Distinguished Educator Award
Established in 1987, this recognition prize honors an individual for achievements as an outstanding educator over a lifelong career.
Recognition Award nominations are under review. AGA will announce the 2024 recipients by press release in Spring 2024.
Recognition Award nominations are under review. AGA will announce the 2025 recipients by press release in Spring 2025.
Description
Established in 1987, the Distinguished Educator Award honors an individual for achievements as an outstanding educator.
Eligibility
- Nominees have committed a substantial portion of their career to the education and training of medical students, medical residents, clinical fellows, other trainees, and/or other specialists in digestive disease. These may be clinical or nonclinical (i.e., researcher) learners.
- Nominees must have a current AGA membership.
- Recipients of the Distinguished Educator Award become ineligible to receive other AGA recognition prizes for a period of three years subsequent to their receipt of the award.
Selection process
- The recipient 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 recipient.
- An individual may only receive one AGA recognition prize per year.
Nominations are reviewed according to the eligibility criteria listed above and the following review and selection criteria. Nominees:
- Have a long record of major contributions to digestive disease education on both local and national levels.
- Contributions should include long-term dedication and measurable impact to training fellows, publishing educational documents and/or teaching seminars and classes. Leadership impact in education is also considered.
- Have demonstrated exemplary service to AGA’s educational mission and through service or leadership on AGA committees, journal editorial boards, the governing board and/or contributions to AGA postgraduate educational offerings. Recognition as an AGA Fellow is also considered.
- With this prize, AGA especially seeks to recognize those who have contributed substantially to the ongoing education of gastroenterologists through AGA’s work on the Digestive Diseases Self-Education Program (DDSEP), Gastroenterology Training Examination, Postgraduate Course, Future Leaders Program, Academic Skills Workshop, and all of AGA’s education and training offerings.
- Have contributed substantially to educating digestive disease specialists outside of AGA through, for example:
- The formulation of and/or writings on broad educational policy in the field.
- The establishment of innovative educational programs that have served as models elsewhere.
- Contributions to the literature, including:
- Extensively quoted review articles and editorials.
- Textbooks or textbook chapters relevant to the field.
- Other forms of enduring materials (e.g., slides).
Current members of the AGA Recognition Prizes Panel and AGA Governing Board are prohibited from submitting or supporting nominations.
Recognition
The recipient is 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.
Complete nomination packages include the following supporting materials:
- A nomination letter, not to exceed three pages (1,800 words), copied directly into the nomination form. The primary nominator will sign the letter in the nomination system and can identify additional AGA members to endorse the nomination.
- The nominee’s curriculum vitae. Please upload the file as a PDF titled with the nominee’s last name and first initial (e.g., DoeJ_CV.pdf).
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 (1987-2024)
| 2024 | David Katzka, MD, AGAF |
| 2023 | Prateek Sharma, MD |
| 2022 | Duvur Reddy, MD |
| 2021 | Lin Chang, MD, AGAF |
| 2020 | Robert Fontana, MD |
| 2019 | Deborah D. Proctor, MD, AGAF |
| 2018 | James D. Lewis, MD, MSCE, AGAF |
| 2017 | Hari Conjeevaram, MD, MS |
| 2016 | David A. Johnson, MD; Suzanne Rose, MD, MSEd, AGAF |
| 2015 | Patrick S. Kamath, MD; C. Melbern Wilcox, MD, MSPH |
| 2014 | Joseph C. Kolars, MD, AGAF; Nicholas J. Talley, MD, PhD, AGAF |
| 2013 | Sheila E. Crowe, MD, AGAF; Douglas K. Rex, MD, AGAF |
| 2012 | John Del Valle, MD, AGAF |
| 2011 | Helen M. Shields, MD, AGAF |
| 2010 | Lawrence S. Friedman, MD, AGAF |
| 2009 | William F. Balistreri, MD |
| 2008 | Francis M. Giardiello, MD |
| 2007 | Satish S. C. Rao, MD, PhD, FRCP |
| 2006 | Ray E. Clouse, MD |
| 2005 | John P. Cello, MD |
| 2004 | Douglas A. Drossman, MD |
| 2003 | Sanjiv Chopra, MD |
| 2002 | David A. Peura, MD |
| 2001 | Donald O. Castell, MD |
| 2000 | Peter A. Banks, MD |
| 1999 | Joseph B. Kirsner, MD, PhD |
| 1998 | Willis C. Maddrey, MD |
| 1997 | Edward W. Moore, MD |
| 1996 | David B. Sachar, MD |
| 1995 | Norton J. Greenberger, MD |
| 1994 | Marvin H. Sleisenger, MD |
| 1991 | John S. Fordtran, MD |
| 1990 | Hyman J. Zimmerman, MD |
| 1989 | Howard Spiro, MD |
| 1987 | Theodore M. Bayless, MD |
