Dr. Nathan Davis Awards

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The Dr. Nathan Davis Awards are presented annually by the American Medical Association (AMA) and awarded to elected and career public servants in national, state, and local governments for outstanding government service. These awards are named for the founder of the American Medical Association, Dr. Nathan Smith Davis.

The first Dr. Nathan Davis Awards were presented in 1989. Since then a number of prominent individuals have received a Dr. Nathan Davis Award for outstanding government service.

United States Senator

1989 Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Connecticut

1990 Orrin G. Hatch, Utah, Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts

1991 John D. Rockefeller, IV, West Virginia

1992 Dale Bumpers, Arkansas, Bob Dole, Kansas

1993 Christopher Dodd, Connecticut

1994 John H. Chafee, Rhode Island

1995 Mark O. Hatfield, Oregon

1996 Connie Mack, Florida

1997 Mike DeWine, Ohio

1998 John McCain, Arizona

1999 John B. Breaux, Louisiana

2001 Richard J. Durbin, JD, Illinois

2002 Dianne Feinstein, California

2003 Pete V. Domenici, New Mexico

2004 William H. Frist, MD, Tennessee

2005 Max Baucus, Montana, Chuck Grassley, Iowa

2006 Jon Kyl, Arizona

2007 Gordon H. Smith, Oregon

2008 Tom Harkin, Iowa

2009 Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts

2012 Debbie Stabenow, Michigan

United States Representative

1989 Henry A. Waxman, California

1990 William H. Natcher, Kentucky

1991 J. Roy Rowland, MD, Georgia, C. W. "Bill" Young, Florida

1992 Charles B. Rangel, New York

1993 Charles W. Stenholm, Texas

1994 Nancy Johnson, Connecticut

1995 Bill Archer, Texas

1996 John Edward Porter, Illinois

1997 Marge Roukema, New Jersey

1998 Greg Ganske, MD, Iowa, Louis Stokes, Ohio

1999 Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland

2000 John D. Dingell, Michigan, Charlie Norwood, DDS, Georgia

2001 Michael Bilirakis, Florida

2002 Constance A. Morella, Maryland

2003 James C. Greenwood, Pennsylvania

2004 William M. Thomas, California

2006 J. Dennis Hastert, Illinois

2007 Sherrod Brown, Ohio

2008 Steny H. Hoyer, Maryland

2009 Nathan Deal, Georgia

2010 Donna Christensen, MD, U.S. Virgin Islands

2011 Rosa L. DeLauro, Connecticut

2012 Allyson Y. Schwartz, Pennsylvania

Member of the Executive Branch by Presidential Appointment

1989 C. Everett Koop, MD, Surgeon General of the United States

1990 Louis W. Sullivan, MD, Secretary of Health and Human Services

1991 Margaret M. Heckler, former Secretary of Health and Human Services

1992 Antonia C. Novello, MD, Surgeon General of the United States

1993 Philip R. Lee, MD, Assistant Secretary for Health, Health and Human Services

1994 J. Jarrett Clinton, MD, MPH, former Assistant Secretary of Defense, Regional Health Administrator, Region V, Georgia

1996 David Satcher, MD, PhD, Director, Center for Disease Control and Prevention

1997 Donna Shalala, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1998 Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH, Under Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

1999 Ricardo Martinez, MD, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

2000 John M. Eisenberg, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

2001 Jeffrey P. Koplan, MD, MPH, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2002 William H. Foege, MD, MPH, Former Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2003 Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services

2004 Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration

2005 William Winkenwerder, Jr., MD, MBA, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs

2006 Carolyn Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

2007 Margaret J. Giannini, MD, FAAP, Director, Office on Disability, US Department of Health and Human Services

2009 Jeffrey William Runge, MD, FACEP, President, Biologue, Inc.

2010 Vice Admiral John Mateczun, M.D., Commander, Joint Task Force, National Capital Region Medical

2011 R. Gil Kerlikowske, Commander, Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy

2013 Donald Berwick, M.D., former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Member of the Executive Branch in Career Public Service

1989 Donald A. B. Lindberg, MD, Director, Library of Medicine, NIH, Ruth L. Kirschstein, MD, Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH

1991 William F. Raub, PhD, former Deputy Director, NIH

1992 Anthony S. Fauci, MD, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Director, Office of AIDS Research

1993 Samuel Broder, MD, Director, National Cancer Institute, NIH

1994 Donald L. Custis, MD, former Surgeon General of the Navy, former Chief Medical Director of Department of Veterans Affairs

