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Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

Allan Kirk, MD, PhD, FACS

| Duke University

2024

John "Jack" Lake, MD

| University of Minnesota

2023

Barbara T. Murphy, MD

| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

2022

Robert Ettenger, MD

| David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

2021

Gabriel Danovitch, MD, FRCP

| David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

2020

Jay Fishman, MD

| Harvard Medical School

2019

Robert S. Gaston, MD

| University of Alabama / CTI Clinical Trial and Consulting Services

2018

Daniel Salomon, MD

| Scripps Research Institute

2017

William Harmon, MD

| Boston Children's Hospital

2017

Thomas A. Gonwa, MD

| Mayo Clinic

2016

Donald E. Hricik, MD

| University Hospitals Case Medical Center

2015

Susan J. Nelson

| American Society of Transplantation

2014

J. Harold Helderman, MD

| Vanderbilt University Medical Center

2014

M. Roy First, MD

| Astellas Pharma Global Development Inc.

2013

Flavio Vincenti, MD

| University of California San Francisco

2012

Transplant Advocacy Award

Valen Keefer

| Patient Advocate, Educator, and Consultant

2024

Ava Babbin Kaufman

| Ava's Heart

2023

Sara Miller

| SODA: Student Organ Donation Advocates

2022

Kevin Fowler, BSBA

| The Voice of the Patient

2021

Lisa Emmott

| National Kidney Donation Organization

2020

Lindsey Duquette

2019

Steve Farber, JD

| Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP

2018

Barbara Lee, MSW, ACSW, LCSW

| Eastern North Carolina Donor Impact Project

2017

Reg Green

| Nicholas Green Foundation

2016

William Applegate

| Bryan Cave LLP

2015

Lois Capps

| United States Congress

2014

Patricia Kehn, MS

| National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

2013

David Foster

| David Foster Foundation

2012

Advancing Equity in Organ Transplantation Award

Belinda Paganafanador, BSN MBA MS MS BS

| Davita National Transplant Team

2024

Larissa Myaskovsky, PhD, FAST

| University of New Mexico

2023

Lawrence Y.C. Agodoa, MD

| National Institutes of Health

2022

Clive O. Callender, MD, DSC

| Howard University College of Medicine

2021

Mentoring Award

Peter Heeger, MD

| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

2024

Robin Avery, MD

| Johns Hopkins University

2023

Robert Barnes Colvin, MD

| Harvard Medical School

2022

John Bucuvalas, MD, FAASLD, FAST

| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

2021

Christin Rogers Marks, PharmD BCPS FAST FCCP

| Massachusetts General Hospital

2020

Michelle Josephson, MD

| University of Chicago

2019

Christian Larsen, MD DPhil

| Emory University

2018

Kimberly Brown, MD

| Henry Ford Hospital

2017

Laurence A. Turka, MD

| Harvard Medical School

2016

Jeffrey Bluestone, PhD

| UCSF Diabetes Center

2015

Manikkam Suthanthiran, MD

| New York Presbyterian Hospital

2014

Rita Alloway, PharmD

| University of Cincinnati

2013

Terry Strom, MD

| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

2012

Angus W. Thomson, PhD

| University of Pittsburgh

2011

Hans W. Sollinger, MD, PhD

| University of Wisconsin

2010

Gabriel Danovitch, MD

| University of California Los Angeles

2009

Mohamed Sayegh, MD

| Brigham & Women's Hospital

2008

Senior Achievement Award in Clinical Transplantation

Michael Ison, MD, MS

| National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH

2024

Anil Chandraker, MD FASN FAST FRCP

| Brigham and Women’s Hospital

2023

Roslyn Bernstein Mannon, MD

| University of Nebraska Medical Center

2022

David J. Cohen, MD

| Columbia University Irving Medical Center New York Presbyterian Hospital

2021

Jon A. Kobashigawa, MD

| Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute

2020

Allan Kirk, MD, PhD

| Duke University Medical Center

2019

Douglas Norman, MD, FACP, FAST

| Oregon Health & Science University

2018

Stanley Jordan, MD, FASN, FAST

| Cedars Sinai

2017

Daniel C. Brennan, MD, FACP

