Many of our members have given much of their time and talent to make our organization what it is today. The Medical Assistant of the Year Award acknowledges their accomplishments.

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The nominee must meet the following requirements:

  1. AAMA Member in good standing.
  2. AAMA Member for at least three years.
  3. Served as an active officer and/or committee chair at the state level, or on the AAMA National level.
  4. Made specific outstanding contributions to NSMA over and above the usual duties associated with being an officer or committee chair.
  5. Can only be nominated every 10 years.
  6. The current President is not an eligible candidate.
  7. If nominated, the physician employer must verify in writing the medical assistants attributes.
  8. The nominee must furnish a current curriculum vitae to the committee.

The final selection is made by an impartial panel of judges consisting of:

  1. The three State Medical Advisors.
  2. The Executive Secretary of the Nebraska Medical Association.
  3. The Executive Secretary of a County Medical Society.

If an employee of a physician advisor is nominated, the physician will be disqualified as a judge. Another physician will be selected by the Awards Committee. The Medical Assistant of the Year will be announced each year at the NSMA State Conference.


Past Award Recipients

Year Recipient Chapter
1980 Lorraine Wilber, RN Lincoln
1981 Bonnie Ahrens, CMA (AAMA)-AC Lincoln
1982 Jeanne Houston, LPN, CMA (AAMA) Omaha
1983 Peggy (Gilbert) Brown, CMA (AAMA) Lincoln
1984 Norma Parker, CMA (AAMA) Omaha
1985 Marie Madison Grand Island
1986 Virginia Rozmiarek, CMA -C (AAMA) Omaha
1987 Elaine (Arps) Hunacek, CMA (AAMA) Omaha
1988 Delores Yosten Grand Island
1989 Edith Thomsen, CMA -A (AAMA) Kearney Area
1990 Chris Graff, LPN Lincoln
1991 Minnie Briggs, RN Omaha
1992 Peggy (Gilbert) Brown, CMA (AAMA) Lincoln
1993 None
1994 Laura Blankenship, CMA -C (AAMA) Omaha
1995 Mary (Wolfe) Brown, CMA (AAMA) Omaha
1996 Patty Hafer, CMA (AAMA) Great Plains
1997 Debby Gross, CMA (AAMA) Norfolk
1998 Tammy Siedband, CMA (AAMA) Lincoln
1999 Debra Potratz, CMA (AAMA) Grand Island
2000 Candace (Rhoades) Coffman, CMA (AAMA) Lincoln
2001 Janis Frederick, CMA (AAMA) Omaha
2002 Linda Allensworth, CMA (AAMA) CPC Omaha
2003 Andrea Stewart, CMA (AAMA) Great Plains
2004 Carol Hipke-Muske, CMA (AAMA) Hastings
2005 Michel McKinney, CMA (AAMA) Hastings
2006 Andrea Tjarks, CMA (AAMA) Omaha
2007 Lori Kounovsky, CMA (AAMA) Norfolk
2008 Tracy Bednar, CMA (AAMA) LRT Omaha
2009 Janet Ueding, CMA (AAMA) LRT Omaha
2010 None
2011 None
2012 None
2013 Laura Blankenship, CMA -C (AAMA) Omaha
2014 Lisa Hoffman, CMA (AAMA) Grand Island
2015 None
2016 None
2017 None
2018 None
2019 Andrea Stewart, CMA (AAMA) Great Plains
2020 None
2021 Barbara Carter, CMA (AAMA)
2022 Angy McCarter, CMA (AAMA)
2023 None
2024 None
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