Awards and Grants of the American Burn Association

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John A. Moncrief Award John A. Moncrief, known to his friends as Jack, was one of the founders of the American Burn Association and its third President. The son of an Army physician, he was born in Manila, P.I. on July 22, 1924. He attended the Citadel and Cornell University as an undergraduate and received his medical degree from Emory University Medical School in 1948. He then entered the Army Medical Corps and interned at Brooke General Hospital. Between 1950 and 1954 he completed his training in surgery at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, with a year's interruption to serve as Chief of General Surgery at the 8054 Mobile Surgical Hospital and the 10th Station Hospital in Korea. While at Barnes he initiated his long association with Dr. Carl A. Moyer, whom he credited with awakening his interest in both burns and surgical research. His training completed, Dr. Moncrief spent a year as Chief of General Surgery at Fort Sill Army Hospital. In 1955, he was assigned to the U.S. Army Surgical Research Unit, then commanded by Dr. Curtis Artz with whom he began a friendship that would persist and grow through the remainder of their lives. During this three year assignment he focused his clinical and investigative skills in wound management and, with Dr. Bruce MacMillan, carried out the first clinical studies of massive burn wound excision. Dr. Moncrief returned to the Surgical Research Unit in 1961 to serve as its Commander and Director for the next seven years. His guidance was instrumental in the development of Sulfamylon burn cream and the demonstration of the clinical effectiveness of topical chemotherapy in preventing burn wound sepsis. Multidisciplinary research, already a characteristic of the Unit, flowered under his direction, and topics ranging from techniques of wound excision and the use of temporary biologic dressings to resuscitation and post-burn hypermetabolism were explored. His enthusiasm for surgical research and burn care was contagious, and many surgeons assigned to the Unit, on returning home after completing their military service, developed burn units of their own. Dr. Moncrief retired from the Army in 1968 and joined Dr. Artz at the Medical College of South Carolina as a Vice-Chairman of the Department of Surgery. In the ensuing eight years, despite failing health, he participated in the development of the Burn Unit there and was active in a number of national organizations. He received the Harvey Stuart Allen Award in 1974, was the President of the American Association for the Surgery for Trauma in that year, and gave the Scudder Trauma Oration for the American College of Surgeons in 1977. His death in 1979 brought to an untimely end a stellar career spanning a quarter century during which his efforts and those of a few like him transformed burn care from an onerous surgical duty to a dynamic and successful model of teamwork in the care of the injured.
The John A. Moncrief Award is presented to fire services for outstanding contribution in the area of burn prevention or burn care. The awardee can be an individual or an organization. It was first presented in 1994. The award provides an engraved medal and honorarium of $2.000. 2013 Firefighters Burn Institute Sacramento, CA 2012 Chicago Firefighters Union Burn Foundation, Inc. 2011 British Columbia Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund 2010 Firefighters Burn Treatment Society, Edmonton Chapter 2009 Jerry Dunn, FF 2008 Peter F. Hanson, FF 2007 Thomas J. McLhinney, FF 2006 Clark County Fire Department 2005 Martin Johnson, FF 2003 Ronald J. Siarnicki, FF Past Moncrief Award Recipients 2002 New York City Fire Department 2001 Gerald D. Lister, Capt., Fire Service 2000 National Fallen Firefighters Foundation 1999 William McManus, MD 1997 Rudolph Giuliani, New York City Mayor 1996 Clifford F. Haskell 1995 Thomas Hertz 1994 New York Firefighters Burn Center Foundation Barbara Knothe Burn Therapist Achievement Award This award commemorates the spirit and commitment of Barbara Knothe, MOT, OTR/L, CHT, who dedicated over 20 years of service to burn rehabilitation. She was an invaluable clinical instructor, mentor, teacher and clinician. This award is dedicated in her memory to active burn therapists that embody the same drive and commitment. This memorial award serves as an active foundation and inspiration for physical and occupational therapists to be both clinical and research based in their daily practices and to serve as a resource for developing burn therapists to achieve their full potential. Recipients are presented an engraved plaque and are recognized among their peers at the Occupational & Physical Therapy Special Interest Group meeting of the American Burn Association Annual Meeting. 2013 Lisa Forbes, MSc, OT Reg(MB) 2012 Sydney Jane Thornton, OTR/L 2011 Kimberly D. Walker, OTR 2010 Judith A. Carr, OTR 2009 Linda C. French, PT & E. Tonas Kalil, PT, MGA 2008 Dana Nakamura, OTR/L, CLT, CLMC Past Knothe Award Recipients 2007 Mary Jo Baryza, MS, PT, PCS 2006 Beth Franzen, OTR 2005 Merilyn L. Moore, PT 2004 Michael A. Serghiou, OTR 2003 R. Scott Ward, PhD, PT 2002 Reg Richard, MS, PT
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