Honorary Award Recipients

Rudolf Schindler Award

2023	Todd H. Baron, MD, M��	University of North Carolina
2023	Stuart Sherman, MD, M��	Indiana University Health Physicians
2022	John L. Petrini, MD, M��	Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
2021	D. Nageshwar Reddy, MD, M��	Asian Institute of Gastroenterology
2020	Kenneth K. Wang, MD, M��	Mayo Clinic, Rochester
2019	Gregory G. Ginsberg, MD, M��	University of Pennsylvania
2018	Grace H. Elta, MD, M��	University of Michigan
2017	Robert A. Ganz, MD, M��	Minnesota Gastroenterology
2016	M. Brian Fennerty, MD, M��	Oregon Health & Science University
2015	Robert H. Hawes, MD, M��	Florida Hospital Orlando
2014	Jerome H. Siegel, MD, M��	Beth Israel Medical Center
2013	Douglas K. Rex, MD, M��	Indiana University Medical Center
2012	Dennis M. Jensen, MD, M��	UCLA & West Los Angeles VA
2011	David J. Bjorkman, MD, M��	University of Utah School of Medicine
2010	C. Paul Swain, MD, M��	Royal London Hospital
2009	Christopher J. Gostout, MD, M��	Mayo Clinic, Rochester
2008	David A. Lieberman, MD, M��	Oregon Health & Science University
2007	David L. Carr-Locke, MD, M��, FRCP	Weill Cornell Medicine
2006	Michael B. Kimmey, MD, M��	Franciscan Digestive Care Associates
2005	Richard A. Kozarek, MD, M��	Virginia Mason Clinic
2004	Peter B. Cotton, MD, M��	MUSC, Digestive Disease Center
2003	Wilfred M. Weinstein, MD	UCLA Medical Center
2002	Jeffrey L. Ponsky, MD, M��	Cleveland Clinic
2001	Robert A. Sanowski, MD	University of Arizona College of Medicine
2000	David E. Fleischer, MD, M��	Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale
1999	Charles J. Lightdale, MD, M��	Columbia University Medical Center
1998	John H. Bond, MD, F��	VA Medical Center, Minneapolis
1997	Michael V. Sivak Jr., MD, M��	University Hospitals of Cleveland
1996	Glen A. Lehman, MD, M��	Indiana University Medical Center
1995	Walter J. Hogan, MD, M��	Medical College of Wisconsin
1994	Sidney F. Winawer, MD, M��	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1993	Francis J. Tedesco, MD, M��	Medical College of Georgia
1992	J. Loren Pitcher, MD	University of New Mexico School of Medicine
1991	Joel F. Panish, MD, M��	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
1990	Melvin Schapiro, MD, M��	UCLA Medical Center
1989	Joseph E. Geenen, MD, M��	GI Associates
1988	Bernard M. Schuman, MD, M��	Medical College of Georgia
1987	Stephen E. Silvis, MD	VA Medical Center, Minneapolis
1986	Jerome D. Waye, MD, M��	Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
1985	William S. Haubrich, MD	Scripps Clinical Research Foundation
1984	Joseph B. Kirsner, MD, PhD, F��	University of Chicago Hospital
1983	John F. Morrissey, MD, F��	University of Wisconsin Medical School
1982	H. Worth Boyce, MD, F��	University of Southern Florida College of Medicine
1981	Angel E. Dagradi, MD	Torrance, CA
1980	Cyrus E. Rubin, MD	University of Washington Medical Center
1979	Charles A. Flood, MD	Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital
1978	Jack A. Vennes, MD	University of Minnesota Medical School
1977	Leonidas H. Berry, MD	Cook County Hospital
1976	Marvin Pollard, MD	Univeristy of Michigan Medical School
1975	Bergein F. Overholt, MD, M��	Gastrointestinal Associates, PC
1974	Benjamin H. Sullivan, MD, F��	Naples, FL
1973	Basil I. Hirschowitz, MD	University of Alabama at Birmingham
1972	Joseph P. Belber, MD	UC Davis School of Medicine
1971	Frank E. McGlone, MD	Medical Care and Research Foundation
1970	G. Gordon McHardy, MD
1969	Horace P. Marvin, MD	Newport, AR
1968	Paul H. Hollinger, MD	Children's Memorial Hospital
1967	Clifford Barborka, MD
1966	J. Edward Berk, MD, F��	University of California Irvine Medical Center
1965	John Howard, MD	Johns Hopkins
1964	Donovan C. Browne, MD
1963	Henry Colcher, MD	Columbia University Division, Goldwater Memorial Hospital
1962	Rudolf Schindler, MD	VA Hospital, Long Beach
1961	Charles Debray, MD	Chevigny Saint-Sauveur, France
1961	Pierre Houssett, MD	University Hospitals of Paris
1960	Harry Segal, MD	University of Rochester
1960	Robert S. Nelson, MD	Houston, TX
1959	Herman J. Moersch, MD	Mayo Clinic, Rochester
1958	Norbert Henning, MD
1957	Herman Taylor, MD
1956	Marie Ortmayer, MD
1955	Eddy D. Palmer, MD
1954	Edward B. Benedict, MD

