Pediatrician of the Year Award

Now accepting nominations for PA AAP's 2022 Pediatrician of the Year!

Every year, with your help, the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics recognizes a pediatric fellow who exemplifies the ideals of the pediatric profession and participates in activities that reflect the foundation of the Chapter.

Please note the qualifications the PA AAP is looking for in nominees. Learn more here.

• Advocate for children’s health and/or increase access to health services
• Improve the interactions of pediatricians with other agencies that result in a smoother strive for effective provision of care
• Portray pediatricians or the Chapter in a positive manner
• Highlight AAP and/or Chapter membership activities (Nominee must be a national and/or chapter member.)
• Please list any other qualities or accomplishments you would like the Governance Committee to consider. 

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​To nominate a colleague, please either submit your nomination here (or at the links below) or download and return this form to info@paaap.org or the following address:

ATTN: Annette Myarick
1400 N. Providence Rd, Suite 4000
Media, PA 19063

The deadline for applications will be at 5:00pm ET on Friday, February 11, 2022.

Please note that nominators will be expected to submit letters of support for the nominee as well as the nominee's CV.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to the Chapter at info@paaap.org.

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2021 Pediatrician of the Year
Clark McSparren, Jr, MD, FAAP

For over 50 years, Clark McSparren, Jr, MD, FAAP has been many things to the city of Lancaster, PA—a pediatrician, educator, volunteer, mentor, and friend. This year, we celebrate Dr. McSparren for his tenure as a pediatric general care provider, but this role cannot be separated from that of his others. While there are innumerable accolades that capture Dr. McSparren’s success as a clinical provider, such as his founding Lancaster Pediatric Associates, what makes Dr. McSparren an invaluable leader is his understanding and embodiment of the spirit within his community. He has a keen sense of what a group, a community needs—be it volunteers at Carter and Macrae Elementary School or resources around child abuse—and a deftness in making it happen, affably so.

We honor Dr. McSparren for his achievements in securing health care for children within the School District of Lancaster in which 85% of students live in poverty and lack access to free, accessible health care. In this, we see Dr. McSparren’s distinct ability to isolate a need in his community and act on it.

We honor him for leading the charge on a campaign to build a new pediatric unit at Lancaster General Hospital, for servicing as Chief of Pediatrics at a local hospital, and for guiding CAP’s Lancaster City and Lancaster County Head Start Program as the Medical Director.

We honor him for understanding that there is equal value in what a child can teach a doctor as what that doctor can provide them and for proliferating such sentiment throughout the community, always lifting up children.
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Congratulations, Dr. McSparren. The Chapter is honored to present you with the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Pediatrician of the Year Award for 2021. We thank you for your dedication to the health and wellbeing of Pennsylvania’s children.  

Immediate Past Recipient

D. Holmes Morton, MD, FAAP
Award Year: 2020
​The PA Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics congratulates Dr. Holmes Morton as the 2020 Pediatrician of the Year. This prestigious award is given annually to a Pennsylvania Fellow who exemplifies the ideals of the pediatric profession and participates in the type of activities that are the foundation of the AAP.

Past Recipients

• Diego Chaves-Gnecco, MD, MPH, FAAP (2019)
• Renee Turchi, MD, MHP, FAAP (2017)
• Daniel Taylor, DO, FAAP, FACOP (2016)
• David Turkewitz, MD, FAAP (2014)
• Mark Widome, MD, MPH, FAAP (2013)
• Robert Cicco, MD, FAAP (2010)
• Eve Kimball, MD, FAAP (2009)
• Narayan Shah, MD (2008)
• Cindy Christian, MD (2007)
• George Fatula Sr., MD (2006)
• James Jones, MD (2005)
• Alan Cohen, MD (2004)
• Cheston Berlin, MD (2003)
• Basil Zitelli, MD (2002)

• Albert Price, MD (2001)
• Albert Gaskins, Jr., MD (2000)
• Jack Paradise, MD (1999)
• Jerold Aronson, MD (1998)
• Ellen Wald, MD (1997)
• Harold Lischner, MD (1996)
• Kenneth Rogers, MD (1995)
• Charles Reilly, MD (1994)
• Lee Bass, MD (1993)
• David Smith, MD (1992)
• Alan Kohrt (1991)
• J. Gartner, MD (1990)
• Pascal Spino, MD (1989)
• Susan Aronson, MD, FAAP (1988)