Awards and Honors
The Awards Committee is seeking nominations for awards in five categories for recognition at the 39th Annual Meeting, AAFCP Virtual: Apart But Still Together with Creighton Model FertilityCare and NaProTECHNOLOGY. Nominations may be submitted through May 20, 2020 with recipients announced at the virtual Annual Meeting in July.
Honorary Award
An Honorary Award will be presented at the Annual Meeting to an individual who has made a major contribution in the field of Natural Family Planning in the area of national or international service, education or research.
A Voting Member in good standing must submit this recommendation.
Outstanding Medical Consultant Award
The Academy wishes to recognize Outstanding FertilityCare Medical Consultants. This award will formally recognize the outstanding contributions of a Certified Medical Consultant in the advancement of the Creighton Model FertilityCare System through service, education or research.
Any member or non-member colleague may submit this recommendation.
Professional Excellence Award
The Academy wishes to recognize outstanding Creighton Model FertilityCare service providers with the FertilityCare Professional Excellence Award. This award will formally recognize the outstanding contributions made by past or present Voting members in the advancement of the Creighton Model FertilityCare System through services, education and/or research. Nominees must have been Active Members for at least ten years and may be retired.
Any member or non-member colleague may submit this recommendation.
Hall of Fame Award
The Hall of Fame Award, which is intended for an individual who is deceased or retired and who has contributed a major impact to the field of natural family planning. Presentation of this award will serve to inform present and future members of the historical background of pioneers in the field of natural family planning.
A Voting Member in good standing must submit this recommendation.
Outstanding Practitioner or Instructor Award
The Academy wishes to recognize Outstanding FertilityCare Practitioners/Instructors. This Award will formally recognize the outstanding contributions of a Certified Practitioner or Instructor in the advancement of the Creighton Model FertilityCare System through service, education or research.
Any member or non-member colleague may submit this recommendation.
Outstanding FertilityCare
Practitioner/Instructor
Past Award Winners:
- 2019 – Nancy Malo, CFCP
- 2018 – Margaret Smith, CFCE
- 2017 – Ayodele Shonubi, CFCP, CFCE
- 2016 – Elizabeth Kauffeld, CFCP, CFCE
- 2015 – Jeanice Vinduska, BS, CFCE
- 2014 – LaDean Barnes, M.Ed., CFCP
- 2013 – Christy Shoen, CFCE
- 2011 – Barbara Rose, RN, MSN, CFCP
- 2009 – Dorice Millar, RC, CFCE
- 2008 – Kathy Hirkala, BSN, RN, CFCE
- 2007 – Nancy McGrath, RN, BS, CFCE
- 2006 – Angelique Garcia, LPN, BSE, CFCE
- 2005 – Maureen Duhn, RN, CFCP
- 2004 – Kathy Cerovsky, CFCS
- 2003 – Diane Hale, RN, CFCP
- 2001 – Jeanne Stoll, RN, CNFPP
- 2000 – Patricia Wemuth, CNFPP
- 1999 – Phyllis White, CNFPE
- 1998 – Sister Marilyn Mangan, CNFPP, CNFPE
- 1997 – Nancy Botkin, CNFPE
- 1996 – Ann Nerbun, CNFPP
- 1995- Judy Pittack, MS, CNFPE
- 1994 – Pauline DuFour, CNFPS
- 1993 – Anita Lucketti, CNFPP
- 1992 – Sister Julianna Jervis, OP, RN, CNFPP
- 1991 – Richard Fehring, DNSC, RN, CNFPE
