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Physicians in AMIA (PINA) Awards

Physicians in AMIA (PINA) serves as the professional home for all physician informaticians, fostering leadership, collaboration, and advancement in clinical informatics. Sponsored by PINA, the PINA Awards honor excellence, innovation, and meaningful contributions to the field. Awards are presented annually at the PINA Business Meeting during the Clinical Informatics Conference.

Applied Clinical Informatics Fellow Award

This award recognizes a physician informatician who has made outstanding contributions to the field of clinical informatics. Nominees should demonstrate integrity, leadership, and significant impact in areas such as education, equity, applied informatics, research, or the advancement of the profession. Honorees are viewed by peers as national leaders and role models who set the standard for excellence in clinical informatics.

2025

  • Colleen Flanagan, MD | UCSF

2024

  • My-Trang Dang, DO, PhD | Geisinger

2023

  • Ellen Kim, MD, MPH, MBI | Brigham & Women’s Hospital

2022

  • Priya Ramaswamy, MD, M.Eng | University of California, San Francisco

Clinical Informatics Physician Innovator Award

This award honors a physician informatician who has made a regional or national impact through the creation or innovative implementation of informatics solutions. The recipient will have demonstrated measurable improvements in medical practice through new technologies, workflows, or data use, advancing the field of clinical informatics and improving patient care.

2025

  • Jeremy Warner MD, MS, FAMIA, FASCO | Brown University

2024

  • Andrew Boyd, MD | University of Illinois at Chicago

2023

  • Subha Airan-Javia, MD, FAMIA | University of Pennsylvania

2022

  • Michael Leu, MD | University of Washington
  • Natalie Pageler, MD, MEd | Stanford University
  • Samuel Yang | The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

2021

  • Chris Lehmann, MD, FAAP, FACMI, FIAHSI | UT Southwestern Medical Center

Informatics Physician Leader of the Year Award

This award recognizes a physician informatics leader working within a healthcare delivery organization who demonstrates hands-on leadership in the practical application of informatics. Honorees are deeply involved in day-to-day operations, strategy, and/or governance, and have successfully led initiatives such as EMR implementations, modernization efforts, change management, data governance, or quality improvement. This award honors those “in the trenches” who use informatics to drive real-world impact at the local, regional, or national level.

2025

  • Heather Busick, MD, MS | University of Rochester

2024

  • Rebecca G. Mishuris, MD, MS, MPH | Mass General Brigham

2023

  • Deepti Pandita, MD, FACP, FAMIA | University of California Irvine Health

2022

  • Jodi Wachs, MD, FAMIA, FAAPM&R | Vizient, Inc

2021

  • Scott Rudkin, MD, MBA | University of California Irvine Medical Center

Special Commendation Award

This award recognizes a Clinical Informatics Fellow who has demonstrated outstanding contributions to applied clinical informatics during their fellowship. The recipient exemplifies integrity, leadership, and the ability to translate informatics knowledge into real-world practice, advancing the mission and impact of clinical informatics in healthcare.

2023

  • Peter L. Elkin, MD, FACMI, FAMIA | University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
  • Richard Schreiber, MD, FACP, FAMIA, ABPM-CI | Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center