2011 Award nominations are currently under review and will be announced shortly. For more information, please select the award below:

• Award of Excellence
• Distinguished Service
• L. Kent Smith

AACVPR Awards: Past Recipeints

Award of Excellence:

The Award of Excellence is given each year in recognition of an outstanding contribution by an individual to the field of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation. 

Criteria:

• Nominee should have made significant and unique professional contribution(s), which have had a major impact on cardiac and/or pulmonary rehabilitation.
• Nominee expertise will be recognized in the areas of clinical practice, research, or professional education, or a combination of these.
• Nominee should have earned a national prominence in his/her field as a result of contributions made over many years.

• Nominee may or may not be a current member of AACVPR

Past recipients:

2010: John Porcari, PhD, MAACVPR
2009: Kerry Stewart, EdD, FAACVPR
2008: Brian Carlin, MD, FAACVPR
2007: Reed Humphrey, PhD, PT, FAACVPR
2006: Philip A. Ades, MD, FAACVPR
2005: Mark A. Williams, PhD, FAACVPR
2004: Pat Comoss, RN, FAACVPR
2003: Linda K. Hall, PhD, FAACVPR
2002: Andrew L. Ries, MD, MPH, FAACVPR
2001: L. Kent Smith, MD, MPH, FAACVPR
2000: Nancy Houston Miller, RN, BSN, FAACVPR
1999: William L. Haskell, PhD, FAACVPR
1998: John E. Hodgkin, MD, FAACVPR
1997: Henry S. Miller, Jr., MD, FAACVPR
1996: Terence Kavanagh, MD, FAACVPR
1995: Thomas L. Petty, MD
1994: Philip K. Wilson, EdD, FAACVPR
1993: Michael L. Pollock, PhD, FAACVPR
1992: Barry A. Franklin, PhD, FAACVPR
1991: Kathy A. Berra, MSN, ANP, FAACVPR
1990: Bruno Balke, MD, PhD
1989: William F. Miller, MD
1988: Samuel M. Fox, III, MD, FAACVPR
1987: Nanette K. Wenger, MD, FAACVPR
1986: Herman K. Hellerstein, MD, FAACVPR

Distinguished Service Award: 

The Distinguished Service Awards are presented to individuals whose ideas, committee work and leadership have benefited the AACVPR as an organization in a significant way.

Criteria:

• Nominee has contributed ideas and volunteer leadership to benefit the AACVPR in a significant way.
• Nominee must be a current AACVPR member and have been active in the Association for a period of at least five years.
• Nominee must be currently active in a field related to cardiac and/or pulmonary rehabilitation.

Past recipients:

2010:
Mark D. Senn, PhD, FAACVPR
Steven Lichtman, EdD, FAACVPR

2009:
Chris Garvey, FNP, MSN, MPA, FAACVPR
Helen Graham, PhD, RN

2008:
Katrina Parker, MS, FAACVPR
Gayla Oakley, RN, RAACVPR
Jonathan Raskin, MD, FAACVPR

2007:
Candace Steele, RN, BC, MA, FAACVPR
Mark Vitcenda, MS, FAACVPR

2006:
G. Curt Meyer, MS, FACHE, FAACVPR
June Schulz, RRT, FAACVPR
Murray Low, EdD, FAACVPR

2005:
Susan Carter, RN, BC, FAACVPR
Rebecca Crouch, PT, MS, FAACVPR
Robin Cuffe, MSEd, RN, BC, CHES, FAACVPR

2004:
Sue Keller, BSN, MS, FAACVPR
Jane Reardon, MSN, APRN, FAACVPR
Bonnie K. Sanderson, PhD, RN, FAACVPR

2003:
Marjorie King, MD, FAACVPR
Anne Gavic, BS, FAACVPR
Jody Heggestad Hereford, BSN, MS, FAACVPR
Trina Limberg, BS, RRT, FAACVPR
Richard ZuWallack

2002:
Edward J. Haver, MA, FAACVPR
Terri A. Merritt-Worden, MS, FAACVPR
Douglas R. Southard, PhD, MPH, PA-C, FAACVPR

