Awards

The John P. McGovern Award was established in 1982 by the Southwest Chapter of American Medical Writers Association to recognize excellence in the field of medical communications.

The award is named for John P. McGovern, MD, founder and director of the McGovern Allergy Clinic in Houston and a noted educator, author, and historian. Dr. McGovern is a past member of the Southwest Chapter of AMWA and has been an AMWA Fellow since 1967.

The award is presented at the January Chapter banquet meeting.

McGovern Award Recipient

2008 - Stuart Yudofsky, MD

D.C. and Irene Ellwood Professor and Chairman of the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, and chair of the psychiatry department at Methodist Hospital. He is responsible for overseeing academic activities in psychiatry at the Menninger Clinic, Ben Taub General Hospital, the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Texas Children’s Hospital.

See the story in the January 2008 (PDF) issue.

Previous Recipients

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