We are pleased to announce ACAIM Leadership Award recipients for 2024. Each year ACAIM awards two prestigious recognitions – Emerging Leader Award and Distinguished Leader Award.

2024 ACAIM Emerging Leader Award
Dr. Nathan Christopherson (Northwell Health, New York)
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2024 ACAIM Distinguished Leader Award
Dr. Vikas Kapil (Chief Medical Officer and Associate Director for Science, Center for Global Health / CDC, Co-Founder of ACAIM)
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Leadership Award Nominees are reviewed by an independently operating ACAIM Awards Committee, in unbiased fashion, utilizing a standardized evaluation process. The following criteria are utilized to identify Leadership Award Recipients:

The ACAIM Distinguished Leader Award – To be selected by the Awards Committee, the candidate must:

• Demonstrate a long-term, deep commitment to international medicine;
• Have made an exceptional contributions to improving health internationally, through research, education and/or service;
• Demonstrate outstanding leadership skills;
• Be well published in academic journals;
• Be well-recognized in the international medicine community nationally and internationally;
• Have played a key role in advocating for, implementing or advancing international medicine policies and/or programs.

The ACAIM Emerging Leader Award – To be selected by the Awards Committee, the candidate must:

• Have shown outstanding achievement in education, research, advocacy and/or service in international medicine;
• Have collaborated with colleagues in limited resource settings;
• Have published in academic journals; and
• Have demonstrated leadership in international medicine organizations.