Distinguished Service Award

2023	John J. Bosco, MD, F��	Aurora Gastroenterology
2023	Barbara Tauscher, MHA, FACMPE	Oregon Clinic PC
2022	Lukejohn Day, MD, F��	University of California
2021	Douglas G. Adler, MD, F��	University of Utah School of Medicine
2020	Michelle A. Anderson, MD, MSc, F��	University of Michigan
2020	Jerome D. Waye, MD, M��	Greenwich, Connecticut
2019	Colleen M. Schmitt, MD, MHS, M��	Galen Medical Group
2018	Frank J. Chapman, MBA	Ohio Gastroenterology Group, Columbus
2017	Irving M. Pike, MD, F��	John Muir Health
2016	Jonathan Cohen, MD, F��	New York University School of Medicine
2015	Robert A. Ganz, MD, M��	Minnesota Gastroenterology
2015	Karen L. Woods, MD, M��	Houston Methodist Gastroenterology
2015	Jacques Van Dam, MD, PhD, F��	USC Medical Center
2014	Gottumukkala S. Raju, MD, F��	MD Anderson Cancer Center
2013	John J. Vargo II, MD, MPH, M��	Cleveland Clinic
2012	Glenn D. Littenberg, MD	Pasadena, CA
2011	John Martin, MD, F��	Mayo Clinic, Rochester
2010	Bret T. Petersen, MD, M��	Mayo Clinic, Rochester
2009	George Triadafilopoulos, MD, DSc, F��	Stanford University
2007	James T. Frakes, MD, F��	Rockford Gastroenterology Associates, Ltd.
2006	Maurits J. Wiersema, MD	Indiana Medical Associates
2005	Douglas B. Nelson, MD, F��	VA Medical Center, Minneapolis
2004	Maurice A. Cerulli, MD, F��	Long Island Jewish Medical Center
2003	Thomas H. Browning, MD, F��	University of Wisconsin
2001	Lawrence S. Friedman, MD, F��	Newton Wellesley Hospital
1999	Bennett E. Roth, MD, M��	UCLA
1998	Michael S. Obstfeld	American Municipal Securities
1998	Mark K. Donohue	American Municipal Securities
1997	Donald A. O'Kieffe, MD, F��	Metropolitan Gastroenterology Group, PC
1996	James L. Borland, Jr., MD, F��	Jacksonville, FL
1995	Charles J. Lightdale, MD, M��	Columbia University Medical Center
1993	William F. Allyn, MD	SUNY Upstate Medical University
1992	Paul A. Kantrowitz, MD, F��	Mount Auburn Hospital
1991	Bernard M. Schuman, MD, F��	Medical College of Georgia
1990	William T. Maloney	Manchester, MA
1989	H. Worth Boyce, Jr., MD, F��	University of Southern Florida
1987	John F. Morrissey, MD, F��	Bend, OR
1984	Reinhold Wappler, MD	Quinnipiac University

Distinguished Educator Award

2023	Victor Fox, MD, F��	Children's Hospital Boston
2023	Vanessa M. Shami, MD, F��	University of Virginia Health System
2022	William M. Tierney, MD, F��	University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
2022	Simon K. Lo, MD, F��	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
2021	Nalini Guda, MD, F��	Medical Consultants
2021	Shelby A. Sullivan, MD, F��	University of Colorado Denver
2020	Brenna W. Casey, MD, F��	Massachusetts General Hospital
2019	Amitabh Chak, MD, F��	University Hospitals Medical Group INC
2018	Frank G. Gress, MD, F��	Columbia University Medical Center
2017	Brenda J. Hoffman, MD, F��	Medical University of South Carolina
2016	Robert E. Sedlack, MD, MHPE, F��	Mayo Clinic, Rochester
2015	David L. Jaffe, MD, F��	University of Pennsylvania
2015	Klaus Mergener, MD, PhD, MBA, F��	Digestive Health Specialists
2014	Ashley L Faulx, MD, F��	University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
2014	Tonya R. Kaltenbach, MD, F��	VA Palo Alto
2013	Grace Elta, MD, M��	University of Michigan
2012	Douglas A. Howell, MD, F��	Portland Gastroenterology Center

