Membership Awards

Please submit nomination letters :

email to kcox@iaafp.org or via the online form

or mail to:

Katie Cox
6500 University Avenue, Ste 100, PMB 123
Windsor Heights, IA 50324


DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Is your Family Physician the best of the best? Do they go above and beyond to care for their patients? Are they active in the community?  Do you think they deserve the 2024 Family Physician of the Year Award?  If so, we want to hear about them!

The Iowa Academy of Family Physicians (IAFP) is seeking nominations for the 2024 Family Physician of the Year. Each year the IAFP awards one family physician the title “Family Physician of the Year” on the basis of outstanding service to patients and community, and devotion to Family Medicine.

If you would like to nominate your family physician, please send letters of nomination (see above on how to nominate)  to the Iowa Academy describing why your family physician should receive the Family Physician of the Year Award.

The 2024 Iowa Family Physician of Year will be honored during the Iowa Academy of Family Physicians Annual Conference on November 7, 2024 at Prairie Meadows Conference Center. 

Annually the Legislative & Governmental Affairs Committee will evaluate recent legislative activity at the state and federal level. State legislators and members of the Iowa congressional delegation who have made a significant effort in the area of health care can be considered for special recognition at the IAFP annual meeting. Individuals considered for the IAFP Legislative Merit Award must meet one or more of following criteria by demonstrating exemplary work in the legislature in support of:

1. efforts toward improving the health care of all Iowans.
2. primary care initiatives in Iowa.
3. improvements in primary care, particularly rural health care, in Iowa.
4. the statewide family practice residency network in Iowa.

 Past Honorees Include:
2007 State Representative Ro Foege
2013 Don Skinner, MD
2019 State Representative David Kerr

This award was initiated in 2004 to honor a physician who has made an outstanding contribution to further the goals of Family Medicine.

Past Honorees Include:
2007  David Carlyle, MD
2013  John Carroll, MD
2014  Doug Martin, MD

Please email your nomination letter to Katie at kcox@iaafp.org by September 3, 2024

This award is given annually to recognize quality in family practice education. The nominee must be a member of the Academy and should be involved in teaching at a student level, resident level or in the continuing education of family physicians. 

Nominations should include the following: 

*    A typed statement, not to exceed one page in length, must be  

     submitted. It must include the reasoning as to why the nominee  

     should receive the award and sufficient information regarding the  

     nominee's educational efforts  

*    Letters of endorsement from past/present students and residents, as well as     colleagues.      

Past recipients:

This award is to recognize a new physician who has made a significant contribution to Iowa Academy of Family Physicians and Family Medicine.

Past Honorees Include:
2015  Lisa Lavadie-Gomez, MD
2018  Laura Bowshier, MD