James Slayton National Award for Leadership Excellence
Award Overview
The James Slayton National Award for Leadership Excellence is named in honor of an exemplary former AMSA National President and AMSA Foundation President. One AMSA leader whose exemplary achievement in leadership and management fosters the development of inspiring physician leaders will be awarded.
Eligibility Requirements
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- Any 2025-2026 National leader.
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- The AMSA President and Fellows are NOT eligible for consideration.
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- Nominees should be those that have exceptionally performed above and beyond the level of their position expectations to advance the organization forward.
Nomination & Selection Process
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- Nomination Process: Nominations will be accepted through October 16, 2026. Individuals may submit nominations for eligible candidates using the designated award nomination form.
- Selection Process: Eligible nominations will be reviewed by an AMSA Awards Selection Committee between October 19 and October 30, 2026. Winners will be selected by the committee by November 02, 2026, with award recipients recognized by AMSA following completion of the selection process.
Questions? Contact us at amsa@amsa.org.
Past Award Recipients
2025: Oscar Cazares, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
2024: Oluwatoni Adebisi, All Saints University School of Medicine, Dominica
2023: Anishaa Sivakumar, Yale University School of Medicine
2022: Andres F. Diaz, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson
2021: Thomas Pak, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
2020: Avanthi Jayaweera, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
2019: Nicole Zambolla, Medical University of Lublin
2018: Ton La, Jr., Baylor College of Medicine
2017: Yokaira Camilo Mena, Universidad Iberoamericana SOM
2016: Smit Deliwala, St. James School of Medicine – St. Vincent
