Rudolf Schindler Award

2023Todd H. Baron, MD, MASGEUniversity of North Carolina
2023Stuart Sherman, MD, MASGEIndiana University Health Physicians
2022John L. Petrini, MD, MASGESanta Barbara Cottage Hospital
2021D. Nageshwar Reddy, MD, MASGEAsian Institute of Gastroenterology
2020Kenneth K. Wang, MD, MASGEMayo Clinic, Rochester
2019Gregory G. Ginsberg, MD, MASGEUniversity of Pennsylvania
2018Grace H. Elta, MD, M91ÊÓƵUniversity of Michigan
2017Robert A. Ganz, MD, MASGEMinnesota Gastroenterology
2016M. Brian Fennerty, MD, MASGEOregon Health & Science University
2015Robert H. Hawes, MD, MASGEFlorida Hospital Orlando
2014Jerome H. Siegel, MD, MASGEBeth Israel Medical Center
2013Douglas K. Rex, MD, MASGEIndiana University Medical Center
2012Dennis M. Jensen, MD, MASGEUCLA & West Los Angeles VA
2011David J. Bjorkman, MD, MASGEUniversity of Utah School of Medicine 
2010C. Paul Swain, MD, MASGERoyal London Hospital
2009Christopher J. Gostout, MD, MASGEMayo Clinic, Rochester
2008David A. Lieberman, MD, MASGEOregon Health & Science University
2007David L. Carr-Locke, MD, MASGE, FRCPWeill Cornell Medicine
2006Michael B. Kimmey, MD, MASGEFranciscan Digestive Care Associates
2005Richard A. Kozarek, MD, MASGEVirginia Mason Clinic
2004Peter B. Cotton, MD, MASGEMUSC, Digestive Disease Center
2003Wilfred M. Weinstein, MDUCLA Medical Center
2002Jeffrey L. Ponsky, MD, MASGECleveland Clinic
2001Robert A. Sanowski, MDUniversity of Arizona College of Medicine
2000David E. Fleischer, MD, MASGEMayo Clinic, Scottsdale
1999Charles J. Lightdale, MD, MASGEColumbia University Medical Center
1998John H. Bond, MD, FASGEVA Medical Center, Minneapolis
1997Michael V. Sivak Jr., MD, MASGEUniversity Hospitals of Cleveland
1996Glen A. Lehman, MD, MASGEIndiana University Medical Center
1995Walter J. Hogan, MD, MASGEMedical College of Wisconsin
1994Sidney F. Winawer, MD, MASGEMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1993Francis J. Tedesco, MD, MASGEMedical College of Georgia
1992J. Loren Pitcher, MDUniversity of New Mexico School of Medicine
1991Joel F. Panish, MD, MASGECedars-Sinai Medical Center
1990Melvin Schapiro, MD, MASGEUCLA Medical Center
1989Joseph E. Geenen, MD, MASGEGI Associates
1988Bernard M. Schuman, MD, MASGEMedical College of Georgia
1987Stephen E. Silvis, MDVA Medical Center, Minneapolis
1986Jerome D. Waye, MD, MASGEMount Sinai Hospital, New York
1985William S. Haubrich, MDScripps Clinical Research Foundation
1984Joseph B. Kirsner, MD, PhD, FASGEUniversity of Chicago Hospital
1983John F. Morrissey, MD, FASGEUniversity of Wisconsin Medical School
1982H. Worth Boyce, MD, FASGEUniversity of Southern Florida College of Medicine
1981Angel E. Dagradi, MDTorrance, CA
1980Cyrus E. Rubin, MDUniversity of Washington Medical Center
1979Charles A. Flood, MDColumbia-Presbyterian Hospital
1978Jack A. Vennes, MDUniversity of Minnesota Medical School
1977Leonidas H. Berry, MDCook County Hospital
1976Marvin Pollard, MDUniveristy of Michigan Medical School
1975Bergein F. Overholt, MD, MASGEGastrointestinal Associates, PC
1974Benjamin H. Sullivan, MD, FASGENaples, FL
1973Basil I. Hirschowitz, MDUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
1972Joseph P. Belber, MDUC Davis School of Medicine
1971Frank E. McGlone, MDMedical Care and Research Foundation
1970G. Gordon McHardy, MD 
1969Horace P. Marvin, MDNewport, AR
1968Paul H. Hollinger, MDChildren's Memorial Hospital
1967Clifford Barborka, MD 
1966J. Edward Berk, MD, FASGEUniversity of California Irvine Medical Center
1965John Howard, MDJohns Hopkins
1964Donovan C. Browne, MD 
1963Henry Colcher, MDColumbia University Division, Goldwater Memorial Hospital
1962Rudolf Schindler, MDVA Hospital, Long Beach
1961Charles Debray, MDChevigny Saint-Sauveur, France
1961Pierre Houssett, MDUniversity Hospitals of Paris
1960Harry Segal, MDUniversity of Rochester
1960Robert S. Nelson, MDHouston, TX
1959Herman J. Moersch, MDMayo Clinic, Rochester
1958Norbert Henning, MD 
1957Herman Taylor, MD 
1956Marie Ortmayer, MD 
1955Eddy D. Palmer, MD 
1954Edward B. Benedict, MD 