1995 Kenneth P. Moritsugu, MD, Assistant Surgeon General and Medical Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons

1996 E. Ratcliffe Anderson, Jr., MD, former Surgeon General of the U.S. Air Force

1997 Kevin R. Kerrigan, MD, Naval Hospital, North Charleston, South Carolina

1998 Claude J.M. Lenfant, MD, Director, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health

1999 Rear Admiral Michael L. Cowan, Deputy Director for Medical Readiness, The Joint Staff, Janet Woodcock, MD, Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration

2000 Marilyn H. Gaston, MD, Assistant Surgeon General, Associate Administrator Bureau of Primary Health, U.S. Public Health Service, Gerald David Fischbach, MD, Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health

2001 James P. Bagian, MD, Director, VA National Center for Patient Safety Department of Veterans Affairs

2002 Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr., MD, Director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics National Cancer Institute

2003 Judith Elaine Fradkin, MD, Director, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

2004 Duane F. Alexander, MD, Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health

2005 Vice Admiral James A. Zimble, MD (USN Ret.), President Emeritus, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

2006 Christopher Allan Percy, MD, Medical Officer and Director of Community Health Services, Northern Navajo Medical Center

2007 Douglas R. Lowy, MD, Chief, Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, John T. Schiller, PhD, Principal Investigator, Neoplastic Disease Section, Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

2008 W. Marston Linehan, MD, Chief, Urologic Oncology Branch Center for Cancer Research National Cancer Institute

2009 D. Joe Boone, PhD, Associate Director for Science, Division of Laboratory Systems National Center for Preparedness, Detection and Control of Infectious Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2010 Ira Pastan, MD, Chief of the Molecular Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Health’s Center for Cancer Research

2011 William A. Gahl, MD, PhD, Clinical Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, Director, intramural program of the National Institutes of Health Office of Rare Diseases, Director, National Institutes of Health Undiagnosed Diseases Program

2012 Leon Esterowitz, PhD, Program Director, Biophotonics Directorate for Engineering, National Science Foundation

2013 Thomas R. Insel, M.D., Director, National Institute of Mental Health, Member of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government in Career Military Service

2000 Lieutenant General Ronald R. Blanck, DO, USA, Surgeon General of the Army, Rear Admiral Joyce Johnson, DO, MA, Director of Health and Safety, United States Coast Guard

2002 Lieutenant General Paul K. Carlton, Jr., MC, CFS, Surgeon General, United States Air Force, Captain Daniel Carucci, MD, Director, Malaria Program, Naval Medical Research Center, United States Navy

2003 Captain Daniel Carucci, MD, Director, Malaria Program, Naval Medical Research Center, United States Navy

2011 Vice Admiral Adam M. Robinson, Jr., MD, Surgeon General, United States Navy

2012 Lieutenant General Eric B. Schoomaker, MD, PhD, Surgeon General and Command General, USA MEDCOM, United States Army

2013 Major General Kimberly Siniscalchi, Assistant Surgeon General, Air Force

Governor or Statewide Elected Official

1989 William Donald Schaefer, Governor, Maryland

1993 Brereton C. Jones, Governor, Kentucky

1994 Michael O. Leavitt, Governor, Utah

1995 Parris N. Glendening, Governor, Maryland

1996 Pierre Howard, Lieutenant Governor, Georgia

1997 George E. Pataki, Governor, New York, Mike Moore, Attorney General, Mississippi

1998 Howard Dean, MD, Governor, Vermont

1999 Christine Todd Whitman, Governor, New Jersey

2000 Mel Carnahan, Governor, Missouri

2001 Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, Connecticut

2002 John W. Oxendine, Commissioner of Insurance and Fire Safety, Georgia

2004 Jeb Bush, Governor, State of Florida

2005 Drew Edmondson, JD, Attorney General, State of Oklahoma

2006 Susan Combs, Commissioner, Texas Department of Agriculture, Joe Manchin, III, Governor, State of West Virginia

2008 M. Jodi Rell, Governor, State of Connecticut

2009 Rick Perry, Governor, State of Texas

2010 John Baldacci, Governor, State of Maine, Sandy Praeger, Commissioner, Kansas Insurance Department

2013 Anthony G. Brown, Maryland Lieutenant Governor

References

Dr. Nathan Davis Awards Wikipedia

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