Therapist Professional Advisory Committee Awards |
| William Fromherz Award | |
| Josef Hoog Award | |
| Therapist of the Year Award | |
| Therapist Clinician of the Year Award | |
| Therapist Junior Officer of the Year Award | |
| Nomination Process | |
| Judging Criteria |
The William Fromherz Award is presented to a career officer in the Therapist Category who is recognized by his/her peers for outstanding contributions in clinical care, program development, administration, or a combination thereof. The officer is recognized for the positive impact his /her contributions have made on the health care profession, the officer's program, and/or the Commissioned Corps during his/her carer in the United States Public Health Service.
The William Fromherz award was created in memory of CAPT William Fromherz whose career contributions and accomplishments so positively impacted on the programs to which he was assigned, the physical therapy profession he represented, and the USPHS Commissioned Corps he so proudly served.
Past recipients of the William Fromherz Award
2008 Rebecca Parks
2005 Frances Oakley
2004 Charlotte Richards
2003 Judith Bell-Krotoski
2001 Willis Trawick
2000 Charles McGarvey
1999 David Nestor
1998 Michael Huylebroeck
1997 Jim Jones
The Josef Hoog Award was developed to foster research and publication by members of the USPHS Therapist category. Papers reflect unpublished works.
The Josef Hoog Award was created in memory of CAPT Josef Hoog, physical therapist, whose leadership advanced the PT and OT professions by promoting the use of objective clinical measures which provide a rich source of data for research. The award is intended to stimulate PHS therapists to participate in research and publish their results.
Past recipients of the Josef Hoog Award
2009 Monique Howard: Gender Differences in Performance of Functional Activities Among Elderly Stroke Survivors in Medicare Managed Care
2008 David Byrne: Comparison of Speech Intelligibility Measures for an Electronic Amplifying Earmuff and an Identical Passive Attenuation Device
2007 Rebecca Parks: Brief Assessment of Motor Function (BAMF): Content Validity and Reliability of the Fine Motor Scale
2006 Karen Lohmann Siegel with co-authors Thomas Kepple and Steven Stanhope: Gait Compensations for Hip Muscle Weakness in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy
2005 Karen Lohmann Siegel with co-authors Thomas Kepple and Steven Stanhope: Using Induced Accelerations to Understand Knee Stability during Gait of Individuals with Muscle Weakness
2001 Bart Drinkard with co-authors Jennifer McDuffie, Serena McCann, Gabriel I. Uwaifo, Jennifer Nicholson and Jack A. Yanovski: Relationships Between Walk/Run Performance and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Overweight Adolescents
1999 Frances Oakley: Validation of the Daily Activities Questionnaire: An ADL Assessment for People with Alzheimer's Disease
1998 Karen Lohmann Siegel with co-author Leo Verhagen: Bilateral Posteroventral Pallidotomy Improves Gait of Subjects with Parkinson's Disease
1992 Andrew Novick: Reduction of Plantar Pressure with the Rigid-Relief Orthosis
1991 Andrew Novick: Frontal Plane Moment Changes About the Rearfoot with Orthotic Intervention
1990 Elizabeth Tomancik with co-authors Donna Breger-Lee, David Giurintano, Andrew Novick, and Lillian Browder: Reliability of Torque Range of Motion
1989 David Nestor: Hospital Bed Design and Operation: Effect on incidence of Low Back Injuries Among Nursing Personnel
1988 Sandra Graham
1987 Jim Birke
The Therapist of the Year Award replaced the Therapist Clinician of the Year Award in 2006. This award is presented to a therapist who is recognized by his or her peers for outstanding contributions for outstanding contributions in leadership and advancement of public health.
2009 Ron West
2008 Kathleen O'Neill-Manrique2007 Jessie Whitehurst-Lief
2006 Bonnie Thornton
Therapist Clinician of the Year Award
The Therapist Clinician of the Year Award is presented to a therapist (commissioned corps or civil service) who is recognized by his or her peers for outstanding contributions in the area of clinical healthcare such as developing an innovative approach to therapy or initiating significant clinical care activities that have improved outcomes, as well as involvement in health-related professional or community organizations or activities.
Past recipients of the Therapist Clinician of the Year Award
2005 Scott Gaustad
2004 Lois Michaelis-Goode
2003 Jeffrey Richardson
2001 Richard Shumway
Therapist Junior Officer of the Year Award
The Therapist Junior Officer of the Year Award is presented to a junior officer who is recognized by his or her peers for overall performance in the delivery of quality healthcare and outstanding contributions in the area of clinical healthcare/healthcare management.
Past recipients of the Therapist Junior Officer of the Year Award
2009 Stephen Spaulding
2008 Henry McMillan
2007 Heidi Fisher
2006 Jeffrey Lawrence
2005 Robert Roe
2004 Alexei Dessatoff
2003 Jeffrey Richardson
2002 Joseph Rasor
2001 Ron West
Nominations for the therapist category awards must be submitted to the TPAC awards chairperson by 01 February 2009.
Different elements are to be included in the nomination package for each award and are listed in pdf format files below.
William Fromherz Award Josef Hoog Award Therapist Junior Officer of the Year
Therapist of the Year (no longer focused on clinicians)
All nomination packages, except, the Josef Hoog Award, should include a brief narrative (1-2 pages) explaining how the therapist meets the award criteria, name of the nominee, PHS rank (for the William Fromherz and Junior Officer of the Year awards), professional discipline, Operating Division/Program, period covered, and appropriate signatures/endorsements. Please note: Nomination packages submitted for the William Fromherz Award from the previous year must be updated and have a new signature/endorsement page.
Award nomination packages should be mailed to:
| CAPT James Standish | |
| USCG TRACEN Cape May | |
| Health Services Division | |
| Physical Therapy Department | |
| Cape May, NJ 08204 | |
| E-mail: James.W.Standish@uscg.mil | |
| Fax: 609-898-6962 |
Once the nominations are received by the awards coordinator, a standard procedure will be followed to judge the nominations. Each award has an established set of judging criteria that will be used to evaluate the submissions for each award to select the recipients each year.
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