FMEC Awards

     View the 2025 Awards Booklet

     Each year, the FMEC awards recognize individuals for their work to advance family     
     medicine and primary care in the region and nationally.  Click below to learn more
     about each award:

Family Physicians Changing Our World Mid-Career Faculty Achievement Emerging Leaders
This We Believe Creative Writing Visual Arts

 

Congratulations the 2025 FMEC Award Winners! - View News Release

Family Physicians Changing Our World
Novneet N. Sahu, MD, MPA, FAAEM, FAAFP, FACEP
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Interim Chair Department of Family Medicine Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Mid-Career Faculty Achievement
James Mercuri, LCSW
Director of Behavioral Science
UPMC St. Margaret Family Medicine Residency

Emerging Leader
Zachary Kosak, MD
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

This We Believe
Crystal M. Marquez, MD, FAAFP - "To Tell or Not to Tell: The Art of Human Connection in Family Medicine”
Montefiore/Albert Einstein

Creative Writing - Poetry
Mary Kristine Ellis, MD, FAAFP, ABOM – 1st place poem
"Underneath the Mask"
Mount Sinai South Nassau

Najya A. Williams, MD – 2nd place poem
“The Encounter”
UPMC St. Margaret Family Medicine Residency

Creative WritingProse

Samantha Williams, MD -  1st place prose (tie)
"Unlocking the Mirror to One's Soul"
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Phelps Hospital Program

Srijesa Khasnabish, DO  - 1st place prose (tie)
“To Diagnose or Not to Diagnose: Reflections from A Home Visit in Urban India”
University of Massachusetts Medical Center Fitchburg Family Practice

Yuki Takeuchi, MD - Prose Honorable Mention
“Family Medicine Across the Oceans”
Geriatrics Fellow and Former Family Medicine Resident University of Rochester Medical Center

Creative Writing - Prose Poem
Brianna Moyer, MD – 1st -place prose poem
"Morning Rounds"
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Family Medicine Residency Program

Jessica Faraci, MD – 2nd place prose poem
"Your PCP"
Maine Health

Sarah M. Minney, MD - Prose Poem Honorable Mention
"Real Medicine"
University of Rochester Family Medicine