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AMA Scientific Achievement Award

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The AMA Scientific Achievement Award is awarded by American Medical Association. It may be given to either physicians or non-physician scientists who have contributed significantly to the field of medical science. The award itself consists of a gold medallion.

The recipients are chosen by the AMA's Board of Trustees, and Physician candidates must be AMA members.

Recipients

Source: AMA Awards

  • 1962 – Donald D. Van Slyke, PhD, Upton, New York
  • 1963 – John F. Enders, Phd, Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1964 – René J. Dubos, PhD, New York, New York
  • 1965 – Edward C. Kendall, PhD, Princeton, New Jersey
  • 1966 – Wendell M. Stanley, PhD, Berkeley, California
  • 1967 – Gregory Pincus, ScD, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
  • 1968 – Arthur Kornberg, MD, Palo Alto, California
  • 1969 – Philip Handler, PhD, Durham, North Carolina
  • 1970 – Choh Hao Li, Phd, Berkeley, California
  • 1971 – Robert B. Woodward, MD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • 1972 – William Bennett Kouwenhoven, MD, Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1973 – Edith Hinkley Quimby, ScD, Palo Alto, California
  • 1974 – Philip Abelson, PhD, Washington, District of Columbia
  • 1975 – Rosalyn Yalow, PhD, Bronx, New York
           Solomon A. Berson, MD (posthumously)
  • 1976 – Harry Goldblatt, MD, Cleveland, Ohio
  • 1977 – Helen B. Taussig, MD, Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1978 – F. Mason Sones, MD, Cleveland, Ohio
  • 1979 – Orvan W. Hess, MD, New Haven, Connecticut
  • 1980 – Harold E. Kleinert, MD, Louisville, Kentucky
  • 1981 – Hans von Leden, MD, Los Angeles, California
  • 1982 – Willem J. Kolff, PhD, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • 1983 – Maurice R. Hillerman, PhD, West Point, Pennsylvania
  • 1984 – Maurice J. Jurkiewicz, MD, Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1985 – Solomon H. Snyder, MD, Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1986 – George Edward Burch, MD, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1987 – Norman E. Shumway, MD, Stanford, California
  • 1988 – Harriet P. Dustan, MD, Birmingham, Alabama
  • 1989 – John G. Morrison, MD, Piedmont, California
  • 1990 – Arthur C. Guyton, MD, Jackson, Mississippi
  • 1991 – Henry Nicholas Wagner, Jr., MD, Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1992 – Byrl J. "B.J." Kennedy, MD, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • 1993 – Juan A. del Regato, MD, Tampa, Florida
  • 1994 – William H. Beierwaltes, MD, Grosse Point Park, Michigan
  • 1995 – Carl R. Hartrampf, Jr., MD, Atlanta, Georgia
           Frank G. Moody, MD, Houston, Texas
  • 1996 – Alfred B. Swanson, MD, Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • 1997 – E. Harvey Estes, MD, Raleigh, North Carolina
  • 1998 – Charles S. Lieber, MD, Bronx, New York
  • 1999 – no listed recipient
  • 2000 – Tom Maniatis, MD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • 2001 – Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, Bethesda, Maryland
  • 2002 – David Baltimore, PhD, Pasadena, California
  • 2003–2009 – no listed recipients
  • 2010 – David L. Chadwick, MD, La Mesa, California

    • References

    AMA Scientific Achievement Award Wikipedia
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