Honoring the Best in
Home-Based Medical Care
Recognition & Excellence - AAHCM Annual Awards
Annual Awards
2025 Award Recipients
House Call Physician of the Year
Recognizes a home care physician who provides the highest quality of services and innovative programs, and who demonstrates excellent and continued dedication to the field.
2025 WINNER Peter M. Gliatto, MD
2024 Rebecca Conant, MD
2021 Meng Zhang, MD
2019 Paul Chiang, MD
2023 Matthew Richards, MD
2020 Danielle Anderson, MD
2018 Monica Vandivort, MD
House Call Educator of the Year
Recognizes an educator who mirrors the highest standards of excellence in teaching home care medicine and has made long-standing contributions to the profession.
2025 WINNER Alan Abrams, MD
2024 Greg Snyder, MD, MBA
2022 Rachel Miller, MD, MSEd
2023 Melissa Morgan-Gouveia, MD
2020 Katherine Wang, MD
House Call Clinician of the Year
Recognizes an outstanding clinician — including NPs, social workers, and PAs — who has made significant contributions to quality healthcare for homebound patients.
2025 WINNER Evelyn Akanbi, DNP
2024 Jean-Claude Provost, APRN
2022 Sarah Paez, MS, GNP-BC
2023 Megan Graeser, DNP
2020 Tammy Browning, PA-C
Dan Gilden Creative Investigator Award
Given to an exceptional investigator for their innovative body of work advancing the field of home care medicine research.
2025 WINNER Meike Niederhausen, PhD
2024 Emily Franzosa, DrPH
2022 David Levine, MD, MPH
2023 Orla Sheehan, MD, PhD
2021 Jennifer Reckrey, MD
Bob Sowislo Person of the Year Award
Presented annually to a person who embodies the qualities that Bob Sowislo showed every day: humility, persistence, and dedication to human potential.
2025 WINNER George Taler, MD
2024 Thomas Lally, MD
2022 Bruce Kinosian, MD
2023 Hank Ross, MBA
2020 Robert Sowislo, MBA
House Call Interdisciplinary Team of the Year
Recognizes an outstanding interdisciplinary team that has made significant contributions to quality healthcare for homebound patients.
2025 WINNER Queen's University Medical Group — Geriatrics HBPC
Sarah Racsa, MD · Jessica Ackerman, APRN · Razlyn Tabil, RN · Marisa Yamauchi, LCSW
2024 Rush@Home — Elizabeth Davis, MD; Sara Marin, MD; Abbas Rizvi, DO + 7 others
2023 Housecall Providers — Ashley Schumacher, NP; Crystal Delatorre, MA + 2 others
Join Us at the 2026 Annual Meeting
Awards are presented each year at the Annual Meeting. Join us in Indianapolis, November 4–6, 2026 to celebrate this year's honorees.