California Chapter Awards

Welcome to the chapter awards archive for the California Northern, California Southern Region 1, California Southern Region 2, and California Southern Region 3. 

• California Northern 
• California Southern Regions 1, 2, 3

  California Northern

Laureate Award

Year	Awardee
1987	John R. Gamble, MD, MACP
1988	Marcus Krupp, MD, FACP
1990	Alfred P. Spivack, MD, FACP
1991	Don Scanlon, MD, FACP
1992	Roger Keith Larson, MD, FACP
1993	Neil M. Flynn, MD
1995	Edgar Wayburn, MD, FACP
2001	Paul A. Volberding, MD, FACP
2001	Theodore Bacharach, MD, FACP
2002	Edward Rubenstein, MD, MACP
2002	Maurice Fox, MD, FACP
2002	Joseph Silva, Jr., MD, FACP
2003	Linda Hawes Clever, MD, MACP
2003	Bruce J. Sams, Jr., MD
2003	Hibbard E. Williams, MD, FACP
2005	Helen L. Hammer, MD
2006	George W. Meyer, MD, FACP
2008	Edward A. Chow, MD, FACP
2009	Edward D. Harris Jr., MD, MACP
2009	Stanley L. Schrier, MD, FACP
2010	Sheela S. Kapre, MBBS, FACP
2011	Abraham Verghese, MACP
2012	Mark C. Henderson, MD, FACP
2012	Muhammad Y. Sheikh, MD, FACP
2013	Faith Fitzgerald, MD, MACP
2014	Kathleen A. Kenny, MD, FACP
2015	Nora F. Goldschlager, MD, MACP
2015	Peter Rudd, MD, FACP
2016	Paul B. Aronowitz, MD, FACP
2016	Tim W. Grennan, MD, FACP
2017	Mohsen Saadat, DO, FACP
2018	Danny L. Sam, MD, FACP
2019	Nancy E. Lane, MD, MACP

Volunteerism and Community Service Award

Year	Awardee
2002	Mitchell H. Katz, MD
2002	Robert A. Russo, MD
2005	Lars G. Osterberg, MD
2005	Shagufta Yasmeen, MBBS
2007	Dominic T. Dizon, MD
2009	Darin A. Latimore, MD
2009	Toni J. Brayer, MD, FACP
2010	Toni J. Brayer, MD, FACP
2010	Julieta M, Gabiola, MD, FACP
2013	George Meyer, MD, FACP
2014	Kwabena Adubofour, MBchB, FACP
2015	Michael R. Lawson, MD
2016	Aziz Kamali, MD, FACP
2017	Mary P. Pauly, MD, FACP
2018	Meghan E. Hayes, MD, FACP
2018	Syung Min Jung, MD, FACP

Early Career Physician Award

Year	Awardee
2010	Sriram Shamasunder, MD
2012	Christoper Moriates, MD
2019	Kinnari R. Parikh, MD, FACP

Outstanding Teacher / Mentor Award

Year	Awardee
2010	Paul B. Aronowitz, MD, FACP
2011	William Jensen, FACP
2012	Neera Ahuja, MD, FACP
2012	Robert M. McCarron, DO
2013	Jorge Garcia, MD, MS, FACP
2015	Selina Shah, MD, FACP
2015	Terrie Mendelson, MD, MACP
2017	Jose Eguia, MD, MPH
2018	Patrick S. Romano, MD, FACP
2019	Lindsay A. Mazotti, MD
2020	Maggie So, MD, FACP

Recognition Award for Excellence in Mentorship

Year	Awardee
2011	Dat Lu, MD
2013	Alejandro Diaz, MD

Resident/Fellow Leadership Award

Year	Awardee
2010	Sara M. Rotner, MD
2011	Puja Thakkar, DO
2013	Asthma Asyyed, MD
2016	Angie Hood-Medland, MD
2017	Marilyn Ralph, MD
2018	Michelle L. Faierman, MD
2018	Christian Lee-Rodriguez, MD
2018	Pranjal Patel, MD
2018	Stacy Tsai, MD
2018	Raymond Lam, MD

Lifetime Achievement Award

Year	Awardee
2011	Harry Daniell, FACP
2012	Joseph Silva, Jr., MD, MACP
2013	Alfred Sadler, Jr., MD, FACP
2014	William F. Nakashima, MD
2015	Edward A. Chow, MD, FACP
2016	John E. Tysell, Jr., MD, FACP
2016	Bruce E. Kessler, MD, FACP
2018	Bruce C. Hall, MD, FACP

Resident Leadership and Recognition Award

Year	Awardee
2012	Voltaire R. Sinigayan
2019	Elizabeth Kaufman, MD
2020	Zena Salim, MD

Centennial Legacy Award

Year	Awardee
2015	Ralph O. Wallerstein, MD
2015	Dwight L. Wilbur, MD

Chapter Innovation

Year	Awardee
2020	Aubrey O. Ingraham, MD

Woman Physician of the Year

Year	Awardee
2020	Joan C. Lo, MD, FACP

  California Southern (Regions I, II & III Combined)

