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:

Congratulations the 2025 FMEC Award Winners! - View News Release

Family Physicians Changing Our World
John N. Boll, Jr., DO, FAAFP
UPMC Rural Family Medicine Residency, Program Director
UPMC Williamsport Family Medicine Residency, Associate Director

Mid-Career Faculty Achievement
Krishna M. Desai, MD, FAAFP
Columbia University Medical Center
New York Presbyterian Hospital Family Medicine Residence

Emerging Leader
Stacy Bartlett, MD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
UPMC Shadyside Family Medicine Residency

Odinaka Anyanwu, MD
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University 

This We Believe
Sandy Wang, MD, MPH - “I Believe Patients are People”
University of Rochester

Carla Jardim, MD – “The Value of Things Not Measured”
Hunterdon Family Medicine Residency

Creative Writing - Prose
Stacey Robert, MD – 1^st place prose
“The Seasons of Life”
Program Director, WellSpan York Hospital FM Residency

Hugh Silk, MD, MPH, FAAFP – 2^nd place prose (tie)
“Letter to Myself on My First Day”
Professor and Vice Chair of Community Health, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Najya A. Williams, MSIV -  2^nd place prose (tie)
“Code T”
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University 

Tshering Sherpa, DO  - 3^rd place prose
“Unveiling a layer of Global Health: Exploring flaws and Benefits through Narrative Medicine”
Phelps Family Medicine Residency Program

Creative Writing - Poetry
Srijesa Khasnabish, DO, PGY-2 – 1^st -place poetry
“No Time for Loss”
University of Massachusetts Medical Center,
Fitchburg Family Practice

Mary Rose Puthiyamadam, MD – 2^nd place poetry
“Doctor Daughter”
Phelps Family Medicine Residency Program