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2006 House Call Clinician of the Year Award

Elizabeth Glazier, MD, Selected as House Call Doctor of the Year
This year, the Board of the Academy decided to give a permanent name to the House Call Doctor of the Year Award and named it for someone who has given so much to the AAHCP and to the field of home care medicine, Eric Baron. Dr. Baron built what was one of the earliest large house call practices, based in Southfield, Michigan, and has contributed to AAHCP as a Board member financially and on the subjects of quality, ethics and technology. Past award winner Dr. Tom Cornwell awarded the 2006 Doctor of the Year Award to Dr. Elizabeth Glazier. Dr. Glazier, from Washington, DC, was lauded for her compassion and commitment, for her work to advance both the art and particularly the "science" of home care medicine. Said Dr. Cornwell, "Her story is inspiring. She has built a remarkable house call practice over the last three years for some of the poorest of the poor in Anacostia, DC. She works with the National Health Service Corps in some of the riskiest neighborhoods in DC. She is a shining example of courage, passion, and extraordinary clinical skills."

George Taler, MD, Given Award for Special Achievement
Next came a surprise award, this time to Dr. George Taler who was given an award for Special Achievement. Emphasizing that many Board members deserve special recognition, but that the Board policy prohibits nominations for House Call Provider of the Year, the committee had decided on this award for special service. Lauding Dr. Taler’s personal strength, many accomplishments, and extraordinary vision which have advanced the cause of house call clinicians and patients for over twenty-five years, Dr. Cornwell particularly noted Dr. Taler’s 2005 leadership in bringing the Domiciliary Care payments to a par with house call payments, making access to care for assisted living and congregate care patients a financial possibility.