David S Kountz MD MBA MACP Named Ethel Weinberg Award Winner

David S. Kountz, M.D., MBA, MACP, has been named the 2023 Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers’ (AIAMC) Ethel Weinberg Award winner. He will be recognized with this esteemed honor at the AIAMC awards dinner in Nashville March 24. Dr. Kountz is VP, Academic Affairs at JSUMC, co-chief Academic Officer/HMH, Hackensack Meridian Health School of Medicine, Professor of Medicine; Sr. associate dean, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. He has served multiple national organizations including Member, Institutional Review Committee, ACGME; Member‐At‐Large, National Board of Medical Examiners; former Chair of the Group on Resident Affairs, AAMC; and prior member (2019) of the Diversity Task Force, ACGME. He also served as Co‐Chair of the National Minority Cardiovascular Alliance and is Past President of the International Society on Hypertension in Blacks.

“Dr. Kountz has dedicated his career to educating the future physicians and healthcare leaders of America.” -- Kelly Ussery‐Kronhaus, M.D., Family Medicine Residency director, Ocean University Medical Center, who nominated Dr. Kountz for the award. 

About the AIAMC and the Ethel Weinberg, MD, Award

The AIAMC is an American national membership organization of approximately 70 major academic medical centers and health systems committed to quality patient care, medical education and research. The Weinberg Award is presented to an AIAMC individual member who best exemplifies the energy and commitment of our founder, including by demonstrating local and national leadership in academic medicine.