(L-R): AAMC Chief Public Policy Officer Danielle Turnipseed, JD, MHSA, MPP, 2024 ACE Awardee Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio-3), AAMC President, CEO David J. Skorton, MD.
This award recognizes academic medicine champions who are honored for leading and collaborating with the nation’s medical schools and academic health systems to improve the health of patients, families, and communities nationwide.
Awardees
2025
- Congressman Raul Ruiz (Calif.-25)
- Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (Va.-03)
- Michellene Davis, Esq. National Medical Fellowships, Inc. (NMF)
- Maria L. Soto-Greene, MD, MS-HPEd, FACP, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
- David Cazares Dorantes, medical student, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
2024
- Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (Ohio-03)
- Dean Henri R. Ford, MD, MPH, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
- Elena Rios, MD, MSPH, MACP, National Hispanic Health Foundation
- Melanie Valentín, medical student, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
2023
- Congresswoman Terri Sewell (Ala.-07)
- Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (Fla.-24)
- Lee Jones, MD, Georgetown University School of Medicine
- Lynne Holden, MD, Mentoring in Medicine, Inc.
- Kylar Wiltz, medical student, Howard University College of Medicine