please mail nominations to:

Kate Alfano
Texas Academy of Family Physicians
12012 Technology Boulevard, Suite 200
Austin, Texas 78727