Inspire Award

The INSPIRE Awards, given by the AMWA Leadership Council, recognize women physicians who provide inspiration to other physicians or students through expert and compassionate patient-oriented medical care, or through mentorship, or service to the community. We welcome you to nominate a woman physician who has made an impact on you or others personally or professionally, and exemplifies vision, integrity, collaboration, and service.

The winners of the Award will be announced in September, during Women in Medicine month.

AMWA INSPIRE Award – Past Awardees

Alphabetical list of recipients, 2021–2025

Melanie Aaberg, DO
Anoushka Maria Afonso, MD, FASA
Rooman F. Ahad, MD
Alicia M. Ahn, MD
Janet Albers, MD, FAAFP
Jennifer Allen, MD, FACOG
Bisi Alli, DO, MS, dipABLM, FACP, FAMWA
Laura Andreson, DO, FACOG
Annie Andrews, MD
Rebecca Andrews, MD
Erika Fullwood Augustine, MD, MS
Dolapo Babalola, MD
Gloria Bachmann, MD
Eileen Barrett, MD
Christina Benedict, DO
Nicole Bentze, MD
Caitlin Bernard, MD
Rakhee Bhayani, MD
Tania Nisimblat Bodnar, MD, FACOG
Brigid Sweeney Boland, MD
Anna Mary Bona, MD
Amy Gordon Bono, MD
Andrea Braden, MD
Kelli Braun, MD
Monica Broome, MD, FACP, FAMWA
Marie Brown, MD
Alyssa Burgart, MD
Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, MACP
Tina Byun, MD
Martina T. Caldwell, MD, MS
Giovanna Caprirolo, MD
Maria Torroella Carney, MD
Cherilyn Cecchini, MD
Diana Cejas, MD, MPH
Claudia Chambers, MD
Tammie Chang, MD
Segen Chase, MD
Elisa Choi, MD, FACP, FIDSA
Alison Christy, MD
Emily Church, MD
Mary Ann Adler Cohen, MD
Ivorie Coleman, MD, MBA
Nana E. Coleman, MD, EdM
Angelique Collamer, MD
M. Laurin Council, MD
Dana Crosby, MD, MPH
Austin Dennard, DO, FACOG
Lora Denton, MD
Alta J. DeRoo, MD, MBA
Charlene M. Dewey, MD, MEd, MACP
Mary Iftner Dobbins, MD
Michelle Drobny, DO
Siatta Dunbar, MD
Myto Duong, MB, BCh, BAO, MSc, FAAP
Barbara Edelheit, MD
Cherie P. Erkmen, MD
Ludmila De Faria, MD
Mariely Fernandez, MD
Heather Fields, MD
Colleen M. Fitzgerald, MD, MS
Lisa Flowers, MD
Beth Frates, MD, FACLM, DipABLM
Karen A. Friedman, MD, MS-HPPL, FACP
Ijeoma Onyemelukwe Garner, MD, MPH
Stacy Garrett-Ray, MD, MPH, MBA
Siu Ming Geary, MD
Roberta E. Gebhard, DO
Harumi Gomi, MD
Geetha Govindarajan, MD
Lisa Graves, MD, MCLSc
Marijka Grey, MD
Anjali Gupta, MD
Monica Guzman-Limon, MD
Farzanna S. Haffizulla, MD
Zainab Hammoud, DO, MS
Nicole Hancock, MD
Doris Hardacker, MD
Suzanne Harrison, MD, FAAFP, FAMWA
Renee Hilton-Rowe, MD
Susan Thompson Hingle, MD
Farzana Hoque, MD, MRCP, FACP, FRCP
Pamela Hunter-Reach, MD
Sangeetha Isaac, MD
Despina Isihos, DO
Alisahah J. Jackson, MD
Sadhana Jackson, MD
Kathryn Jobbins, DO, MS, FACP
Angela Corbino Johnson, MD
Amber Jones, DO, MPH, FACS, FCCP, FICS
Sucheta Joshi, MD, MS, FAAP, FAES
