4 - Alpha Omega Alpha

Announcing the 2009 Alpha Omega Alpha
Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Awards
These awards are based on a national competition conducted
annually through the offices of the deans of U.S.
and Canadian medical schools, and are designed to recognize
distinction in medical student teaching. Each school
may submit one application. Recipients are selected by a
committee jointly appointed by ΑΩΑ and the Association
of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
Up to four faculty awards of $10,000 each are made.
In addition, each award winner’s nominating institution
receives $2,500 for teaching activities. If that school has
an ΑΩΑ chapter, a $1,000 stipend is awarded toward its
activities.
Nomination materials for 2009 have been sent to every
medical school by the AAMC, which administers all aspects
of the competition. The deadline for nominations is
May 1, 2009. Information and nomination forms are available
at www.aamc.org/about/awards/aoa.htm. Queries
regarding nominations should be addressed to Henry
M. Sondheimer, MD, at the AAMC, 2450 N Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20037-1127; telephone (202) 828-0680;
e-mail: hsondheimer@aamc.org.
The awards will be presented during the annual meeting
of the AAMC in Boston, November 6–11, 2009.
Minutes of the 2008 meeting of the board of
directors of Alpha Omega Alpha
The meeting in Menlo Park, California, was convened at
8:30 am by President Rae-Ellen Kavey, MD.
Present were: Secretary-Treasurer C. Bruce Alexander,
MD; member at large N. Joseph Espat, MD; President Rae-
Ellen Kavey, MD, MPH; member at large Douglas S. Paauw,
MD; councilor member Robert G. Atnip, MD; medical organization
member John Tooker, MD; Executive Secretary
Edward D. Harris, Jr., MD; Assistant Treasurer William F.
Nichols; and national office members Mara Celebi, Ann
Hill, Debbie Lancaster, and Carol Wong. Participating by
conference call were Vice President Donald Wilson, MD,
and student member Natalia Berry.
Absent and excused were: members at large Michael V.
Drake, MD, Ruth-Marie Fincher, MD, Don W. Powell, MD,
and Joseph W. Stubbs, MD; councilor members Eric P. Gall,
MD, and Amy Goldberg, MD; student members Smeeta
Sinha and Kara Cavuoto.
The minutes of the 2008 meeting of the board of directors
were reviewed and approved.
New board and honorary members
Nominations for the 2008/2009 board of directors slate
were reviewed and voted upon. Elected to a three-year
term as member at large: Robert Atnip, MD, Pennsylvania
State University. Re-elected to three-year member-at-large
terms: C. Bruce Alexander, MD, University of Alabama at
Birmingham; Donald B. Wilson, MD, Director, Minority
Health & Health Disparities, Owings Mills, Maryland. Elected
to a three-year term as councilor member: Anne Mancino,
MD, University of Arkansas School of Medicine. Elected to a
three-year term as student member: Cason Pierce, University
of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas.
Honorary member nominations were reviewed and
voted upon. Elected to honorary membership were: Lihadh
Al-Ghazali, MBChB, MRCP, FRCP, FRCPCH, United
Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates;
Rodolfo A. Armas-Merino, MD, MACP, University of Chile,
Santiago, Chile; Kai-Ming Chan, MBBS, FRCS (Edin.),
FRCPS (Glas.), FHKCOS, FACS, The Chinese University
of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,
People’s Republic of China; Ronald Dorfman, MBBCh,
FRCPath, emeritus professor of Pathology, Stanford
University School of Medicine, Stanford, California;
Ogabara K. Doumbo, MD, PhD, University of Mali, Bamako,
Republic of Mali; Torello Lotti, MD, University of Florence,
Florence, Italy; Prof. Dr. med. Dr. H. C. Thomas Ruzicka,
Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany; K. V.
Thiruvengadam, BSc, MD, FRCP, FAMS, DSc, FCCP (US),
FCAI, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India; Nuria M.
Greenfield Tortosa, MD, University of Panama School of
Medicine, Panama City, Panama.
Reports of officers and programs
Reports of the president, executive secretary, and managing
editor were presented, followed by reports on the
programs the national office administers.
Ms. Celebi and Ms. Wong presented the report on online
registration of new members. The board decided in
2006 to require registration of new members on-line:
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