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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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Awards

Distinguished Service Award Recipients

Established 1957

Year

Recipient

2024 Layton F. Rikkers, MD, FACS
2023 Ronald M. Stewart, MD, FACS
2022 Mark A. Malangoni, MD, FACS
2021 David P. Winchester, MD, FACS
2020 Hilary A. Sanfey, MB BCh, FACS
2019 R. Phillip Burns, MD, FACS
2018 Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS
2017 Richard J. Finley, MD, FACS, FRCSC
2016 Frank G. Opelka, MD, FACS
2015 John A. Weigelt, DVM, MD, FACS
2014 J. Wayne Meredith, MD, FACS
2013 Barbara L. Bass, MD, FACS
2012 Jack W. McAninch, MD, FACS
2011 Mary H. McGrath, MD, MPH, FACS
2010 Amilu S. Stewart, MD, FACS
2009 F. Dean Griffen, MD, FACS
2008 Paul E. Collicott, MD, FACS
2007 David B. Hoyt, MD, FACS
2006 Patricia J. Numann, MD, FACS
2005 Donald D. Trunkey, MD, FACS*
2004 Richard B. Reiling, MD, FACS
2003 J. Roland Folse, MD, FACS
2002 F. William Blaisdell, MD, FACS*
2001 David L. Nahrwold, MD, FACS
2000 Murray F. Brennan, MD, FACS
1999 Claude H. Organ, Jr., MD, FACS*
1998 LaMar S. McGinnis, Jr., MD, FACS
1997 Josef E. Fischer, MD, FACS*
1996 James C. Thompson, MD, FACS*
1995 John O. Gage, MD, FACS
1994 Robert E. Hermann, MD, FACS*
1993 Barry M. Manuel, MD, FACS
1992 S. Stuart Mally, MD, FACS*
1991 John H. Davis, MD, FACS*
1990 Robert Zeppa, MD, FACS*
1989 Luis F. Sala, MD, FACS*
1988

Edwin W. Gerrish, MD, FACS*

Frank Padberg, MD, FACS*

1987 Vallee L. Willman, MD, FACS*
1986 Seymour I. Schwartz, MD, FACS*
1985 George E. Block, MD, FACS*
1984 C. Barber Mueller, MD, FACS*
1983 C. Thomas Thompson, MD, FACS*
1982 David W. Robinson, MD, FACS*
1981 Joseph P. Evans, MD, FACS*
1980 R. Gordon Holcombe, Jr., MD, FACS*
1979 Charles Eckert, MD, FACS*
1978 Truman G. Blocker, Jr., MD, FACS*
1977 Henry T. Randall, MD, FACS*
1976 Oscar P. Hampton, Jr., MD, FACS*
1975 William A. Altemeier, MD, FACS*
1974 William D. Holden, MD, FACS*
1973 George W. Stephenson, MD, FACS*
1972 John W. Cline, MD, FACS*
1971 George G. Finney, MD, FACS*
1970 (No recipient)
1969 R. Lee Clark, MD, FACS*
1968 Harris B. Shumacker, Jr., MD, FACS*
1967 Herbert E. Coe, MD, FACS*
1966 Mr. Edward George Sandrok*
1965 John Christopher Burch, MD, FACS*
1964 Howard A. Patterson, MD, FACS*
1963 Robert Hayward Kennedy, MD, FACS*
1962 Allen O. Whipple, MD, FACS*
1961

Howard H. Bradshaw, MD, FACS*

H. Prather Saunders, MD, FACS*

1960 Edward W. Sprague, MD, FACS*
1959 Hilger Perry Jenkins, MD, FACS*
1958

William R. Laird, MD, FACS*

E. Payne Palmer, Sr., MD, FACS*

1957 H. Winnett Orr, MD, FACS*

Year

Recipient

2024 Layton F. Rikkers, MD, FACS
2023 Ronald M. Stewart, MD, FACS
2022 Mark A. Malangoni, MD, FACS
2021 David P. Winchester, MD, FACS
2020 Hilary A. Sanfey, MB BCh, FACS
2019 R. Phillip Burns, MD, FACS
2018 Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS
2017 Richard J. Finley, MD, FACS, FRCSC
2016 Frank G. Opelka, MD, FACS
2015 John A. Weigelt, DVM, MD, FACS
2014 J. Wayne Meredith, MD, FACS
2013 Barbara L. Bass, MD, FACS
2012 Jack W. McAninch, MD, FACS
2011 Mary H. McGrath, MD, MPH, FACS
2010 Amilu S. Stewart, MD, FACS
2009 F. Dean Griffen, MD, FACS
2008 Paul E. Collicott, MD, FACS
2007 David B. Hoyt, MD, FACS
2006 Patricia J. Numann, MD, FACS
2005 Donald D. Trunkey, MD, FACS*
2004 Richard B. Reiling, MD, FACS
2003 J. Roland Folse, MD, FACS
2002 F. William Blaisdell, MD, FACS*
2001 David L. Nahrwold, MD, FACS
2000 Murray F. Brennan, MD, FACS
1999 Claude H. Organ, Jr., MD, FACS*
1998 LaMar S. McGinnis, Jr., MD, FACS
1997 Josef E. Fischer, MD, FACS*
1996 James C. Thompson, MD, FACS*
1995 John O. Gage, MD, FACS
1994 Robert E. Hermann, MD, FACS*
1993 Barry M. Manuel, MD, FACS
1992 S. Stuart Mally, MD, FACS*
1991 John H. Davis, MD, FACS*
1990 Robert Zeppa, MD, FACS*
1989 Luis F. Sala, MD, FACS*
1988

Edwin W. Gerrish, MD, FACS*

Frank Padberg, MD, FACS*

1987 Vallee L. Willman, MD, FACS*
1986 Seymour I. Schwartz, MD, FACS*
1985 George E. Block, MD, FACS*
1984 C. Barber Mueller, MD, FACS*
1983 C. Thomas Thompson, MD, FACS*
1982 David W. Robinson, MD, FACS*
1981 Joseph P. Evans, MD, FACS*
1980 R. Gordon Holcombe, Jr., MD, FACS*
1979 Charles Eckert, MD, FACS*
1978 Truman G. Blocker, Jr., MD, FACS*
1977 Henry T. Randall, MD, FACS*
1976 Oscar P. Hampton, Jr., MD, FACS*
1975 William A. Altemeier, MD, FACS*
1974 William D. Holden, MD, FACS*
1973 George W. Stephenson, MD, FACS*
1972 John W. Cline, MD, FACS*
1971 George G. Finney, MD, FACS*
1970 (No recipient)
1969 R. Lee Clark, MD, FACS*
1968 Harris B. Shumacker, Jr., MD, FACS*
1967 Herbert E. Coe, MD, FACS*
1966 Mr. Edward George Sandrok*
1965 John Christopher Burch, MD, FACS*
1964 Howard A. Patterson, MD, FACS*
1963 Robert Hayward Kennedy, MD, FACS*
1962 Allen O. Whipple, MD, FACS*
1961

Howard H. Bradshaw, MD, FACS*

H. Prather Saunders, MD, FACS*

1960 Edward W. Sprague, MD, FACS*
1959 Hilger Perry Jenkins, MD, FACS*
1958

William R. Laird, MD, FACS*

E. Payne Palmer, Sr., MD, FACS*

1957 H. Winnett Orr, MD, FACS*

* Deceased