American College of Cardiology

Procedures
The primary proposer of a candidate should summarize the curriculum vitae highlighting those accomplishments that are relevant to the award.

Letters of support should be limited to ten consisting of the following: No more than three from former or current trainees, no more than three from colleagues or associates who work in the same institution or who practice in the same community, and no more than four "outside" letters from fellows of the College who do not fit into the two categories mentioned.
Supporting letters should cite specific examples of contributions that qualify the candidate for the award.

A candidate may be proposed for an award no more than three consecutive years. Listed are criteria for the various awards of the American College of Cardiology. Recent recipients are also listed.

Distinguished Fellowship Award
This individual shall be a fellow of the College who is well recognized for his/her service to the College and whose activities are considered to qualify him/her as a role model for others. Effective with the 1997 awards, former College presidents are not eligible for this award.

The recipients of this award have been:

Philip Reichert, M.D., New York, New York, 1966
E. Grey Dimond, M.D., Kansas City, Missouri, 1967
Eliot Corday, M.D., Los Angeles, California, 1968
Simon Dack, M.D., New York, New York, 1969
George C. Griffith, M.D., La Canada, California, 1970
William Likoff, M.D., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1971
Dwight E. Harken, M.D., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972
Mariano M. Alimurung, M.D., Manila, Philippines, 1973
Forrest H. Adams, M.D., La Jolla, California, 1974
William A. Sodeman, M.D., Tampa, Florida, 1975
B. L. Martz, M.D., Indianapolis, Indiana, 1976
Samuel M. Fox, III, M.D., Bethesda, Maryland, 1977
Charles Fisch, M.D., Indianapolis, Indiana, 1978
Donald A. Dupler, M.D., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1979
Louis F. Bishop, M.D., New York, New York, 1980
Leonard S. Dreifus, M.D., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1981
Henry D. McIntosh, M.D., Lakeland, Florida, 1982
Arthur Selzer, M.D., San Francisco, California, 1983
George E. Burch, M.D., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1984
H.J.C. Swan, M.D., Ph.D., Los Angeles, California, 1985
Suzanne B. Knoebel, M.D., Indianapolis, Indiana, 1986
Dwight C. McGoon, M.D., Rochester, Minnesota, 1987
Robert O. Brandenburg, M.D., Green Valley, Arizona, 1988
Dan G. McNamara, M.D., Houston, Texas, 1990
William W. Parmley, M.D., San Francisco, California, 1991
T. Joseph Reeves, M.D., Beaumont, Texas, 1992
Francis J. Klocke, M.D., Chicago, Illinois, 1993
David B. Carmichael, M.D., La Jolla, California, 1994
Robert L. Frye, M.D., Rochester, Minnesota, 1995
John F. Williams, Jr., M.D., Indianapolis, Indiana, 1996
Gottlieb C. Friesinger, II, M.D., Nashville, Tennessee, 1997
Thomas J. Ryan, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts, 1998
Roman W. DeSanctis, M.D., Winchester, Massachusetts, 1999
Robert O. Bonow, M.D., Chicago, Illinois, 2000
Richard O. Russell, Jr., M.D., Birmingham, Alabama, 2001
Alfred A. Bove, M.D., Ph.D., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2002
A. Jamil Tajik, M.D., Rochester, Minnesota, 2003
Raymond J. Gibbons, M.D., Rochester, Minnesota, 2004
Morton F. Arnsdorf, M.D., M.A.C.C., Chicago, Illinois, 2005
John W. Hirshfeld, Jr., M.D., Philadelphia, PA, 2006

Distinguished Scientist Awards (Clinical Domain and Basic Domain)
These individuals shall be fellows of the College who have made major scientific contributions to the advancement of scientific knowledge in the field of cardiovascular disease. Two individuals may be named.

