Proctor Hospital is please to announce that Caron Treatment Centers has selected Ameel Rashid, M.D., of the Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery at Proctor Hospital, one of two recipients to receive the Fourth Annual CARON Dr. Jasper G. Chen See, M.D. Volunteer Leadership Award.

Phil Scherer, Administrative Director for the Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery at Proctor Hospital accepted the award on behalf of Dr. Rashid at a May 16 NAATP (National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers) Board Reception, which is part of the 2011 NAATP Annual Addiction Treatment Leadership Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

Dr. Rashid will be presented the Award at a reception in his honor at Proctor Hospital on Thursday, June 9.

Pat George, Kansas Secretary of Commerce and Board Chairman of Valley Hope Association, was also a recipient.

“Dr. Rashid is recognized internationally as a pioneer in the field of addiction medicine,” said Rick Zehr, Vice President at Proctor Hospital. “His 32 years of compassion for those suffering from addiction has changed the lives of over 100,000 addicts and family members. He is the cornerstone upon which the Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery has become the world’s most comprehensive addiction treatment provider.”

Dr. Rashid was nominated by Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery (IIAR) at Proctor Hospital for his generosity and leadership in addiction treatment. Co-Medical Director at IIAR, Dr. Rashid’s involvement and leadership has grown the program into one of the world’s premier comprehensive hospital-based as well as free-standing residential and outpatient addiction services for adults and adolescents. Always there to lend a helping hand, Dr. Rashid knows the importance of spending extra time with patients who need additional emotional and medical support and has personally contributed material items to the unit so that his patients receive the best care. In 2007, Dr. Rashid spearheaded IIAR’s first-annual Recovery Walks!, which raised over $70,000 and established the Ameel Rashid Scholarship Fund for Addiction Recovery. A dream realized, the scholarship fund provides monetary support to those who are appropriate for treatment services at IIAR but are unable to meet the financial requirement. Now in its 5th year, Recovery Walks! has grown and expanded the scholarships’ resources encouraging individuals to seek treatment for addiction and live a life of recovery.