FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 28, 2015 AMA Foundation Honors Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Student with National Leadership Award CHICAGO – Kushyup Shah, a student at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, is a recipient of the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation’s 2015 Leadership Award. This national award recognizes medical students, residents/fellows, and early career physicians for achievements in community service, medical education, and public health. The AMA Foundation will honor 15 outstanding individuals with Leadership Awards at its annual Excellence in Medicine Awards donor reception on Friday, June 5, 2015, in Chicago. Award recipients will receive special training to further develop their skills as future leaders in community affairs and organized medicine. Kushyup Shah Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Shah is a rising fourth-year medical student at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School seeking to pursue a career in radiology, health policy, and health economics. His interests lie in the optimization of resource utilization in underserved areas and to promote better collaboration between policy makers and health care providers through effective policy. Realizing that change in health care policy is most effective in numbers and when done over time, he cofounded a nationwide health policy fellowship, designed to engage medical students in the health policy realm in order to promote efficient and effective advocacy on behalf of the medical profession and ultimately, patients. Shah is currently pursuing a masters in public policy at Rutgers University. The Excellence in Medicine Award program is presented in association with Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Pfizer Inc., and PhRMA. The AMA Foundation, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt foundation, is improving the health of Americans through philanthropic support of quality programs in public health and medical education. To join the AMA Foundation in supporting medical heroes like the Excellence in Medicine Award winners, visit www.amafoundation.org. ### Media Contact: Amy Jenkins, AMA Foundation (312) 464-5864 [email protected]