Distinguished Clinician Awards
Recognition Award nominations are under review. AGA will announce the 2024 recipients by press release in Spring 2024.
Recognition Award nominations are open through Sept. 28, 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 are 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 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 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, or a list of career accomplishments demonstrating the qualities described by the review and selection listed above.
Current members of the AGA Recognition Prizes Panel and AGA Governing Board are prohibited from submitting or supporting nominations.
CONTACT
Please direct all questions about this and other AGA recognition prizes to 301-941-2619 or via email at [email protected].
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 |
