SDSMA Awards
2024 SDSMA Awards Nominations Are Open!
Nominations are open through March 15
The SDSMA Awards honor physicians for their contributions to health care, service to patients, dedication to improving medicine in South Dakota, or service to the SDSMA.
The SDSMA is accepting nominations for the following awards:
- Distinguished Service Award - submit nomination
- Community Service Award - submit nomination
- COPIC Humanitarian Award - the recipient of this award designates a $10,000 donation from COPIC to be provided to a healthcare related 501(c)(3) organization in South Dakota! - submit nomination
- Outstanding Young Physician Award - submit nomination
- Richard P. Holm, MD, Media Award - submit nomination
- Young at Heart Award - submit nomination
Are there people that come to mind who deserve to be recognized? Nominate them today! Award recipients are honored at the awards banquet during the SDSMA Annual Leadership Conference May 31, 2024 in Rapid City.
Nominations must be submitted by 5 pm CT March 15.
An individual may work right alongside of you, or serve on a committee
with you, or volunteer in your organization or community, or have made a
significant impact in the medical profession.
Nominate someone today and help your colleagues and supporters get the recognition they deserve!
Past Recipients
(recipients back to 2013 are listed below. For recipient lists prior to 2013, please contact Elizabeth Reiss at ereiss@sdsma.org)
Distinguished Service Award
- 2023 - Robert L. Allison, MD
- 2022 - Tom Huber, MD
- 2021 - Tim Ridgway, MD
- 2020 - Dan Heinemann, MD
- 2019 - Timothy Soundy, MD and Robert E. Van Demark, Jr, MD
- 2018 - Laura Davis-Keppen, MD
- 2017 - Rick Holm, MD
- 2016 - John Oliphant, MD
- 2015 - Keith Hansen, MD
- 2014 - Donald Humphreys, MD
- 2013 - Rodney Parry, MD
Community Service Award
- 2023 - Dan Petereit, MD
- 2022 - David Basel, MD
- 2021 - Earl Kemp, MD
- 2020 - Rob Allison, MD
- 2019 - Rick Kooima, MD
- 2018 - David Shields, MD
- 2017 - Julie Raymond, MD
- 2016 - Mark L. Harlow, MD and Patricia Peters, MD
- 2015 - Gene Burrish, MD
- 2014 - Martin Christensen, MD
- 2013 - Alan Lawrence, MD
COPIC Humanitarian Award (began in 2020)
- 2023 - Matt Owens, MD
- 2022 - Tim Irwin, MD
- 2021 - Mark L. Harlow, MD
- 2020 - Jennifer Tinguely, MD
Outstanding Young Physician Award
- 2023 - Randall Waldner, MD
- 2022 - Mandi Greenway Bietz, MD
- 2021 - Kara Dahl, MD
- 2020 - Michelle Schimelpfenig, DO
- 2019 - Laura Hoefert, MD
- 2018 - Michael Huot, MD
- 2017 - Nathan Miller, MD
- 2016 - Jennifer Tinguely, MD
- 2015 - Benjamin Aaker, MD
- 2014 - Shawn Van Gerpen, MD
- 2013 - John Berdahl, MD
Young at Heart Award
- 2023 - Kenric Malmberg, MD
- 2022 - Laurie Landeen, MD
- 2021 - Susan Anderson, MD
- 2020 - Jerome Bentz, MD
- 2019 - Tad Jacobs, DO
- 2018 - Debra Johnston, MD
- 2017 - David Munson, MD
- 2016 - David Bean Sr., MD
- 2015 - Tom Huber, MD
- 2014 - Gary Timmerman, MD
- 2013 - Wendell Hoffman, MD
Richard P. Holm, MD Media Award
- 2023 - Angela Kennecke
- 2022 - The Prairie Docs - Andrew Ellsworth, MD; Kelly Evans-Hullinger, MD; Debra Johnston, MD; and Jill Kruse, DO
- 2021 - Christopher Lucido, MD, PhD
- 2020 - Brook Eide, MD
- 2019 - Jerome Freeman, MD
- 2018 - Kenneth Bartholomew, MD
- 2017 - Cara Hamilton, MD
- 2016 - Keith Hansen, MD
- 2015 - Stephen Eckrich, MD
- 2014 - Rick Holm, MD
- 2013 - Wendell Hoffman, MD