Pennsylania Geriatircs Society

713 Ridge Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Phone: 412-321-5030
FAX: 412-321-5323

David C. Martin, MD
Award

Award Criteria

The David C. Martin Award was established to encourage and support medical students' interest in geriatrics, with the ultimate aim of preparing future leaders in geriatric medicine.

Since its inception, the Society is proud to have awarded over $40,000.00 to local medical students. This is an exciting opportunity for medical students who are specializing in the field of geriatrics to be honored at the Annual Conference of the American Geriatrics Society. At the meeting, students have the honor of presenting their work, networking with leaders in geriatrics, and to become a part of the AFAR ongoing network. It is the hope of the Society that students come away with a greater appreciation of the challenges and rewards of geriatrics and, ultimately, pursue a career in geriatrics..

The procedure to qualify for the award is as follows:

Abstracts are to be submitted to:

Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society – Western Division

Attn: Nadine Popovich ~ 713 Ridge Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Or by email to: npopovich@acms.org Fax to: 412-321-5323

Questions: Contact Nadine @ 412-321-5035 ext 110

Deadline: On or Before March 6, 2009
Recipients will be notified on or about March 12^th

Details and Criteria for the David C. Martin Award are as follows:

A $1,500.00 honorarium to be used solely to attend the Annual Conference of the American Geriatrics Society will be awarded to recipients. In the event that a medical student is receiving a stipend from the AGS/AFAR for presentation at the national meeting, the Society will award the difference of the AGS/AFAR stipend and the $1,500.00 DCM honorarium. The total of the stipend and the difference is not to exceed $1,500.00. (Note: The stipend from the AGS/AFAR will differ each year as the AGS national conference is held at a different site each year.)

Entries must be available for display during the Society's annual Clinical Update in Geriatric Medicine Conference (March 19-21, 2009, Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA).

A student's abstract, poster or clinical vignette must be accepted by the American Geriatrics Society, or the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) student section of the American Geriatrics Society

All medical students from the Western Pennsylvania Region are eligible. Students whose medical school is not in our region are eligible, provided that their research is conducted in the jurisdiction of the Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society – Western Division region.* Students who have had an abstract, poster or clinical vignette accepted for an award by another local chapter of the AGS are not eligible to receive the David C. Martin award.

If a medical student does not receive a stipend from the AGS to be used to attend the national conference, the full $1,500.00 will be awarded to the medical student.

Students should be first author, but secondary authorship will be considered if the student had substantive input into the project.

The Board of Directors will vote for the winner(s) of the award. Winners will be notified in a timely manner prior to the AGS conference.

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*Region of the Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society-Western Division: Pittsburgh, New Castle, Oil City, Erie, Greensburg, Johnstown, Altoona, DuBois, Bradford, Williamsport, Harrisburg.

Congratulations to the

2009 David C. Martin Award recipients

Neilly Buckalew

Cathy Cheng

Jason Sanders

Emily Spangler

Sarah Sullivan

Laura Viccaro

each a medical student attending the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

This prestigious award supports medical students' interest in geriatrics by offering recipients an honorarium of up to $1,500.00. The honorarium is to be used solely to defray the costs of attending the American Geriatrics Society national conference. Recipients were honored at a dinner meeting on March 19, 2009 at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, PA. The dinner was held in conjunction with the 2009 Clinical Update in Geriatric Medicine, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society – Western Division; the University of Pittsburgh Institute on Aging; and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences. Each student will receive a certificate of excellence along with an honorarium to attend the AGS national conference. Below are the titles of the winning abstracts.

Neilly Buckalew - Brain Morphology Differences in Older Adults with Disabling

Chronic Pain

Cathy Cheng - Psychological Burden related to urge urinary incontinence

predicts and its change correlates with therapeutic response to

biofeedback in older women

Jason Sanders - Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) in the oldest old

and factors associated with 9-year DHEAS decline

Emily Spangler – Ankle Arm Index And Walking Endurance In

Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Sarah Sullivan – Vertebral Fractures and Misclassifications of Osteoporosis

in Men with Prostate Cancer

Laura Viccaro – Does Timed Up & Go add to gait speed in predicting

health, function and falls in older adults?

The award is named after David C. Martin, MD, who established the first geriatric fellowship in Pittsburgh, PA. The ultimate goal of this prestigious award is to encourage and prepare future physicians in the field of geriatric medicine. Since its inception, the Society is proud to have awarded over $48,700 to medical students interested in the field of geriatric medicine.

Past Award Winners