Thomas N. James, M.D., Birmingham, Alabama, 1982
Dirk Durrer, M.D., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1983
Richard John Bing, M.D., Pasadena, California, 1984
Joseph C. Greenfield, Jr., M.D., Durham, North Carolina, 1985
Eugene Braunwald, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts, 1986
Burton E. Sobel, M.D., St. Louis, Missouri, 1987
Albert Starr, M.D., Portland, Oregon, 1988
Edmund H. Sonnenblick, M.D., Bronx, New York, 1989
John Ross, Jr., M.D., La Jolla, California, 1990
Edgar Haber, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts, 1991
William Ganz, M.D., Los Angeles, California, 1992
Valentin Fuster, MD, Ph.D., New York, New York, 1993
Norman E. Shumway, M.D., Stanford, California, 1994
Brian F. Hoffman, M.D., New York, New York, 1995
Seymour Furman, M.D., Bronx, New York, 1996
Douglas P. Zipes, M.D., Indianapolis, Indiana, 1996
Attilio Maseri, M.D., Rome, Italy, 1997
Robert Roberts, M.D., Houston, Texas, 1998
Jere H. Mitchell, M.D., Dallas, Texas, 1999
James T. Willerson, M.D., Houston, Texas, 2000
Jose Jalife, M.D., Syracuse, New York, 2001
Shahbudin Rahimtoola, M.D., Los Angeles, California, 2001
J. Thomas Bigger, Jr., M.D., New Rochelle, New York, 2002
Harold J. C. Swan, M.D., Ph.D., Pasadena, California, 2003
Francois M. Abboud, M.D., Iowa City, Iowa, 2004 (Basic Domain)
Robert M. Califf, M.D, Durham, North Carolina, 2004 (Clinical Domain)
Edward D. Frohlich, M.D., F.A.C.C., New Orleans, Louisiana, 2005 (Basic Domain)
Jay N. Cohn, M.D., F.A.C.C., Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2005 (Clinical Domain)
Peter Libby, M.D., F.A.C.C., Boston, MA, 2006 (Basic Domain)
David Holmes, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.C., Rochester, MN, 2006 (Clinical Domain)

Distinguished Service Award
This award was established in 1967 by the Board of Trustees of the College to recognize certain individuals. This person shall be a physician, scientist, or layman who by his individual efforts has made profound contributions to medicine and/or the delivery of health care. Effective 1998, former College presidents are not eligible for this award.

Following is a list of the recipients of the Distinguished Service Award:
(No award given in 1969, 1970, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1991.)

Lyndon Baines Johnson, B.S., Johnson City, Texas, 1967
Lister Hill, LL.D., Montgomery, Alabama, 1968
Mrs. Albert D. Lasker. A.B., New York, New York, 1968
William B. Walsh, M.D., Washington, D.C., 1971
Warren G. Magnuson, LL.D., Seattle, Washington, 1972
Paul G. Rogers, LL.D., West Palm Beach, Florida, 1973
Professor MUDr. Zdenek Fejfar, Dr.Sc., Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1974
Theodore Cooper, M.D., Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1975
Daniel J. Flood, M.C., Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1976
Martin M. Cummings, M.D., Bethesda, Maryland, 1978
Richard E. Hurley, M.D., Dallas, Texas, 1979
Luther L. Terry, M.D., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1980
Frank H. Netter, M.D., Point Manalapan, Florida, 1981
Donald S. Fredrickson, M.D., District of Columbia, 1983
Jeremiah Stamler, M.D., Chicago, Illinois, 1985
William D. Nelligan, CAE, Bethesda, Maryland, 1986
Arnold S. Relman, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts, 1987
William B. Kannel, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts, 1988
Mario R. Garcia-Palmieri, M.D., San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1989
Jerome G. Green, M.D., Bethesda, Maryland, 1990
Bernadine Healy, M.D., Bethesda, Maryland, 1992
Peter L. Frommer, M.D., Bethesda, Maryland, 1993
Eliot Corday, M.D., Los Angeles, California 1994
Simon Dack, M.D., New York, New York, 1994
Eugene A. Stead, Jr., M.D., Durham, North Carolina, 1995
Henry D. McIntosh, M.D., Tampa, Florida, 1996
Rolf M. Gunnar, M.D., Riverside, Illinois, 1997
Harriet P. Dustan, M.D., Essex, Vermont, 1998
H.J.C. Swan, M.D., Ph.D., Pasadena, California, 1999
Valentin Fuster, M.D., Ph.D., New York, New York, 2000
L. Julian Haywood, M.D., Los Angeles, California, 2001
John Eisenberg, M.D., M.B.A., Rockville, Maryland, 2002
Douglas L. Wood, M.D., Rochester, MN, 2003
George A. Diamond, M.D., Los Angeles, California, 2004
Aldo R. Castaneda, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.C., Miami, Florida, 2005
Robert O. Bonow, M.D., F.A.C.C., Chicago, IL, 2006

Gifted Teacher Award
This individual shall be a fellow of the College who has demonstrated innovative, outstanding teaching characteristics and compassionate qualities and because of these attributes, has made major contributions to the field of cardiovascular medicine.

