UMass Medical School-Baystate faculty leader Amy S. Gottlieb, MD, has been named recipient of the 2020 Elnora Rhodes Service Award by the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM). The award recognizes the highest level of service to the society and is given annually to an individual for outstanding service in upholding its mission of clinical care, research, education and community service in primary care internal medicine.
“I am honored and deeply moved by this award,” said Dr. Gottlieb, professor of medicine and associate dean for faculty affairs at Baystate. “The Society of General Internal Medicine has been a professional home for me for almost two decades. It is a wonderful community of colleagues who have been a tremendous source of inspiration and camaraderie.”
A member of SGIM since 2005, Gottlieb, who is nationally recognized for her work on gender equity in academic medicine, was elected to become a member of the SGIM Women and Medicine Commission in 2008. She served as co-chair from 2013 to 2015 and chair from 2015 to 2017.
