Endocrine Insider
November 13, 2008 

The Association of Specialty Professors (ASP) has announced its call for nominations for the 2009 ASP Eric G. Neilson, MD Distinguished Professor Award. Nominations will be accepted until Friday, November 21, 2008, 5:00 pm EST. Named after ASP's founder, the Neilson Award recognizes an individual's outstanding contributions to specialty internal medicine.

The Endocrine Society and other associations that sit on the ASP Council have been invited to inform their members of the opportunity to nominate leaders who have made tremendous strides to promote academic and internal medicine. A nominee must be a current or former member of the ASP and a chair of an internal medicine department or a leader in another area of academic American medicine. Special attention will be given to nominees who have assisted ASP in achieving its mission.

• A completed nomination form.
• One nomination letter.
• Additional letters supporting the nomination.  Please note that only three letters of support in addition to the first nominator's letter will be considered. Self-nominations are welcome.
• The nominee's curriculum vitae.

For more information on the award, please review the award brochure located here.

For more information on ASP, click here.