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2020 SCOPY: Service Award for Colorectal Cancer Outreach, Prevention and Year-Round Excellence
The American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) announces the winners of the 2020 SCOPY Awards (Service Award for Colorectal Cancer Outreach, Prevention, and Year-Round Excellence) to recognize the achievements of ACG members in their community engagement, education, and awareness efforts for colorectal cancer prevention.
“A total of 16 SCOPY Awards will be presented to an outstanding slate of CRC awareness champions,” said ACG Public Relations Committee Chair Sophie M. Balzora, MD, FACG. “In soliciting applications for the SCOPY awards, we recognized the difficult position members of our College grapple with — addressing the present danger of COVID-19 and the reality that in the absence of CRC screening, incidence of this preventable cancer may rise,” she added.
The winning projects were selected by judges Dr. Balzora and Jacques Beauvais, MD, of the NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY.
“This year’s initiatives demonstrated sustained engagement with community members, effective collaboration to deliver comprehensive CRC awareness campaigns, a commitment to improving accessibility of CRC screening, and the use of humor to communicate this significant, but under-addressed, public health issue,” Dr. Balzora remarked.
The winners will be honored at the SCOPY Awards Ceremony & Workshop on Saturday, October 24, at 8:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time via the Virtual ACG 2020 Meeting Platform and in the 2020 SCOPY Awards Booklet.
Details of the awards can be found in the 2020 SCOPY Awards Booklet.
Best
CRC Community Outreach During COVID
Allegheny Health Network and Highmark
Health
Pittsburgh, PA
COLOVID-19: The 2020 Story Before,
During, and After
Best Culturally Inclusive
Social Media Event
Duke Division of
Gastroenterology/Durham County Colorectal Cancer Screening Workgroup
Durham, NC
Duke Cancer Institute Facebook Live
Event for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Best Culturally Conscious
Social Media Campaign
Rachel Issaka, MD, Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
Darrell M. Gray, II, MD,
MPH, FACG, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Folasade P. May, MD, PhD,
MPhil, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
#ItsTimeGetScreened
Best International Effort
Mukesh Sharma Paudel, MD
Lumbini City Hospital, Butwal,
Nepal
Colorectal Cancer and Colonoscopy
Lecture, Video, and Poster
Best Multi-Channel Colorectal
Cancer Awareness Initiative
Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital
Houston, TX
Colorectal Cancer Awareness – “Go Blue
and Get Your Screen On”
Best Multi-Faceted Health
Initiative by a Hospital
Sita S. Chokhavatia, MD, MACG
& The Valley Hospital
Ridgewood, NJ
CRC Community Awareness and Educational
Programs at The Valley Hospital – 2020
Best Patient-Provider
Communication Instruction
Adewale Ajumobi, MD, FACG;
Eliane Coffler, MD; Joline De Castro, MD; Sushant Soni, MD; and Eisenhower
Health
Rancho Mirage, CA
Colonoscopy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
& How to Discuss CRC Screening with Your Patient Via Telemedicine
Best Polypectomy Video
Ronald Hsu, MD, FACG
Sutter Roseville Endoscopy
Center, Roseville, CA
Colon Cancer Prevention Education Video:
Choices
Best
Public Health Intervention for a Medically Underserved Patient Population
UC San Diego Health
San Diego, CA
The UC San Diego Health-Family Health
Centers of San Diego Colon Health Program: A Partnership to Screen Those Most
At-Risk
Best Public Service Announcement
Written and Delivered by a Gastroenterologist
Louis J. Wilson, MD, FACG
& Wichita Falls Gastroenterology Associates
Wichita Falls, TX
Wichita County Health Department 2020
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Message
Best TV PSA Featuring an ACG
Governor
Alyn L. Adrain, MD, FACG
Gastroenterology Associates,
Inc., Providence, RI
Don’t Die of Embarrassment – Get
Screened Today
Grand SCOPY
Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive
Cancer Center’s Office of Outreach and Health Disparities
Houston, TX
Light the Night Blue: A Colorectal
Cancer Awareness Initiative
Making CRC Awareness Fun Award
University of Alabama at
Birmingham, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Birmingham, AL
Love Your Bum: Get It Screened 2020 Campaign
Most Inspirational Original
Cancer Awareness Song
Carlos Keebo Santos
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Cancer Doesn’t Discriminate
SCOPY Best Bi-Lingual CRC
Screening Video
Renugadevi Swaminathan, MD,
MPH & Arturo Lopez, MD
Louisiana State University
Health, Shreveport, LA
A Clean Colon is Half your Colonoscopy
SCOPY Social Media Acumen and
Authentic Leadership Award
Aline Charabaty, MD
Johns Hopkins Sibley Memorial
Hospital, Washington, DC
#ColonCancerAwareness Month:
#ScreenMoreFearLess