Past Award Winners

Urgent Care Foundation

Rising Stars in Urgent Care Award

The Urgent Care Foundation will honor up to five individuals who are new to the Urgent Care industry with the Rising Stars in Urgent Care Award. These individuals represent the best and brightest newcomers in the industry. Nominees must have a proven track record of leadership, innovation, dedication to community and the urgent care industry. Any employee in your organization who meets the criteria can be nominated for this award.

Recipients:

2018: Heather Fernandez, Solv Health
2019: Benjamin Barlow, MD

Outstanding Achievement Award

Recognizes significant clinical, managerial and/or administrative achievements in the field of urgent care medicine that have had an impact on the industry. Nominees may be an individual, an organization, or a company and must be a member of UCA.

Recipients:

2007: Lee Resnick, MD
2010: Members of the UCA Certification Committee
2011: The Braveheart Group (publishers, Journal of Urgent Care Medicine)
2013: J. Dale Key
2014: Robert G. Graw, Jr., MD
2016: Peter Lamelas, MD, MBA, FACEP
2017: Bruce Irwin, MD
2018: Frank Alderman, MD
2019: John Kulin, DO, FACEP

Lifetime Membership Award

Significant contributions of an individual to UCA are recognized with awarding of lifetime membership. The awardee will be granted complimentary lifetime membership in UCA as well as complimentary registration to the UCA Urgent Care Convention & Expo the year he or she receives the award.

Recipients:

2007: Bill Meadows, MD, original UCA president and founding board member
2008: David Stern, MD, founding board member
2009: John Koehler, MD, founding board member
2010: Lee Resnick, MD, past president and founding board member
2011: J. Dale Key, past vice president
2013: Lou Ellen Horwitz, first UCA executive director
2014: Marge Simat, founding board member
2015: Cindi Lang, RN, MS, significant contributions to the association
2017: Don Dillahunty, DO; Marc Salzberg, MD; Nate Newman, MD; and Robert Kimball, MD
2019: Steve Sellars, MBA and Alan Ayers, MBA, MAcc

Advocacy Award

Awarded to an individual, organization, or company for legislative or regulatory advocacy for urgent care on a state or national level. Nominees do not have to be members of UCA.

Recipients:

2014: The Northeast Regional Urgent Care Association (NERUCA)
2015: Radwan Hallaba, MD
2016: Nathan Newman, MD, FAAFP
2018: United States Senator Bill Cassidy
2019: The Northeast Regional Urgent Care Association (NERUCA)

Humanitarian Award

Awarded for significant medical volunteer work by an individual, organization, or exhibitor that has had a positive impact on a national or international cause or event. Nominees must be members of UCA.

Recipients:

2015: DocuTAP
2016: Sisters of Mercy Urgent Care
2017: John Koehler, MD
2018: PM Pediatrics, Steve Katz

Community Service Award

Awarded for significant volunteer contribution by an individual, organization, or exhibitor that has had a positive impact on the health of that nominee’s community. Nominees must be members of UCA.

Recipients:

2015: Anthony Euser, DO
2016: Max Lebow, MD, MPH, MBA, FACEP, FACPM
2017: Lake After Hours/Lake Urgent Care
2018: Nightlight Pediatrics, Zawadi Bryant

Quality and Safety Award

Recognizes an individual, organization or exhibitor for significant efforts that focus on improved quality and safety in the field of urgent care medicine.

Recipient:

2017: The Antibiotic Resistance Action Center (ARAC) at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University
2018: Merck
2019: Jonathan Zipkin, MD

Learn about the 2020 award recipients.