2026 SDSMA Awards Nominations Are Open!
Nominations open February 3 through March 2, 2026

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

• 2025 - William Fuller, MD
• 2024 - Dean Krogman
  
• 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

• 2025 - Jacob Quail, MD
• 2024 - The Prairie Docs - Andrew Ellsworth, MD; Kelly Evans-Hullinger, MD; Debra Johnston, MD; Jill Kruse, DO
  
• 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)

• 2025 - Margaret Becker, MD
• 2024 - Shannon Emry, MD
  
• 2023 - Matt Owens, MD
  
• 2022 - Tim Irwin, MD
  
• 2021 - Mark L. Harlow, MD
  
• 2020 - Jennifer Tinguely, MD, MPH
  

Outstanding Young Physician Award

• 2025 - Matthew Schaffer, DO
• 2024 - Ashlea Semmens, MD
  
• 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

• 2025 - Roy Mortinsen, MD
• 2024 - Dan Heinemann, MD
  
• 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