MPS Outstanding Psychiatrist Awards
Click each category below to see our current and past awardees.

Lifetime Achievement
This award is given to a senior psychiatrist who has made significant contributions over the course of his/her career which is now winding down.


Advancement of the Profession
This award is given to a psychiatrist who has advanced an area of the profession by highlighting and/or clarifying an area which has been in the background, bringing it forward, and developing it; e.g., women's issues, disaster psychiatry, refugee issues, etc.


Clinical Psychiatry
This award is given to a psychiatrist who is an outstanding clinician; someone who is known for having worked to clarify a particular area of interest or type of therapy and practiced it successfully.


Education
This award is given to a psychiatrist who has made a significant contribution to psychiatric education, e.g., establishing a residency, creating a nationally attended course, developing educational materials which can be used nationally for medical student or resident teaching.


Research
This award is given to a psychiatrist who has made significant contributions to the development of an area of psychiatric research.


Public Sector
This award is given to a psychiatrist who has worked in the public sector and has been influential in reorganization or in leadership in that area or who has significantly influenced the political system in lobbying for patient's welfare.


Early Career Psychiatry
A psychiatrist who is in the first 10 years after completing residency (not fellowship training) who has done something outstanding in any of the above categories.