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Shotwell Award presented to Dr. Michael Osterholm at Abbott Northwestern Hospital's medical staff annual meeting

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. 01/08/2003--

The 2002 Shotwell Award, presented by the Hennepin Medical Society, was given to Michael T. Osterholm, Ph.D., at Abbott Northwestern’s annual Medical Staff meeting on Jan. 7. Dr. Osterholm is the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health, and former state epidemiologist. 
“Dr. Osterholm has continually demonstrated his visionary efforts of educating the public and health care community on the threat of bioterrorism and is preeminent in the field of epidemiology nationally,” said T. Michael Tedford, M.D., board chair of the Hennepin Medical Society.

The Shotwell Award is presented to individuals in the state of Minnesota who have shown dedicated service to humankind; have had significant breakthroughs in some form of research, or who have made a significant contribution to the field of medicine and improved the delivery of health care in the state.

Since the award had its start at Metropolitan-Mount Sinai Medical Center, a former Allina facility, Abbott Northwestern and its Medical Staff will begin to host the annual award ceremony this year. The Shotwell Award was established in 1971 in recognition of the financial support and dedication of Mr. and Mrs. James D. Shotwell towards Metropolitan Medical Center. 

Hennepin Medical Society is the professional association for physicians in the west metro area of the Twin Cities, representing more than 3,000 physicians.

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