Susan S. Kais, MD
Corey Karlin-Zysman, MD, SFHM, FACP
Manasi Kekan, MD
Elizabeth Kennedy, MD
Kathleen Kennedy, MD
Yasmin Khakoo, MD, FAAN, FCNS, FAAP
Prerna Mona Khanna, MD
Sharon B. Kim, MD
Christine Lara Klassen, MD
Denise B. Klinkner, MD, MEd
Angela F. Koenig, MD, MPH
Sharon Kolasinski, MD
Amanika Kumar, MD
Deanna LaBianca, DO
Jody Lack, MD
Susan W. Lane, MD
Susan Lee, MD, FACP
Suzanne H. Lester, MD, MS
Tammy Lin, MD, MPH
Fiona Lindo, MD
Margaret C. Lo, MD
Saranya Loehrer, MD
Olga G. de Lopez, MD
Gauri Luthra, MD
Priti Mahajan, MD
Shail Maingi, MD
Veronica T. Mallett, MD, MMM
Jaclyn Martindale, DO, FAAN, FCNS
Marion McCrary, MD
Deedra McLain, MD
Hannah Marie Meyer, MD
Pringl Miller, MD
Nichole J. Mirocha, DO, MHS
Miranda Mitchell, MD
Darilyn Moyer, MD
Laurel Murrow, MD
Nicole E. Myers, DO, MS
Archana Nagarajan, MD
Lonzetta Neal, MD, FACP
Connie B. Newman, MD
Chiamaka Nnamani, MD
Melissa Nothnagle, MD, MSc
Modele O. Ogunniyi, MD, MPH
Monica Ormeño, MD
Sarah Frederike Otter, DO
Mukta Panda, MD, MACP
Matilda Parente, MD
Marianne Parshley, MD
Padmaja Patel, MD
Kamla Angela Persaud-Reddy, MD, MBA, DipABLM
Jayne Marie Peterson, MD
Xinh Donahue Pham, MD
Jennifer Poast, MD
Mary Lake Polan, MD
Tia Powell, MD
Vidhya Prakash, MD
Tatiana Michelle Prowell, MD
Nila S. Radhakrishnan, MD
Priya Radhakrishnan, MD
Anita Ravi, MD
Lindsay Reardon, MD, AEMUS
America Revere, MD
Ivy Riano, MD
Marcela Rodriguez, MD
Cara Ruggeri, MD
Ankita Sagar, MD, MPH, FACP
Nicole Sandhu, MD, PhD
Stacy Sattovia, MD
Shlomit Schaal, MD, PhD, MHCM
Cecelia E. Schmalbach, MD, MSc
Scarlett Schneider, MD
Kim G. Schrier, MD
Fariha Shafi, MD, FACP, D-ABOM
Biraj D. Shah, MD
Jenny R. Silberger, MD
Alexis Simpkins, MD, PhD, MSCR, FAHA, FANA, FAAN
Cynthia D. Smith, MD, FACP
Taraneh Soleymani, MD
E. Vanessa Spearman-McCarthy, MD
Nancy D. Spector, MD
Abby Lyn Spencer, MD
Rebecca Spiegel, MD, MA
Mamata Srinivasan, MD
Natasha K. Sriraman, MD, MPH
Kellie Lease Stecher, MD
Veronica Sudekum, MD
Sarah Muguette Sukkar, MD
Vidya Sundareshan, MD, MPH
Aline Tanios, MD, FAAP
Kim Templeton, MD
Alyssa M. Thomas, MD, MPH
Natasha Travis, MD
Maria Elena Tudor, DO
Molly Uhlenhake, DO, FACP
Raegan Marie Vanderput, MD
Amanda Verma, MD
Monica Viteri-Giordano, MD
Renuga Vivekanandan, MD
Saiama N. Waqar, MD
Ruth E. Weissberger, MD
Hannah C. Wenger, MD
Angela Weyand, MD
Jennifer Wiler, MD
Theresa Williamson, MD
Mary A. Willis, MD
Wendi Wills-El-Amin, MD
Kari M. Wolf, MD
Catherine R. Womack, MD
Erin Wos, DO, MS
Gloria Wu, MD, MBA
Kallie Elise Wynens, MD
Amanda S. Xi, MD, MSE
Anlin Xu, MD
Lynn Yee, MD, MPH
Noriko Yoshikawa, MD
Ruchika S. Yusufji, MD

2026

Recipients announced in September 2026. Nomination Form – deadline June 26, 2026 11:59 pm midnight ET.

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