Distinguished Advanced Practice Provider
The Distinguished Advanced Practice Provider Award recognizes an advanced practice provider who has made an extraordinary effort to promote and further the practice of advanced health care providers in the specialty of metabolic and bariatric surgery beyond the role in the multidisciplinary team/program.
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LEAD Awards:
Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Ronald Clements Patient Safety, Quality, and Clinical Excellence Award
Dr. Harvey Sugerman Master Educator Award
Dr. Walter J. Pories Research Award
Distinguished Industry Partner Award
Excellence in Clinical Care Award
IH LEAD Awards:
Distinguished Certified Bariatric Nurse
- 2026
Jill Welshans, AG-ACNP