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The Andrew M. Margileth AwardThe Andrew M. Margileth Award, given by the Uniformed Services Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics, is an annual citation and purse for the best paper by a Uniformed Services pediatrician for research in a clinical area. This award was originally sponsored by Ross Laboratories and was first presented in El Paso, Texas in March 1977. In 1988 the Uniformed Services Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics provided additional recognition and awards for individuals placing second and third place in this competition. The award is named in honor of Dr Andrew M Margileth for his many outstanding contributions to military pediatrics, both during his active military career and as a faculty member of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences School of Medicine. Andrew Menges Margileth was born on 17 July 1920 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated from Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania in 1942, and from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1944 with a BA in Biophysics. He was awarded his Doctor in Medicine degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio in 1947. Andrew Margileth was a member of the Navy Medical Corps for 24 years, retiring with the rank of Captain. He began his service in 1947 as an intern at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland including his first year of pediatric residency training. His second year was completed at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Dr Margileth served as Chief of Pediatrics at COMSERVPAC Dispensary, Honolulu, Hawaii, Corona Navy Hospital, California Chelsea Naval Hospital, Massachusetts, and at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda from 1963 thru 1967. Dr Margileth held positions at many medical schools and hospitals, including Howard University Medical School, and Children’s Hospital National Medical Center. From 1967 to 1980 he was Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Chairman at George Washington University Medical School. Dr Margileth was a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Virginia and was Professor and Vice Chairman of the Pediatric Department of the Uniformed Services University Medical School at Bethesda from 1979 to 1990. He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Society; a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, a fellow of the American College of Physicians, a member of the American Pediatric Society, the Society of Pediatric Dermatology and Infectious Diseases, and AMSUS. He has been a member of the Uniformed Services Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics since 1962. He has participated actively as a consultant and lecturer in pediatrics, both nationally and internationally. He has served on local and national committees on child health, and has held many prestigious committee assignments with the American Academy of Pediatrics. He also served as consultant in pediatrics to the Surgeon General of the US Navy. He has published extensively with over 160 articles in leading pediatric journals and textbooks. His areas of interest are pediatric infectious disease and pediatric dermatology. He has received many honors and awards over his long and distinguished career, but perhaps the highlight occurred in 1977, when the “Best Clinical Paper Award,” now presented annually at the Uniformed services Pediatric Seminar, was given his name – “The Andrew Margileth Award.” Dr Margileth was so honored, not only because of his total dedication to the care and well being of children, but because he devoted his early career to military medicine, having taught literally thousands of students and residents the art and sciences of pediatrics. He served his national and the Navy well. Dr Margileth currently practices in the Shands Hospital Pediatric Clinic University of Florida in Jacksonville, FL. He directs the Pediatric Dermatology Clinic at the Backus Children’s Hospital, Memorial Medical Center, Savannah, Georgia. Since 1999, he has been a volunteer at Volunteers in Medicine Clinic, Stuart, Florida.
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