| Forty fourth Award (2025) | Ramy A. Arnaout, M.D., DPhil Associate Professor of Pathology Harvard Medical School Associate Director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratories Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA
"Exponential Pathology: Triangulating our AI-Enabled Near-Term Future" |
| Forty third Award (2024) | Matthew D. Krasowski, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Pathology University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City, IA
"Opportunities and Challenges for Pathology in Providing Testing for Gender Diverse Patients" |
| Forty second Award (2023) | Rebecca L. Johnson, M.D. CEO Emeritus, American Board of Pathology
"The American Board of Pathology: 85 Years of Service to the Public and the Profession" |
| Forty first Award (2020) | James Mallory Musser, M.D., Ph.D. Chair, Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine Fondren Endowed Presidential Distinguished Chair Director, Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research Houston Methodist Hospital System & Research Institute
"Molecular Interrogation of the Many Secret Lives of Group A Streptococcus, A Human Flesh-Eating Pathogen" |
| Fortieth Award (2019) | Stanley R. Hamilton, M.D., FCAP, AGAF Head, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Professor, Department of Pathology The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX
"Precision Oncology: Are We There Yet" |
| Thirty ninth Award (2019) | Harvey G. Klein, M.D. Chief of the Department of Transfusion Medicine Clinical Center National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD
"Red Cell Transfusion: Precision vs. Imprecision Medicine" |
| Thirty eighth Award (2018) | Bruce Alan Scott, M.D. Clinical Assistant Professor, The University of Louisville Medical School Vice Speaker, House of Delegates, American Medical Association Louisville, KY
"Moving Medicine Forward: Beyond Repeal & Replace" |
| Thirty seventh Award (2017) | Alan L. Schiller, M.D. Founding Chair & Professor of Pathology, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Pathology Resident Director, Hospital Corporation of America, Kendall Regional Medical Center, Miami, Florida Professor of Pathology, Florida International University Miami, Fl
"Lumps and Bumps of Bone - Some Are Not Neoplasms" |
| Thirty sixth Award (2017) | Carolyn C. Compton, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Life Science, Arizona State University Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Medical School Chief Medical Officer, Complex Adaptive Systems Institute, ASU Chief Medical Officer, National Biomarker Development Alliance Phoenix, AZ
"The Future of Pathology: Complexity, Convergence and Change" |
| Thirty Fifth Award (2016) | Richard N. Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D. Lawrence J. Henderson Professor of Pathology Member of the Harvard/MIT Health Sciences, Technology Faculty Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
"Atherosclerosis: Wounds that Don't Heal" |
| Thirty Fourth Award (2016) | Eric D. Green, M.D., Ph.D. Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) National Institute of Health (NIH) Bethesda, MD"Human Genomics, Precision Medicine, and Improving Human Health" |
| Thirty Third Award (2014) | Robert H. Christenson, PhD, DABCC, FACB Professor of Pathology Professor of Medical and Research Technology University of Maryland School of Medicine Director of Core Laboratories Medical Director of Point of Care Testing University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, MD
"Cardiac Troponin Interpretation: Generations, Populations, Standardization" |
| Thirty Second Award (2013) | Agnes B. Fogo, MD John L. Shapiro Chair of Pathology Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Department of Medicine and Pediatrics Director of Renal/EM Division of Pathology Director, Renal Pathology Fellowship Programs Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN
"Progression vs. Regression of Chronic Kidney Disease" |
| Thirty First Award (2012) | J. Stephen Dumler, MD Professor, Division of Medical Microbiology Department of Pathology The John Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD
"Tick-borne Disease: The new Epidemic - Science, Social Media, and Politics" |
| Thirtieth Award (2011) | Harvey Alter, MD, FACP Distinguished NIH Investigator Chief, Clinical Studies & Associate Director of Research Department of Transfusion Medicine National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD
"Post-Transfusion Hepatitis in Historical Perspective: From Hippocrates to Eradication" |
| Twenty Ninth Award (2010) | Elizabeth Matthews Brunt, MD Professor of Pathology Washington University School of Medicine Department of Pathology and Immunology St. Louis, Missouri
"Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: What Is It and Why Does It Matter?" |
| Twenty Eight Award (2009) | Andrew H. Lichtman, MD, PhD Professor of Pathology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
"Inflammation, Immunity and Atherosclerosis: Lessons for Integrated Pathology Education" |
| Twenty Seventh Award (2008) | Fred George Silva, II, MD Executive Vice-President/secretary-Treasurer The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Adjunct Professor of Pathology, Emory University Atlanta, GA
"The Future of Anatomic Pathology" |
| Twenty Sixth Award (2007) | Robert Lee Hunter, Jr. MD, PhD Professor and Chairman Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine University of Texas — Houston Medical School Houston TX
"Cord Factor, the Jekyll and Hyde Player in the Pathogenesis of Tuberculosis" |
