AGS/ADGAP Outstanding Geriatric Medicine Education Coordinator of the Year

This AGS/ADGAP Geriatric Medicine Education Coordinator of the Year Award recognizes the significant contributions that Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Coordinators make to advancing geriatrics education and training at their institutions.

2026 Recipient: Linda Ferrie

Linda Ferrie is the 2026 recipient of the inaugural AGS/ADGAP Outstanding Geriatric Medicine Education Coordinator of the Year Award.

Ms. Ferrie has served as the Education Program Coordinator for the Mayo Clinic Geriatric Medicine Fellowship for almost twenty-five years. While working second shifts as a factory worker, Linda went to school in the mornings with the goal of eventually securing a position with the Mayo Clinic. Proving successful, Ms. Ferrie has since made her mark on geriatrics education locally and nationally through years of leadership, mentorship, and dedication. Over the course of her career, Ms. Ferrie has served multiple terms as the chair of the Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education’s Education Program Coordinator Council; participated in numerous committees, workgroups, and task forces; mentored a myriad of aspiring education program coordinators, program directors, education administrative assistants, and more. Mayo has recognized her with multiple awards, including the Education Program Coordinator of the Year Award in 2021.

On the national level, Ms. Ferrie has helped to develop assessment tools for certification with added qualifications in Geriatric Medicine during her time on the Training Administrators for Graduate Medical Education (TAGME) board. Ms. Ferrie was also instrumental in the development of the American Geriatrics Education Administrator Coordinator Team (AGE-ACT), a national leadership initiative for program coordinators supporting Geriatric Fellowship programs. In her role as Chair for AGE-ACT she spearheaded the development of an annual coordinator workshop that is held during the ADGAP/AGS Annual Education Conference, which fosters professional development, collaboration, and best practice sharing among coordinators nationwide.