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	<span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en">Requesting Nominations for Distinguished Service Award<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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	<span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en">Tampa, FL - Do you know an individual, organization or community making a positive difference in emergency preparedness and </span><a href="http://www.aapsus.org/academy-of-disaster-medicine-brochure" title="American Academy of Disaster Medicine"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en; text-underline: none">disaster health care response</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en"><font color="#000000">?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span><span style="color: black">The American Academy of Disaster Medicine (AADM) is seeking nominations for the Distinguished Service Award, honoring deserving individuals, organizations and communities positively affecting public health care in the disaster life cycle &ndash; preparation, planning, response and recovery.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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	<span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en">&ldquo;It is a privilege for the Academy of Disaster Medicine to present the Distinguished Service Award since this new physician specialty plays a vital role in public health preparedness,&rdquo; said Academy President Karl Kelley, M.D. of Springfield, TN. &ldquo;Promoting the building of disaster resilient communities is a national priority.&rdquo;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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	<span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en">AADM is seeking nominees that meet one or more of the following criteria: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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		<span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en">Individuals that successfully served as leader of a disaster preparedness</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and/or response organization with positive outcomes.<br />
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		<span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en">Communities that have educated, organized and assembled a cohesive</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span>team of leaders in community preparedness of disaster medicine and/or</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>management response.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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	<span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en">For submission details, visit </span><a href="http://www.aapsus.org/aadm-award-nomination"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en; text-underline: none">http://www.aapsus.org/aadm-award-nomination</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en"><font color="#000000">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>T</font><span style="color: black">he deadline for submissions is April 30, 2011. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</span>Recipient(s) will be announced at the June 25, 2011 American Association of Physician Specialists House of Delegates and Annual Scientific Meeting in McLean, VA. The conference focus is &ldquo;What Every Physician Should Know About Disasters&rdquo;.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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	<span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en">The American Academy of Disaster Medicine was founded to promote the practice of disaster health care, ensuring that all physicians are aware and prepared to effectively respond to future disasters </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en"><font color="#000000">either natural or man-made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>AADM is an affiliate academy of the </font></span><a href="http://www.aapsus.org/" title="American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc.®"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en; text-underline: none">American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc.</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en"><font color="#000000">, the governing body of the </font></span><a href="http://www.abpsus.org/" title="American Board of Physician Specialties®"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en; text-underline: none">American Board of Physician Specialties</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'arial', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en"><font color="#000000"> which certifies <span style="color: black">allopathic and osteopathic physicians in 17 specialties including disaster medicine.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
