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. [1]
The recipients are chosen by the AMA's Board of Trustees, and Physician candidates must be AMA members.
Recipients
Source: AMA Awards Archived 2016-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
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[2]