| Washington University School of Medicine

2016

Gabriel Danovitch, MD

| David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

2015

Jay Fishman, MD

| Harvard Medical School

2014

Russell Wiesner, MD

| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

2013

Patricia Adams, MD

| Wake Forest University

2012

John R. Lake, MD

| University of Minnesota

2011

Francis L. Delmonico, MD

| Massachusetts General Hospital

2010

William Harmon, MD

| Children's Hospital Boston

2009

Stuart Knechtle, MD

| University of Wisconsin

2008

Douglas Norman, MD

| Oregon Health & Science University

2006

Thomas A. Gonwa, MD

2005

Robert H. Rubin, MD

2004

Roger Williams, CBE, MD, FRCP

2004

Physician of Distinction Award

Lara Danziger-Isakov, MD, MPH

| University of Cincinnati

2024

Lori West, MD, DPhil, FRSC, FCAHS, FRCPC

| University of Alberta

2023

Camille Nelson Kotton, MD

| Harvard Medical School

2022

Helen S. Te, MD

| University of Chicago Medicine

2021

Basic Science Established Investigator Award

Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD

| Washington University in St. Louis

2024

Reza Abdi, MD

| Harvard Medical School

2023

Olivia M. Martinez, PhD

| Stanford University School of Medicine

2022

Xian Li, MD, PhD

| Houston Methodist Hospital

2021

David M. Rothstein, MD

| Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute

2020

Maria-Luisa Alegre, MD, PhD

| University of Chicago

2019

Jordan Pober, MD, PhD, FAST

| Yale University School of Medicine

2018

William Burlingham, PhD

| University of Wisconsin at Madison

2017

Daniel R. Salomon, MD

| Scripps Research Institute

2016

Anita Chong, PhD

| University of Chicago

2015

David KC Cooper, MD, PhD

| University of Pittsburgh Starzl Transplant Institute

2014

Jonathan Bromberg, MD, PhD

| University of Maryland School of Medicine

2013

Ronald Gill, PhD

| University of Colorado

2012

Peter S. Heeger, MD

| Mount Sinai School of Medicine

2011

Mohamed Sayegh, MD

| Brigham & Women's Hospital

2010

Fadi Lakkis, MD

| University of Pittsburgh

2009

Thalachallour Mohanakumar, PhD

| Washington University School of Medicine

2008

Megan Sykes, MD

| Massachusetts General Hospital

2007

Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski, MD, PhD

| The Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center

2006

Laurence A. Turka, MD

2005

Christian P. Larsen, MD, PhD

2004

Angus W. Thomson, PhD

2000

Clinical Science Established Investigator Award

Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA

| University of California, San Francisco

2024

Peter Reese, MD, PhD

| University of Pennsylvania

2023

Anthony J. Demetris, MD

| University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

2022

Krista Lentine, MD, PhD

| Saint Louis University Transplant Center

2021

Sandy Feng, MD, PhD

| University of California San Francisco

2020

Jesse Schold, PhD MStat MEd

| Cleveland Clinic

2019

Michael Mengel, MD

| University of Alberta

2018

John Gill, MD, MS

| University of British Columbia

2017

Peter Nickerson, MD

| University of Manitoba

2016

Atul Humar, MD, MSc

| Toronto General Hospital

2015

Parmjeet Randhawa, MBBS

| University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

2014

Upton Allen, MD, FRCP, FIDSA

| University of Toronto

2013

Steven Webber, MBChB

| Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

2012

Lori J. West, MD, DPhil, FRCPC

| University of Alberta

2011

Michael Green, MD, MPH

| Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

2010

Jutta Preiksaitis, MD

| University of Alberta

2009

Robin Avery, MD

| Cleveland Clinic

2008

Adriana Zeevi, PhD

| University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

2007

Suzanne McDiarmid, MBChB

| University of California Los Angeles

2006

Russell Wiesner, MD

2005

Hans W. Sollinger, MD, PhD

2004

Distinguished Senior Career Award

Lisa Potter, PharmD, BCTXP, BCPS, FCCP, FAST

| University of Chicago Medicine

2024

Anat Tambur, DMD, PhD, D(ABHI)