| Twenty Fifth Award (2006) | Celeste N. Powers, MD Professor and Chair Division of Anatomic Pathology Director of Cytopathology Laboratory Medical College of Virginia Hospitals and Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA
"Interventional Cytopathology: the Evolution of a Discipline" |
| Twenty Fourth Award (2005) | Brian West, MD, FRCPath Professor of Pathology Director of AmeriPath New York Gastrointestinal Diagnostics Shelton, CT
"Hemochromatosis: Bronze Diabetes form the Iron Age to the Molecular" |
| Twenty Third Award (2004) | Marjorie R. Grafe, MD, PhD Professor of Pathology and Anesthesiology Medical Director, Neuropathology Section Oregon Health and Science University Portland, OR
"The Pathogenesis of Cerebral Palsy: A Pathologist’s Perspective" |
| Twenty Second Award (2003) | Nancy L. Harris, MD Austin L. Vickery Jr., Professor of Pathology Editor, Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA
"Get R.E.A.L. — W.H.O.’s Next: From Controversy to Consensus in Lymphoma Classification" |
| Twenty First Award (2002) | Sherif R. Zaki, MD, PhD Chief, Infectious Disease Pathology Activity Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services Atlanta, GA "Infectious Diseases in Pathology in Public Health" |
| Twentieth Award (2001) | Ralph H. Hruban, MD Professor and Director, Division of Gastrointestinal/ Liver Pathology Department of Pathology John Hopkins Medical Institution Baltimore, MD "Pancreatic Cancer: From Genes to Patient Care" |
| Nineteenth Award (2000) | Robert Hayes Glew, PhD Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Albuquerque, NM
"Needs and Opportunities for Public Health Research in Sub-Saharan Africa" |
| Eighteenth Award (1999) | J. Charles Jennette, MD Kenneth M. Brinkhous Distinguished Professor and Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
"Vasculitis: The Evolution of Nomenclature and Diagnosis; Naming Is Not Knowing" |
| Seventeenth Award (1998) | Jurgen Ludwig, MD Emeritus Professor of Pathology Mayo Clinic and Mayo Medical School Rochester, MN "Obesity and the Liver: Should We Worry?" |
| Sixteenth Award (1997) | Robert L. Reddick, MD Professor and Chairman of Pathology and Distinguished Frank M. Townsend Chair in Pathology The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, TX "Atherosclerosis: A Historical Perspective" |
| Fifteenth Award (1996) | Abul K. Abbas, MD Professor of Pathology Harvard Medical School Head, Immunology Research Division Department of Pathology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA "Mechanisms of Immunologic Diseases" |
| Fourteenth Award (1995) | Horton A. Johnson, MD Professor of Pathology Consultant in Pathology St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center New York, NY
"The Rembrandt Self-Portraits and the Biology of Aging" |
| Thirteenth Award (1994) | George D. Lundberg, II, MD Editor-in-Chief Scientific Publications, American Medical Association Editor, JAMA Professor of Clinical Pathology Northwestern University Adjunct Professor of Health Policy, Harvard University Chicago, IL "American Health System Reform" |
| Twelfth Award (1993) | Joe W. Grisham, MD Kenan Professor and Chair of Pathology Professor of Medicine University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina "Pathology for the Masses" |
| Eleventh Award (1992) | Robert D. Collins, MD Professor of Pathology Department of Pathology Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN "The Most Important Neoplasm" |
| Tenth Award (1991) | Doyle G. Graham, MD, PhD Professor of Pathology Director, Integrated Toxicology Program Dean Medical Education Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC "Educating the Complete Physician" |
| Ninth Award (1990) | Ruy Perez-Tamayo, MD, PhD Professor of Pathology Head, Sub-Division of Experimental Medicine Faculty of Medicine National University of Mexico City, Mexico "Three Concepts of Disease" |
| Eighth Award (1989) | Marie Valdes-Dapena, MD Professor of Pathology Department of Pathology University of Miami, School of Medicine Miami, FL "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome" |
| Seventh Award (1988) | Washington C. Winn, Jr., MD Professor of Pathology University of Vermont College of Medicine Director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Medical Center Hospital Burlington, VT
"Legionella Philadelphia’s University Bicentennial Guest Anatomy of a New Disease" |
| Sixth Award (1987) | Vinay Kumar, MD Ashworth Professor of Pathology Southwestern Medical School The University of Texas Health Science Center Dallas, TX
"Some Reflections on Medical Education in the Era of Information Overload" |
| Fifth Award (1986) | Frank M. Townsend, MD Professor of Pathology The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, TX
"Some Thoughts on Texas Medicine in the Nineteenth Century Leading to the Formation of the Medical Branch"
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| Fourth Award (1985) | Vernie A. Stembridge, MD Professor and Chairman Department of Pathology University of Texas Health Science Center Dallas, TX "The Patient’s Physician" |
| Third Award (1984) | Dennis B. Dorsey, MD Pathologist Freelance Health Consultant Boca Grande, FL "The Autopsy in the 80’s — An Endangered Species" |
| Second Award (1983) | Kenneth M. Earle, MD Vice-President for Medical Affairs Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Lafayette, LA "The Origin, Classification and Pathophysiology of Meningiomas" |
| First Award (1982) | John Childers, MD Associate Director of Surgical Pathology Parkland Memorial Hospital Professor of Pathology The University of Texas Health Science Center Dallas, TX "Histologic Variants of Carcinoma of the Breast" |