Distinguished Endoscopic Research Mentoring Award

2023	Dayna S. Early, MD, F��	Washington University, School of Medicine
2023	Steven A. Edmundowicz, MD, M��	University of Colorado School of Medicine
2023	Gerard A. Isenberg, MD, MBA, F��	University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
2022	Sachin B. Wani, MD, F��	University Of Colorado Hospital Anschutz Medical Campus
2021	David L. Diehl, MD, F��	Geisinger Medical Center
2020	Marcia Irene Canto, MD, MHS, F��	Johns Hopkins Hospital
2019	Christopher C. Thompson, MD, MHES, MSc	Brigham and Women's Hospital
2018	Peter B. Kelsey, MD, F��	Massachusetts General Hospital
2017	Douglas A. Howell, MD, F��	Portland Gastroenterology Center
2016	Gregory G. Ginsberg, MD, M��	Perelman School of Medicine
2015	Christopher J. Gostout, MD, M��	Mayo Clinic, Rochester
2014	Prateek Sharma, MD	University of Kansas Medical Center
2013	Richard C. K. Wong, MD, F��	University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
2012	Michael B. Wallace, MD, MPH, F��	Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville
2011	Yang K. Chen, MD, F�� (posthumously)	University of Colorado, Denver
2010	Amitabh Chak, MD, F��	University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
2009	Stuart Sherman, MD, M��	Indiana University Medical Center
2008	Dennis M. Jensen, MD, M��	UCLA & West Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center

Master Endoscopist Award

2023	Nalini Guda, MD, F��	Medical Consultants
2023	Ibrahim Mostafa, MD	Theodor Bilharz Research Institute
2023	Nicholas J. Shaheen, MD, MPH, F��	University of North Carolina
2023	Uzma D. Siddiqui, MD, F��	The University of Chicago
2022	Marcia Irene Canto, MD, MHS, F��	Johns Hopkins Hospital
2022	Kenneth J. Chang, MD, F��	University of California Irvine Medical Center
2022	Tonya R. Kaltenbach, MD, MS, F��	San Francisco VA Health System
2021	Mouen A. Khashab, MD, F��	Johns Hopkins University
2021	Carol E. Semrad, MD	The University of Chicago
2021	Raj J. Shah, MD, F��	University of Colorado Anschultz Medical Center
2021	Adam Slivka, MD, PhD, F��	University of Pittsburgh Physicians
2020	Amrita Sethi, MD, M��	Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
2020	Stuart Sherman, MD, M��	Indiana University Health Physicians
2019	Thomas J. Savides, MD, M��	University of California, San Diego, Div of Gastro
2018	Norio Fukami, MD, M��	Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale
2017	Louis M. Wong Kee Song, MD, M��	Mayo Clinic, Rochester
2016	Bret T. Petersen, MD, M��	Mayo Clinic, Rochester
2015	Michael L. Kochman, MD, M��	University of Pennsylvania
2014	Roy M. Soetikno, MD, M��	Duke-National University of Singapore
2013	Kenneth F. Binmoeller, MD, M��	California Pacific Medical Center
2013	Robert H. Hawes, MD, M��	Florida Hospital Orlando
2012	Martin L. Freeman, MD, M��	University of Minnesota
2011	Richard E. Sampliner, MD, M��	Adobe Gastroenterology
2010	Todd H. Baron, MD, M��	University of North Carolina
2009	D. Nageshwar Reddy, MD, M��	Asian Institute of Gastroenterology
2008	Gregory B. Haber, MD, M��	New York University Medical Center
2007	Peter H. R. Green, MD, M��	New York Presbyterian Hospital
2006	Firas H. Al-Kawas, MD, M��	Sibley Hospital
2006	David A. Greenwald, MD, M��	Mount Sinai Hospital
2006	Norman E. Marcon, MD, M��	St. Michael's Hospital
2005	Joseph W. Leung, MD, FRCP, M��	University of California Davis Medical Center
2005	William B. Long, MD	Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
2005	Stanley P. Reipe, MD, JD	Emory University School of Medicine
2004	Kulwinder S. Dua, MD, M��	Medical College of Wisconsin
2004	Michael W. L. Gauderer, MD	Greenville Hospital system, Children's Hospital
2004	Gustavo A. Machicado, MD, M��	Northridge, CA
2003	W. Scott Brooks, MD	Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates
2003	Douglas K. Rex, MD, M��	Indiana University Medical Center
2003	Douglas C. Walta, MD, M��	The Oregon Clinic
2001	John Baillie, MD, F��	Wake Forest University Health Sciences
2001	Eugene M. Bozymski, MD, M��	University of North Caroline Medical Center
2001	Jerome H. Siegel, MD, M��	Beth Israel Medical Center

