Two stories in ‘Stanford Medicine’ win AAMC awards
Two writers from the medical school’s Office of Communication & Public Affairs have received national recognition from the American Association of Medical Colleges for stories they wrote for Stanford Medicine magazine.
News editor Jonathan Rabinovitz won the 2011 Award of Excellence — the highest honor bestowed — in the general staff writing category for “Transformers,” which examined the role teaching hospitals could play in the metamorphosis of American medicine. The story was published in the Summer 2010 issue of the magazine.
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The contest judges said that Rabinovitz “incorporates extensive research and relates it in a concise, comprehensible way that seamlessly interweaves important national trends and topics with Stanford personalities, statistics, and patient and physician stories.”
The judges also awarded an honorable mention in the same category to writer Tracie White for her first-hand account of the efforts of one Haitian hospital to cope with the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. The story, “Valley of hope,” also appeared in the Summer 2010 issue.
White was praised by the judges for “beautiful, descriptive writing that captures an incredible moment in history and successfully transports readers to the tragic aftermath of Haiti’s earthquake.”
The awards were presented April 14 in Nashville at the annual meeting of the AAMC’s Group on Institutional Advancement.
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