| 2008 |
Fabrizio Michelassi, MD |
Weill Cornell Medical College, NY |
"Going Global: US Academic Medical Centers' Involvement Abroad" |
| 2007 |
Dr. John Hunter |
OHSU |
"Chasing Quality: Our Search for the Holy Grail" |
| 2006 |
Jerry Goldstone, MD
|
Cleveland, OH |
"Commercialization of Health Care and The Quest for Quality: Consumers, Corporations and Consultants" |
| 2005 |
Dr. Richard Finley |
British Columbia |
"The Canadian Healthcare System, Myths & Realities" |
| 2004 |
Dr. L.D. Britt |
Norfolk, VA |
"The Overhauling of Graduate Medical Education: The time has come" |
| 2003 |
Dr. Layton F. Rikkers |
Madison, WI |
"The Bandwagon Effect." |
| 2002 |
Dr. Andrew L. Warshaw |
Boston, MA |
"Probing the Biology of Pancreatic Cancer." |
| 2001 |
Dr. William C. Krupski |
Denver, CO |
"Smoking: Impact in the New Millennium." |
| 2000 |
Dr. Donald Trunkey |
Portland, OR |
"Assessing Competence: A Tale of Two Professions." |
| 1999 |
Dr. John Wong |
Hong Kong |
"East and West: Diversity and Unity in Surgery." |
| 1998 |
Sir Roy Calne |
Cambridge, England |
"Immunological Tolerance: From the Laboratory to the Clinic." |
| 1997 |
Dr. Lasalle Leffall |
Washington, DC |
"Medical Ethics as Seen by a Surgeon." |
| 1996 |
Dr. Tom Demeester |
Los Angeles, CA |
"A Surgeon's Life from the Inside Out." |
| 1995 |
Dr. Karen Deveney |
Portland, OR |
"Adapting Medical Education to Changes in Healthcare." |
| 1994 |
Dr. David Skinner |
New York |
"The Impact of Healthcare Reform on Academic Medical Centers." |
| 1993 |
Dr. Lawrence W. Way |
San Francisco, CA |
"Current Analysis & Future Implications of Videoendoscopic Surgery." |
| 1992 |
Dr. Glenn D. Steele, Jr. |
Boston, MA |
"Old & New Markers for Epithelial Tumors-Their Clinical Utility." |
| 1991 |
Dr. Ernest Eugene Moore, Jr. |
Denver, CO |
"Metabolic Support of the Gut in the Critically Injured." |
| 1990 |
Dr. J. Wesley Alexander |
Cincinnati, OH |
"Nutritional Immunopharmacology." |
| 1989 |
Dr. C. Rollins Hanlon |
Chicago, IL |
"Surgery and the Humanities." |
| 1988 |
Dr. Jonathan L. Meakins |
Canada |
"The Gut: The Motor of Multiple Organ Failure." |
| 1987 |
Dr. Alden H. Harken |
Colorado |
"Oxygen." |
| 1986 |
Dr. James C. Thompson |
Texas |
"Surgery for Endocrine Tumors of the Pancreas." |
| 1985 |
Dr. Samuel A. Wells |
St. Louis, MO |
"Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia." |
| 1984 |
Dr. Norman E. Shumway |
Stanford, CA |
"Heart and Lung Transplantation." |
| 1983 |
Dr. R. Scott Jones |
Charlottesville, VA |
"Treatment of Peptic Ulcer." |
| 1982 |
Dr. Richard M. Peters |
San Diego, CA |
"Fluid Exchange and Oxygen Delivery." |
| 1981 |
Dr. Richard L. Simmons |
Minneapolis, MN |
"Biologic Basis for the Treatment of Peritonitis." |
| 1980 |
Dr. John F. Burke |
Boston, MA |
"The Evolving Surgical Treatment of Burn Injury." |
| 1979 |
Dr. Thomas E. Starzl |
Denver, CO |
"Liver Transplantation." |
| 1978 |
