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Geriatrician & Gerontologist of the Year Awards 

Each year, the Arizona Geriatrics Society recognizes exemplary and outstanding health care professionals who are passionate about caring for older adults and have made significant contributions in the field of geriatric medicine or gerontology. Nominations can only be submitted by members of the Arizona Geriatrics Society; however, membership is not required for the nominee.
 

  • The Geriatrician of the Year Award is open to all Arizona licensed prescribers including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and pharmacists.

  • Gerontologist of the Year Award is open to all Arizona health care professionals including nurses, social workers, case managers, therapists, psychologists and any other individual who is a non-prescriber.

 

SELECTION CRITERIA


The following criteria are used to evaluate:
 

  • Demonstration of exemplary inter-professional geriatric practice or education

  • Impact in the community and/or place of employment as a result of the nominee’s activities

  • Scope or length of service​​

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2025 Award Winners​

 Geriatrician of the Year

Charles Lew, MD

 Geriatric Evaluation Program Director

Southern Arizona Health Care Systems

Gerontologist of the Year

Brenda Tousley, DNP, AGCNS-BC, ACCNS-AG, ANVP-BC 
Banner University Medical Center

 Lifetime Achievement Award

Nimit Agarwal, MD

Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program Director, University of Arizona, Phoenix
Director of the Center for Healthy Aging, Banner - UMC, Phoenix

Student of the Year

Jacob Lahti

Award Nomination Form

Past Award Recipients

2024
Geriatrician of the Year - Alicia Mangram, MD

Gerontologist of the Year - Veronica Carmack,  RN
Lifetime Achievement Award - Paul Stander, MD

2023
Geriatrician of the Year - Ganesh Gopalakrishna, MD

Gerontologist of the Year - Dawn Gerber, PharmD
Lifetime Achievement Award - Gillian Hamilton, MD
 

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