| Northwestern University

2023

David Taber, PharmD, MS

| Medical University of South Carolina

2022

Elisa Gordon, PhD, MPH

| Northwestern University

2021

Clinical Science Investigator Award

Mara McAdams DeMarco, PhD

| NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Langone Health

2024

Darshana Dadhania, MD

| Weill Cornell Medical College

2023

Sumit Mohan, MD, MPH

| Columbia University

2022

Vatche Agopian, MD

| David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

2021

Jayme E. Locke, MD MPH

| University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine

2020

Deidre Sawinski, MD

| University of Pennsylvania

2019

Deepali Kumar, MD

| University of Toronto

2018

Alexander Loupy, MD, PhD

| Paris Transplant Group

2017

Dorry Segev, MD, PhD

| Johns Hopkins University

2016

Jacqueline O'Leary, MD, MPH

| Baylor University Medical Center

2015

Josh Levitsky, MD, MS

| Northwestern University

2014

Stefan Tullius, MD, PhD, FACS

| Brigham & Women's Hospital

2013

Vikas Dharnidharka, MD, MPH

| University of Florida

2012

Michael H. Mengel, MD

| University of Alberta

2011

John Gill, MD, MS

| University of British Columbia

2010

Atul Humar, MD, MSc

| University of Alberta

2009

Scott Palmer, MD, MHS

| Duke University

2008

Hamid Rabb, MD, FACP

| Johns Hopkins University Medical Center

2007

Allan Kirk, MD, PhD, FACS

| National Institute of Health

2006

Bryan Neil Becker, MD

2005

Manuel Pascual, MD

2003

Distinguished Mid-Career Award

Joelle Nelson, PharmD, BCPS, BCTXP, FAST

| University Health, University Transplant Center - San Antonio, TX

2024

Christina Doligalski, PharmD, BCPS, CPP, FAST, FCCP

| University of North Carolina

2023

Michelle T. Jesse, PhD, FAST

| Henry Ford Health System

2022

Nicole A. Pilch, PharmD, MSCR, BCPS, FAST

| Medical University of South Carolina

2021

Basic Science Career Development Award

Thiago Borges, PhD

| Massachusetts General Hospital

2024

Geoffrey Camirand, PhD

| University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

2023

Gregory T. Tietjen, PhD

| Yale School of Medicine

2022

Mamatha Bhat, MD, PhD, FRCPC

| Ajmera Transplant Program University Health Network Toronto

2021

Madhav C Menon, MBBS MD FACP

| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

2020

Paulo Martins, MD, PhD, FAST, FACS, FEBS

| University of Massachusetts

2019

Jamil Azzi, MD

| Brigham & Women's Hospital

2018

Jason Wertheim MD PhD

| Northwestern University

2017

Andrew Adams, MD PhD

| Emory University

2017

Leonardo V. Riella, MD, PhD

| Harvard Medical School

2016

Heth Turnquist, PhD

| University of Pittsburgh Starzl Transplant Institute

2015

Mandy Ford, PhD

| Emory University

2014

Geetha Chalasani, MD

| University of Pittsburgh

2013

Jonathan Maltzman, MD, PhD

| University of Pennsylvania

2012

Reza Abdi, MD

| Brigham & Women's Hospital

2011

James S. Allan, MD

| Massachusetts General Hospital

2010

Nader Najafian, MD

| Brigham & Women's Hospital

2009

Anna Valujskikh, PhD

| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

2008

Daniel R. Goldstein, MD

| Yale University

2007

Adrian Morelli, MD, PhD

| University of Pittsburgh

2006

Maria-Luisa Alegre, MD, PhD

2005

Clinical Science Career Development Award

Ersilia DeFilippis, MD, FACC, FHFSA

| Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

2024

Syed Husain, MD, MPH, MA, FASN

| Columbia University

2023

Marlena Habal, MD

| Columbia University of Physicians and Surgeons

2022

Juliet Emamaullee, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS

