Winners of America’s Top NPs or PAs receive:
- America’s Top NP winners will receive a one-year paid membership to AANP
- America’s Top PA winners will receive $150 toward the professional membership of their choice.
- Recognition and press exposure in the health media, including on POCN social media and web properties (such as feature videos on POCN+ and POCN.com)
- Ability to serve as an advisor to POCN, helping to advance educational programs in support of the NP/PA community
Nominate an extraordinary Nurse Practitioner or Physician Associate today!
The nomination process only takes 5 minutes but will support the recognition of NPs and PAs to go ‘above and beyond’ in supporting patient care, community service, support of peers, or treatment advancement. There is no limit to nominating as many NPs and PAs for this award as you’d like – go for it, NPs and PAs deserve our advocacy and recognition!
Priority consideration will be given to nominations that come from other NPs and PAs (because we are all about supporting each other), but every nomination counts.

- Amy Butts
- PA-C, MPAS, CDCES, BC-ADM
- Endocrinology

- Michael LaLonde
- MHA, PA-C
- Cardiac Surgery

- Jenifer D. Lee
- PA-C
- Dermatology

- Christina Eid
- MMSc, PA-C
- Emergency Medicine

- Benito Lopez
- BC-ADM, DMSc, PA-C
- Family Medicine/General Practitioner

- Kathleen A. Ferrell
- MPAS, PA-C
- Gastroenterology

- Larisa A. Gallo
- DMSc, PA-C
- Hematology/Oncology

- Wesley Thompson
- MHS, PA, AAHIVS, DFAAPA
- HIV/AIDS

- Brittany Strelow
- DMSc, MS, PA-C
- Internal Medicine

- Carrie Crowder
- PA-C
- Neurology

- Sarah A. Scantamburlo
- MSW, MS, PA-C
- Psychiatry

- Greg McClelland
- PA-C, AE-C
- Pulmonology

- Julia M. Swafford
- PA-C
- Rheumatology

- Brittany Blackburn
- MMSc, PA-C
- Orthopedics

- Stacey Panasci
- MS, PA-C, MSCS
- Multiple Sclerosis

- Corinne Young
- MSN, FNP-C, FCCP
- Pulmonology

- Nastassja Williams
- MSN, APRN, FNP-C
- Gastroenterology

- Joe Gorelick
- MSN, FNP-C
- Dermatology

- Jason E. Farley PhD
- MPH, ANP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, AACRN
- HIV/AIDS

- Francisco Guido-Sanz, PhD
- APRN, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC
- Acute Care

- Shirley H. Lee
- NP, MPH
- Urology/Urologic Oncology

- Victoria Sherry
- DNP, CRNP, AOCNP
- Oncology, Lung Cancer

- Caroline S. Elistin
- DNP, MSN-ED, ARNP, FNP-BC
- Hematologic Oncology

- Loleta Samuel
- DNP, MSN, APN, RN, AOCN
- Oncology, Skin & Soft Tissue

- Charlene Whitaker-Brown
- DNP, MSN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, RN, CHFN
- Cardiology/Heart Failure

- Karen Myrick
- DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, ONP-BC, FAAN
- Orthopedic and Sports Medicine

- Theresa Mallick-Searle
- MS, PMGT-BC, ANP-BC
- Pain Medicine

- Kathleen Arnold
- ANP, BC-ADM, FAANP
- Endocrinology

- Joshua Hamilton
- DNP, RN, PMH-BC, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, CTMH, CNE, FAANP
- Psychiatry/Mental Health

- Tara Pezzuto
- DNP
- Migraine/Headache Medicine
Nominate an extraordinary Nurse Practitioner or Physician Associate today!
The nomination process only takes 5 minutes but will support the recognition of NPs and PAs to go ‘above and beyond’ in supporting patient care, community service, support of peers, or treatment advancement. There is no limit to nominating as many NPs and PAs for this award as you’d like – go for it, NPs and PAs deserve our advocacy and recognition!
Priority consideration will be given to nominations that come from other NPs and PAs (because we are all about supporting each other), but every nomination counts.
About POCN
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