According to the organization’s website, the Laureate Award recognizes fellows to the ACP who have “demonstrated by their example and conduct an abiding commitment to excellence in medical care, education or research, and service to the community and the American College of Physicians.”
It is the highest award the organization gives to a chapter member.
Dickey is an associate professor in the Department of Medicine. He is a celebrated physician-educator with more than 20 years of experience in internal medicine. He has served as director of the internal medicine residency program in Muncie since 2019. He was the associate program director for 12 years prior to assuming the top job.
Dickey is a native of Anderson, Indiana, and is a Hoosier through and through.
He earned his undergraduate degree at IU Bloomington and completed his medical degree through Indiana University School of Medicine’s Muncie campus. After finishing his internal medicine residency at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital, he was hired as the Ball Internal Medicine Residency ambulatory clinic director in 2007.
Dickey has held several other leadership roles within the department and school.
He serves as both regional site leader for the internal medicine clerkship and director of Fundamentals of Clinical Practice for IU School of Medicine-Muncie. He has also been chairman of the Ball Medical Executive Committee and is currently Vice Chair of the Ball Medicine Department. He has been involved in the American College of Physicians for many years.
In 2017, he was awarded an Indiana University Trustees’ Teaching Award. He is a frequent speaker at various community functions and patient education groups.
