Dr. Stephen Ruedrich receives the 2025 Nisonger Champion Award
The recipient of this prestigious award shall not only demonstrate a strong commitment to providing the skills and resources needed to succeed in the advancement of science but has also displayed a sincere interest in the well-being of persons with developmental disabilities. Below you will find a few quotations taken from nomination letters:
He was always a champion for quality psychiatric care for individuals with IDD even
during residency. I can recall his resisting one faculty member’s push to exclude people
with ID from inpatient treatment. – Gene Arnold
“He has devoted his professional career to addressing the mental and behavioral health needs of this greatly underserved population of Ohioans “
“He is a world-class clinician, scholar, leader, and advocate.”
“I admire Steve’s contributions to not only providing quality mental health care but to ensuring that the next generation of psychiatrists provide quality care to patients with IDD.”
“He is already a champion; let’s make him a Nisonger Champion.”
Steve devoted his career to creating training opportunities for psychiatrists by organizing
hospital grand rounds and for future psychiatrists by working closely with the
psychiatric residency program at Case Western Reserve University. – Susan Havercamp