The presentation of this award was begun in 1965. The recipients have been as follows:
(No award given in 1979)

Paul D. White, M.D., 1965
Samuel A. Levine, M.D., 1966
George C. Griffith, M.D., 1967
Dwight E. Harken, M.D., 1968
Abe Ravin, M.D., 1969
E. Grey Dimond, M.D., 1970
Irvine H. Page, M.D., 1971
W. Proctor Harvey, M.D., 1972
Maurice Lev, M.D., 1973
J. Willis Hurst, M.D., 1974
Richard Langendorf, M.D., 1975
Alfred Pick, M.D., 1975
Edward S. Orgain, M.D., 1976
Jesse E. Edwards, M.D., 1977
William C. Roberts, M.D., 1978
S. Gilbert Blount, Jr., M.D., 1980
Helen B. Taussig, M.D., 1981
Ernest Craige, M.D., 1982
John W. Kirklin, M.D., 1983
Howard B. Burchell, M.D., 1984
John F. Goodwin, Jr., M.D., 1985
Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola, M.D., 1986
Denton A. Cooley, M.D., 1987
Harvey Feigenbaum, M.D., 1988
Charles E. Mullins, M.D., 1989
Kanu Chatterjee, M.D., 1990
Roman W. De Sanctis, M.D., 1991
Rene G. Favaloro, M.D., 1992
Alexander S. Nadas, M.D., 1993
Charles Fisch, M.D., 1993
Robert A. O'Rourke, M.D., 1994
Melvin D. Cheitlin, M.D., 1995
Michael S. Gordon, M.D., 1996
Peter C. Gazes, M.D., 1997
Aldo R. Castaneda, M.D., 1998
R. Joe Noble, M.D., 1999
Pravin M. Shah, M.D., 1999
Daniel Berman, M.D., 2000
Melvin M. Scheinman, M.D., 2001
Arthur E. Weyman, M.D., 2001
C. Richard Conti, M.D., 2002
Roberta G. Williams, M.D., 2002
Elliott M. Antman, M.D., 2003
Prediman K. Shah, M.D., 2003
Joseph S. Alpert, M.D., 2004
Ezra Amsterdam, M.D.,2005
Thomas P. Graham, Jr., M.D., 2006
Rick Nishimura, M.D., 2006

Honorary Fellowship Award
This individual shall be a distinguished physician or scientist who is not a member of the College and who would not otherwise have routinely had an opportunity to pursue fellowship in the College, but whose professional performance warrants recognition by the College. A list of Honorary Fellows follows:

Per-Olof Astrand, M.D., Stockholm, Sweden
Earl E. Bakken, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Frederic C. Bartter, M.D., San Antonio, Texas
Robert Bayley, M.D., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Claude S. Beck, M.D., Cleveland, Ohio
Robert M. Berne, M.D., Charlottesville, Virginia
Viking O. Bjork, M.D., Stockholm, Sweden
Sir James Black, F.R.S.,F.R.C.P., United Kingdom
Alfred Blalock, M.D., Baltimore, Maryland
Hermman L. Blumgart, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts
Sir Brian Barratt Boyes, KBE, MB, Ch.M., Auckland, New Zealand
Edward N. Brandt, M.D., Ph.D., Baltimore, Maryland
Lord M.S. Brock, London, EnglandI
Howard B. Burchell, M.D., St. Paul, Minnesota
Alain F. Carpentier, M.D., Ph.D., Paris, France
Francis L. Chamberlain, M.D., D.Sc., San Francisco, California
Ignacio Chavez, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
Julius H. Comroe, Jr., M.D., San Francisco, California
Andre F. Cournand, M.D., New York, New York
Clarence Crafoord, M.D., Stockholm, Sweden
Martin M. Cummings, M.D., Bethesda, Maryland
Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D., Houston, Texas
Katherine Detre, M.D., Dr. P.H., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
David Bruce Dill, Ph.D., Boulder City, Nevada
Lee A. DuBridge, Ph.D., Laguna Hills, California
Professor Pierre Duchosal, Geneva, Switzerland
Merlin K. DuVal, M.D., Tucson, Arizona
Inge Edler, M.D., Lund, Sweden
Roger O. Egeberg, M.D., Washington, D.C.
George E. Fahr, M.D., Minneapolis, Minnesota
David J. Feild, Bethesda, Maryland
Francis M. Fontan, M.D., Bordeaux, France
Professor MUDr. Zdenek Fejfar, Dr.Sc., Prague, Czechoslovakia
Professor Cesare Frugoni, Rome, Italy
W.E. Garrey, M.D., Lexington, Kentucky
John H. Gibbon, Jr., M.D., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Harry Goldblatt, M.D., Cleveland, Ohio
Arthur C. Guyton, M.D., Jackson, Mississippi
William F. Hamilton, Ph.D., Augusta, Georgia
Peter C. Harris, M.D., Ph.D., London, England
Tinsley R. Harrison, M.D., Birmingham, Alabama
Charles H. Hennekens, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts
George Rudolph Herrmann, M.D., Galveston, Texas
Brian F. Hoffman, M.D., New York, New York
John R. Hogness, M.D., Washington, D.C.
Louis N. Katz, M.D., Chicago, Illinois
Ralph E. Knutti, M.D., Bethesda, Maryland
Charles Laubry, M.D., Paris, France
Aubrey G. Leatham, M.B., B.Chir., F.R.C.P., London, England
Claude Lenfant, M.D., Bethesda, Maryland
Samuel A. Levine, M.D., Brookline, Massachusetts
Otto Loewi, M.D., New York, New York
Rudolph Matas, M.D., New Orleans, Louisiana
James Roscoe Miller, M.D., Evanston, Illinois
John S. Millis, Ph.D., Cleveland, Ohio
Gordon K. Moe, M.D., Ph.D., Utica, New York
Howard C. Morgan, M.D., Hershey, Pennsylvania
Seeley G. Mudd, M.D., Los Angeles, California
Franklin D. Murphy, M.D., Los Angeles, California
Michael F. Oliver, M.D., Edinburgh, Scotland
Russell Burton Opitz, M.D., New York, New York
Irvine H. Page, M.D., Hyannis Port, Massachusetts
Walter C. Randall, Ph.D., Maywood, Illinois
Professor Donald D. Reid, M.D., Ph.D., Sc.D., London, England
Mauricio B. Rosenbaum, M.D., Buenos Aires, Argentina
Robert E. Rushmer, M.D., Maywood, Illinois
John J. Sampson, M.D., San Francisco, California
John T. Shepherd, M.D., D.Sc., Rochester, Minnesota
Maurice Sokolow, M.D., San Francisco, California
Issac Starr, M.D., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Eugene A. Stead, Jr., M.D., Durham, North Carolina
Helen BrookeTaussig, M.D., Cotiut, Massachusetts
Chen-Lang Tung, A.B., M.D., Rochester, Minnesota
Donald D. Van Slyke, M.D., Upton, New York
Marc Verstraete, M.D., Ph.D., Leuven, Belgium
Paul D. White, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts
Carl J. Wiggers, M.D., Cleveland, OhioI
Frank N. Wilson, M.D., Ann Arbor, MichiganI
Andrew L. Wit, Ph.D., New York, New York
Earl H. Wood, M.D., Rochester, Minnesota
Paul Wood, M.D., London, England
First Lady Laura Bush, Washington, D.C.

Master American College of Cardiology, M.A.C.C.
This individual will have been a dedicated fellow of the College for more than fifteen years. No more than four Master designations will be awarded each year and one of these four awards will recognize the outgoing president of the College.

Officers and Trustees of the College as individuals will be invited annually to nominate candidates for Master designation to the Awards Committee, which will make its recommendations to the Board of Trustees at its Fall meeting. The Awards Committee will not offer its own nominations and members are not eligible for Master designation while serving on the committee. The first awards were given in March 1998.

