Peter J. Fowler Career Clinical Educator Award
Inspiration for this Award
The Peter J. Fowler Career Clinical Educator Award was established to recognize an ISAKOS member who has demonstrated
a commitment to educational outcomes and medical education throughout their career. The award was created in honor of Dr. Peter Fowler,
the first president of ISAKOS, and a pioneer in his contributions to the development of sport medicine in Canada. With his career
start as the first orthopedic surgical resident at Western University under the mentorship of the late Dr. Jack Kennedy, Dr. Fowler
learned about and went on to perfect surgical techniques and rehabilitation using an arthroscope in aid of injured elite and amateur
athletes from across the country. Following the completion of his residency, he and Dr. Kennedy would go on to grow what began in
1974 as a small athletic injuries’ clinic into one of the largest, most comprehensive sport medicine clinics in North America,
The Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic. Among many other achievements, Dr. Fowler was elected as the president of the American
Orthopaedic Society for Sport Medicine, the most influential society in this specialty, where he was one of only two Canadians to
ever be honored with this position.
Purpose of the Award
Candidates nominated for this award should be ISAKOS active members who have been recognized as career educators and who are the unsung
heroes of orthopaedics. Recipients also will have demonstrated their commitment through the conduct of educational research or
publication of educational outcomes and service.
The recipient of the Peter J. Fowler Career Clinical Educator Award will be recognized at the 2025 Congress.
Eligibility Requirements
Active ISAKOS Members will be invited to nominate a candidate.
The deadline for nominations is August 1, 2024.
Candidates for the Peter J. Fowler Career Clinical Educator Award should be:
- A minimum of 5 years of ISAKOS membership.
- Nomination by one ISAKOS member with three seconders (all ISAKOS members).
- Evidence of participation in ISAKOS and its educational activities.
- Evidence of participation in education activities through other societies or alternate settings.
- Evidence of how the individual is positively impacting their community and may include adoption of innovative instructional technologies.
- Letters of support should be provided from mentees/students.
- Submission of a Curriculum Vitae.
Candidates
Candidates will be asked to confirm their willingness to be considered for the Peter J. Fowler Career Clinical Educator Award, while also confirming their
ability to attend the 2025 ISAKOS Congress held in Munich, Germany on June 8-11, 2025.
Award
The recipient of the Peter J. Fowler Career Clinical Educator Award will receive waived registration to the 2025 ISAKOS Congress.