ACR Past Awards of Distinction Recipients

ACR Past Awards of Distinction Recipients
*deceased
Presidential Gold Medal
1988: Morris Ziff, MD, PhD*
1989: John L. Decker, MD
1990: John H. Vaughan, MD*
1991: Joseph L. Hollander, MD*
1992: Charles M. Plotz, MD
1993: Daniel J. McCarty, MD
1994: Alan S. Cohen, MD
1995: Lawrence E. Shulman, MD, PhD*
1996: Charles L. Christian, MD
1997: William N. Kelley, MD
1998: Eng M. Tan, MD
1999: Nathan J. Zvaifler, MD
2000: Roland W. Moskowitz, MD
2001: Halsted R. Holman, MD
2002: Ephraim P. Engleman, MD
2003: Stephen E. Malawista, MD
2004: Ralph C. Williams, Jr., MD
2005: Gerald Weissman, MD
2006: James T. Cassidy, MD
2007: Edward D. Harris, Jr., MD*
2008: Shaun Ruddy, MD
2009: Bevra H. Hahn, MD
2010: William P. Arend, MD
2011: William J. Koopman, MD
Distinguished Service Award
2001: Roy D. Altman, MD
2002: Deborah W. Kredich, MD*
Audrey M. Nelson, MD
2003: Lee S. Simon, MD
2004: Melvin C. Britton, MD
2005: Richard S. Panush, MD
2006: Ronald P. Messner, MD
2007: Maren L. Mahowald, MD
2008: Walter G. Barr, MD*
2009: Carol B. Lindsley, MD
2010: Suzanne L. Bowyer, MD
Mark L. Robbins, MD, MPH
2011: Gregory J. Dennis, MD
Distinguished Clinical Investigator Award
2001: David Felson, MD, MPH
2002: Matthew Liang, MD, MPH
2003: Kenneth D. Brandt, MD
2004: Lauren M. Pachman, MD
2005: James F. Fries, MD
2006: Jill P. Buyon, MD
2007: Daniel J. Lovell, MD
2008: Michael E. Weinblatt, MD
2009: Allen C. Steere, MD
2010: Gary S. Hoffman, MD, MS
2011: Edward H. Giannini, MSc, DrPH
Distinguished Clinician Scholar Award
1988: Joshua Burnett, MD
1989: Joseph E. Levinson, MD
1990: Mary Betty Stevens, MD
1991: Louis A. Healey, MD
1992: Harold E. Paulus, MD
1993: Allen H. Mackenzie, MD
1994: John R. Ward, MD*
1995: Frederick Wolfe, MD
1996: Evelyn V. Hess, MD
1997: David H. Neustadt, MD
1998: Thomas A. Medsger, Jr., MD
1999: Robert F. Willkens, MD*
2000: Muhammad Asim Khan, MD
2001: Kenneth R. Wilske, MD
2002: James T. Cassidy, MD
2003: Paul H. Plotz, MD
2004: Edward D. Harris, Jr., MD*
Gene G. Hunder, MD
2005: Ross E. Petty, MD, PhD
2006: Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos, MD
2007: W. Joseph McCune, MD
2008: Balu H. Athreya, MD
2009: Ronald M. Laxer, MD
Fredrick M. Wigley, MD
2010: Sterling G. West, MD
2011: Stephen A. Paget, MD

ACR Past Awards of Distinction Recipients
*deceased
Distinguished Basic Investigator Award
1988: Baruj Benacerraf, MD
1989: Susumu Tonegawa, PhD
1990: Hugh O. McDevitt, MD
1991: Eng M. Tan, MD
1992: Gerald Weissmann, MD
1993: K. Frank Austen, MD
1994: Stephen E. Malawista, MD
1995: Stephen M. Krane, MD
1996: Morris Reichlin, MD
1997: Mart Mannik, MD
1998: John P. Atkinson, MD
1999: Ravinder N. Maini, MD
2000: Barton F. Haynes, MD
2001: Betty Diamond, MD
2002: Peter E. Lipsky, MD
2003: David N. Glass, MD
2004: Arthur Weiss, MD, PhD
2005: Daniel L. Kastner, MD, PhD
2006: Laurie H. Glimcher, MD
2007: Peter K. Gregersen, MD
2008: V. Michael Holers, MD
2009: Gary S. Firestein, MD
2010: John A. Hamilton, PhD, DSc
2011: Steven B. Abramson, MD
ACR REF Excellence in Investigative
Mentoring Award
2006: John B. Harley, MD, PhD
2007: Bevra H. Hahn, MD
2008: Robert J. Winchester, MD
2009: Joanne M. Jordan, MD, MPH
2010: Michael H. Weisman, MD
2011: Betty Diamond, MD
Paulding Phelps Award
1989: Arthur L. Weaver, MD
1990: Joseph D. Croft, Jr., MD
1991: No Recipients
1992: Elizabeth A. Tindall, MD
1993: J. Timothy Harrington, Jr., MD
1994: Melvin Britton, MD
1995: Gerson C. Bernhard, MD
1996: Herbert Kaplan, MD
1997: H. Christopher Alexander, MD
1998: Eileen M. Moynihan, MD
1999: Robert Thoburn, MD
2000: Sidney R. Block, MD
2001: Neal S. Birnbaum, MD
2002: Robert J. Lloyd, MD
2003: Robert A. Yood, MD
2004: Larry G. Anderson, MD
2005: J. Michael Condit, MD
2006: Eric Schned, MD
2007: Luis R. Espinoza, MD
2008: Eric D. Newman, MD
2009: David W. Templin, MD
2010: Patience H. White, MD, MA
2011: Gary L. Bryant, MD
Henry Kunkel Young Investigator Award
1988: Warner C. Greene, MD, PhD
1989: Laurie H. Glimcher, MD
1990: Arthur Weiss, MD, PhD
1991: David T. Felson, MD, MPH
1992: Jorg J. Goronzy, MD, PhD
Cornelia M. Weyand, MD, PhD
1993: No Award
1994: Dennis M. Klinman, MD, PhD
1995: Christopher H. Evans, PhD
1996: Gary A. Koretzky, MD, PhD
1997: Westley H. Reeves, MD
Katherine A. Siminovitch, MD
1998: Arthur M. Krieg, MD
1999: Sherine H. Gabriel, MD
Antony Rosen, MD
2000: Jeffrey N. Katz, MD
2001: Ram Raj Singh, MD
2002: I‐Cheng Ho, MD, PhD
2003: Lindsey A. Criswell, MD, MPH
2004: Brian M. Feldman, MD, MSc

ACR Past Awards of Distinction Recipients
*deceased
Henry Kunkel Young Investigator Award
2005: Chandra Mohan, MD, PhD
Mary C. Nakamura, MD
2006: Elizabeth W. Karlson, MD
2007: Daniel H. Solomon, MD, MPH
2008: Mark C. Genovese, MD
David M. Lee, MD, PhD
2009: Liana Fraenkel, MD, MPH
Rae S. M. Yeung, MD, PhD
2010: Mariana J. Kaplan, MD
William Robinson, MD, PhD
2011: Karen H. Costenbader, MD, MPH
Theresa T. Lu, MD, PhD