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Distinguished Clinician Awards
AGA will announce the 2023 Recognition Award Recipients in early 2023.
Description
Established in 1996, the Distinguished Clinician Awards recognize two members of the practicing community who combine the art of medicine with the skills demanded by the scientific body of knowledge in service to their patients. One prize is awarded to an individual in private practice and the other to an individual in an academic setting.
Eligibility
- Nominees spend the majority (i.e., greater than 50 percent) of their effort in the delivery of patient care in private practice or an academic setting.
- Nominees must have a current AGA membership.
Selection process
- The recipients is selected by the AGA Recognition Prizes Panel constituting members of the AGA Diversity Committee, AGA Institute Clinical Guidelines Committee, AGA Institute Education and Training Committee, AGA Institute Practice Management and Economics Committee, and AGA Institute Research Policy Committee.
- The AGA Governing Board ratifies the recipients.
Nominations are reviewed according to the eligibility criteria listed above and the following review and selection criteria. Nominees:
- Exemplify leadership and excellence in the practice of gastroenterology.
- Have an exemplary record with AGA through service or leadership on AGA committees and/or the governing board. Recognition as an AGA Fellow is also considered.
- Demonstrate outstanding medical proficiency and acre through their:
- Patient advocacy efforts.
- Degree of direct impact on, and enhancement of, patient care.
- Innovation in patient care, including for example, development of novel technologies that directly impact care, novel value-based payment models, or remote monitoring strategies.
- Degree of demonstrated leadership in national, regional or local organizations.
- Development of patient-centered educational programs.
- Development of clinical programs, for example, the creation of multi-disciplinary clinics, niche population clinics, and/or clinics in underserved communities.
- Volunteer efforts related to clinical care.
- National or regional reputation for excellence in clinical care.
- Impact on the mentorship and development of other clinicians.
Recognition
The recipients are recognized at the AGA Awards Ceremony during Digestive Disease Week®.
Nomination and submission process
All nominations are submitted online by a primary nominator who is an AGA member. The names of additional AGA members who support the nomination should be listed on the nomination form and included as signatories in the nomination letter.
Complete nomination packages include the following supporting materials, uploaded in PDF format. Please title the files using the nominee’s last name, first initial and the type of file (i.e., DoeJ_Letter.pdf, DoeJ_CV.pdf).
- A nomination letter, not to exceed three pages, signed by the primary nominator and additional AGA members who support the nomination. Additional signature pages beyond the three-page limit are allowed when the letter has multiple signatures
- Nominee’s curriculum vitae.
CONTACT
Please direct all questions about this and other AGA recognition prizes to 301-941-2619 or via email at awards@gastro.org.
Recipients (1996-2023)
2023 | Bo Shen, MD, AGAF; Kadirawel Iswara, MD |
2022 | Peter Higgins, MD; George Triadafilopoulos, MD, AGAF, FASGE, FACG, FACP, DSc |
2021 | Peter H. R. Green, MD; Nimish B. Vakil, MD, AGAF, FASGE |
2020 | Kimberly Persley, MD, AGAF; Gary Lichtenstein, MD, AGAF |
2019 | Naresh T. Gunaratnam, MD, AGAF; Edward V. Loftus Jr., MD, AGAF |
2018 | Bertha (Nice’) E. Toriz, MD; Michael L. Kochman, MD, AGAF |
2017 | Steven Burdick, MD; David Metz, MD, AGAF |
2016 | Robert S. Bartolomeo, MD, AGAF; Kim L. Isaacs, MD, PhD, AGAF |
2015 | William D. Chey, MD, AGAF; Louis Y. Korman, MD |
2014 | Howard L. Taubin, MD; Gary W. Falk, MD, MS, AGAF |
2013 | Grace H. Elta, MD, AGAF; Lawrence R. Schiller, MD |
2012 | John I. Allen, MD, MBA, AGAF; Timothy T. Nostrant, MD, AGAF |
2011 | Ioannis C. Danielides, MD; William J. Tremaine, MD, AGAF |
2010 | David A. Katzka, MD; James F. Martin, MD, AGAF |
2009 | Damian H. Augustyn, MD, AGAF; Lin Chang, MD, AGAF; Robert M. Craig, MD; Stephen Goldfinger, MD |
2008 | Charles J. Lightdale, MD, AGAF; Ronald J. Vender, MD, AGAF |
2007 | Carla H. Ginsburg, MD; Albert J. Czaja, MD |
2006 | Alroy A. Chow, MD; Kenneth R. McQuaid, MD |
2005 | Simmy Bank, MD; George F. Longstreth, MD |
2004 | James E. Allison, MD; Theodore M. Bayless, MD; John H. Bond, Jr., MD; Cecil H. Chally, MD; William Y. Chey, MD; Julius J. Deren, MD; Thomas D. McCaffery, Jr., MD; Richard E. Sampliner, MD |
2003 | Atila Ertan, MD; Joseph F. Fitzgerald, MD; John C. Fletcher, MD; Michael R. Fogel, MD; Stanley B. Goldberg, MD; Paul A. Kantrowitz, MD; Mark A. Peppercorn, MD; Satish S. C. Rao, MD; Caroline A. Riely, MD; Charles S. Winans, MD. |
2002 | Marshall S. Bedine, MD, LLC; Ira S. Goldman, MD; Martin L. Greene, MD; John C. McKechnie, MD |
2001 | Richard R. Babb, MD; Charles M. Bliss, MD; Stuart H. Danovitch, MD |
2000 | Eugene M. Bozymski, MD; Douglas McGill, MD; Bergein Overholt, MD; John Singleton, MD; Frank Troncale, MD, MS |
1999 | James J. Cerda, MD; Joseph E. Geenen, MD; Stanley S. Shimoda, MD; Walter R. Thayer, Jr., MD; Alvin M. Zfass, MD |
1998 | Edgar Achkar, MD; James L. Borland, Jr., MD; Horacio H. Jinich, MD; Burton I. Korelitz, MD; Robert H. Schapiro, MD |
1997 | Alan J. Cameron, MD; Harvey J. Dworken, MD; L. Frederick Fenster, MD; David E. Langdon, MD; Joseph G. Sweeting, MD |
1996 | Arnold P. Kaplan, MD; C. Michael Knauer, MD; Daniel E. Polter, MD; Daniel H. Present, MD; Burton A. Shatz, MD |