Distinguished Service Award

2023John J. Bosco, MD, FASGEAurora Gastroenterology
2023Barbara Tauscher, MHA, FACMPEOregon Clinic PC
2022Lukejohn Day, MD, FASGEUniversity of California
2021Douglas G. Adler, MD, FASGEUniversity of Utah School of Medicine
2020Michelle A. Anderson, MD, MSc,
           FASGE
University of Michigan
2020Jerome D. Waye, MD, MASGEGreenwich, Connecticut
2019Colleen M. Schmitt, MD, MHS, MASGEGalen Medical Group
2018Frank J. Chapman, MBA Ohio Gastroenterology Group, Columbus
2017 Irving M. Pike, MD, FASGEJohn Muir Health
2016Jonathan Cohen, MD, F91ÊÓƵNew York University School of Medicine 
2015Robert A. Ganz, MD, MASGEMinnesota Gastroenterology
2015

Karen L. Woods, MD, MASGE

Houston Methodist Gastroenterology

2015Jacques Van Dam, MD, PhD, FASGEUSC Medical Center
2014Gottumukkala S. Raju, MD, FASGEMD Anderson Cancer Center
2013John J. Vargo II, MD, MPH, MASGECleveland Clinic
2012Glenn D. Littenberg, MDPasadena, CA
2011John Martin, MD, FASGEMayo Clinic, Rochester
2010Bret T. Petersen, MD, MASGEMayo Clinic, Rochester
2009George Triadafilopoulos, MD, DSc, FASGEStanford University
2007James T. Frakes, MD, FASGERockford Gastroenterology Associates, Ltd.
2006Maurits J. Wiersema, MDIndiana Medical Associates
2005Douglas B. Nelson, MD, FASGEVA Medical Center, Minneapolis
2004Maurice A. Cerulli, MD, FASGELong Island Jewish Medical Center
2003Thomas H. Browning, MD, FASGEUniversity of Wisconsin
2001Lawrence S. Friedman, MD, FASGENewton Wellesley Hospital
1999Bennett E. Roth, MD, MASGEUCLA
1998Michael S. ObstfeldAmerican Municipal Securities
1998Mark K. DonohueAmerican Municipal Securities
1997Donald A. O'Kieffe, MD, FASGEMetropolitan Gastroenterology Group, PC
1996James L. Borland, Jr., MD, FASGEJacksonville, FL
1995Charles J. Lightdale, MD, MASGEColumbia University Medical Center
1993William F. Allyn, MDSUNY Upstate Medical University
1992Paul A. Kantrowitz, MD, FASGEMount Auburn Hospital
1991Bernard M. Schuman, MD, FASGEMedical College of Georgia
1990William T. MaloneyManchester, MA
1989H. Worth Boyce, Jr., MD, FASGEUniversity of Southern Florida
1987John F. Morrissey, MD, FASGEBend, OR
1984Reinhold Wappler, MDQuinnipiac University

Distinguished Educator Award

2023Victor Fox, MD, FASGEChildren's Hospital Boston
2023Vanessa M. Shami, MD, FASGEUniversity of Virginia Health System
2022William M. Tierney, MD, FASGEUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
2022Simon K. Lo, MD, FASGECedars-Sinai Medical Center
2021Nalini Guda, MD, FASGEMedical Consultants
2021Shelby A. Sullivan, MD, FASGEUniversity of Colorado Denver
2020Brenna W. Casey, MD, FASGEMassachusetts General Hospital
2019Amitabh Chak, MD, FASGEUniversity Hospitals Medical Group INC
2018 Frank G. Gress, MD, F91ÊÓƵColumbia University Medical Center
2017Brenda J. Hoffman, MD, FASGEMedical University of South Carolina
2016Robert E. Sedlack, MD, MHPE, F91ÊÓƵ Mayo Clinic, Rochester 
2015David L. Jaffe, MD, FASGEUniversity of Pennsylvania
2015Klaus Mergener, MD, PhD, MBA, FASGEDigestive Health Specialists
2014Ashley L Faulx, MD, FASGE 
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
2014Tonya R. Kaltenbach, MD, FASGEVA Palo Alto
2013Grace Elta, MD, MASGEUniversity of Michigan
2012Douglas A. Howell, MD, FASGEPortland Gastroenterology Center