2001:
Philip A. Ades, MD, FAACVPR
Kathy Berra, ANP, MSN, FAACVPR
Reed Humphrey, PhD, PT, FAACVPR
Karen R. Lui, RN, C, MS, FAACVPR
Gretchen W. Peske, RN, MSN, FAACVPR

2000:
F. Stuart Sanders, MD, FAACVPR
Kimberly Wood Woeber, PhD, FAACVPR

1999:
Gary J. Balady, MD, FAACVPR
Carl N. King, EdD, FAACVPR
Jeanne E. Ruff, MS, FAACVPR

1998:
Brian W. Carlin, MD, FAACVPR
Martha Livingston, RN, MBA, FAACVPR
Noel Nequin, MD,  FAACVPR
Lenore Zohman, MD

1997:
Mary Burns, RN, BS
Kenneth Moser, MD
Kerry J. Stewart, EdD, FAACVPR
Mark A. Williams, PhD, FAACVPR

1996:
Pat Comoss, RN, BS, FAACVPR
Erika S. Froelicher, RN, PhD, FAACVPR
L. Kent Smith, MD, FAACVPR

1995:
Susan D. Fuhrman, RN, C, RRT, FAACVPR
John P. Porcari, PhD, FAACVPR
Andrew L. Ries., MD, MPH, FAACVPR

1994:
Gerilynn L. Connors, RCP, RRT, FAACVPR
Linda K. Hall, PhD, FAACVPR
Lana Hilling, RCP, CRTT, FAACVPR

Innovation Award

In recognition of the vast and numerous scientific and clinical contributions made to the field of cardiovascular rehabilitation by the late L. Kent Smith, M.D., the Heart and Lung Foundation has established an award in his memory.  The L. Kent Smith Excellence in Clinical Practice Award is designed to annually recognize one individual for his/her outstanding clinical contributions to the field of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation.

Criteria:

• Nominee should be a senior level professional in the field of cardiac and/or pulmonary rehabilitation.
• Nominee may or may not be a current member of AACVPR.
• Completed nomination form.
• Nomination letter presenting a compelling case for the nominee.
• Nominee’s current curriculum vitae.

 Past recipients:

2010: Gerald Fletcher, MD
2009: Lana Hilling, CRT, RCP, FAACVPR
2008: Kathy Berra, MSN, ANP, FAACVPR
2007: Carl N. King, EdD, FAACVPR
2006: Noel D. Nequin, MD, FAACVPR
2005: Glen H. Porter, PhD
2004: Wayne Sotile, PhD, FAACVPR
2003: Howard Pyfer

Michael L. Pollock Established Investigator Award:

The Michael L. Pollock Established Investigator Award is presented to an individual who has made significant advances in the field of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation through his/her research contributions and has earned national prominence in his/her field through contributions in contemporary research.

2010: Richard Casaburi, PhD, MD, FAACVPR
2009: Steven J. Keteyian, PhD
2008: Josef Niebauer, MD, PhD
2007: Jonathan Myers, PhD, FAACVPR
2006: Carl Foster, PhD, FAACVPR
2005: Neil B. Oldridge, PhD, FAACVPR
2004: Barry Franklin, PhD, FAACVPR
2003: Gary Balady, MD
2002: James A. Blumenthal, PhD, FAACVPR
2001: Philip A. Ades, FAACVPR

Presidential Citation Award:

2010: Thomas J. Spring (MSCVPR)
            Richard Sukeena (OACVPR)
            Denise M. LaRocca (RMCRA)
            Karen E. Pyle (NYSACP&R)
2008: Karen R. Lui, RN, MS, FAACVPR & Phil Porte, Legislative Analyst
2007: Randal J. Thomas, MD, FAACVPR
2006: Karen R. Lui, RN, MA, FAACVPR
2005: Tracy A. Herrewig, MA, RCEP, FAACVPR
2003: Gary J. Balady, MD
           Terri A. Merritt-Worden, MS
           F. Stuart Sanders, MD

Presidential Special Recognition Award:

2010: Phillip Porte, Legislative Analyst, GRQ Consulting, LLC.
2008: Grace Ann Dorney Koppel