Nominations Open for 2026 MSDC Awards August 19, 2025

Nominations are now open for the 2026 MSDC Awards, to be presented at our awards ceremony, the Capital Healthcare Honors.

For over 80 years, MSDC has been recognizing members, healthcare professionals, and organizations for their service to the Society, DC, and healthcare. MSDC's Awards Committee (composed of MSDC members) selects nominees from member submissions. This year, nominations for awards are open now and close November 7, 2025.

The five award categories are:

• Certificate of Meritorious Service: Presented to a physician member in recognition of distinguished service to the medical profession. Previous awardees include Dr. Edward Davison, Dr. Margaret Nicholson, Dr. Montague Cobb, Dr. Warren Strudwick, Dr. Edward Rankin, Dr. Jehan El-Bayoumi, and Dr. Lisa Boyle.
  
• Dr. Charles H. Epps III Community Service Award: Presented to a physician member for outstanding public service to the community. Previous awardees include Dr. Marvin Korengold, Dr. Roselyn P. Epps, Dr. Janelle Goetcheus, Dr. Jeffrey Akman, Dr. Reginald Robinson, Dr. Princy Kumar, and Dr. Keith Egan.
• Distinguished Service Award: Presented to a physician member for outstanding service to the Medical Society of the District of Columbia. Previous awardees include Dr. David Seitzman, Dr. Thomas Curtin, Dr. Raymond Scalettar, Dr. Roselyn E. Epps, and Dr. Raymond Tu.
• John Benjamin Nichols Award: Presented to a lay person, organization, or both, in recognition of outstanding contributions toward improving the health of the community. Previous awardees include WTOP TV, Meals on Wheels, The Honorable Polly Shackleton, Sister Carol Keehan, Whitman-Walker Health, Mary's Center, and Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt.
• The Healthy Physician Foundation Innovation in Healthcare Technology Award: Presented in tandem with the Institute for Technology in Health Care, this award and grant supports a company launching a product or services that improves medical care using technology and promotes provider wellbeing. Last year's inaugural award went to Caretaker Medical (read more here). This award, presented by The Healthy Physician Foundation, has a separate application which can be found here.

You can nominate awardees here or email hay@msdc.org. You may nominate multiple individuals for an award or multiple individuals for multiple awards, but please do not nominate one person for multiple awards.

The 2026 Capital Healthcare Honors will take place in March 25, 2026 at the National Press Club. To view information on the 2025 ceremony, click here.