| Keck Medicine of USC / Children's Hospital Los Angeles

2021

Marina Serper, MD, MS

| University of Pennsylvania

2020

Christine Durand, MD

| Johns Hopkins University

2019

Lisa VanWagner, MD, MSc

| Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

2018

Betsy Verna, MD MSc

| Columbia University School of Medicine

2017

Jennifer C. Lai, MD, MBA

| University of California San Francisco

2016

Nicole Theodoropoulos, MD

| Ohio State University

2015

Julie Ho, MD

| University of Manitoba Health Sciences Centre

2014

Kathryn Tinckam, MD, MMSC

| University of Toronto

2013

Lara Danziger-Isakov, MD, MPH

| Cleveland Clinic

2012

Michael G. Ison, MD, MS

| Northwestern University

2011

Deepali Kumar, MD

| University of Alberta

2010

Sita Gourishankar, MD, MSc

| University of Alberta

2009

Kenneth McCurry, MD

| University of Pittsburgh

2008

Dianne B. McKay, MD

| The Scripps Research Institute

2007

Vikas Dharnidharka, MD

| University of Florida

2006

Roy D. Bloom, MD

2005

Distinguished Early Career Award

Kayla Joyal, PharmD

| Massachusetts General Hospital

2024

Nicole Wilson, PharmD, MsC, BCTXP

| Baylor University Dallas

2023

Nicole Valenzuela, PhD, D(ABHI)

| University of California Los Angeles

2022

Anna Frank, PA-C

| Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute

2021

Clinician of Distinction Award

Charlie Thomas, LCSW ACSW FNKF

| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix

2020

Amy Waterman, PhD

| University of California Los Angeles

2019

Jennifer Trofe-Clark, PharmD

| University of Pennsylvania

2018

James Rodrigue, PhD

| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

2017

Christin Rogers, PharmD, BCPS

| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

2016

Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD

| University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy

2015

Ashley Vo, PharmD

| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

2014

Dianne LaPointe Rudow, RN, CCTC, DNP

| Mount Sinai Medical Center

2013

Linda Ohler, RN, MSN, CCTC, FAAN

| Georgetown University

2012

Basic Science Investigator Award

Jamil Azzi, MD, PhD

| Brigham and Women's Hospital

2024

Leonardo Riella, MD, PhD

| Harvard Medical School

2024

Paolo Cravedi, MD, PhD

| Icahn School of Medicine

2023

Hēth R. Turnquist, PhD

| University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

2022

Jonathan Maltzman, MD, PhD

| Stanford University

2021

Giuseppe Orlando, MD, PHD, Marie Curie Fellow

| Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

2020

Mandy Ford, PhD, FAST

| Emory University

2019

Adrian Morelli, MD, PhD

| University of Pittsburgh

2018

Reza Abdi, MD

| Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School

2017

Valeria Mas, PhD

| University of Virginia

2016

Xunrong Luo, MD, PhD

| Northwestern University

2015

Gilles Benichou, MD, PhD

| Massachusetts General Hospital

2014

Sheri Krams, PhD

| Stanford University School of Medicine

2013

Andrew Wells, PhD

| University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

2012

Maria-Luisa Alegre, MD, PhD

| University of Chicago

2011

Pavan Reddy, MD

| University of Michigan

2010

Bruce Rosengard, MD

| Massachusetts General Hospital

2009

Xian C. Li, MD, PhD

| Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School

2008

David M. Briscoe, MD, MBBCh

| Children's Hospital Boston

2007

James Markmann, MD, PhD

| University of Pennsylvania

2006

John Iacomini, PhD

2005

Barbara Murphy, MD

2003

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