Honorary Awards
Past Award Winners:
- 2015 – Joseph Stanford, MD, MSPH, CFCMC
- 2013 – Janina Filipczuk, B.Sc. Phm., M. Sc., FACA, CFCP, CFCPhC
- 2011 – Cardinal William J. Levada
- 2010 – Chris Kahlenborn, MD
- 2008 – Creighton University School of Medicine
- 2004 – Margaret Howard, MAM, CFCE
- 2001 – Reverend Daniel McCaffrey, STD
- 2000 – Davey Weitzel, CNFPP
- 1999 – Kathy Rivet, BS, CNFPE
- 1998 – Ann M. Prebil, RN, CNFPE
- 1997 – Susan K. Hilgers, CNFPE
- 1996 – Shirley Hoefler, CNFPE
- 1993 – Mother Teresa of Calcutta
- 1991 – John J Billings, MD
- 1991 – Evelyn Billings, MD
- 1990 – K. Diane Daly, RN, CNFPE
- 1988 – Ruth Taylor, MD, CNFPP, CNFPMC, NFPE
- 1987 – Reverend Denis St. Marie
- 1986 – Evelyn Eaton, CNFPP
- 1985 – Thomas W. Hilgers, MD, CNFPE, CFCMC
Outstanding FertilityCare Medical Consultant
Past Award Winners:
- 2019 – Susan Caldwell, MD, CFCMC
- 2018 – Faith Daggs, MD, CFCMC
- 2017 – Robert Chasuk, MD, CFCMC
- 2016 – Elizabeth Tham, MD, CCFP, FCFP, CFCMC
- 2012 – Debra Gramlich, MD, CFCMC
- 2011 – Lynn Keenan, MD, CFCMC
- 2010 – Michael Dixon, MD, CFCMC
- 2009 – Mark Stegman, MD, CFCMC
- 2007 – Peter Danis, MD, CFCMC
- 2005 – Amanda LaMont, MD, CFCMC, CFCE
- 2004 – Paul Carpentier, MD, CNFPMC
- 2003 – Teresa Mc Kenna, MD, CNFPMC, CFCP
- 2001 – Phil Boyle, MD, CNFPMC
- 2000 – Joseph B. Stanford, MD, CNFPMC
- 1999 – Thomas W. Hilgers, MD, CNFPE, CNFPMC
FertilityCare Professionals Excellence
Past Award Winners:
- 2019 – Angelique Garcia, LPN, BSE, CFCE
- 2017 – Denise Seeger, BS, CFCP
- 2016 – Jeanne Karnath, BS, CFCP
- 2015 – Kathy Rivet, BS, CFCE
- 2014 – Maria Perkins, CFCP
- 2012 – Donna Vondrak, CFCP
- 2011 – Diane Daly, RN, CFCE
- 2010 – Michele Chambers, BA, CFCP
- 2009 – Margaret Yates, BSN, MA, CFCP
- 2008 – Becky Knapp, RN, BSN, CFCP
- 2007 – Linda Cady, RN, BSN, CFCP
- 2006 – Kathy Blascyk, CFCP
- 2005 – Jean Packard, FCP
Hall of Fame Awards
Past Award Winners:
- 2019 – Jean Packard, FCP
- 2018 – Ann Prebil, BSN, RN, CFCE
- 2016 – Rev. Wilhelm Hillebrand
- 2011 – Professor James Boyer Brown
- 2009 – Pope John Paul II
- 2008 – Bernando Colombo, PhD
- 2006 – Nancy Botkin, CFCE
- 2004 – Erik Odeblad, MD
- 2001 – Bishop Glennon P. Flavin
- 1997 – Herbert Ratner, MD
- 1996 – His Holiness Pope Paul VI
- 1991 – Jane Beam, CNFPP
Science and Research Committee – Annual Research Paper Awards
2019 | “Effectiveness of Fertility Awareness–Based Methods for Pregnancy Prevention: A Systematic Review” Peragallo Urrutia, Rachel, MD, MS; Polis, Chelsea B., PhD; Jensen, Elizabeth T., PhD; Greene, Margaret E., PhD; Kennedy, Emily, MA; Stanford, Joseph B., MD, MSPH
2018 | “Peri-conceptional Progesterone Treatment in Women with Unexplained Recurrent Miscarriage: A Randomized Double-blind Placebo-controlled Trial” Alaa M. Ismail, Ahmed M. Abbas, Mohammed K. Ali, Ahmed F. Amin The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 2016; 31:3, 388-394
2017 | “The Performance of Fertility Awareness-based Method Apps Marketed to Avoid Pregnancy”
Marguerite Duane, MD, MHA, FAAFP, Alison Contreras, PhD, FCP, Elizabeth T. Jensen, MPH, PhD, Amina White, MD, MA J Am Board Fam Med 2016; 29:508-511
2016 | “Self-identification of the Clinical Fertile Window and the Ovulation Period”
Rene Ecochard MD, PhD, Olivia Duterque MD, Rene Leiva MD, Thomas Bouchard MD, and Pilar Vigil MD Fertility and Sterility 103(5):1319-1325
