The Alan Stoudemire Award for Innovation and Excellence in C-L Psychiatry Education is given to an individual or individuals who has/have developed/led a creative educational program in the area of consultation-liaison psychiatry directed at any level, from medical students to board-certified physicians, that is outstanding by virtue of its innovation and impact.
In keeping with Dr. Stoudemire’s legacy of interest in the training of medical students and psychiatry residents, applications are especially encouraged on behalf of programs geared to these two groups. Preference will also be given to programs which include educational materials which can be accessed and utilized by other institutions.
The award is named for Alan Stoudemire, MD, FACLP, a highly respected clinician and educator and a prolific author and editor. Dr. Stoudemire was professor of Psychiatry at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He received the Academy’s highest honor, the Thomas P. Hackett Memorial Award, in 1997.
Dr. Stoudemire passed away at age 49 in February 2000 of melanoma. Dr. James Levenson, Academy president at the time, wrote in his President’s Message for the Newsletter:
“In health and in illness Alan was a remarkable man, and an inspiration to us all. He brought a level of serious commitment to his work few could match, yet never lost sight of life’s most important values of family and friendship, all the while wielding his wicked sense of humor, sparing no sacred cows.”
For an excellent and inspiring read about Dr. Stoudemire, see A Tribute to Alan Stoudemire, MD 1951–2000 in the February 2001 issue of Psychosomatics by Troy L. Thompson II, MD, FACLP (Academy president 1991-92).
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![]() Guest presenter Sue Stoudemire, widow of Dr. Alan Stoudemire, with the recipient of the 2012 award, Gary J. Gala, MD, FACS, at the Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA. |
ALAN STOUDEMIRE AWARD RECIPIENTS | |
2018 | Sanjeev Sockalingham, MD, MHPE, FACLP, FRCPC Medical Psychiatry Alliance Education Program, University of Toronto |
2017 | Robert McCarron, DO UC Davis Train New Trainers (TNT) Primary Care Psychiatry (PCP) Fellowship |
2016 | Anna Ratzliff, MD, PhD University of Washington Integrated Care Pathway: Psychiatry in Medical Settings |
2015 | No award |
2014 | No award |
2013 | J. Michael Bostwick, MD, FACLP Disruptions in Development: A Pioneering Course for First-year Medical Students Taught at the Psychosomatic Interface |
2012 | Gary J. Gala, MD, FACS Crossing the Blood Brain Barrier: An Experiment in Interdisciplinary Research |
2011 | Pamela Diefenbach, MD, FACLP Educating Multiple Disciplines of Trainees in Primary Care Clinics |
2010 | Philip Bialer, MD, FACLP MSKCC Comskil [communication skills] Curriculum |
2009 | Philip R. Muskin, MD, FACLP A Tool for Assessment of Consultation-Liaison Trainees: Train the Trainer |
2008 | Rebecca W. Brendel, MD, JD “Team 5” at Massachusetts General Hospital |
2007 | Per Fink, MD, FACLP The TERM — An Advanced Educational Program for Primary Care Physicians in the Treatment of Functional Somatic Symptoms |
2006 | Robert Schneider, MD Virginia Commonwealth University: A Unique Approach to Teaching Psychiatry to Nonpsychiatric Physicians Through a Special Curriculum that Incorporats the Way Internists Think |
2005 | No award |
2004 | Theodore A. Stern, MD, FACLP Avery D. Weisman, MD Psychiatric Consultation Service of Massachusetts General Hospital |
2003 | Nehama Dresner, MD, FACLP, Program Director Women’s Mental Health Rotation for Obstetrics/Gynecology Residents at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine |
2002 | Donald L. Rosenstein, MD, FACLP, Program Director NIMH Program in Psychiatric Research Bioethics |
2001 | Joseph S. Weiner, MD, PhD, Program Director Program in the Doctor-Patient Relationship at Long Island Jewish Medical Center |
Complete the online Stoudemire Award Nomination form. Two letters of support from individuals not directly involved in the program are required (training director, C-L director, beneficiaries, and colleagues from other departments are all appropriate), the comments from which should be focused on innovation and impact; submit letters of support online via the Stoudemire Award Referral form. All application materials must be received by April 1.
The application should include:
The Fellowship & Awards Subcommittee will review all applications in collaboration with designated members of the Education Committee. A final decision will be announced by July 1.
The award will be presented at the Academy’s annual meeting and the awardee(s) will have the opportunity to present their program as a poster during the poster session.