International Service Award

2023	Jacques Bergman, MD, PhD	Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Netherlands
2023	Mahesh Goenka, MD, F��	Apollo Multispecialty Hospitals, India
2021	Horst Neuhaus, MD	Evangelisches Krankenhaus Duesseldorf
2021	Manu Tandan, MD	Asian Institute of Gastroenterology
2020	Fabian A. Emura, MD, PhD, F��	Emura Center, Latino America
2019	Robert A. Enns, MD	Canada
2018	Ajay Kumar, MD	Delhi, India
2017	Hisao Tajiri, MD	Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan
2016	Juergen H. Hochberger, MD, PhD, F��	Friedrichshain Hospital, Germany
2016	Zeyad K. Sharaiha, MD	Amman Surgical Hospital, Jordan
2015	Hironori Yamamoto, MD, F��	Jichi Medical University, Japan
2014	Khean-Lee (KL) Goh, MD, F��	University of Malaya, Malaysia
2013	Haruhiro Inoue, MD, F��	Showa University, Japan
2012	Ibrahim Mostafa, MD	Cairo, Egypt
2011	D. Nageshwar Reddy, MD, M��	Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, India
2008	Joseph R. Armengol-Miro, MD	Vall D'Hebron University Hospital Barcelona, Spain

Industry Service Award

2023	Greg T. Prevatt	Apollo Endosurgery
2021	John E. Abele	Boston Scientific
2020	Giovanni Di Napoli	Medtronic
2020	Patrice Pickering	Braintree Laboratories Inc.
2019	Hiroshi Ichikawa	Olympus (retired)

President's Award

2023

Joyce A. Peetermans, PhD

Boston Scientific

Honorary Member Award

2012	Hirohumi Niwa, MD	Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
2009	Thomas Roesch, MD	Hamburg, Germany
2009	Paulo Sakai, MD	Sao Paulo, Brazil
2009	Joseph J. Y. Sung, MD, PhD	Shatin, Hong Kong
2008	Miquel Munoz-Navas, MD	Pamplona, Spain
2008	Kenjiro Yasuda, MD	Kyoto, Japan
2008	Guido E. Villa-Gomez Roig, MD	La Paz, Bolivia
	Takao Sakita, MD	Tokyo, Japan
	Guido N. J. Tytgat, MD, PhD	Amsterdam, Netherlands
2007	Carlos F. Gonzalez del Solar, MD	Buenos Aires, Argentina
2007	Friedrich Hagenmuller, MD	Hamburg, Germany
2007	Hisao Tajiri, MD	Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan
	Joseph R. Armengol-Miro, MD	Vall D'Hebron University Hospital Barcelona, Spain
2006	Anthony Axon, MD	Leeds, United Kingdom
	Ricardo A. Barinaga, MD	Mexico City, Mexico
	Gran-Hum Chen, MD	Taichung, Taiwan
	Meinhard Classen, MD	Munich, Germany
	Henry Cohen, MD	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Guido Costamagna, MD	Rome, Italy
	Michel Cremer, MD	Brussels, Belgium
	Massimo Crespi, MD	Rome, Italy
2006	Haruhiro Inoue, MD, F��	Tokohama, Japan
	Keiichi Kawai, MD	Osaka, Japan
	Glacioma Machado, MD	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Ibrahim Mostafa, MD	Cairo, Egypt
2006	Claudio S. Navarrete Garcia, MD	Santiago, Chile
	G. Nageshwar Reddy, MD	Andhra Pradesh, India
	Chan-Sup Shim, MD, F��	Seoul, South Korea
	Francisco Vilardell, MD	Barcelona, Spain

Congressional Service Award

2017	Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ-7)	United States House of Representatives
2016	Rep. Diane Black (R-TN-6)	United States House of Representatives
2016	Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)	United States Senate
2015	Sherrod Brown (D-OH)	United States Senate
2015	Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10)	United States House of Representatives
2014	James McGovern (D-MA-2)	United States House of Representatives
2013	Charles W. Dent, (R-PA-15)	United States House of Representatives

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