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Chapter Awards
The Chapter is pleased to honor the following chapter award recipients for their dedication, demonstration of excellence, and support of the chapter and the science and humanity of medicine.
John F. Maher Memorial Laureate Award
The John F. Maher Memorial Laureate Award is the highest award that the DC Chapter can bestow on any of its members. It was begun in 1993 in memory of a superb physician, friend, teacher and writer who had developed an international reputation in renal disease.
| 2010 | Alice L. Fuisz, MD, FACP |
| 2011 | Lawrence Lessin, MD, MACP |
| 2012 | Louis Pangaro, MD, MACP |
| 2013 | Henry Masur, MD, MACP |
| 2014 | Laurie E. Duncan, MD, FACP |
| 2015 | Shmuel Shoham, MD, FACP |
| 2016 | Przemyslaw Hiszel, MD, FACP |
| 2016 | Kaldun Nossuli, MD, FACP |
| 2017 | Nazia Qazi, MD, FACP |
| 2018 | Patience White, MD, FACP |
| 2019 | Ashesh D. Patel, MD, FACP |
Sol Katz Teaching Award
| 2010 | Leonard B. Seeff, MD |
| 2011 | Burton Lee, MD and April Barber, MD |
| 2012 | Robert Jablonover, MD and Sean Whelton, MD |
| 2013 | Charles Faselis, MD, FACP and LCDR Todd Gleeson MC |
| 2014 | Michael Adams, MD, MACP |
| 2015 | Sailaja Pindiprolu, MD, FACP |
| 2015 | Jalil Ahari, MD |
| 2016 | Andrew Shorr, MD |
| 2016 | Marc Siegel, MD |
| 2017 | COL Paul A. Hemmer, MC USAF FACP |
| 2017 | Matthew G. Tuck, MD, FACP |
| 2018 | Chavon Ohumah, MD, FACP |
| 2019 | Charles A. Read, Jr., MD |
| 2019 | Angelike Liappis, MD |
Volunteerism and Community Service Award
| 2010 | Katalin E. Roth, MD, FACP |
| 2011 | Raymond L. Martins, MD |
| 2012 | Elise Riley, MD |
| 2013 | A. Janelle Goetcheus, MD |
| 2014 | James F. Duffy, SJ, MD |
| 2015 | Veronica Jenkins, MD |
| 2016 | Shelly McDonald-Pinkett, MD, FACP |
| 2016 | Joan Ritter, MD, FACP |
| 2017 | Kate Sugarman, MD |
| 2018 | N. Thomas Connally, MD, MACP |
| 2019 | Randi Abramson, MD |
Leadership
| 2010 | Laurie E. Duncan, MBBS, FACP |
| 2011 | Shmuel Shoham, MD |
| 2012 | Jerry Meyer, MD, FACP |
| 2013 | Ashesh Patel, MD, FACP |
| 2014 | Lawrence E. Klein, MD, MACP |
| 2015 | Nazia Qazi, MD, FACP |
| 2016 | George Philips, MBBS, FACP |
| 2017 | Jennifer E. Mills, MD, FACP |
| 2018 | Katie Saulters, MD |
| 2019 | Robert S. Wilkinson, MD, MACP |
Walter Lester Henry, Jr. Memorial Award for a Lifetime of Excellent Teaching
| 2010 | Vinod Mody, MD |
| 2010 | Charles E. Rath, MD, FACP |
| 2011 | John Bennett, MD, MACP and Charles Curry, MD |
| 2012 | Martin Dillard, MD, MACP and Margo Smith, MD, FACP |
| 2013 | Kenneth Burman, MD, MACP and Edward Tsou, MD |
| 2014 | James D. Finkelstein, MD, MACP and Davis J. Nashel, MD, FACP |
| 2015 | Geraldine Schechter, MD, MACP |
| 2015 | Leonard Wartofsky, MD, MACP |
| 2016 | Ross Fletcher, MD |
| 2016 | Victor Scott, MD, MACP |
| 2017 | David M. Parenti, MD, FACP |
| 2018 | Samuel Spagnolo, MD |
| 2018 | Carmelita Tuazon, MD |
| 2019 | Robert E. Goldstein, MD, MACP |
| 2019 | Manual T. Velasquez, MD |
Community Based Teaching
| 2018 | Raymond Martins, MD |
Advancing Careers for Minorities
| 2019 | Pauline Titus-Dillon, MD, MACP |
Chapter Awards Given Prior to 2010