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APTA Academy of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary PT Member AwardsThe Academy seeks to honor members that have made significant contributions towards the advancement of our mission and vision through excellence in clinical practice, education, research, and service. Play a significant supporting role in helping your colleagues receive recognition for their achievements by nominating the person or persons you feel are most deserving of an Academy Member Award.
Academy Announces 2026 Member Award Recipients The Academy will be honoring the following individuals at CSM 2026: CVP Resident of the Year 2025 - Arianna Farnsworth Merit Award - Michael Tevald Mentor Award - Haley Bento Bauer Clinical Excellence Award - Joyce Kishba CVP Resident of the Year - Arianna Farnsworth Emerging Leader - Jenna Hightower Friend of the Academy - Dr. Peter Morris Recipients of the Linda Crane Memorial Lecture Award and the Ellen Hillegass Lecture Leadership Development and Innovation in Mentorship Award will be announced at CSM. Congratulations to this year's recipients! Thank you to everyone who completed a nomination. The Mentoring, Merit, Emerging Leader, Christa Nicole Bauer Award for Clinical Excellence, Outstanding Cardiopulmonary Resident of the Year, and Friend of the Academy Awards are awarded at CSM each year. The Linda Crane Award is announced at CSM after the conclusion of the Linda Crane Lecture and awarded at the following year's CSM. Ellen Hillegass Lecture is awarded at Fall Conference and will be announced at CMS 2026. CPTJ Awards are decided by our Editor-In-Chief and his team and the Best Platform and Poster Awards are decided by our Research Committee. For more details on the awards and to make a nomination, please links below. Please contact us if you need to confirm the nominee is an Academy Member. Nominations for all awards given at CSM 2026 are due by October 1st, 2025
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Awards were presented at CSM 2025 in Houston on February 13th during our Membership Meeting.
Nominations are accepted year-round but must be received by Oct 1st for consideration in 2025. |
