NAEMSP Awards
The following awards are presented annually at the NAEMSP Annual Meeting in January. Click below to review the criteria and submit a nomination.
Deadline for Nominations is November 16, 2026
This annual award is presented to person who has made a lasting, major contribution to the national EMS community.
This award is presented to an active or past member of NAEMSP who has provided significant leadership to the association and is named after the late Keith Neely, the first non-physician member to serve on the NAEMSP Board of Directors.
The Friends of EMS award is presented to an individual or organization that has been an advocate in furthering NAEMSP’s mission through influencing or implementing national public policy.
Awarded to an NAEMSP member who, through their actions, has demonstrated a relentless commitment to the mentorship of others within the specialty of EMS.
This award shall be conferred to an NAEMSP member for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements in a field response setting, large scale event, or disaster.
This new award from NAEMSP & Stryker is meant to foster the early career development of an EMS physician who demonstrates aptitude, talent and potential. The 24-month, $80,000 award will provide support for a supervised career development experience in Emergency Medical Services to support the transition from EMS fellow to independent EMS physician at an academic institution and/or health system with involvement in a ground or air medical EMS system.
Application period is now open – this award has as a separate application process – click here for more information.
2026 Award Winners
Ronald D. Stewart Award
Raymond L. Fowler, MD, FAEMS
Keith Neely Award
Remle Crowe, PhD, NREMT, FAEMS
Meritorious Service Award
Stephen A. Harper, MD
President's Award
NEMSAC Participants
Brandon B. Morshedi, MD, FAEMS – EMS Physician; Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, MD, MPH, FAAP – Pediatric EM Physician; Jason T. McMullan, MD, FAEMS – EMS Researcher; Michael A. Taigman, MA, FAEMS – Quality Improvement; Michael Thomas, DrPH, MHA, FACPE – Private EMS; Wade Miles, NRP – Volunteer EMS; Thomas Arkins, MSHI, EMT-P – EMS Data Manager
Trauma Compendium Editors
John W. Lyng, MD FAEMS, FACEP, NRP – Editor-in-Chief; Christian Martin-Gill, MD, MPH, FAEMS – Methodology & Research Coordinator; Nichole Bosson, MD, MPH, NRP, FAEMS – Publishing Coordinator, Associate Editor; John M. Gallagher, MD – topic editor; José G. Cabañas, MD, MPH, FAEMS – NAEMSP board oversight & project strategist; David C. Cone, MD- project strategist, editorial mentor; Christopher B. Colwell, MD, FAEMS – topic editor
Nancy Caroline Award
Sabina A. Braithwaite, MD, MPH, FAEMS, NRP
Friends of EMS Award
Prehospital Care Research Forum
Past Award Winners
- Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP, FAAP, FAEMS — 2025
- Greg Mears, MD — 2024
- E. Brooke Lerner, PhD, FAEMS — 2023
- Henry Wang, MD — 2022
- Craig Manifold, MD — 2021 (posthumously)
- Lynn White, PhD, FAEMS — 2020
- R.J. Frascone — 2019
- Baxter Larmon, MD — 2018
- Robert A. Swor, DO — 2017
- Drew Dawson — 2016
- Justin Maloney — 2016
- Robert O’Connor, MD — 2015
- Norman M. Dinerman, MD — 2014
- Jeff Clawson, MD — 2013
- William Brown, RN, NREMT-P — 2012
- Debra Perina, MD — 2011
- Daniel Spaite, MD — 2010
- William W. Jermyn, DO — 2009