Distinguished Endoscopic Research Mentoring Award

2023Dayna S. Early, MD, FASGEWashington University, School of Medicine
2023Steven A. Edmundowicz, MD, MASGEUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine
2023Gerard A. Isenberg, MD, MBA, FASGEUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
2022Sachin B. Wani, MD, FASGEUniversity Of Colorado Hospital Anschutz Medical Campus
2021David L. Diehl, MD, FASGEGeisinger Medical Center
2020Marcia Irene Canto, MD, MHS, FASGEJohns Hopkins Hospital
2019Christopher C. Thompson, MD, MHES, MScBrigham and Women's Hospital 
2018 Peter B. Kelsey, MD, F91ÊÓƵMassachusetts General Hospital
2017Douglas A. Howell, MD, FASGEPortland Gastroenterology Center
2016Gregory G. Ginsberg, MD, M91ÊÓƵ Perelman School of Medicine 
2015Christopher J. Gostout, MD, MASGEMayo Clinic, Rochester
2014Prateek Sharma, MDUniversity of Kansas Medical Center
2013Richard C. K. Wong, MD, FASGEUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
2012Michael B. Wallace, MD, MPH, FASGEMayo Clinic, Jacksonville
2011Yang K. Chen, MD, F91ÊÓƵ(posthumously)University of Colorado, Denver
2010Amitabh Chak, MD, FASGEUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
2009Stuart Sherman, MD, MASGEIndiana University Medical Center
2008Dennis M. Jensen, MD, MASGEUCLA & West Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center

Master Endoscopist Award

2023Nalini Guda, MD, FASGEMedical Consultants
2023Ibrahim Mostafa, MDTheodor Bilharz Research Institute
2023Nicholas J. Shaheen, MD, MPH, FASGEUniversity of North Carolina
2023Uzma D. Siddiqui, MD, FASGEThe University of Chicago
2022Marcia Irene Canto, MD, MHS, FASGEJohns Hopkins Hospital
2022Kenneth J. Chang, MD, FASGEUniversity of California Irvine Medical Center
2022Tonya R. Kaltenbach, MD, MS, FASGESan Francisco VA Health System
2021Mouen A. Khashab, MD, FASGEJohns Hopkins University
2021Carol E. Semrad, MDThe University of Chicago
2021Raj J. Shah, MD, FASGEUniversity of Colorado Anschultz Medical Center
2021Adam Slivka, MD, PhD, FASGEUniversity of Pittsburgh Physicians
2020Amrita Sethi, MD, MASGEColumbia Presbyterian Hospital
2020Stuart Sherman, MD, MASGEIndiana University Health Physicians
2019Thomas J. Savides, MD, MASGE University of California, San Diego, Div of Gastro
2018Norio Fukami, MD, MASGE
Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale
2017Louis M. Wong Kee Song, MD, MASGEMayo Clinic, Rochester
2016Bret T. Petersen, MD, M91ÊÓƵ Mayo Clinic, Rochester 
2015Michael L. Kochman, MD, MASGEUniversity of Pennsylvania
2014Roy M. Soetikno, MD, MASGEDuke-National University of Singapore
2013Kenneth F. Binmoeller, MD, MASGECalifornia Pacific Medical Center
2013Robert H. Hawes, MD, MASGEFlorida Hospital Orlando
2012Martin L. Freeman, MD, MASGEUniversity of Minnesota
2011Richard E. Sampliner, MD, MASGEAdobe Gastroenterology
2010Todd H. Baron, MD, MASGEUniversity of North Carolina
2009D. Nageshwar Reddy, MD, MASGEAsian Institute of Gastroenterology
2008Gregory B. Haber, MD, MASGENew York University Medical Center
2007Peter H. R. Green, MD, MASGENew York Presbyterian Hospital
2006Firas H. Al-Kawas, MD, MASGESibley Hospital
2006David A. Greenwald, MD, MASGEMount Sinai Hospital
2006Norman E. Marcon, MD, MASGESt. Michael's Hospital
2005Joseph W. Leung, MD, FRCP, MASGEUniversity of California Davis Medical Center
2005William B. Long, MDHospital of the University of Pennsylvania
2005Stanley P. Reipe, MD, JDEmory University School of Medicine
2004Kulwinder S. Dua, MD, MASGEMedical College of Wisconsin
2004Michael W. L. Gauderer, MDGreenville Hospital system, Children's Hospital
2004Gustavo A. Machicado, MD, MASGENorthridge, CA
2003W. Scott Brooks, MDAtlanta Gastroenterology Associates
2003Douglas K. Rex, MD, MASGEIndiana University Medical Center
2003Douglas C. Walta, MD, MASGEThe Oregon Clinic
2001John Baillie, MD, FASGEWake Forest University Health Sciences
2001Eugene M. Bozymski, MD, MASGEUniversity of North Caroline Medical Center
2001Jerome H. Siegel, MD, MASGEBeth Israel Medical Center

