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	<span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: en"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. (AAPS) has announced nominations for the first annual </font><a href="http://www.aapsus.org/sullivanaward" title="Sullivan Award Nominations"><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Louis W. Sullivan, MD, Health Policy Leadership Award</font></a></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: en"><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> are being accepted (deadline for nominations April 30)<span style="color: black">. The award is named in honor of Louis W. Sullivan, M</span>.<span style="color: black">D</span>.<span style="color: black">, former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1989-93) and founder of the prestigious Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA. </span></font></font></font></span></p>
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	<font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: en">Dr. Sullivan, currently a public member of the AAPS Board of Directors, and&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: en"><font color="#000000"><span style="color: black">is </span>C<span style="color: black">hairman of the </span>B<span style="color: black">oard of the National Health Museum in Atlanta.</span></font></span></font></font></p>
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	<font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: en">Candidates for the Sullivan Award will have made</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: en"><font color="#000000">,<span style="color: black"> or be making a truly outstanding contribution through an initiative to improve the health status of individuals, targeted groups, communities or the nation. The individual may have a primary role either inside or outside the public health arena. </span></font></span></font></font></p>
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	<font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: en">&ldquo;Dr. Sullivan is a passionate advocate for health education, promoting healthy lifestyles and disease prevention, &ldquo;said AAPS President</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: en"><font color="#000000">,<span style="color: black"> Robert Cerrato, D</span>.<span style="color: black">O</span>.<span style="color: black">, J</span>.<span style="color: black">D. &ldquo;It is an honor for AAPS to recognize a significant contribution to the public health in his name</span>.<span style="color: black">&rdquo;</span></font></span></font></font></p>
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	<span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: en"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Nominees must meet at least <u>one</u> of the following criteria: <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p>
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		<span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif">The candidate must have served as a champion in promoting major health policy changes</span></span></li>
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		<span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif">The candidate must have used innovative methods of promoting public health policies to targeted stakeholders</span></span></li>
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		<span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif">The candidate must have been a policy maker who affected major health policy legislation</span></span></li>
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		<span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif">The candidate must have advocated for health policy improvements</span></span></li>
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		<span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif">The candidate must have been recognized for a distinguishing achievement related to health policy</span></span></li>
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	<font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: en">To nominate an individual for the award</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: en"><font color="#000000">, please</font><span style="color: black"> visit <a href="http://www.aapsus.org/sullivanaward"><font color="#0000ff">http://www.aapsus.org/sullivanaward</font></a>. The initial award will be presented June 26 at the 60th AAPS House of Delegates &amp; Annual Scientific of the Meeting</span><font color="#000000"> in Los Angeles</font><span style="color: black">. </span></span></font></font></p>
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	<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: en">The American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: en"><font color="#000000">.</font></span></font><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-size: 8pt; mso-ansi-language: en">&reg;</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: en"><font size="3"> is the governing body of the American Board of Physician Specialties which </font><a href="http://www.abpsus.org/index.html" title="American Board of Physician Specialties"><font color="#0000ff" size="3">certifies</font></a><font size="3"> qualified allopathic and osteopathic physicians in 17 specialties.<o:p></o:p></font></span></font></p>