Dr. Donald L. Morton |
Los Angeles, CA |
"Recent Advances in Immunobiology in the Therapy of Melanomas and Sarcomas." |
| 1977 |
Dr. Stanley J. Dudrick |
Houston, TX |
"Intravenous Alimintation and Disease." |
| 1976 |
Dr. David C. Sabiston |
Durham, NC |
"The Coronary Circulation." |
| 1975 |
Dr. William P. Longmire |
Los Angeles, CA |
"Current Management of Carcinoma of the Stomach." |
| 1974 |
Dr. W. Dean Warren |
Atlanta, GA |
"Bleeding Esophageal Varices: A Therapeutic Dilemma." |
| 1973 |
Dr. John S. Najarian |
Minneapolis, MN |
"Renal Transplantation: The Present and a Prospect." |
| 1972 |
Dr. Francis Daniels Moore |
Boston, MA |
"The Production and Distribution of Surgeons and Physicians." |
| 1971 |
Dr. G. Thomas Shires |
Dallas, TX |
"Cellular Response to Shock." |
| 1970 |
Dr. H. William Scott, Jr. |
Nashville, TN |
"Cushing's Syndrome and Adrenocortical Tumors." |
| 1969 |
Dr. J. Englebert Dunphy |
San Francisco, CA |
"Repair and Regeneration in the Large Intestine." |
| 1968 |
Dr. Michael E. DeBakey |
Houston, TX |
"Assisted Circulation: Problems in Development of Mechanical Devices." |
| 1967 |
Dr. Robert M. Zollinger |
Columbus, OH |
"A Discussion of Ulcerogenic Tumor of the Pancreas." |
| 1966 |
Dr. James D. Hardy |
Jackson, MS |
"The Replacement of Organs." |
| 1965 |
Dr. Clarence J. Berne |
Los Angeles, CA |
"Management of Duodenal Ulcer." |
| 1964 |
Dr. Mark M. Ravitch |
Baltimore, MD |
"Landmarks in Pediatric Surgery." |
| 1963 |
Dr. William A. Altemeier |
Cincinnati, OH |
"Hospital-Acquired Infections in Surgery and Their Significance." |
| 1962 |
Dr. Charles G. Rob |
Rochester, NY |
"The Surgery of Atherosclerosis." |
| 1961 |
Dr. Jonathan E. Rhoads |
Philadelphia, PA |
"The Growth of Preventive Surgery in the Field of Cancer." |
| 1960 |
Dr. Loyal Davis |
Chicago, IL |
"Hypertension." |
| 1959 |
Dr. J. Garrott Allen |
Palo Alto, CA |
"Serum Hepatitis." |
| 1958 |
Prof. Charles W. Illingworth |
Glasgow, Scotland |
"The Endocrine Aspects of Breast Cancer." |
| 1957 |
Dr. Alfred Blalock |
Baltimore, MD |
"Cardiovascular Surgery-Past and Present." |
| 1956 |
Dr. Edward D. Churchill |
Boston, MA |
"The Nature of Wounds and Wound Healing." |
| 1955 |
Dr. Frederick A. Coller |
Ann Arbor, MI |
"Relation of Science to Surgery" |
| 1954 |
Dr. Lester Dragstedt |
Chicago, IL |
"Etiology of Gastric and Duodenal Ulcer." |
| 1953 |
Dr. Owen H. Wangensteen |
Minneapolis, MN |
"Esophageal Aspects of the Peptic Ulcer Problem." |
| 1952 |
Dr. Warren H. Cole |
Chicago, IL |
"The Surgical Aspects of Jaundice." |
| 1951 |
Dr. Dallas B. Phemister |
Chicago, IL |
"The Importance of Pathological and Radiological Studies in the Diagnosis
and Treatment of Cholelithiasis." |
| 1950 |
Dr. Alfred A. Strauss |
|
"The Clinical End Result in the Surgical Treatment of Carcinoma of the Stomach
and Colon since 1915 and Observations of the Relative Acquired Immunity Against Carcinoma
Following Surgery." |