Awards

The OAFP Foundation (Foundation) is pleased to sponsor the following awards:

Family Physician Mentorship Award

The Foundation is pleased to announce that Tamara Huson, MD, FAAFP, DABFM, of Cincinnati, OH, is the recipient of its 2026 Family Physician Mentorship Award.

The Foundation annually presents the Family Physician Mentorship Award to recognize a community-based Ohio family physician who, as a preceptor, has exhibited exemplary qualities and characteristics of mentorship excellence.

Dr. Huson, a staff physician at Bon Secours Mercy Health in Mason, OH, and a volunteer assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, was selected for her highly intentional approach to the learning environment.

Her nominators described her as a “mentor in the fullest, most intentional sense of the word,” ranking her among the top preceptors in the region. Supporting letters from those she has trained highlight the depth of her impact. Former student Jared Barrilleaux, MD, noted that Dr. Huson “never missed an opportunity to turn a patient encounter into a learning experience,” often calling students into rooms specifically to think critically about physical examinations.

By receiving this award, Dr. Huson joins a distinguished list of Ohio physicians recognized for their commitment to the future of the specialty. For Dr. Huson, the honor is a reflection of the “unseen thread” of mentorship that she has carried from her own training into her practice in Ohio. As she stated in her personal reflection, “Mentorship lives… in the way we teach, the way we encourage, the way we make room for others to grow.”

For additional information and quotes from award supporters, please read the article in the Weekly Family Medicine Update.

Congratulations, Dr. Huson!

• A nominee must be a community-based Ohio family physician preceptor who is not a fully affiliated, paid faculty member of a medical school
• The Foundation’s Leroy A. Rodgers, MD, Preceptorship Program family physician preceptors are eligible for nomination, but nominations are not limited to those program preceptors
• Has been in practice more than three years
• Preference given to OAFP members.

• Is an outstanding community-based Ohio family physician mentor/preceptor role model
• Provided encouragement and constructive feedback
• Provided guidance for individual’s career goals, career planning, and growth
• Helped individual through personal exploration and identification of core values
• Provided a close, supportive, and collaborative relationship
• Provided advice and skills development.

Ohio medical school departments of family medicine, family medicine interest group advisors, medical students, and residents are encouraged to nominate preceptors who have demonstrated exemplary precepting skills.

Individuals who have been nominated but not selected in the past can be nominated in subsequent years. The top three physicians who were nominated but not selected for the current year’s award will automatically be considered as candidates the following year. Those candidates can only rollover once, but can be re-nominated for consideration beginning the process anew.

Nominations for the 2027 award will open in the spring. To nominate an individual, please send a letter of nomination that addresses award criterion to:
Foundation Family Physician Mentorship Award
4075 North High St.
Columbus, OH 43214-3296
Fax: 614.267.9191
Email: kmcguffie@ohioafp.org

2009 – Linda Stone, MD
2010 – Rob Crane, MD
2015 – Stephen Ulrich, MD
2016 – Shelley Blackburn, MD
2017 – Chad Garven, MD
2018 – Jaividhya Dasarathy, MD
2019 – Scott J. Anzalone, MD
2020 – Mary E. Krebs, MD, FAAFP
2021 – Anna L. Nelson, MD
2022 – Lisa Johns, MD
2023 – Anna McMaster, MD, FAAFP
2024 – Saba Qureshi, MD
2025 – Roma Amin, MD, FAAFP
2026 – Tamara A. Huson, MD, FAAFP, DABFM

Ohio Philanthropist of the Year

The Philanthropist of the Year Award was established in December 1997 by the Board of Trustees to recognize an individual or individuals with a proven record of exceptional generosity who, through direct financial support, has demonstrated outstanding civic and charitable responsibility, and whose generosity encourages others to take philanthropic leadership roles on a community, national, or international level.

• Evidence of direct gift support to the specialty of family medicine, either through the Foundation or through the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation
• Description of the impact of this gift on the Foundation or the AAFP Foundation
• Evidence of encouragement and motivation given to others to take leadership roles in philanthropy and community involvement
• Description of participation in and gift support of other not-for-profit organizations in the community or internationally
• Evidence of philanthropic support of innovative approaches to solving problems.

Based on the nomination criteria for this award, candidates are typically chosen by the Foundation Board of Trustees. However, if you have a candidate in mind, please contact Deputy Executive Vice President Kaitlin McGuffie or call 800.742.7327.