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AMA Nathan Davis awards presented to 8 public officials
■ The highest public service standards in government are recognized.
By Damon Adams — Posted March 12, 2007
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The American Medical Association last month honored eight public officials with the 2007 Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service for their dedication to health care. This year's honors and recipients are:
- U.S. senator: Sen. Gordon Smith (R, Ore.).
- U. S. representative: then Rep. Sherrod Brown (D, Ohio). Brown is now a U.S. senator for the state of Ohio.
- Member of a state legislature: Connecticut State Sen. Toni Harp and North Carolina State Sen. William R. Purcell, MD.
- Member of executive branch serving by presidential appointment: Margaret Giannini, MD, director, Health and Human Services Office on Disability.
- Member of executive branch in career public service: Doug Lowy, MD, chief, Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute; John Schiller, PhD, head, Neoplastic Disease Section, Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute.
- Career public servant at the local level: Dora Ann Mills, MD, MPH, director, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
"Award winners ... are a testament to the important role public officials play in creating and implementing health policy that benefits Americans," AMA President William G. Plested III, MD, said in a statement.
The awards recognize the highest public service standards and are among the most prestigious honors for government service that advances public health, AMA officials said.
ABC's chief Washington correspondent, George Stephanopoulos, presented the awards Feb. 13 during the AMA National Advocacy Conference in Washington, D.C.
