Ames doctor receives Physician Humanitarian Award
Thursday, April 22, 2021 10:57 AM
The Iowa Medical Society presented the IMS/COPIC Physician Humanitarian Award to Dr. Selden Spencer during the organization’s virtual IMS 2021 President's Reception and Awards Program held last week. The award is presented each year to honor an Iowa physician for volunteer medical services and contributions to their community through principles focused on human dignity, social justice and compassion. “As a volunteer physician at the Ames Free Clinic, Food at First, and Living Waters of the World, Dr. Spencer has enriched thousands of lives by helping those in his community and abroad,” the IMS said in a statement. He has volunteered his time on numerous medical missions to Afghanistan, Haiti and Ecuador, giving medical lectures at his own expense. The recipient of the award designates a $10,000 donation from COPIC Financial Service Group to be provided to a health care-related 501(c)(3) organization within their community. Dr. Spencer has selected Primary Health Care in Des Moines as the beneficiary.