The ACOFP Distinguished Fellow Award (FACOFP dist.) acknowledges those Fellows who have distinguished themselves through contributions and service to ACOFP by convention attendance, as well as by their support of the ACOFP’s local and national governance and committees.
Candidates must complete at least four of the five Category One requirements and the Category Two requirement since their Fellow induction year. The Distinguished Fellow award in the ACOFP may be conferred on an active ACOFP member in good standing, with no current restrictions on any medical licenses at the time of application, who meets the following category requirements:
Financial Contributions:Contributions of at least $1,500 total to the ACOFP Foundation, Auxiliary to the ACOFP, ACOFP speaker honorarium donations and other donations to ACOFP committee activities or educational program development. Political contributions do not qualify. Documentation must be submitted.
Fellow Sponsorship: Sponsorship of three (3) or more completed Fellows. The third Fellow Award sponsorship can occur during the same ceremony they receive their Distinguished Fellow Award.
Academic Service: Participation in osteopathic education, not as part of their regular job. Academic service includes presenting or moderating at an ACOFP national, regional, or state convention, precepting osteopathic medical students or having residents on rotation as an elective in a private office setting. Documentation must be submitted of at least three (3) instances of service prior to applying.
National ACOFP Service: Participation on a national ACOFP committee, task force, delegate, or ACOFP Board of Governors for a minimum of ten (10) years prior to applying.
Regional, State or Local Service: Participation on an osteopathic family medicine related committee, task force, delegate, ACOFP regional or state society board or local medical/hospital board.
Candidate must have attended at least twenty (20) ACOFP Annual Convention and Scientific Seminars or AOA Annual Osteopathic Medical Conference and Exposition since their Fellow induction year. Virtual attendance is limited to a maximum of fifty percent of meetings. Attendance in person is required for the convention that you receive your award. Documentation must be submitted.
Fellows who actively have served in the military may request a waiver of this requirement after ten (10) years of active Fellowship.
ACOFP State or Regional Society Presidents may annually nominate two deceased Fellows from their state society to receive a posthumous Distinguished Fellow Award.
Completed application submission is November 15, 2024 for consideration at the Conclave of Fellows Awards Ceremony during the ACOFP Annual Convention & Scientific Seminars in Palm Springs, California.