July 31, 2025

The APEX Award of Excellence announced last week that Hektoen International (www.hekint.org), the Hektoen Institute’s digital medical humanities journal, has been named for the first time, a recipient of their Grand Award in the magazines, journals and tabloids category. This is the sixth APEX award that Hektoen International has received but the others were in the Award of Excellence designation. The Grand Award is given to only 100 of the more than 1,000 entrants.

The APEX Awards are sponsored by Communications Concepts and has held the publishing, editing, writing and design competition for 37 years. Other 2025 APEX Grand Award winners include publications by:

• The American Psychological Association

• The Brookings Institution

• The American Association of Colleges and Universities

• National Conference of State Legislatures

• The American Journal of Nursing

Founded by George Dunea, MD, Editor-in-Chief and Sally Metzler, PhD, Deputy Editor, Hektoen International debuted in 2008 and features more than 4,000 articles submitted by U.S. and international authors on medical humanities topics such as ethics, nursing, infectious diseases, surgery and noted physicians. Promoted as an interface of medicine, culture and education, Hektoen International averages more than 1 million on-line visits a year and has more than 35,000 subscribers. Hektoen International has strong followings on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Upon hearing that Hektoen International had achieved APEX Grand Award status, Dr. Dunea stated, “We are honored, and thank the APEX team. We appreciate this award and are grateful to our loyal subscribers, readers, and authors.”