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AAOMPT Awards

Submissions are no longer being accepted for the following awards this year:

Click here  for the Emerging Leader Award (New for 2021)

Click here  for the Distinguished Lecturer Award.

Click here for the Innovation Award (New for 2021)

Click here for the John McMillan Mennell Award.

Click here for the Kaltenborn, Teach I Must Award.

Click here for more information on the Honorary Fellow Procedure and Criteria

2021 Kaltenborn "Teach I Must Award" Recipient

Ann Porter-Hoke, PT, DPT, OCS, FCAMPT, FAAOMPT

2021 John McMillan Mennell Service Award Recipient

Chad Cook, PT, PhD, MBA, FAPTA, FAAOMPT

2021 Emerging Leader

Michael Bourassa, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT and Jodi Young, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT

2021 Innovation Award

Alycia Markowski, PT, DPT, MPhyS(namip), OCS, FAAOMPT

2021 Research Awards Recipients

2021 CARDON $6,000 Research Grant Award

Awarded to:

Sharon Wang-Price, (Texas Woman's University) Jason Zafereo, Hui-Ting Goh

"Does Dry Needling Mediate Cortical Excitability in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain?"


AAOMPT 2021 Poster Presentation Awards

  • First Place Research
    Author(s): Christina Myers (South College), Matthew Vraa, Dan Rhon, Jodi Young

    HOW COMMON IS LONG-TERM OPIOID UTILIZATION AFTER LUMBAR FUSION? A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

  • First Place Case Report
    Author(s): Kendra Harris (Northwestern University), Erik Martinez 

    DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS) IN A PATIENT WITH NECK PAIN

AAOMPT 2021 Best Platform Presentations

  • First Place Overall: Dick Ehrard Platform Presentation Award
    Author(s): Anja Matthijs (Texas Tech University), Jean-Michel Brismee, Omer Matthijs 

    CERVICAL LATERAL FLEXION PRE-POSITIONING ISOLATES C1-2 SEGMENTAL CERVICAL AXIAL ROTATION: A CADAVERIC STUDY

  • First Place 5x5: Systemic & Scoping Review
    Author(s): Amy McDevitt (University of Colorado School of Medicine), Jodi Young, Josh Cleland, Suzanne Snodgrass  

    PHYSICAL THERAPY MANAGEMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH PROXIMAL BICEPS TENDINOPATHY: A SCOPING REVIEW

  • First Place 5x5: Case Reports
    Author(s): Kyle Denlinger (Northwestern University), Alex Bengtsson, Eric Furto 

    CONSIDERING OCCAM'S RAZOR: DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AND CLINICAL REASONING IN A COMPLEX CASE WITH MULTISYSTEM IMPAIRMENTS AND SYMPTOMS OF MAST CELL ACTIVATION SYNDROME IN A HYPERMOBILE BALLERINA

John McMillan Mennell Service Award

  • 1995 - Jane Walter
  • 1996 - Carol Jo Tichenor
  • 1997 - No Nominations
  • 1999 - Helene Fearon
  • 2000 - Barbara Stevens
  • 2001 - Steve McDavitt
  • 2002 - Patty McCord & Stephania Bell
  • 2003 - Patty Zorn
  • 2004 - Bill O’Grady
  • 2005 - Ben Massey
  • 2006 - Ann Porter Hoke
  • 2007 - Ken Olson
  • 2008 - William G Boissonnault
  • 2009 - Christopher Showalter
  • 2010 - Michael Puniello
  • 2011 - Joe Farrell
  • 2012 - Catherine Patla
  • 2013 - Mike Rogers
  • 2014 - Jean-Michel Brismée
  • 2015 - Carol Courtney
  • 2016 - Elaine Lonnemann
  • 2017 - Bob Rowe
  • 2018 - Jake Magel
  • 2019 - Jim Rivard
  • 2020 - No Recipient
  • 2021 - Chad Cook

Kaltenborn Teach I Must Award

  • 2004 - Jim Viti
  • 2005 - Gail Deyle
  • 2006 - Julie Whitman
  • 2007 - Martin Langaas
  • 2008 - Phillip Sizer
  • 2009 - Ola Grimsby
  • 2010 - Erl Pettman
  • 2011 - Ron Schenck
  • 2012 - Skip Gill
  • 2013 - Barbara Stevens
  • 2014 - Michael Moore
  • 2015 - Gail Molloy
  • 2016 - Margaret Anderson
  • 2017 - Tim Fearon
  • 2018 - Britt Smith
  • 2019 - Michael O'Hearn
  • 2020 - No Recipient
  • 2021 - Ann Porter-Hoke

AAOMPT’s Distinguished Lecturer Award

  • 2011 - Stanley V. Paris
  • 2012 - No recipient
  • 2013 - Gail Deyle
  • 2014 - Kornelia Kulig
  • 2015 - Joe Farrell
  • 2016 - Tim Flynn
  • 2017 - Joe Donnelly
  • 2018 - Bill Boisonnault
  • 2019 - Steve McDavitt
  • 2020 - No Recipient
  • 2021 - Pieter Kroon

Emerging Leader Award

  • 2021 - Jodi Young and Michael Bourassa
  • 2022 - Cody Mansfield

Innovation Award

  • 2021 - Alycia Markowski

Honorary Fellows

  • 2005 - Gwen Jull
  • 2007 - Carol Jo Tichenor
  • 2008 - Charlie Cardon
  • 2010 - Margaret Anderson
  • 2011 - Barbara Stevens
  • 2012 - Greg Johnson, Vicky Johnson, Eileen Vollowitz, Dennis Morgan
  • 2013 - Brad Jordan, Frederick Hobusch
  • 2014 - Trish King
  • 2017 - Joseph Donnelly, Sharon Dunn, Julie Fritz
  • 2018 - Bob Elvey, Bod Syndeham
  • 2019 - Peter Edgelow, Phil Tygiel
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