2025 SOEM Award Winners

Gregory P. Conners, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAP

Jim Seidel Distinguished Service Award

He is Executive Director, Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital, Syracuse, New York. 

 

Heather L. Crouse, MD, FAAP

Michael Shannon Humanitarian Award

She is Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX.

Chris A. Rees, MD, MPH, FAAP

Jane Knapp Emerging Pediatric Emergency Medicine Leader Award

Dr Rees is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta.

 

Gina Aloisio, MD, PhD, FAAP

Ken Graff Emerging Investigator Award 

(Supported by the Graff Endowment)

Dr Aloisio is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.

This award project is for research on “RSV Infection in Nasal Organoids.”

Sue Tellez

Lifetime Exemplary Service Award

Sue is the SOEM manager and has been with the AAP for 40 years.

 

Sarah Isbey, MD, FAAP

Best Overall Abstract

Pilot implementation of PREDICTED: Prediction and Response to Emergency Department Increases in Crowding and Treatment/Evaluation Delays

Caleb Ward, MB BChir, MPH, FAAP

Best Poster Abstract

The Association of Patient and Emergency Medical Services Agency Factors with Quality of Pediatric Prehospital Care

Rebecca Green, MD, FAAP

Best Quality Improvement Abstract

Decreasing Emergency Department Revisits for Febrile Infants with Positive Blood Cultures with Likely Contaminant Organisms

Elyse Portillo, MD, MPH, FAAP

Babble Royale Award

Perdido sin Interpretación | Lost without Interpretation

Tiffany Le, MD

Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Resident Award

Empowering Youth: Drowning Prevention and CPR

Samaa Kemal, MD, MPH, FAAP

Dr. Joseph L. Wright Advocacy Abstract Award

The Resources Are So Far, and You Need Them Right Here: A Qualitative Study on Caring for Violently Injured Youth in the Emergency Department

Nicholas Rutowicz III, MD, FAAP

EmergiQuiz Award for Best Case Discussion

Rash Decisions Are More Than Skin Deep: Salicylate Intoxication

Elizabeth Hendrickson, MD, FAAP

EmergiQuiz Award for Best Case Presentation

A Walk to Remember: Scurvy with CVST

Natan Cramer, MD, MS, FAAP

PEMPix Audience Award

Retained Foreign Body: A Purple Colored Pencil

Meredith Montgomery, MD

PEMPix Judges’ Award

Mpox

Carly Muller, MD, MPH, FAAP and Nyeomi McGaskey

Senator Daniel Inouye and Calvin C.J. Sia Advocacy Awards

Abidatou Diasso-Adamou

Willis Wingert Award for Outstanding Trainee Abstract

The Impact of Hurricane Helene on Pediatric Intravenous Fluid Use in the Emergency Department

Last Updated

12/08/2025

Source

American Academy of Pediatrics