IMS Awards

Each year, IMS recognizes physicians, laypersons, and organizations who have provided outstanding contributions to IMS, the profession of medicine, or public health by presenting the awards below. The following awards are presented annually at the President’s Reception and Awards Ceremony:

IMS/COPIC Physician Humanitarian Award

Presented each year to a physician in Iowa for volunteer medical services and contributions to their community through principles focused on human dignity, social justice, and compassion. This award specifically looks to recognize those individuals who unassumingly volunteer outside of the spectrum of their day to day lives. The recipient of the award designates a $10,000 donation from IMS/COPIC to be provided to a health care related 501(c)(3) organization within Iowa. Past awardees include:

2024 - David Muller, MD
2023 - Jay Brown, MD
2022 - Hendrik Schultz, MD
2021 - Selden Spencer, MD
2020 - James Bell, MD
2019 - Katherine Imborek, MD & Nicole Nisly, MD
2018 - Jennifer Groos, MD

Merit Award

John F. Sanford Award

Washington Freeman Peck Award

Given to a lay organization to honor their contributions to public health. This award is named after Dr. Washington Freeman Peck, the principal agent behind the establishment of the State University of Iowa Medical Department in Iowa City, the institutional forebear of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Past awardees include:

2024 - Urban Bicycle Food Ministry
2023 - CHP Community
2022 - Domestic Violence Intervention Program
2021 - EMBARC (The Ethnic Minorities of Burma Advocacy and Resource Center)
2020 - Accessibility for All
2019 - Shelter House
2018 - Iowa Radio Reading Information Service

IMS Awards

Iowa Medical Society