AoMC

 

 

Nominations for the Academy of Master Clinicians are open through Monday, October 12, 2026.

Instructions

Read Carefully

PLEASE NOTE: The review committee will only consider nomination applications that are complete, submitted within the nomination survey, and on time. Do not email materials to review committee members. No exceptions.

Guidelines

  1. Department Chairs do NOT need to serve as the nominator, although they may do so if they wish.  Nominations may be submitted by any Penn Medicine employee.  Candidates do NOT need their Department Chair's approval to be nominated by another individual.
    • There is no limit to the number of nominees that may be submitted from a single department.
  2. Department Chairs/Division Chiefs, Physician leader of Penn Specialty Practices/Penn Primary Care, or CEO LGH, PMC, CCH, Penn Medicine Doylestown Health, Princeton Health, or Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse (as appropriate to the candidate) MUST:
    • Confirm that the nominee spends at least 60% of their time in clinical care.
      • This does not need to equate to 60% clinical billing time. For example, qualifying clinical effort may include a combination of clinical billing days and other patient care–related activities, such as case conferences, tumor boards, or clinical trials.
    • Confirm that the nominee meets ALL professionalism expectations.
      • Lack of state-board sanctions.
      • No active remediation plan.
      • Minimal professionalism concerns in learner evaluations, Penn safety net, etc.
      • Minimal founded patient and safety complaints.
  3. The Academy of Master Clinicians will be comprised of physicians who have been in active clinical practice for a minimum of 10 years, with at least 6 years at Penn Medicine. Master Clinicians must have an MD/DO or MD/PhD degree or equivalent. Department Chairs are not eligible.

The Nomination Process

Nomination is a two step process:

  1. Collect all required materials before beginning this survey.
  2. Upload all required materials here as discrete files to the appropriate survey questions.

Required Materials

​​​​Please Read Letter Requirements Carefully: All submitted letters should provide specific examples that illustrate the principles and requirements for election to the AOMC, and address areas such as the nominee’s core philosophy regarding patient care and teaching/training, mastery in clinical care and delivery, personal values and beliefs, the importance of professionalism, and any other qualities relevant to being a member of the AOMC. 

Please do not submit scanned or image-based PDFs. Please ensure that the text is searchable and can be copied.

1. Letter of Nomination

A letter of nomination should meet the following criteria:

  • Identify the submitter as the nominator.
  • Summarize the accomplishments of the nominee.

NOTE: The Letter of Nomination should not restate the nominee's CV.

2. Additional Letters

A MAXIMUM of THREE (3) additional letters of support from others (faculty, staff, trainees) may be submitted. ONE (1) of these letters may be from outside Penn Medicine. Letters should NOT REVIEW THE NOMINEE’S CV, but should illustrate the principles and requirements for election to the AOMC such as:

  • The nominee’s core philosophy regarding patient care.
  • The nominee’s exemplary “role modeling” in clinical care, teaching, training.
  • The nominee’s clinical mastery, program development, exemplary health care delivery.
  • The nominee’s professionalism.
3. Leadership Attestation Form

The Leadership Attestation Form requires that the Department Chair/Division Chief, Physician leader of Penn Specialty Practices/Penn Primary Care, or CEO LGH, PMC, CCH, Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse, or Penn Medicine Doylestown Health (as appropriate to the candidate) MUST:

  • Confirm that the nominee spends at least 60% of their time in clinical care.
    • This does not need to equate to 60% clinical billing time. For example, qualifying clinical effort may include a combination of clinical billing days and other patient care–related activities, such as case conferences, tumor boards, or clinical trials.
  •  Professionalism expectations have been met by the nominee as follows:
    • Lack of state-board sanctions.
    • Minimal founded patient & safety complaints.
    • Minimal professionalism concerns captured in learner evaluations, Penn Safety Net, etc.
    • Absence of active remediation plan.
4. The Nominee's Core Philosophy Statement (maximum 600 words)

This is NOT the personal statement submitted for academic promotion. The core philosophy statement for the AOMC will focus on the nominee’s core philosophy on what it means to be a physician, what moves and inspires them, what they believe service as a physician should reflect: what will be their legacy? It should be personal to them.

5. The Nominee’s CV

 

Nominations for the Academy of Master Clinicians are open through Monday, October 12, 2026.

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Laurie A Loevner, MD, Chair of the Academy of Master Clinicians Nomination Committee

Founding Member of the Academy of Master Clinicians

Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Division Chief, Neuroradiology UPHS

Email: laurie.loevner@pennmedicine.upenn.edu