Eligibility: Medical Students, Residents, Fellows (MSRF)
Current MSRF Board Members not eligible.
Deadline for Submission: March 1st, 2022
Award Amount: $5,000.00
Award will be given during 9th Annual Winter Medical Conference (WMC)
Submission of personal statement regarding charitable activity/service and impact on community.
Submission of letter of support for nominee from a physician in the community regarding charitable activity/service and impact on community. (Letter of Reference from AAPI member)
Criteria
Nominee has demonstrated compassion, dedication, and service to their community through a charitable activity that has improved the lives of others.
Charitable activity/service has had a lasting and meaningful contribution/impact on the health and wellbeing of community.
Nominee has brought unity and purpose to the community through their charitable activity/service.
Length and degree of nominee’s involvement in the charitable activity/service (minimum 1 month recommended).
Measurable results of how the charitable activity/service has impacted the community members.
Nominee has served as a role model to others and inspired/mentored other members of the community.
Extent to which the nominee has been a leader and their involvement in the charitable activity/service is valued by their peers and community leaders
Charitable activity/service has not been part of the nominee’s job description and the nominee has not received monetary or personal benefit from their involvement
Free Virtual CME for AAPI Members
Dr. Swati Yalamanchi is a board certified Hematologist/Oncologist practicing in Kentucky. She attended medical school at Ross University and completed her Internal Medicine residency and Hematology/Oncology fellowship at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY.
Dr. Yalamanchi has been an active AAPI member since residency and has enjoyed meeting fellow members at AAPI conferences and forging new friendships. In prior years she has served on the AAPI YPS Executive committee and served as Convention Chair and Secretary along with other various roles within AAPI’s organization. She is an avid traveler having traveled to all 7 continents and more than 65 countries as well as a huge University of Kentucky basketball fan!
Shefali Kothary is a practicing musculoskeletal radiologist in New York. She completed her undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College, after which she attended medical school at Tufts University School of Medicine. She went on to complete residency in radiology at Mount Sinai and fellowship in musculoskeletal radiology at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Shefali has been an active member of AAPI since medical school. She has been involved with her local chapters as well as the national organization.