International Service Award

2023Jacques Bergman, MD, PhDAcademic Medical Center Amsterdam, Netherlands
2023Mahesh Goenka, MD, FASGEApollo Multispecialty Hospitals, India
2021Horst Neuhaus, MDEvangelisches Krankenhaus Duesseldorf
2021Manu Tandan, MDAsian Institute of Gastroenterology
2020Fabian A. Emura, MD, PhD, FASGEEmura Center, Latino America
2019Robert A. Enns, MDCanada
2018 Ajay Kumar, MD Delhi, India
2017Hisao Tajiri, MDJikei University School of Medicine, Japan
2016Juergen H. Hochberger, MD, PhD, F91ÊÓƵ Friedrichshain Hospital, Germany 
2016Zeyad K. Sharaiha, MD  Amman Surgical Hospital, Jordan 
2015Hironori Yamamoto, MD, FASGEJichi Medical University, Japan
2014Khean-Lee (KL) Goh, MD, FASGEUniversity of Malaya, Malaysia
2013Haruhiro Inoue, MD, FASGEShowa University, Japan
2012Ibrahim Mostafa, MDCairo, Egypt
2011D. Nageshwar Reddy, MD, MASGEAsian Institute of Gastroenterology, India
2008Joseph R. Armengol-Miro, MDVall D'Hebron University Hospital Barcelona, Spain

Industry Service Award

2023Greg T. PrevattApollo Endosurgery
2021John E. AbeleBoston Scientific
2020Giovanni Di NapoliMedtronic
2020Patrice PickeringBraintree Laboratories Inc.
2019Hiroshi IchikawaOlympus (retired)

President's Award

2023Joyce A. Peetermans, PhDBoston Scientific

Honorary Member Award

2012Hirohumi Niwa, MDJapan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
2009Thomas Roesch, MDHamburg, Germany
2009Paulo Sakai, MDSao Paulo, Brazil
2009Joseph J. Y. Sung, MD, PhDShatin, Hong Kong
2008Miquel Munoz-Navas, MDPamplona, Spain
2008Kenjiro Yasuda, MDKyoto, Japan
2008Guido E. Villa-Gomez Roig, MDLa Paz, Bolivia
 Takao Sakita, MDTokyo, Japan
 Guido N. J. Tytgat, MD, PhDAmsterdam, Netherlands
2007Carlos F. Gonzalez del Solar, MDBuenos Aires, Argentina
2007Friedrich Hagenmuller, MDHamburg, Germany
2007Hisao Tajiri, MDJikei University School of Medicine, Japan
 Joseph R. Armengol-Miro, MDVall D'Hebron University Hospital Barcelona, Spain
2006Anthony Axon, MDLeeds, United Kingdom
 Ricardo A. Barinaga, MDMexico City, Mexico
 Gran-Hum Chen, MDTaichung, Taiwan
 Meinhard Classen, MDMunich, Germany
 Henry Cohen, MDMontevideo, Uruguay
 Guido Costamagna, MDRome, Italy
 Michel Cremer, MDBrussels, Belgium
 Massimo Crespi, MDRome, Italy
2006 Haruhiro Inoue, MD, FASGETokohama, Japan
 Keiichi Kawai, MDOsaka, Japan
 Glacioma Machado, MDRio de Janeiro, Brazil
 Ibrahim Mostafa, MDCairo, Egypt
2006Claudio S. Navarrete Garcia, MDSantiago, Chile
 G. Nageshwar Reddy, MDAndhra Pradesh, India
 Chan-Sup Shim, MD, FASGESeoul, South Korea
 Francisco Vilardell, MDBarcelona, Spain

Congressional Service Award

2017Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ-7)United States House of Representatives
2016Rep. Diane Black (R-TN-6)United States House of Representatives
2016Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)United States Senate
2015Sherrod Brown (D-OH)United States Senate
2015Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10)United States House of Representatives
2014James McGovern (D-MA-2)United States House of Representatives
2013Charles W. Dent, (R-PA-15)United States House of Representatives