2015 | “Pilot test and validation of the Peak Day method of prospective determination of ovulation against a handheld urine hormone monitor“
Christina Porucznik, Kyley Cox, Karen Schliep, & Joseph Stanford BMC Women’s Health 2014; 14:4 www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6874/14/4
2014 | “Fertility Awareness-based Methods of Family Planning: A Review of Effectiveness for Avoiding Pregnancy Using SORT” Manhart D, Duane M, Lind A, Sinai I, Golden-Tevald J. Osteopathic Family Physician 2013; 5:2-8
2013 | “Natural Procreative Technology for Infertility and Recurrent Miscarriage: Outcomes in a Canadian Family Practice” Elizabeth Tham, MD, CCFP, FCFP, Karen Schliep, PhD, MSPH, Joseph Stanford, MD, MSPH Canadian Family Physician 2012; 58:267-74
2012 | The New Women’s Health Science of NaProTechnology
Thoman W.Hilgers, MD Archives of Perinatal Medicine 17(4) 191-198, 2011
2011 | Types of Ovarian Activity in Women and Their Significance: The Continuum (a reinterpretation of early findings)
James B. Brown Human Reproductive Update 2010, 00(0) 1-18
2010 | Near Adhesion-Free Reconstructive Pelvic Surgury: Thee Distinct Phases of Progress Over 23 Years
Thomas W. Hilgers, M.D., Dip. ABOG, ABLS, SRS Journal of Gynecologic Surgery Vol 26
2009 | “Outcomes From Treatment of Infertility with Natural Procreative Technology in and Irish General Practice“
Joseph B. Stanford, MD, MSPH, Tracey A. Parnell, MD and Phil C. Boyle, MB Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2008.05.070239)
2007 | “Normalization of Hyperinsulinemia by Chronic Opiod Receptor Blockade in Hyperandrogenemic Women“
Dijana Hadziomrtpvic, MD et al. Fertility and Sterility 2006; Vol. 86: 651-657
2007 | “17 – Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate for the Prevention of Preterm Delivery“
Anthony O. Odibo, MD et al. Obstetrics and Gynecology 2006; Vol. 108: 492-498
2002 | “Changes with Age in the Level and Duration of Fertility in the Menstrual Cycle“
David B. Dunson, Bernardo Colombo, Donna B. Baird Human Reproduction 2002; 17: 1399-1403
2001 | “Nurse-Midwives’ Knowledge and Promotion of Lactational Amenorrhea and Other Natural Family Planning Methods for Child Spacing“
Richard Fehring, RN, DNSc, Lisa Manson, CNM, DNSc and Jesoph B. Stanford, MD Journal of Midwifery and Woman’s Health 2001; 46: 68-73
2000 | “Characteristics of Women Associated with Continueing Instruction in the Creighton Model FertilityCare System“
Joseph B. Stanford, MD and Ken R. Smith Contraception 2000; 61: 121-129
1999 | “Pregnancy Probabilities During Use of the Creighton Model FertilityCare System“
Margaret P. Howard, CNFPE and Joseph B. Stanford, MD Archives of Family Medicine 1999; 8: 391-402
1998 | “Creighton Model NaProEducation Technology for Avoiding Pregnancy: Use Effectiveness“
Thomas W. Hilgers, MD and Joseph B. Stanford, MD Journal of Reproductive Medicine 1998; 43: 495-502
1997 | “Cervical Mucus and Their Functions“
Erik Odeblad Journal of the Irish Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons 1997; 26: 27-32
1996 | “Effectiveness of Lactational Amenorrhea in Prevention of Pregnancy in Manila, the Philippines: Non-Comparative Prospective Trial“
Rebecca Ramos, Kathy Irene Kennedy, Cynthia M. Visness British Medical Journal 1996; 313: 909-912
