CAFP Awards

The deadline to nominate your peers for the 2023 CAFP Family Medicine Awards has been extended to February 6, 2023. These awards are limited to physicians, residents, and practices in Family Medicine.

Information about each award can be found below. Honorees will be celebrated at the awards ceremony held during the CAFP Foundation Annual Summit May 4-7, 2023.

Family Physician of the Year

The Family Physician of the Year Award recognizes an outstanding family physician who provides exceptional care, enhances their community, is a role model professionally and personally, and is an exemplary representative of the AAFP, CAFP, and family medicine profession.

If you would like to nominate a physician, please fill out this form and send to Ryan Biehle (Ryan@coloradoafp.org), or complete this online form.

Family Medicine Teacher of the Year 

The Family Medicine Teacher of the Year Award recognizes an exceptional family medicine educator, teaching part-time, full-time, or volunteer. Nominees should demonstrate dedication to preparing the next generation of family physicians to provide excellent, patient-centered care.

If you would like to nominate a teacher, please use this form and send to Ryan Biehle (Ryan@coloradoafp.org), or complete this online form.

Family Medicine Resident of the Year

The Family Medicine Resident of the Year Award recognizes a first, second or third-year resident who demonstrates clinical, academic or teaching excellence and a dedication to patients, colleagues, and the community.

If you would like to nominate a resident, please use this form and send to Ryan Biehle (Ryan@coloradoafp.org), or complete this online form.

Practice Award for Health Equity and Community Engagement

The Practice Award for Health Equity and Community Engagement is intended to highlight and celebrate practices in family medicine that are making progress in reducing racial and other health disparities. The practice receiving the award will receive $1,000 from the CAFP Foundation.

If you would like to nominate a clinic or practice, please use this form and send to Ryan Biehle (Ryan@coloradoafp.org), or complete this online form.

For questions about the CAFP Awards, please contact Ryan Biehle at ryan@coloradoafp.org or 303-696-6655 x 1.

Colorado Academy of Family Physicians Awards

Year	Physician of the Year	Resident of the Year	Teacher of the Year
1981		Thomas A. Richards, MD S. Colorado
1982		Paul Salmen, MD St. Joseph	R. Neil Chisolm, MD
1983		Joseph M. Murphy, MD Mercy	Edward Bender, MD
1984		Stanley J. Malner, MD AF Williams	David Williams, MD
1985		Richard Wheeler, MD Mercy	Aris Sophocles, Jr, MD
1986		Erica Elliott, MD Mercy	Edward Bender, MD
1987		Mary Ruth Salazar-Tier, MD St. Joseph	Richard Nicholas, MD
1988	Mark Alping, MD Parke Davis Teacher Development Award	Scott Corliss, MD & Carl Frickman, MD	Jim Ley, MD
1989	John Simon, MD	Sally C. Berger, MD St. Joseph	John Tarr, MD
1990	Andre Huffmire, MD Mead Johnson Award for Graduate Medical Education in Family Medicine	Mary Fairbanks, MD CHSC Family Center & Patrick Sankovitz, MD Mercy	David Nowles, MD
1991	David West, MD	Patricia Ammon, MD Grand Junction	David Price, MD
1992	Robert N. Williams, MD	David D. Candelaria, MD St. Joseph	Christopher Shearer, MD
1993	Phillip J. Mohler, MD	Sherry Whisenant, MD	Penelope Thron-Weber, MD
1994	Mark Olson, MD	Daniel Smith, DO St. Joseph	Richard Patt, MD
1995	Kent Petrie, MD	Warren Thompson, MD St. Joseph	Sherman Straw, MD Grand Junction
1996	Michael Victoroff, MD	Frederick Grover, MD UCHSC	Wilson Pace, MD University
1997	Dean Branson, DO	Elizabeth Winfield, MD Swedish	Frank Reed, MD
1998	50 Superheros	Elliot Bruhl, MD St. Joseph	50 Superheros
1999	M. Lee Schmucker, MD	Todd Wampler, MD Ft. Collins	Mark Deutchman, MD University
2000	Mark Sindler, MD	Robert Reeg, MD St Anthony	John Hill, DO Rose
2001	John Ford, MD	Eliz Albritton, MD Ft. Collins	Richard Drexelius, MD Swedish
2002	Thomas Kail, MD	Jon Zonca, MD Rose	Mark Cucuzella, MD University
2003	Jerome Smith, MD	Darcy Scheeler, MD AF Williams	Andre Huffmire, MD Craig
2004	Scott Rollins, MD	Graham Chelius, MD N. Colorado	William Wignall, MD
2005	Marnie Eulberg, MD	Reed Sather, MD Grand Junction	Martha Illige, MD University
2006	Martin Pirnat, MD	Laura Makaroff, DO UCHSC	Kajsa Harris, DO Pueblo
2007	Mike Pramenko, MD	Reeves Bowler, MD St. Mary’s	Marc Grushan, MD Rose
2008	Robert McCurry, DO	Kim Bentrott, MD St. Anthony	Laura Stein, MD Pueblo
2009	Caroline Reilly, MD	Sameerah al-Bata’a-de-Montero, MD University of Colorado Hospital	Barbara Kelly, MD AF Williams
2010	Kent Voorhees, MD,	Zach Wachtl, MD RFMR	Dan Fahrenholtz, MD, MBA Greeley
2011	Scott Hammond, MD Westminster	Toby Long, MD St. Mary’s Grand Junction	Brian Bacak, MD Rose
2012	Kern Low, MD Pueblo	Sarah DeMoor, MD, Greeley, and Lisa Young, DO, Greeley	Katherine Miller, MD University
2013	Paul Fonken, MD Estes Park	Patrick Smith, MD Swedish	Candace Murbach, DO Pueblo
2014	John Bender, MD Ft. Collins	Gina Martin, MD Grand Junction	Corey Lyon, MD Denver
2015	Elias Hernandez, MD Ft. Morgan	Kari Mader, MD University of Colorado	Leah Cooper, MD Swedish
2016	Mary Fairbanks, MD Denver	Michael Matergia, MD St. Joseph	Kurt Dallow, MD Greeley
2017	Steve Lavengood, MD Durango	Brenda Campos-Spitze, MD Greeley	Jeff Cook, MD Greeley
2018	Gary Knaus, MD Carbondale	Cleveland Piggott, MD University of Colorado, Denver	John Miller, MD St. Anthony North, Denver
2019	Glenn Kotz, MD Basalt	Claire Bovet, MD St. Joseph	Katherine Boyd-Trull, MD University
2020	Alan-Michael Vargas, MD Glenwood Springs	Daniel Dyer, MD Greeley	Keith Dickerson, MD Grand Junction
2021	Sharry Veres, MD	Franklin Niblock, MD Denver	Jennifer Caragol, MD Lafayette
2022	Aimee English, MD Denver	Shawnecca Burke, MD Denver	Kent Voorheen, MD Centennial

CAFP Foundation Patient-Centered Innovation Awards 

Year	Practice
2010	Westminster Family Medicine
2011	Miramont Family Medicine
2012	Primary Care Partners
2013	New West Physicians
2014	AF Williams Family Medicine
2015	University of Family Medicine of Westminster/Boulder
2016	University of Colorado Primary Care Clinic at Lone Tree
2017	Rocky Kohsla – Concussion Consultants at Centura
2018	Roaring Fork Family Practice