The Pediatric Complex Care Achievement Awards celebrate individuals who dedicate their lives—through commitment and work—to serving children with medical complexity. The awards honor those who have made exceptional, long-lasting contributions to help children with medical complexity in many areas, including clinical care delivery, advocacy, policy, administration, research, and education/training. The awards also honor lived experience incorporated into any of these areas.
The Pediatric Complex Care Lifetime Achievement Award is supported by the Systems & Policy Research Network, Family Voices, the Academic Pediatrics Association Complex Care and Disability Special Interest Group, and the Children’s Hospital Association.
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Carolyn Allshouse
Carolyn is the past Executive Director of Family Voices of Minnesota, a state-wide, non-profit organization, and the Family Voices state affiliate organization and member of the Parent-to-Parent USA alliance. Family Voices of Minnesota provides families support, information and tools to navigate the health care system, make informed decisions, and build partnerships. Read more
Lauren Agoratus
Lauren is a parent, NJ Coordinator for Family Voices at SPAN. She’s been on AAP Brain Trust and Value Based Care; NJ AAP Council for Children with Disabilities, multiple SPR committees; NICH pediatric priorities, NQF Pediatric Measures, and UCLA project for CMC. Lauren writes for Exceptional Parent magazine, NJ AAP, and academic journals. She was named a Hero Advocate by Exceptional Parent and received the 2026 Julie Beckett Policy Advocacy award from Family Voices. Read more
Mid-Career Achievement Award
Eyal Cohen
Dr. Eyal Cohen received academic training at the University of Toronto (medicine) and McMaster University (health research methodology), and clinical training at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney, Australia. Dr. Cohen co-founded the Complex Care Program with his colleagues in the Division of Pediatric Medicine at SickKids. He is currently the Program Head of Child Health Evaluative Sciences at SickKids Research Institute and Co-Executive Director of the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children. Read more
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