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Past Jacobson Innovation Award Recipients

1994:

Professor Francois Dubois, Paris, France
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

1995: Thomas Starzl, MD, FACS, Pittsburgh, PA
Liver transplantation
1996: Joel D. Cooper, MD, FACS, St. Louis, MO
Lung transplantation and lung volume reduction surgery
1998: Juan Carlos Parodi, MD, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Treatment of arterial aneurysms, occlusive disease, and vascular injuries by using endovascular stented grafts
1999: John F. Burke, MD, FACS, Boston, MA
Development and implementation of a number of innovative techniques in burn care, including the co-development of an artificial skin (IntegraTM)
2000: Paul L. Tessier, MD, FACS (Hon), Boulogne, France
Development of a new surgical specialty (craniofacial surgery)
2001: Thomas J. Fogarty, MD, FACS, Portola Valley, CA
Design and development of industry standard minimally invasive surgical instrumentation, especially for cardiovascular surgery
2002: Michael R. Harrison, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA
Creator of the specialty of fetal surgery and developing techniques of fetoscopy for minimally invasive fetal technology.
2003: Robert H. Bartlett, MD, FACS, Ann Arbor, MI
Pioneer in the development and establishment of the first extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program
2004: Harry J. Buncke, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA
Pioneer in the field of microsurgery and replantation
2005: Stanley J. Dudrick, MD, FACS, Waterbury, CT
Innovator of specialized nutrition support and a pioneer in the field of clinical nutrition
2006: Judah Folkman, MD, FACS, Boston, MA
Pioneer in the field of angiogenesis
2007: William S. Pierce, MD, FACS, Hershey, PA
Pioneer in the conception and development of mechanical circulatory support and the total artificial mechanical heart
2008: Donald L. Morton, MD, FACS, Santa Monica, CA
Pioneered research efforts toward the development and clinical application of sentinel lymph node biopsy
2009: Bernard Fisher, MD, FACS, Pittsburgh, PA
Set a new course for the treatment of breast cancer by proposing that it is a systemic disease that metastasizes unpredictably and would best be treated with lumpectomy combined with adjuvant chemotherapy.

 

  2010 Jacobson Innovation Award Recipient Announced

 

Online June 7, 2010

 

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