APA Regions facilitate local and regional engagement for members of the APA. Learn more about APA Regions here.

Region Co-Chair Nominations

APA’s Special Interest Groups (SIGs) provide a forum for members to collaborate and facilitate in a particular area of general pediatrics. Learn more about APA SIGs here.

SIG Co-Chair Nominations 

Nomination forms close March 17th.

These opportunities are open to ALL APA Members!
If you know someone who would like to get involved with the APA, please forward this information to them!
For questions please contact info@academicpeds.org

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The APA is looking for individuals who are interested in assisting the Board of Directors with setting the direction of the Association’s programs and services. Everyone can engage with the APA; there are numerous leadership opportunities with different time commitments. By becoming a volunteer leader, you can have direct impact on the Association’s work and advance your career.

Getting involved is easy! Complete the interest form, select which opportunities interest you, submit your CV and a short statement of interest. There are many different ways and areas you can engage in and give back to the APA. Below are the positions available and their descriptions.

Volunteer Today

Deadline to Apply is January 13, 2025.

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This position is now available via the 2025 Call for Member Leaders! Please consider applying for the role.

To read more on Dr. Broder-Fingert’s new role and share your well wishes, please see this press release: https://www.umassmed.edu/news/news-archives/2024/11/sarabeth-broder-fingert-named-new-executive-director-of-shriver-center-at-umass-chan/

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The APA is looking for individuals who are interested in assisting the Board of Directors with setting the direction of the Association’s programs and services. Everyone can engage with the APA; there are numerous leadership opportunities with different time commitments. By becoming a volunteer leader, you can have direct impact on the Association’s work and advance your career.

Getting involved is easy! Complete the interest form, select which opportunities interest you, submit your CV and a short statement of interest. There are many different ways and areas you can engage in and give back to the APA. Below are the positions available and their descriptions.

Volunteer Today

Deadline to Apply is January 13, 2025.

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Call for Nominations for the 2025 Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr. Leadership Award

The death of Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr., MD, in 1986, removed from American pediatrics a leader with vision and selfless dedication to the ideal of excellence. His concern for the patient and the future of health care was well known. Certainly, he was a leader in the forums addressing issues concerning the future of pediatric education and research. It seemed appropriate, therefore, to honor his memory in a manner that would remind present and future generations of pediatricians that one individual can make a difference, and all should try, when the health care of children is at stake.

The member societies of the Federation of Pediatric Organizations established an endowment fund for what is now the Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr. Leadership Award. Dr. St.
Geme’s stature in pediatrics was reflected by his meaningful participation in all facets of pediatrics as demonstrated by the sponsorship of this award by these societies:

Academic Pediatric Association
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics
American Pediatric Society
Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs
Association of Pediatric Program Directors
Society for Pediatric Research

This award was established as an effort on the part of these organizations to honor the life, work, and memory of Joe St. Geme and to memorialize his many contributions to and his aspirations for pediatrics. Many of Dr. St. Geme’s friends and colleagues have contributed to this award as well as major contributions from Ross Laboratories, Hoechst Roussel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Connaught Laboratories, Inc., Merck & Company, Inc., and Mead Johnson Nutrition.

Criteria for Selection

1. The individual must be a pediatrician who is perceived as a role model for others to emulate, as a clinician, an educator, and/or an investigator.
2. The individual must be a leader who has “created a future” for pediatrics and for children and has played an active role in one or more organizations sponsoring this award.
3. The individual should preferably have a record of broad sustained contributions to pediatrics that have had or will have a major impact on child health.
4. The individual must be currently active in pediatrics. *what defines “active” is at the discretion of each of the 7 organizations.
5. The individual can be a retired member of any of the pediatric organizations sponsoring this award.
6. The individual must not be an active FOPO Board member. Full list of current FOPO Board members may be found at www.fopo.org/leadership.

Dr. St. Geme was to have been President of the American Pediatric Society in its 100th year and was to preside at the APS spring meetings. For this reason, the spring meetings of the APS have been the venue for the award presentation each year. The first award was presented on May 3, 1988.

Past Recipients

Nominations

Self-nominations and individual nominations from the larger community must go through at least 1 of the 7-member organizations (contact information listed below under submission instructions). Each member organization is responsible for reviewing all individual nominations submitted to them and selecting no more than 2 nominations to submit to the St. Geme Selection Committee. This means, each organization can submit up to 2 nominations, one on behalf of their organization, and the second on behalf of an individual.

Deadline to submit to an organization: COB, December 12th

Nomination Materials

• 1 primary nomination letter from primary nominator from the pediatric
  community describing why their candidate meets the St. Geme criteria.
• Up to 2 additional letters of support (these can include any extenuating
  circumstances as to why the candidate should be selected or a summary of
  multiple support letters).
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Submission Instructions
Email your nomination materials to at least 1 of the following organizations no later than COB, Thursday, December 12th. Subject line should read:
NOMINATION St. Geme Award – FOPO

• AAP: Sean Diederich, sdiederich@aap.org
• AMSPDC: Elizabeth Pate, elizabeth@amspdc.org
• APA: Jessica Konrath, jessica@academicpeds.org
• SPR: Liz Giannini, liz.Giannini@societyforpediatricresearch.org
• APPD: Colleen Hughes, colleen@appd.org
• ABP: Kristen Paoli, KPaoli@abpeds.org
• APS: Lisa Thompson, lthompson@aps1888.org

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Every year, the Academic Pediatric Association (APA) honors individuals that have achieved excellence in health care delivery, public policy and advocacy, research, teaching and mentoring through one of their prestigious awards. The APA invites you to nominate a colleague or yourself for a 2025 award.

View the open opportunities and apply here: Awards – Academic Pediatric Association (academicpeds.org)

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Abstracts will be considered in the following categories:

• QI intervention evaluations from single or multi-center institutions
• Studies focused on understanding context in the implementation and dissemination of interventions
• Quality measure development and validation
• Formative descriptions of QI intervention development (e.g., pre-work/planning/establishing baseline performance)

Workshops (aka Breakout Session proposals) are highly interactive 90-minute sessions designed to teach content related to Quality Improvement, Implementation Science, and/or Patient Safety through engaging hands-on activities.  Submissions must include detailed proposed 90-minute agendas. Introductory to advanced level Breakout Sessions are welcome.

Submit an abstract or workshop proposal here: QI Meeting – Academic Pediatric Association (academicpeds.org)

*Deadline to submit an abstract is December 15, 2024 at 11:59 pm ET.

*Deadline to submit a workshop proposal is October 30, 2024 at 11:59 pm ET.

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President-Elect
Diversity and Inclusion Committee Chair
Education Committee Chair
Nominating Committee (2)

Those interested, but not yet ready to apply can enter their contact information in the short form at the bottom of this page.

Individuals wishing to apply should complete the application below. The deadline has passed. If you are interested in applying or have any questions please email info@academicpeds.org. 

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