Georgia Past Awardees

Laureate Award

  • 1988 - Carter Smith, Sr., MD, MACP
  • 1988 - Bill Waters, III, MD, FACP
  • 1989/90 - Paul Jurgensen, MD
  • 1989/90 - Ralph Murphy, MD
  • 1991 - Waddell Barnes, MD
  • 1991 - Linton H. Bishop, Jr., MD, FACP
  • 1992 - Tully T. Blalock, MD, FACP
  • 1993 - Robert Copeland, MD, MACP
  • 1994 - Joseph M. Turner, MD, MACP
  • 1995 - Charles E. Harrison, Jr., MD, FACP
  • 1996 - Louis L. Battey, MD, FACP
  • 1997 Benjamin B. Okel, MD, FACP
  • 1998 - Charles B. Upshaw, Jr., MD, FACP
  • 1999 - Mark E. Silverman, MD, FACP
  • 2000 - Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, MD, MACP
  • 2001 - Joel D. Todino, MD, FACP
  • 2002 - Vincent M. Nicolais, MD, FACP
  • 2003 - Joseph W. Stubbs, MD, FACP
  • 2004 - Barry D. Silverman, MD, FACP
  • 2005 - J. Leonard Lichtenfeld , MD , FACP
  • 2006 - Robert J. Di Benedetto, MD, FACP
  • 2007 - Jacqueline W Fincher, MD FACP
  • 2008 - Ruth-Marie E Fincher, MD MACP
  • 2009 - Evan B Weisman, MD FACP
  • 2010 - Henry M Patton, MD FACP
  • 2011 - Joyce Doyle, MD, FACP
  • 2012 - T. Andrew Albritton, MD, FACP
  • 2013 - Edwin Grimsley, MD FACP
  • 2014 - Brian J. Ribeiro, MD, FACP
  • 2015 - Emmett J. Doerr, MS, MD, FACP
  • 2016 - Clyde Watkins Jr., MD FACP
  • 2017 - W. Cody McClatchey, MD, FACP
  • 2018 - Lisa B. Bernstein, MD, FACP
  • 2019 - Danny Allen Newman, MD, FACP
  • 2020 - Amy Eubanks, MD, FACP
  • 2021 - Edward Chin, MD, FACP
  • 2022 - John D. Kim, MD, MS, FHM, FACP
  • 2023 - Chinedu Ivonye, MD, FACP
  • 2024 - Jason Hidgon, MD, FACP

J. Willis Hurst Outstanding Bedside Teacher Award

  • 1992 - Robert J. Di Benedetto, MD
  • 2005 - John F. Fisher, MD, FACP
  • 2006 - John A. Hudson, MD, FACP
  • 2007 - Chinedu C Ivonye, MBBS FACP
  • 2008 - Lisa Bernstein, MD
  • 2009 - Jeffrey L Stephens, MD FACP
  • 2012 - Stacy M. Higgins, MD, FACP
  • 2013 - Steven L Carpenter, MD FACP
  • 2014 - Joyce A. Akwe, MD, MPH, FACP
  • 2015 - George Waldon Garriss, MD, MACP
  • 2016 - Edward Chin MD FACP
  • 2017 - George Allen Tindol, Jr MD FACP
  • 2018 - Bhavin Adhyaru, MS, MD, FACP
  • 2019 - Louis Lovett, MD, FACP
  • 2020 - Lora Denton, MD, FACP
  • 2021 - Francois Rollin, MD, MPH
  • 2022 - Michael W. Quinn, MD, FACP, FCCP, FAASM COL, U.S. Army (Ret.)
  • 2023 - Tanna Lim, MD FACP
  • 2024 - Jack Ellis, DO

Volunteerism and Community Service Award

  • 2003 - Jacqueline W Fincher, MD, FACP
  • 2005 - Ruth M. Parker, MD, FACP
  • 2006 - Richard D. Levere, MD
  • 2007 - Jada C. Bussey-Jones, MD
  • 2008 - Henry M Patton, MD FACP
  • 2009 - Stacy M. Higgins,
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  • 2010 - Joyce A Akwe, MD
  • 2011 - David Bosshardt, MD, FACP
  • 2013 - Tia Bingham
  • 2013 - Peter Daniel
  • 2013 - Danielle Jones, MD, FACP
  • 2013 - Marilyn Lavallee, MD
  • 2013 - Dipak Vashi, MD
  • 2014 - Robert A. Campbell, MD
  • 2015 - Maura George, MD
  • 2015 - William H. Salazar, MD, FACP, FAACH
  • 2017 - Teresa E. Clark, MD, FACP
  • 2018 - A. Fred Young, MD, FACP
  • 2019 - Pamela S. Tipler, DO, FACP
  • 2020 - Koosh Desai, MD
  • 2021 - Marshall Fleurant, MD
  • 2022 - E. Philip Osehobo, MD, PhD, FACP
  • 2023 - Gary Olson, MD, FACP
  • 2023 - Milicent Young, MD, FACP
  • 2024 -Sarah Koumtouzoua, MD

