Do you know a physician who goes above and beyond to make a difference — for patients, the medical profession, or their community? Now’s your chance to give them the recognition they deserve.

Nominations are now open for the California Medical Association’s (CMA) 2025 service awards, honoring exceptional leadership, volunteerism, and career achievement. These annual awards celebrate physicians who embody the highest values of medicine and have made a lasting impact on the profession and the communities they serve.

Whether it’s a lifetime of advocacy, groundbreaking public service, or tireless commitment to organized medicine, help us highlight the heroes among us.

Award Categories:

Compassionate Service Award: This award honors a CMA member physician who best illustrates the association’s commitment to community and charity care. Eligible nominees are physicians or physician organizations that have demonstrated a history of providing charity or donated care to communities within the state of California.

Frederick K.M. Plessner Memorial Award: This award honors a California physician who best exemplifies the practice and ethics of a rural practitioner, with particular emphasis on charity care. Eligible for nomination are physicians currently in active practice or retired from active practice for a period of no longer than three years.  

Dev A. GnanaDev Membership Award: This award demonstrates a special or unique effort toward membership recruitment resulting in membership growth in their area during the past year.

Gary Nye, M.D., Award: This award honors significant contributions toward improving physician health and wellness. 

Nominate someone by Wednesday, July 2, 2025 – and let their impact inspire others. See the award descriptions for qualifications and nomination instructions.