AMA Scientific Achievement Award

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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 – , MD, Los Angeles, California
• 1982 – Willem J. Kolff, PhD, Salt Lake City, Utah
• 1983 – , PhD, West Point, Pennsylvania
• 1984 – , 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 – , MD, Piedmont, California
• 1990 – Arthur C. Guyton, MD, Jackson, Mississippi
• 1991 – , 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 – , Jr., MD, Atlanta, Georgia; , MD, Houston, Texas
• 1996 – , MD, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• 1997 – , 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 – , MD, La Mesa, California^[2]

See also[]

• List of medicine awards

References[]