Walter J. Moore Leadership Award

  • 2005 - Julie L. Gerberding, MD, FACP
  • 2006 - R. Kirby Godsey, PhD
  • 2007 - Hamilton Jordan Sr.
  • 2008 - James A Hotz, MD
  • 2009 - Senator Don Thomas, MD
  • 2011 - Robert B. Copeland, MD, MACP
  • 2012 - Stephen J. Woods
  • 2013 - William T. Branch, MD, MACP
  • 2014 - Ruth-Marie E. Fincher, MD, FACP
  • 2015 - Representative Sharon Cooper
  • 2016 - Spurgeon William Clark III, MD
  • 2017 - H. Kenneth Walker, MD, MACP
  • 2018 - Donald J. Palmisano, Jr.
  • 2019 - J. Len Lichtenfeld, MD, FACP
  • 2020 - Carlos del Rio, MD, FACP
  • 2021 - Jean E. Chin, MD, FACP
  • 2022 - Joyce A. Akwe MD, MPH, FACP
  • 2023 - Gulshan Harjee, MD
  • 2023 - Gulshan Harjee, MD
  • 2024 -Mary C. Downing, MD, FACP

Community Based Teaching Award

  • 2005 - James A. Hotz, MD
  • 2005 - Henry M. Patton, MD, FACP
  • 2006 - John Timothy Cope, MD
  • 2007 - Barry D. Silverman, MD, FACP
  • 2009 - Gregory M Rogers, MD
  • 2012 - Tom Bledsoe, MD
  • 2012 - Richard Goodjoin, MD
  • 2012 - Kevin Lanclos, MD
  • 2012 - Clyde Watkins, MD, FACP
  • 2014 - Mary T. Bond, MD, FACP
  • 2014 - Donna W. Whitfield, MD, FACP
  • 2014 - Cynthia McCaleb, MD
  • 2017 - Wentzelle K. Kitchens, MD
  • 2018 - Jean Chin, MD, FACP
  • 2019 - Thomas W. Wells, MD, FACP
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  • 2020 - Billy Chacko, MD, FACP, FSVM
  • 2021 - Amar K. Singh, MD, FACP
  • 2022 - Jeffrey Talbot, MD
  • 2023 - Albert Johary, MD
  • 2024 -Poonam Singh, MD

Outstanding Resident in Volunteerism and Advocacy

  • 2009 - Kharia J Holmes
  • 2014 - Edward Fatahov, MD
  • 2016 - Deep Shah MD
  • 2016 - Lavanya Viswanathan MD MS
  • 2017 - Robert Heinl IV, MD
  • 2018 - Akanksha Vaidya, MD
  • 2019 - Rachel Johnson, MD
  • 2020 - Hironobu Takeda, DO​
  • 2021 - Obaid Rehman, MD​
  • 2022 - David Cromer, MD​
  • 2023 - Alexander Listur, MD​
  • 2024 - Surya Reddy Bussa, MD​

Outstanding Medical Student in Volunteerism and Advocacy

  • 2009 - Sandra Francis-Rogers, MD
  • 2014 - Jonathon D. Gillig
  • 2014 - Sandra Elizabeth Stepp
  • 2015 - Harika Gorti
  • 2015 - Harika Gorti
  • 2015 - Parth Desai
  • 2016 - Anna Sulimirski
  • 2017 - Chelsea Fechter
  • 2018 - Agreen Hadadi
  • 2018 - Cinthana Kandasamy
  • 2018 - Cinthana Kandasamy
  • 2019 - Matthew Schwartz
  • 2019 - Sahil Angelo
  • 2020 - Ariel Jordan
  • 2021 - Alyssa Greenhouse
  • 2021 - Syed Ali
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  • 2022 - Maggie Bridges Kearney and Heather Krome
  • 2023 - Courtney Civelli
  • 2023 - Ariana Traub, MPH
  • 2023- Eric Santana
  • 2023- Talia Sisroe
  • 2024- Alexandria Simko
  • 2024- Ahmad Rathor

Medical Student Award

  • 2021 - Farha PiraniMD

Mark Silverman Award

  • 2010 - Mark E Silverman, MD MACP
  • 2012 - Joyce P. Doyle, MD, FACP
  • 2013 - Robin Klein MD
  • 2014 - Lisa B. Bernstein, MD, FACP
  • 2015 - Danny Allen Newman, Jr., MD, FACP
  • 2016 - Ned Wilson Holland MD FACP
  • 2017 - Eva Rimler, MD, FACP
  • 2018 - Joyce Awke, MD, FACP
  • 2019 - Michelle Nuss, MD, FACP
  • 2020 - Kimberly Bates, MD, FACP
  • 2021 - Chinedu C. Ivonye, MBBS, FACP
  • 2022 - James A. Kruer, MD, FACP
  • 2023 - Bhavin Adhyaru, MD, FACP
  • 2024 - Judy Volcy, DO, FACP

Early Career Physician Award

  • 2021 - Nidhip A. Patel, DO, FACP
  • 2022 - John Erikson Yap, MD, FACP
  • 2024 - Jin Lee, MD, FACP

Outstanding Early Career Physician in Volunteerism and Advocacy

  • 2017 - Tracey Henry, MD, MPH, MS
  • 2018 - Amy Eubanks, MD, FACP
  • 2019 - Jennifer L. Headrick, MD, FACP
  • 2020 - Jason Higdon, MD