{"id":4878,"date":"2024-05-20T15:20:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T19:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/app\/?page_id=4878"},"modified":"2025-05-30T11:33:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:33:39","slug":"2025-app-excellence-awards-call-for-nominations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/app\/news\/2025-app-excellence-awards-call-for-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 APP Excellence Awards- Nominations Opening June 1!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4974 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/767\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-02-132757.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1008\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/767\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-02-132757.png 1008w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/767\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-02-132757-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/767\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-02-132757-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/767\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-02-132757-600x336.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are excited to announce the upcoming open nomination period (June 1- June 30) for the 2025 APP Excellence Awards. These awards are designed to honor and recognize the contributions of our exceptional APPs.\u202fEach award highlights a unique aspect of excellence.\u202f The seven award categories include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Excellence in Clinical Practice<\/li>\n<li>Excellence in Leadership (Formal Leader)<\/li>\n<li>Excellence in Leadership (Informal Leader)<\/li>\n<li>Excellence in Teaching<\/li>\n<li>Unsung Hero<\/li>\n<li>Outstanding New Teammate<\/li>\n<li>Physician Partner in Excellence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We encourage you to participate by nominating your deserving colleagues.\u00a0Nominations will be open from June 1\u00a0to June 30.\u00a0We welcome and encourage nominations from our teammates, including APPs, physicians, staff, administrators, etc. We ask that you coordinate with colleagues to submit nominations for deserving individuals. Including insights from teammates across different disciplines provides valuable perspective.<\/p>\n<p>The nominations will be reviewed, and winners will be selected by our APP Selection Committee. The awards will be presented the last week of September during National APP Recognition Week during <strong>Connect and Celebrate: An Evening to Honor APPs<\/strong>.\u00a0 Please take time to nominate your colleagues and help us honor them for their contributions and outstanding work. To learn more about each award, please see the award categories below or viewing the list of questions on the that will be on the nomination form below<a href=\"https:\/\/unchcs.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/MCAPPCenter\/EUKPsIkTsOBJvaU7AEWKfm0B3tao0PSR1mex3cD8OsdHtA?e=sA5QX1\" data-interception=\"off\">.<\/a> More information is also below.<strong>\u00a0Please disseminate this information to your networks!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Review of nominations will occur between 7\/7\/25-7\/25\/25. If you are interested in being part of our APP Selection Committee to select the winners of these outstanding awards, <a href=\"https:\/\/unc.az1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_bI0GKjL9qg72Iqq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-interception=\"off\">please fill out this form.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"noSpacingAbove spacingBelow\" data-text-type=\"withSpacing\"><span class=\"fontSizeLarge\">E-mail <\/span><a href=\"mailto:appcenter@unchealth.unc.edu\"><span class=\"fontSizeLarge\">appcenter@unchealth.unc.edu<\/span><\/a><span class=\"fontSizeLarge\"> if you have any questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility for Awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Any Advanced Practice Provider (APP) credentialed through UNC Health at UNC Medical Center (Certified Anesthesiology Assistant, Certified Nurse Midwife, Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant)<\/li>\n<li>Physicians at the same entities are eligible for the Partner in Excellence award.<\/li>\n<li>Part-time or full-time<\/li>\n<li>Previous award winners are ineligible the following year in their awarded category but remain eligible in other categories. Last year\u2019s winners will be part of the selection committee and introduce\/present their category\u2019s award for this year.\n<ul>\n<li>2024 Award Winners\n<ul>\n<li>Leslie Donnelly Lorbacher, AGNP- Excellence in Leadership<\/li>\n<li>Sue Meier, NNP, ND,MBA, MPH- Excellence in Leadership<\/li>\n<li>Christina Teeter Doligalski, PharmD, BCPS, CPP, FAST, FCCP- Unsung Hero<\/li>\n<li>Jessica Werdel, MSN, ACNP-BC &#8211; Excellence in Clinical Practice<\/li>\n<li>Jessica Mullis, ANP- Excellence in Teaching<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>This year, one awardee will be selected for each category.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/767\/2025\/05\/2025-APP-Award-Categories.pdf\">2025 APP Excellence Award Categories<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/767\/2025\/05\/2025-APP-Excellence-Awards-Nomination-Form-Questions-1.pdf\"><strong>2025 APP Excellence Awards- Nomination Form Questions<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4978 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/767\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-02-134856-e1746211053681.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"866\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/767\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-02-134856-e1746211053681.png 866w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/767\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-02-134856-e1746211053681-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/767\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-02-134856-e1746211053681-768x505.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/767\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-02-134856-e1746211053681-600x394.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4977 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/767\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-02-134926.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"928\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/767\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-02-134926.png 888w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/767\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-02-134926-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/767\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-02-134926-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/767\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-02-134926-600x312.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to announce the upcoming open nomination period (June 1- June 30) for the 2025 APP Excellence Awards. 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