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Recognition Awards

Previous Award Recipients

The 2025 Award cycle is OPEN

Awards cycle CLOSES on Thursday, September 12, 2024.

Questions? Contact us at nominations@asts.org!

ASTS Pioneer Award

2024Igal Kam, MD
2023Kim Olthoff, MD
2022John C. MacDonald, MD
2021Clive O. Callendar, MD, FACS
2020G. Melville Williams, MD
2019

Hans W. Sollinger, MD, PhD, Dr.h.c.

2018

Olga M. Jonasson, MD, FACS, FRCS

2017Richard L. Simmons, MD
2016Oscar Salvatierra, Jr., MD
2015Nancy L. Ascher, MD, PhD
2014Mark A. Hardy, MD
2013Ronald W. Busuttil, MD, PhD
2012Ronald M. Ferguson, MD, PhD
2011Joshua Miller, MD
2010Frank P. Stuart, MD
2009Roy Calne, MD
2008Carl G. Groth, MD, PhD
2007David E.R. Sutherland, MD
2006Peter J. Morris, AC, FRS, FRCS
2005Jeremiah G. Turcotte, MD
2004Paul S. Russell, MD
2003Nicholas L. Tilney, MD
2002Anthony P. Monaco, MD
2001Clyde F. Barker, MD
2000Paul Terasaki, PhD
1999John S. Najarian, MD
1998Thomas E. Starzl, MD, PhD
1997Norman E. Shumway, MD, PhD
1996Jean F. Borel, MD
1995Folkert O. Belzer, MD

 

Francis Moore Excellence in Mentorship in Transplantation Surgery Award

2024Devin Eckhoff, MD
2023Lloyd Ratner, MD, MPH
2022Matthew Cooper, MD
2021Gaetano Ciancio, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S.
2020John Roberts, MD
2019Timothy L. Pruett, MD
2018Elizabeth A. Pomfret, MD, PhD, FACS
2017William C. Chapman, MD, FACS
2016Alan N. Langnas, DO
2015Carlos O. Esquivel, MD, PhD
2014Paul D. Greig, MD
2013Nancy Ascher, MD, PhD
2012Goran B. Klintmalm, MD, PhD, FACS
2011Hans Sollinger, MD, PhD
2010Ronald W. Busuttil, MD, PhD
2010Mark A. Hardy, MD
2009Roger L. Jenkins, MD
2009Arthur J. Matas, MD
2008John J. Fung, MD
2008Robert M. Merion, MD

 

Pipeline Award

2024Rachel C. Forbes, MD, MBA
2023Megan A. Adams, MD, FACS
2022James V. Guarrera, MD
2021Michael J. Englesbe, MD, FACS
2020Sunil K. Geevarghese, MD, FACS, MSCI

 

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Award

2024Paulo Martins, MD, PhD, FAST, FEBS, FACS
2023Dinee C. Simpson, MD
2022Tanjala S. Purnell, PhD, MPH

 

Rising Stars in Transplantation Surgery Award

2024Ramesh K. Batra, MBBS, MA, FRCS
2024Andrew S. Barbas, MD

 

Vanguard Prize

2024Hunter B. Moore, MD, PhD
2024Joshua Weiner, MD
2023David Al-Adra, MD, PhD
2022
Leigh Anne Dageforde, MD, MPH
2022
Anji E. Wall, MD, PhD
2021Andrew S. Barbas, MD
2021Jacqueline Garonzik Wang, MD, PhD
2019
Burcin Ekser, MD, PhD
2019Daniel Zamora-Valdes, MD
2018I. Raul Badell, MD
2018Kristopher P. Croome, MD
2017
Babak J. Orandi, MD, MSc, PhD
2017 Ali Zarrinpar, MD, PhD
2016 Jason A. Wertheim MD, PhD
2016 
Satish N. Nadig MD, PhD
2015 Paulo N. Martins, MD, PhD
2015 Karim Jarir Halazun, MD
2014 
Shunji Nagai, MD, PhD
2014 Raymond J. Lynch, MD, MS
2013 Timucin Taner, MD, PhD
2013 Alp Sener, MD, PhD, FRCSC
2012 Rolf N. Barth, MD
2012 Harold C. Ott, MD
2011 Michael J. Englesbe, MD
2011 James V. Guarrera, MD
2010 Todd V. Brennan, MD, MS
2010 Dana K. Perry, MD
2009 Andrew Cameron, MD, PhD
2009 Reza Saidi, MD
2008 Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD
2008 Shimul Shah, MD
2007 Sang-Mo Kang, MD
2007 Kristin MeKeel, MD
2007 Tadahiro Uemura, MD, PhD
2006 David A. Axelrod, MD, MBA
2006 Seth J. Karp, MD
2006 Dorry L. Segev, MD
2006 Paolo Salvalaggio, MD, PhD
2005 Kenneth D. Chavin, MD, PhD
2005 Niraj M. Desai, MD
2005 Sander Florman, MD
2005 Bernd Schroppel, MD
2004 Aloke K. Mandal, MD
2004 Sandy Feng, MD
2004 Andrey E. Belous, MD
2003 Jeffrey Rogers, MD

 

ASTS Advanced Transplant Providers Award

2024Emily A. Herriman, ANP-BC
2023Jeanette S. Leonard, DNP, FNP-C, MSN, BSN, BA 
2022
Maria Zanini, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC
2021
Corrie Berk, DNP, MBA
2020Heidi Sarumi, PA-C, MMS
2019 
Katherine J. Klingenberg, MMS, PA-C
2018Ashley H. Seawright, DNP, ACNP-BC. 
2017Deonna Moore, Phd(c), MSN, ACNP-BC
2016Hender Rojas APRN-BC
2015Connie White-Williams, PhD, RN, FAAN
2014AnneMarie DeVoll-Zabrocki, CPNP-AC/PC
2013Haley M. Hoy, PhD, ACNP
2012Pamela R. Patton, PA, MSP
2011Humberto L. Monge, PA-C, MPAS

 

ASTS Sherilyn Gordon Memorial Travel Award

2024Lindsay Powell, MSN, ACNPC-AG, FNP-C
2024Jes M. Sanders, MD
2024Jacqueline Kim, MD, MSCI
2024Rachel I. Todd, BA
2024Ian S. Jaffe, BS
2023Katherine Brodahl, PA-C
2023Brittany L. Rocque, MD, MSc
2023Rafal Mazur, BS
2022
Anna K. Frank, PA-C
2022
Wei Kelly Wu, MD
2022
Benjamin K. Wang
2021Jessica Santos-Parker, PhD
2021Jing L. Han, MD
2021Eliana Z. Agudelo PA-C
2020Julia Shirin Torabi 
2020Christine Haugen, MD, PhD
2020Heather W. O'Dell, MSN, ANP-BC, MMHC
2019 
Andrew R. Gillooly
2019Dana L. Jakoubek, MSN, APN
2019Ashley H. Seawright, DNP, ACNP-BC
2019Charles G. Rickert, MD, PhD
2018Yanik J. Bababekov, MD, MPH
2018Daryle M. Blackstock, MPH, CCTC, PA-C
2018Abraham Matar, MD
2018Danh T. Tran, BS