Catholic Doctor of the Year Award
Mission Doctors Association is now accepting nominations for the 2012 Catholic Doctor of the Year. The award recipient will be chosen from nominations received from around the country and honored following the annual Archdiocese of Los Angeles White Mass on October 21, 2012. This is an opportunity for patients, colleagues, friends and family members to recognize an outstanding Catholic doctor.
Catholic doctors face many challenges today as they work to meet the needs of their patients in the context of their own faith and calling. Many go well beyond the roll and responsibilities of their profession, offering care that truly reflects the love of God. For some this is obvious in their own practice, for others this takes the form of volunteering in their community or mission work that may be domestic or international. Their exemplary actions bear witness to the highest values of the Catholic doctor.
The 2011 recipient of the Catholic Doctor of the Year award was Dr. Peter J. Daly of St. Paul, MN, current president of the St. Paul and Minneapolis Catholic Medical Association Guild. He was recognized with this award for his commitment to his own community which has taken the form of providing volunteer orthopedic surgery for St. Mary’s Free Health Center in Minneapolis / St. Paul, his work at St. Lucia West Indies, Haiti, and the founding of the Holy Family Surgery Center in Honduras. Former Chief of Staff at St. Joseph’s Hospital, St. Paul, as well as former president of the Ramsey County Medical Society, Dr. Daly has organized numerous medical missions to Honduras, most recently organizing brigades with urologists, ENT and general surgeons. Catholic press and national Catholic News services, among others, covered this award and honoree. Click here for more details or to read about other award recipients.
The award is given in recognition of the efforts of a doctor who has responded to Christ’s call to “Heal the Sick”, as a member of our Catholic faith community and in doing so has made a World of Difference. To submit the name of a qualified doctor(s) for consideration please download and complete this form or call the Mission Doctors Association office for a nomination form. All forms are due by June 15th, by mail or fax.
2011 Honoree, Dr. Daly and his wife Lulu with MDA President Tom Liautaud
2010 Honoree, Dr. Paat and his wife Myra Paat with Bishop Salazar