Dr. David Doukas, the James A. Knight Chair of Humanities and Ethics in Medicine, and Director of the Program in Medical Ethics and Human Values at Tulane University School of Medicine, has been awarded the first Presidential Award at the Academy for Professionalism in Health Care Annual Meeting. The award was presented for Doukas’ efforts as Founder and President of APHC for seven years, from 2012 to 2019. The Academy for Professionalism in Health Care’s mission is to optimize patient care through professionalism education, scholarship, policy, and practice in all health-related fields and has over 300 members in the US and internationally.