Call for Award Nominations
Each year, NDMA extends honors to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the profession of medicine.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Nominations are accepted from April through August.
If you know of a deserving individual, NDMA hopes you will choose to submit a nomination.
AWARD PRESENTATIONS
Awards are presented during NDMA's fall Annual Meeting. For 2026, the Annual Meeting will be held in Grand Forks on October 16 at the Alerus.
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Physician Community and Professional Services
The Physician Community and Professional Services Award is given to an NDMA member physician recognized for outstanding leadership and service to the profession of medicine.
Friend of Medicine
The Friend of Medicine Award is awarded to a non-physician who has distinguished themselves by serving as an effective advocate for health care, patient services, or the profession of medicine.
For more information, contact the NDMA office at 701-223-9475.
To nominate someone for the NDMA Physician Community and Professional Services Award or Friend of Medicine Award, download the document here. The document contains the nomination criteria and a nomination form.
FILLABLE FORM: For your convenience, you can download a form here. For best results, download the fillable form, then use it and save it to your computer.
Copic Humanitarian Award
Recognizing volunteer physicians and how they improve health care
About the Copic Humanitarian Award
Copic is a mission-driven medical professional liability company that uses insurance as a tool to improve medicine and is committed to helping physicians, providers, and facilities in the communities they serve.
As part of their core values and corporate social responsibility, Copic is pleased to expand engagement and support of communities by giving back through the Copic Humanitarian Award.
The Copic Humanitarian Award is presented annually to honor an NDMA physician member for volunteer medical services and contributions to their community.
Copic specifically looks to recognize individuals who unassumingly volunteer outside the spectrum of their day-to-day lives.
The recipient of the award designates a $10,000 donation from Copic to be provided to a health care-related 501(c)(3) organization within their respective state.
To nominate a physician for the Copic Award, complete the online application form here.
For more information, contact Laura Wadleigh at the Copic office at 1-800-421-1834 or learn more here.