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2025 AMA Award Recipients

The AMA recognizes and celebrates our 2025 award recipients! These awards not only acknowledge individual excellence and leadership, but also inspire the broader medical community by showcasing the dedication and standards that drive the profession forward.

AMA Long Service Award recognizes physicians with 10 years of AMA service who contribute their knowledge, skill and time to the advancement of the profession.

Dr. Deji Raphael Akintola, Foothills
Dr. Scott Frederick Beach, Calgary
Dr. Lauren Beaupre, Edmonton
Dr. Guy Robert Blais, Edmonton
Dr. Robert Gary Davies, Calgary
Dr. Stephanie Anne Dotchin, Calgary
Dr. Alayne Margaret Farries, Red Deer
Dr. Anthony J. Gomes, Lethbridge
Dr. Christopher P. Hanson, Calgary
Dr. Marc Klasa, Calgary
Dr. Stephen Fee Kwan, Lethbridge
Dr. Abhay Kumar Lodha, Calgary
Dr. Karen Ann Lundgard, Peace River
Dr. Amy Metcalfe, Calgary
Dr. Patrick Corey Mitchell, Calgary
Dr. Ryan C. Oland, Edmonton
Dr. Sharron L. Spicer, Calgary
Dr. Shao-Hua Wang, Edmonton
Dr. Vesta Michelle Warren, Sundre
Dr. Timothy Lloyd Winton, Edmonton
Dr. James N. Wolfli, Edmonton

AMA Medal for Distinguished Service recognizes physicians who have made an outstanding personal contribution to the medical profession and the people of Alberta, and have contributed to the art and science of medicine while raising the standards of medical practice.

Dr. Heather Anne Armson, Calgary
Dr. Joseph C. Dort, Calgary
Dr. Sebastian Straube, Edmonton

AMA MEDAL OF HONOUR recognizes a non-physician who has raised the standards of health care in Alberta and made an outstanding personal contribution to the
people of Alberta by contributing to the advancement of medical research, medical education, health care organization, health education and/or health promotion
to the public.

Medal of Excellence and Achievement in Rural/Remote Medicine recognizes physicians who are dedicated to the unique specialization of rural/remote medicine and have made outstanding personal contributions to their patients and the rural communities
in which they live.

Dr. Abdul Mateer, Drumheller
Dr. Jonathan Carl Somerville, Sundre

AMA Member Emeritus Award recognizes significant contributions to the goals and aims of the AMA, seniority, long-term membership and distinguished service (20 years) based on criteria determined by the Board of Directors.

Dr. Padraic Edmund Carr, Edmonton
Dr. Walter John Hader, Calgary
Dr. Craig D. Hodgson, Edmonton
Dr. Dennis Yukio Kunimoto, Edmonton
Dr. Jacqueline M. McCubbin, Edmonton
Dr. Ann Rita Vaidya, Calgary
Dr. Brian James Wirzba, Edmonton