Awards

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 is now over for 2024 awards – will open again in July 2025

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, $60,000 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 open.

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2024 Award Winners

Ronald D. Stewart Award

Greg Mears, MD

Keith Neely Award

Mike Taigman, MS, FAEMS

Meritorious Service Award

Jason McMullan, MD, FAEMS and Woods Curry, MD, FAEMS

President's Award

Amber Rice, MD, FAEMS

Robert Swor, DO, FAEMS, FACEP and Beth Adams, MA, BSN, RN, NRP, FAEMS

Nancy Caroline Award

Jane Brice, MPH, MD, FAEMS

NAEMSP/ Stryker Award

Michael Spigner, MD, NRP, FAEMS

Past Award Winners

  • 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
  • E. Brooke Lerner — 2023
  • Henry Wang — 2022
  • Craig Manifold — 2021 (posthumously)
  • Lynn White — 2020
  • R.J. Frascone — 2019
  • Baxter Larmon — 2018
  • Robert A. Swor — 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
  • 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.
  • 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
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