Laureate Award

Year	Awardee	Region
1990	Mitchel D. Covel, MD, FACP	Region I
1990	Phil Richard Manning, MD, MACP	Region I
1990	Walter P. Martin, MD, FACP	Region I
1990	J. Edward Berk, MD, MACP	Region II
1990	William Philip Corr, MD, MACP	Region II
1990	Varner Johns Jr., MD, FACP	Region II
1990	Helen M. Anderson, MD, FACP	Region III
1990	Donald G. Landale, MD, FACP	Region III
1991	Kouichi R. (Corky) Tanaka, MD, FACP	Region I
1991	William L. Cover, MD, FACP	Region II
1991	David B. Carmichael, MD, FACP	Region III
1992	William S. Haubrich, MD, FACP	Region II
1993	Donald I. Feinstein, MD, FACP	Region I
1993	Jeremiah G. Tilles, MD, FACP	Region II
1993	Jack Geller, MD, FACP	Region III
1994	Philip M. Gold, MD, FACP	Region II
1994	Ernest E. Pund, MD, FACP	Region III
1994	Irwin M. Weinstein, MD, FACP	Region I
1995	Charles E. Lewis, MD, FACP	Region I
1995	Raymond R. Ross, Jr., MD, FACP	Region II
1995	Lee S. Monroe, MD, FACP	Region III
1996	Roy V. Jutzy, MD, FACP	Region I
1996	Charles R. Kleenman, MD, FACP	Region I
1996	Kenneth M. Moser, MD, FACP	Region I
1996	Edward Shapiro, MD, FACP	Region I
1997	Peter V. Barrett, MD, FACP	Region I
1997	L. Julian Haywood, MD, FACP	Region I
1997	Thomas C. Cesario, MD, FACP	Region II
1998	Leo J. Tauber, MD, FACP	Region I
1998	John M. Criley, MD, FACP	Region I
1998	David G. Covell, MD, FACP	Region I
1999	Telfer B. Reynolds, MD, MACP	Region I
1999	David H. Solomon, MD, MACP	Region I
1999	Donald A. Adams, MD, FACP	Region I
2001	Susan E. Sprau, MD	Region I
2001	James S. Louie, MD, FACP	Region I
2001	Glenn L. Foster, MD, FACP	Region II
2001	Arthur D. Silk, MD, FACP	Region II
2001	Douglas R. Hegstad, MD, FACP	Region II
2002	John A. LaFata, MD, FACP	Region III
2003	Charles R. Tourtellotte, MD, FACP	Region II
2003	Herman H. Stone, MD, FACP	Region II
2003	Maher A. Roman, MD, FACP	Region II
2004	Carole M. Warde, MD, FACP	Region I
2006	Chester Choi, MD, FACP	Region I
2007	Daniel S. Anderson, MD	Region III
2008	Neil M. Paige, MD, MSHS, FACP	Region I
2008	Soma Wali, MD, FACP	Region I
2008	Lawrence K. Loo, MD, FACP	Region II
2008	Melvyn L. Sterling, MD, FACP	Region II
2008	Alpesh N. Amin, MD, MBA, FACP	Region II
2009	George Sarka, MD, MPH, FACP, FACR	Region II
2010	Mark Richman, MD, FACP	Region I
2010	Nosratola D. Vaziri, MD, MACP	Region II
2014	Magdalena Ptaszny, MD	Region I
2014	Daniel I. Kim, MD, FACP	Region II
2014	Paul A. Selecky, MD, FACP, FCCP, FAARC, FAASM	Region II
2014	Donald C. Balfour, III, MD, FACP	Region III
2015	Michael E. Lazarus, MBBCh, FACP	Region I
2015	Pamela A. Yamanishi, MD	Region II
2015	David J. Shaw, MD, FACP	Region III
2016	Robert I. Goodman, MD, FACP	Region I
2016	Debra L. Stottlemyer, MD, MBA, FACP	Region II
2016	David J. Shaw, MD, FACP	Region III
2017	Nathan R. Cox, MD	Region I
2017	Sherif F. Khalil, MD, FACP	Region II
2019	Rajesh Gulati, MD, FACP	Region II
2020	Jason E. Bahk, MD, FACP	Region I
2020	Afshan Baragoush, MD	Region II
2021	Edward L. Ha, MD, MEHP, FACP	Region I
2021	Ali Motabar, MD	Region II
2021	Charles J. Hamori, MD	Region III

Master Teacher Award

Year	Awardee
2007	A. F. Shwayhat, DO, MPH, FACP
2011	Philip M. Gold, MD, MACP
2011	George Sarka, MD, FACP
2014	Edward V. Barnes, MD, FACP
2014	Ingrid Blomquist, MD
2014	George Lawry, II, MD, FACP
2014	Lawrence K. Loo, MD, MACP
2015	Pramod Multani, MD, FACP
2015	Rajagopal Krishnan, MBBS, FACP
2017	Robert A. Kaplan, MD, FACP
2017	Edward V. Barnes, MD, FACP
2017	Rajesh Gulati, MBBS, FACP
2017	George M. Isaac, MD
2021	Brian S. Lim, MD

Leadership Award

Year	Awardee
2017	Maher A. Roman, MD, FACP
2017	Sarah S. Thomas, MD
2018	Maher A. Roman, MD, FACP
2019	Ramdas Pai, MD, FACP

Resident of the Year Award

Year	Awardee
2007	LC. Gilbert Seda, MC, USN
2007	LT. James D. Prahl, MC, USN
2021	Gerald Cox, MD
2021	Neha Chiruvolu, DO
2021	Erin Ricketts, MD

Teacher of the Year

Year	Awardee
2007	Joel C. Diamant, MD, FACP
2014	Simerjot K. Jassal

Volunteerism and Community Service Award

Year	Awardee
2002	Margaret E. McCahill, MD
2007	LC. Tri H. Lac, MC, USN, FACP
2007	Carol L. Young, MD
2010	George Sarka, MD, MPH, FACP, FACR
2015	Sergio Infante, MD, FACP
2017	Scott A. Allen, MD
2019	Maher A. Roman, MD, MACP

Woman Physician of the Year Award

Year	Awardee
2019	Afshan Baraghoush, MD
2021	Lynnetta Skoretz, MD

Lifetime Achievement Award

Year	Awardee
2019	Alpesh Amin, MD, MACP