SORh Awards

Earl J. Brewer Award

This award recognizes a training fellow who, in his/her first two years of fellowship, has distinguished him or herself in an area of clinical research. Any rheumatology fellow who is training at an accredited training program in the US or Canada is eligible in the beginning of his or her third year of fellowship. The Executive Committee members will review pediatric rheumatology abstracts submitted to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Annual Meeting. The award recipient will receive a certificate, and an honorarium presented during the pediatric rheumatology business meeting held during the ACR annual meeting.

James T. Cassidy Award

The American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Rheumatology James T. Cassidy Award was established in 2001 to recognize a member for outstanding achievement in pediatric rheumatology.  

Dr James T. Cassidy was the foremost educator in pediatric rheumatology in the United States. He educated and mentored many medical students, pediatric residents, and rheumatology fellows at the University of Michigan and the University of Missouri, Columbia. Dr. Cassidy had a distinguished career that included lectures in pediatric rheumatology topics at numerous medical centers in the United States and internationally. Dr Cassidy worked with Ross Petty to develop the well-recognized textbook of pediatric rheumatology, now in its seventh edition. Dr Cassidy was an advocate for children with rheumatic disease nationally and within the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Qualifications

The AAP Section on Rheumatology will recognize an individual for outstanding achievement in the field of pediatric rheumatology. Nominees must be a member in good standing of the AAP Section on Rheumatology and meet one or more of the following qualifications:

• Recognition as an outstanding educator
• History of successfully training pediatric rheumatology fellows
• Contributions to the field of pediatric rheumatology through research, publications, and/or legislation
• Current members of the Section on Rheumatology Executive Committee may not be nominated.

Previous James T. Cassidy Award Recipients

(2024) – Marietta M. de Guzman, MD, BS, FAAP
(2023) – Barbara E. Ostrov, MD, FAAP
(2022) – Robert P. Sundel, MD, FAAP
(2021) – Randall Q. Cron, MD, PhD, FAAP
(2020) – Lisa G. Rider, MD, FAAP
(2019) – Daniel Lovell, MD, MPH, FAAP
(2018) - Lawrence K.L. Jung, MD, FAAP, FRCP(C)
(2017) - Kenneth N. Schikler, MD, FAAP
(2016) - Kathleen M. O’Neil, MD, FAAP
(2015) - Gloria C. Higgins, PhD, MD, FAAP, FACR
(2014) - Carlos D. Rosé, MD, CIP, FAAP
(2013) - Charles H. Spencer, MD, FAAP
(2012) - Carol A. Wallace, MD, FAAP
(2011) - Christy I. Sandborg, MD, FAAP
(2010) - Ronald M. Laxer, MD, FAAP
(2009) - David D. Sherry, MD, FAAP
(2008) - Suzanne L. Bowyer, MD, FAAP
(2007) - Thomas J.A. Lehman, MD, FAAP
(2006) - Carol Lindsley, MD, FAAP
(2005) - Murray H. Passo, MD, FAAP
(2004) - Peter B. Dent, MD, DCH, FRCP(C), FAAP
(2003) - Ross E. Petty, MD, PhD, FAAP
(2002) - Balu Athreya, MD, FAAP
(2001) - Deborah Kredich, MD, FAAP

Questions?

If you have questions about the award or award process, please contact Laura Laskosz, AAP Staff, at 630.626.6428 or llaskosz@aap.org.