Laureate Award

The Laureate Award is presented to long-standing and loyal supporters of the College who have rendered distinguished service to their chapters and community and have upheld the high ideals and professional standards for which the American College of Physicians is known. Previous Virginia Laureates are:

1986Charles M. Caravati, MD, MACPRichmond   
 Alexander McCausland, MD, FACPRoanoke   
 Kinloch Nelson, MD, MACPRichmond   
 W. Taliaferro Thompson, Jr, MD, MACPRichmond   
 Elam C. Toone, Jr, MD, FACPRichmond   
      
1987John J. Dempsey, MD, FACPSmithfield   
 John Franklin, MD, FACPNorfolk   
 John L. Guerrant, MD, FACPCharlottesville   
 James M. Moss, MD, FACPAlexandria   
 H. St. George Tucker, Jr, MD, FACPRichmond   
      
1988George J. Carroll, MD, FACPSuffolk   
 Kenneth R. Crispell, MD, FACPCharlottesville   
      
1989Edward W. Hook, MD, MACPCharlottesville   
 David W. Richardson, MD, FACPRichmond   
 Bertram C. Snyder, MD, FACPArlington   
      
1990George S. Grier, III, MD, FACPNewport News   
 Lockhart B. McGuire, MD, FACPCharlottesville   
 William S. Terry, MD, FACPPortsmouth   
      
1991Robert A. Abernathy, MD, FACPCedar Bluff   
 William D. Lewis, MD, FACPMartinsville   
 Emmett C. Mathews, Sr, MDRichmond   
 Charles H. Sackett, MDLynchburg   
      
1992Vernon L. Cofer, Jr, MD, FACPNorfolk   
 Charles L. Crockett, Jr, MD, MACPRoanoke   
 Daniel N. Mohler, MD, FACPCharlottesville   
 David W. Scott, Jr, MD, FACPFredericksburg   
 William T. Tucker, MD, FACPRichmond   
      
1993William F. Bernart, MDNassawadox   
 W. Robert Irby, MD, FACPRichmond   
 Jason E. McClellen, MD, FACPNewport News   
 Forrest W. Pitts, MD, FACPRichmond   
      
1994Barbara A. Mella, MDFairfax   
 Michael J. Moore, MD, FACPRoanoke   
 Percy Wootton, MD, FACPRichmond   
      
1995Donald W. Drew, MD, FACPNorfolk   
 William S. Erwin, Jr, MD, FACPRoanoke   
 Edwin J. Harvie, Jr, MD, FACPDanville   
 Alton R. Sharpe, Jr, MD, FACPRichmond   
      
1996William J. Hancock, MD, FACPWinchester   
 Donald R. Holsinger, MD, FACPMartinsville   
 C. Patrick Laughlin, MD, FACPNewport News   
 Philip T. Rodilosso, MD, FACPArlington   
      
1997James N. Cooper, MD, FACPFalls Church   
 Russell D. Evett, MD, FACPNorfolk   
 Duncan S. Owen, Jr, MD, FACPRichmond   
      
1998H. Courtenay Harrison, Sr, MDVirginia Beach   
 John A. Owen, Jr, MDCharlottesville   
 William E. Reefe, MD, FACPRoanoke   
1999Oscar (Oz) Edmunds Edwards, MD, FACPNorfolk   
2000H. Verdain Barnes, MD, MDiv, FACP, FSAM, FAAP(a)Norfolk   
 Kenneth H. Hyatt, MD, FACPRoanoke   
 Munsey S. Wheby, MD, FACPCharlottesville   
2001John Staige, Davis, IV, MD, MACPCharlottesville   
 William P. Edmondson, MD, FACPNorfolk   
 Lawrence Gaydos, MDArlington   
2002Vicken V. Kalbian, MD, FACPWinchester   
 Harvey D. Smallwood, MDCharlottesville   
 Michael O. Thorner, MD, FACPCharlottesville   
2003Robert S. Gibson, MD, FACPCharlottesville   
 Michael F. Rein, MD, MACPCharlottesville   
 Lawrence R. Burwell, MD, FACPCharlottesville   
2004Leon P. Georges, MD, FACPNorfolk   
 Robert Carey, MD, MACPCharlottesville   
2005Jeffrey P. Harris, MD, FACPMillwood   
 Paul Dallas, MD, FACPRoanoke   
2006/07Laurel Tschirgi, MD, FACPWinchester   
 W. Hal Cragun, MD, FACP, FCCPRoanoke   
2008Sarah T. Corley, MD, FACPMcLean   
 Richard P Wenzel, MD, MACPRichmond   
2009Barry S. Strauch, MD FACPMcLean   
2010William Benton Lewis, MD FACPMartinsville   
2011Robert M. Strieter, MD MACPCharlottesville   
2012John Clore MD FACPRichmond   
2013John E. Nestler, MD, FACPRichmond   
2014John H. Armstrong, MD, FACPWinchester   
 Jerry L. Nadler, MD, FACPNorfolk   
2015Wendy Klein, MD, MACPRichmond   
2016Jon M. Sweet, MD, FACPRoanoke   
2017William Daniel Prince III, MD, FACPRoanoke   
2018Stephanie A. Call, MD, FACPRichmond   
2019Lisa Ellis, MD, MACPManakin Sabot   
2020Craig Cheifetz MD FACPFalls Church   
2021William E. Fox MD FACPCharlottesville   
2022Sami G. Tahhan MD FACPVirginia Beach   
2023Stuart I Henochowicz, MD, MBA, FACPBurke   
2024B. Mitchell Goodman III, MD FACP (EVMS)Norfolk2025Eileen C. West, MD FACP (EVMS)Fairfax