This auspicious award, sponsored by the AACC CPOCT Division and funded by Lifescan, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company, includes a cash award and funds to support attendance at the AACC Annual Meeting and an elegant trophy. To submit a nominee for this year, click here.Click on the year below to view past winners:

• 2010: Bob Kaplanis, Laboratory Sciences of Arizona / Banner Health

• 2009: Brenda Franks, Methodist Hospital, Omaha, NE

• 2008: Peggy Mann, University of Texas Medical Branch

• 2007: Elizabeth Vadasdi, manager of POCT at New York- Presbyterian Hospital, Weill – Cornell Medical Center

• 2006: Edwina F. Szelag, Holmes Regional Medical Center - Health First, Inc. in Melbourne, FL

• 2005: Ann Snyder, Point-of Care Testing Coordinator for the Greater Baltimore Medical Center

• 2004: David Colard, Saint Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, MO

• 2003: Deanna Bogner, Christus Santa Rosa Health Care system in San Antonio, TX

• 2002: Diana DeHoyos of the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, TX

• 2001: Lou Ann Wyer MT (ASCP), Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, VA

• 2000: Karen Freese of Clarian Health Partners, Inc., Indianapolis, IN