Dr. Kathleen Walk selected for the Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP)

  GRAND ISLAND, NE - 06/26/2018 (PRESS RELEASE JET)

Dr. Kathleen Anderson Walk, M.D., FAAFP, Founder and Executive Director of Hope International Services, was just recently selected for the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP), prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for 2018.

While inclusion with the International Association of Top Professionals is an honor in itself, only a few members are chosen for this distinction based on their years of experience in the field, professional accomplishments, academic achievements, leadership abilities, and contributions to their communities.  These are truly incredibly talented professionals who have dedicated their life to their work and have had a lifetime of achievement and success!

Dr. Walk was just honored at the 2017 IAOTP’s Annual Award Gala, at the Ritz Carlton in Battery Park NYC for being selected as “Top Doctor of the Year and “Missionary of the Year for 2017" and she will be honored at their 2018 Annual Award Gala now for her selection of the Lifetime of Achievement Award. Stephanie Cirami, President of IAOTP stated “Choosing Dr. Walk for this award was an easy decision for our panel to make.She is brilliant, extraordinary, and an inspiration to all professionals in all industries. Dr. Walk has also given back so much to society with her missionary work, she is in a class of her own, and we are honored to have her with our organization.  All honorees are invited to attend the IAOTP’s annual award gala at the end of this year for a night to honor their achievements. www.iaotp.com/award-gala.

Dr. Walk is being recognized for her forty years of experience in the Healthcare field and for her amazing efforts with Hope International Services, which is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting healing crusades, education and medical care in countries with limited access to advanced healthcare.After working for two years as a physician in Omaha, Nebraska, Dr. Walk spent the next twelve years practicing as a medical doctor and missionary. She has traveled throughout the world providing spiritual nourishment and healthcare services through the inception of Hope International Services. As a results-driven leader, Dr. Walk's endeavors took her as far as Bangladesh and Nigeria, where she worked with a medical relief team under the International Red Cross during the Nigerian Civil War, as well as Malawi, where her organization helped to build an orphanage and continues to operate it today. In Bangladesh she built and operated a 100 bed hospital.And she has a primary school in Pakistan for children who live in the ghettos.

Dr. Walk earned her M.D. and a Fellowship in Obstetrics from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She obtained status as a Doctor of Theology with the University of Nigeria, Golden  Gate University, and Trinity College of the Ministerial Arts, Nigeria. In addition, she holds a B.A. in General Science and Christianity from Dana College.She is recently ordained by Ministries Vision International, a worldwide organization.She has authored two books, and her poetry has been published in eight books.She has also published articles in many magazines.

Dr. Walk has been recognized worldwide for her outstanding leadership and commitment to the healthcare profession as well for her philanthropic spirit. She has received many awards, accolades’ and has been featured in numerous publications and magazines. Dr. Walk has been honored with the Humanitarian Award by the American Academy of Family Practice and was a two-time recipient of America's Top Family Doctors award.She was named “Nebraska Family Physician of the Year” and selected as Outstanding Professional of the Year. Additionally, her unparalleled success has been recognized by Worldwide Who's Who, Who's Who Among American Executives, The World's Who's Who of Women, and selected as Top Doctor of the Year with the International Association of Top Professionals.She has had a chapter dedicated to her in the Top 101 Industry Expert Publication, featured in Pro-Files Magazine and TIP (Top Industry Professionals) Magazine.

For more information on Dr. Walk, please visit www.hopeinternationalservices.org.

Watch her video here: https://youtu.be/Zb6gOp7erSs

About IAOTP

The International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP) is an international boutique networking organization who handpicks the world’s finest, most prestigious top professionals from different industries.  These top professionals are given an opportunity to collaborate, share their ideas, be keynote speakers and to help influence others in their fields. This organization is not a membership that anyone can join.  You have to be asked by the President or be nominated by a distinguished honorary member after a brief interview. 

IAOTP's experts have given thousands of top prestigious professionals around the world, the recognition and credibility that they deserve and have helped in building their branding empires.  IAOTP prides itself to be a one of a kind boutique networking organization that hand picks only the best of the best and creates a networking platform that connects and brings these top professionals to one place.

For more information on IAOTP please visit: www.iaotp.com

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