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In June of
2003, the Kentucky Rural Health Association began a new
tradition. At the organization’s annual conference, it
announced the first recipient of an award honoring a
lifetime contribution to rural health in Kentucky; this
recipient was Dr. Dan Martin of the Trover Foundation in
Madisonville.
The annual
award now bears his name and is given each year to an
individual who has provided many years of service to rural
Kentuckians. The individual’s contributions might be
in areas of direct patient care, health professions
education, health administration, health promotion or public
advocacy.
The Board of Directors of the
Kentucky Rural Health Association invites you to nominate an
individual to be this year’s recipient of the Dan Martin
Award. To nominate someone, please complete the
nomination form and e-mail
it to Linda Asher at lmashe2@uky.edu. You can also mail your
nomination to: Linda Asher, Office of Health Research &
Development, 138 Leader Avenue, Room 129E, Lexington, KY
40536-9983, or send via FAX to (859) 323-1043.
Based on the nominations
received, members of the KRHA Executive Committee will
select the 2008 honoree. The award will be presented at the
KRHA Annual Conference, July 24 & 25, 2008 at the Capital
Plaza Hotel in Frankfort.
Please be sure that nominations are received no later than
April 18th.
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2007 David Bolt
Chief Operating Officer, Lewis County Family Health in
Vanceburg
Mr. Bolt was Vice President
for Regional Network Development at St. Claire Medical
Center until 1997. He managed five primary care centers, a
cancer treatment center, a multi-county home health network,
hospice and DME services. During this period, he also served
as the Center Director of the 22–county Northeast Kentucky
Area Health Education Center. Since working with Lewis
County Family Health, where his vision has further been
expanded in northeastern Kentucky, Mr. Bolt has successfully
increased access to primary care, women’s health services,
dental services and pharmacy services in the region and was
instrumental in obtaining funding for better health care
facilities.
2006 O. A. Cull, M.D.
Owenton
Dr. O.A. Cull in Owenton,
Kentucky served the rural community of Owenton, Kentucky for
more than 54 years. After a year’s internship in a Michigan
hospital, Dr. Cull set up his practice in Corinth, Kentucky
and in 1956 he moved his office to Owenton and began a full
medical practice delivering babies, assisting in surgeries
and administrating anesthesia. Dr. Cull is still active
today after 54 years and continues to maintain an office
practice, along with 3 other physicians and two nurse
practitioners at New Horizons Family Practice in Owenton.
2005 George E. Walz
Chief Executive Officer, Breckinridge Health, Inc.
Mr. Walz began his tenure
as Chief Executive Officer, Breckinridge Health, Inc. in
1973. Of great importance is that under his administration
Breckinridge Health was named to the Top 100 List of
Hospitals fewer than 250 beds in 1996. He successfully
started a hospital based Nursing Facility, Home Health
Agency and Rural Health Clinic in addition to weekly clinics
for Cardiology, Urology, Otolaryngology, Podiatry,
Orthopedics and Ob/Gyn. He lives the mission to reduce the
burden of illness, injury and disability and to improve
health and functioning of the people of our communities.
2004 Rice C. Leach, M.D.
Commissioner, Kentucky Department for Public Health
Dr. Leach is a graduate of
Amherst College, the University of Kentucky College of
Medicine, and the Harvard School of Public Health where he
obtained a master’s degree in Health Services
Administration. For twenty-six years Dr. Leach served in the
United States Public Health Service with most of his time
spent with the Indian Health Service. He was Chief of Staff
to the Surgeon General. Dr. Leach is the former Commissioner
of Health for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
2003 Dan A. Martin, M.D.
Director, Education Division, Trover Foundation,
Madisonville
In June of 2003, the
Kentucky Rural Health Association began a new tradition. At
the organization’s annual conference, it announced the first
recipient of an award honoring a lifetime contribution to
rural health in Kentucky; this recipient was Dr. Dan Martin
of the Trover Foundation in Madisonville. The annual award
now bears his name and will be given each year to an
individual who has provided many years of service to rural
Kentuckians. The individual’s contributions might be in
areas of direct patient care, health professions education,
health administration, health promotion or public advocacy.
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