- Roger White, MD — 2008
- Edward J. Cain, MD — 2007
- Mickey Eisenberg, MD — 2006
- Dan Storer — 2005
- James O. Page, JD — 2004
- Jon Krohmer, MD — 2003
- Michael Copass, MD — 2002
- Leonard Cobb — 2002
- Norm McSwain, MD– 2001
- John Campbell, MD — 2001
- Bob Bailey — 2000
- Eugene Nagel, MD — 1998
- Ricardo Martinez, MD — 1997
- Nicholas Benson, MD — 1996
- John Chew — 1995
- National Association of State EMS Directors — 1994
- Paul Paris, MD — 1993
- Stan Zydlow, MD — 1992
- National EMS Medical Directors Course Faculty — 1991
- Paul Pepe, MD — 1990
- Marvin Birnbaum, MD — 1989
- Senator Alan Cranston — 1988
- Leonard A. Cobb, MD — 1987
- Marvin Wayne, MD — 2025
- Mike Taigman, MS, FAEMS — 2024
- Juan March — 2023
- David C. Cone — 2022
- Maia Dorsett — 2021
- Sandy Bogucki — 2020
- Hideharu Tanaka — 2019
- Susan McHenry — 2018
- Thomas Judge, MS, EMT-P — 2017
- Alex Isakov, MD — 2016
- Marcus Ong, MD, MPH and Sang Do Shin, MD — 2015
- Michael Levy, MD — 2014
- E. Brooke Lerner, PhD — 2013
- James Menegazzi, PhD — 2012
- Brian Schwartz, MD — 2011
- Douglas F. Kupas, MD — 2010
- Robert E. O’Connor, MD, MPH — 2009
- Beth Adams, MA, RN, NREMT-P — 2008
- Julette Saussy, MD — 2007
- David Persse, MD– 2007
- Lawrence Brown, EMT-P — 2006
- Raymond Fowler, MD — 2005
- Richard Hunt, MD — 2004
- Robert A. Swor, DO — 2002
- Keith Neely — 2001 — this award was originally called the NAEMSP Outstanding Contribution Award — the name changed in 2002 honoring Keith after his death.
- American Ambulance Association — 2025
- Prodigy EMS — 2024
- FirstNet, built by AT&T — 2023
- J. Brent Myers — 2022
- Jon Krohmer — 2021
- Rick Murray — 2020
- Ritu Sahni — 2019
- Robert Wagoner — 2018
- Honorable Richard Hudson, US House of Representatives (NC) — 2017
- Honorable Bill Cassidy, US Senate (LA) — 2017
- NAEMT — 2016
- Bryan McNally, CARES — 2015
- Physio-Control — 2014
- Kevin McGinnis, NASEMSO — 2013
- Richard Hunt, MD -Centers for Disease Control — 2012
- Gary Freeman – ZOLL — 2011
- William Ball – GM OnStar — 2010
- Susan McHenry, MS – NHTSA — 2009
- Dan Kavanaugh, MSW – EMSC — 2008
- Richard H. Carmona, MD — 2007
- The Laerdal Family — 2005
- Jeff Runge — 2004
- Drew Dawson – NHTSA — 2003
- Jeff Michael, PhD – NHTSA — 2002
- U.S. Senator Richard Shelby — 2001
- Christian Mateo Garcia, MD — 2025
- B. Woods Curry, MD, FAEMS and Jason T. McMullan, MD, MA, FAEMS — 2024
- Brian M. Clemency, DO, MBA, FAEMS — 2025
- Jane M. Brice, MD, FAEMS — 2024
- Melody Glenn, MD — 2025
- Anjni P. Joiner, Do, MPH, FACEP, FAEMS — 2025
- Joseph Grover, MD, FAEMS — 2025
- Joseph Zalkin, BSHS, Paramedic, FAEMS — 2025
- Diane Miller, MD, FACEP, FAEMS — 2025
- Beth Adams, MA, BSN, RN, NRP, FAEMS — 2024
- Robert Swor, DO, FAEMS, FACEP — 2024
- Amber Rice, MD, FAEMS — 2024
- Lynn White — 2023
- Raymond Fowler — 2023
- Henry Wang — 2022
- David C. Cone — 2022
- Frank X. Guyette, III — 2022
- Joelle Donofrio — 2022
- Remle Crowe — 2022
- Christopher B. Colwell — 2022
- John Lyng — 2022
- Nichole Bosson — 2022
- Toni Gross — 2021
- Ryan Jacobsen — 2021
- Alex Isakov — 2020
- Michael Redlener — 2019
- Scott Bourn — 2019
- John Gallagher — 2019
- Michael Guttenburg (posthumously) — 2018
- Salvatore Silvestri (posthumously) — 2018
- Hawnwan Phil Moy — 2017
- J. Joelle Donofrio — 2017
- John Lyng — 2017
- Brian Clemency — 2017
- Jose Cabañas –2016
- Darren Walter — 2016
- Julie Houle — 2016