Meek Young Physician Award

AWARD DESCRIPTION
An annual award to recognize and encourage emerging physician leaders in Wichita Sedgwick County by financially supporting their participation in local, state and national leadership activities.

The award is named to honor Joseph Meek, MD and his leadership promoting organized medicine in Wichita and in Kansas. Dr. Meek was the fourth dean of the KU School of Medicine-Wichita and received the University of Kansas Distinguished Service Medallion in

He served as MSSC president in 1996 and president of the Kansas Medical Society in 2000-01. Dr. Meek also represented Kansas physicians as a delegate to the American Medical Association for 20 years.

BENEFITS
This award is intended to foster leadership within the cadre of young physicians practicing medicine in Wichita-Sedgwick County and to develop future MSSC leaders. For young physicians, the award provides the opportunity to augment their leadership potential and the financial support to participate in leadership activities of their choice.

AWARD OPPORTUNITIES
Financial assistance will be provided for the award recipient to attend various leadership events, such as either the American Medical Association Advocacy Conference (Washington, DC) or the AMA Annual Convention.

AWARD RECIPIENTS
2024 – Holly Allen Terrell, MD
2023 – Colleen Loo-Gross, MD
2022 – Cassie Scripter, MD
2021 – Larry Mitnaul, MD
2020 – Jennifer Thuener, MD
2019 – Katie Rosell, MD
2018 – Braden Foster, DO
2017 – John Gallagher, MD
2016 – Zachary Kuhlmann, DO
2015 – Bradley Dart, MD
2014 – Gretchen Dickson, MD