Pride in the Profession Award

Judith T. Broder, MD, psychiatrist, The Soldiers Project, Los Angeles, Calif.

Judith Broder, MD, launched The Soldiers Project, offering free and confidential mental health services for the military and their families, providing help for issues such as PTSD, depression, and family problems.  The program has expanded to Seattle, Chicago, New York City, Sacramento and San Diego.

Javier Davila, MD, internist and infectious disease specialist, American Indian Healing Center, Whittier, Calif.

American Indians are among the most medically underserved group in the nation.  Javier 'Hawk' Davila, MD, recognized this need and founded the American Indian Healing Center (AIHC) in 2000, providing health care to underserved American Indians in Los Angeles and Orange counties. Today, AIHC serves as a medical home to over 1500 individuals, providing primary care and health education. 

Dr. Nathan Davis International Award in Medicine

Richard Bransford, MD, surgeon, Bethany Kids Center at Kijabe Hospital, Kijabe, Kenya

Richard Bransford, MD, has spent a lifetime in service transforming the lives of disabled children of Africa.  In 2004, he founded Bethany Kids at Kijabe, which has become known throughout Africa as a referral center for disabled children.  At fourteen outreach clinics across Kenya, nurses and doctors assess patients. African trainee doctors work alongside Dr. Bransford's team to learn the special operations that these children need. 

Jack B. McConnell, MD Award

Zaven S. Ayanian, MD, internist, Parker Family Health Center, Red Bank, N.J.

As the second physician volunteer to be recruited to launch the Parker Family Health Center in 2000, Zaven Ayanian, MD, has been there from the beginning.  The free clinic evolved from a walk-in clinic open two nights a week into a six-day-a-week comprehensive health care source that provides over 10,000 patient visits annually. 

Robert G. Kendall, MD, neurosurgeon, Our Health, Inc., Winchester, Va.

Robert Kendall, MD, is the catalyst behind Our Health, Inc., which provides coordinated, collaborative, high quality health care to disadvantaged and at-risk populations.  The Our Health model provides ‘one stop shopping’ for low income, uninsured and underinsured patients.  Started in 1999, Our Health links 29 agencies together.  The result is astounding – this network serves 15,000 people annually.