Forrest H. Adams, M.D., Rancho Santa Fe, California, 1998
Morton F. Arnsdorf, M.D., Chicago, Illinois, 2001
George A. Beller, M.D., Charlottesville, Virginia, 2001
Robert O. Brandenburg, M.D., Green Valley, Arizona, 1998
Don W. Chapman, M.D., Houston, Texas, 1998
David B. Carmichael, M.D., LaJolla, California, 2001
Melvin D. Cheitlin, M.D., San Francisco, California, 2000
C. Richard Conti, M.D., Gainesville, Florida, 1998
Eliot Corday, M.D., Los Angeles, California, 1998
Anthony N. DeMaria, M.D., San Diego, California, 1998
E. Greg Dimond, M.D., Kansas City, Missouri, 1998
Leonard S. Dreifus, M.D., Heathrow, Florida, 1998
Paul A. Ebert, M.D., Chicago, Illinois, 1998
Charles Fisch, M.D., Indianapolis, Indiana, 1998
Samuel M. Fox, III, M.D., Mt. Desert, Maine, 1998
Gottlieb C. Friesinger, III, M.D., Nashville, Tennessee, 2000
Robert L. Frye, M.D., Rochester, Minnesota, 1998
Arthur Garson, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., Houston, Texas, 2000
W. Proctor Harvey, M.D., District of Columbia, 1998
Aldoph M. Hutter, Jr., M.D., Madison, Wisconsin, 1998
J. Ward Kennedy, M.D., Seattle, Washington, 1998
Spencer B. King, III, M.D., Atlanta, Georgia, 1999
Francis J. Klocke, M.D., Chicago, Illinois, 1998
Suzanne B. Knoebel, M.D., Indianapolis, Indiana, 1998
Donald F. Leon, M.D., District of Columbia, 1999
Richard P. Lewis, M.D., Columbus, Ohio, 1998
C. Walton Lillehei, M.D., Ph.D., St. Paul, Minnesota, 1998
B.L. Martz, M.D., Brownsburg, Indiana, 1998
Dean T. Mason, M.D. , El Macero, California, 1998
Henry D. McIntosh, M.D., Lakeland, Florida, 1998
Dan G. McNamara, M.D., Houston, Texas, 1998
Joseph V. Messer, M.D., Chicago, Illinois, 2001
William W. Parmley, M.D., San Francisco, California, 1998
Carl J. Pepine, M.D., Gainesville, Florida, 1998
Richard L. Popp, M.D., Palo Alto, California, 1998
Shabudin H. Rahimtoola, M.D., Los Angeles, 1999
John Ross, Jr., M.D., La Jolla, California, 1998
Pravin M. Shah, M.D., Newport Beach, California, 2000
Borys Surawicz, M.D., Indianapolis, Indiana, 1998
H.J.C. Swan, M.D., Ph.D., Pasadena, California, 1998
Daniel J. Ullyot, M.D., Burlingame, California, 1998
John H. K. Vogel, M.D., Santa Barbara, California, 1998
Sylvan Lee Weinberg, M.D., Dayton, Ohio, 1998
John F. Williams, Jr., M.D., Indianapolis, Indiana, 1998
William L. Winters, M.D., Houston, Texas, 1998
Melvin D. Cheitlin, M.D., San Francisco, California, 2000
Pravin M. Shah, M.D., Newport Beach, California, 2000
George A. Beller, M.D., Charlottesville, Virginia, 2001
David B. Carmichael, M.D., La Jolla, California, 2001
Joseph V. Messer, M.D., Chicago, Illinois, 2001
Morton F. Arnsdorf, M.D., Chicago, Illinois, 2002
Bruce H. Brundage, M.D., Bend, Oregon, 2002
Michael A. Nocero, Jr., M.D., Orlando, Florida, 2002
Douglas P. Zipes, M.D., Indianapolis, Indiana, 2002
Thomas J. Ryan, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts, 2003
Costas T. Lambrew, M.D., Portland, Maine, 2004
William Roberts, M.D., D.Sc., Dallas, Texas, 2004
David J. Sahn, M.D., Portland, Oregon, 2004
L. Samuel Wann, M.D., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2004
Bernard A. Boal, M.D., Manhasset, New York, 2005
Eugene Braunwald, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts, 2005
Robert A. O’Rourke, M.D., San Antonio, Texas, 2005
Carl Pepine, M.D., Gainesville, Florida, 2005
Robert M. Califf, M.D., Durham, NC, 2006
Ruth L. Collins-Nakai, M.D., Alberta, Canada, 2006
Ben McCallister, M.D., Kansas City, MO, 2006
Pamela Douglas, M.D., Durham, NC, 2006

International Service Award
Individual who has demonstrated a commitment to medically developing or underdeveloped countries, and, through his/her benevolent actions, has provided a specific service to enhance cardiovascular care and/or education in these countries. The award should recognize service and should not be tied to leadership in the international cardiovascular community. It should not necessarily be awarded yearly, but only on an ‘as appropriate’ basis.

The nominees will be solicited through the standard procedures followed by the Awards Committee. The final list of nominees obtained through this solicitation will be forwarded to the International Committee who will recommend the recipient to the Awards Committee/Board of Trustees.

Henry D. McIntosh, M.D., Lakeland, Florida, 2002
Keyur H. Parikh, M.D., Ahmedabad, India, 2004
Desmond Julian, M.D., F.A.C.C., London, Great Britain, 2005
Thabet Alsheikh, M.D., F.A.C.C., Pensacola, FL, 2006
Leszek Ceremuzynski, M.D., F.A.C.C., Warsaw, Poland, 2006