Georgia Past Awardees

Laureate Award

• 1988 - Carter Smith, Sr., MD, MACP
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• 1988 - Bill Waters, III, MD, FACP
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• 1989/90 - Paul Jurgensen, MD
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• 1989/90 - Ralph Murphy, MD
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• 1991 - Waddell Barnes, MD
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• 1991 - Linton H. Bishop, Jr., MD, FACP
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• 1992 - Tully T. Blalock, MD, FACP
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• 1993 - Robert Copeland, MD, MACP
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• 1994 - Joseph M. Turner, MD, MACP
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• 1995 - Charles E. Harrison, Jr., MD, FACP
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• 1996 - Louis L. Battey, MD, FACP
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• 1997 Benjamin B. Okel, MD, FACP
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• 1998 - Charles B. Upshaw, Jr., MD, FACP
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• 1999 - Mark E. Silverman, MD, FACP
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• 2000 - Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, MD, MACP
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• 2001 - Joel D. Todino, MD, FACP
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• 2002 - Vincent M. Nicolais, MD, FACP
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• 2003 - Joseph W. Stubbs, MD, FACP
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• 2004 - Barry D. Silverman, MD, FACP
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• 2005 - J. Leonard Lichtenfeld , MD , FACP
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• 2006 - Robert J. Di Benedetto, MD, FACP
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• 2007 - Jacqueline W Fincher, MD FACP
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• 2008 - Ruth-Marie E Fincher, MD MACP
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• 2009 - Evan B Weisman, MD FACP
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• 2010 - Henry M Patton, MD FACP
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• 2011 - Joyce Doyle, MD, FACP
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• 2012 - T. Andrew Albritton, MD, FACP
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• 2013 - Edwin Grimsley, MD FACP
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• 2014 - Brian J. Ribeiro, MD, FACP
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• 2015 - Emmett J. Doerr, MS, MD, FACP
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• 2016 - Clyde Watkins Jr., MD FACP
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• 2017 - W. Cody McClatchey, MD, FACP
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• 2018 - Lisa B. Bernstein, MD, FACP
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• 2019 - Danny Allen Newman, MD, FACP
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• 2020 - Amy Eubanks, MD, FACP
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• 2021 - Edward Chin, MD, FACP

J. Willis Hurst Outstanding Bedside Teacher Award

• 1992 - Robert J. Di Benedetto, MD
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• 2005 - John F. Fisher, MD, FACP
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• 2006 - John A. Hudson, MD, FACP
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• 2007 - Chinedu C Ivonye, MBBS FACP
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• 2008 - Lisa Bernstein, MD
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• 2009 - Jeffrey L Stephens, MD FACP
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• 2012 - Stacy M. Higgins, MD, FACP
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• 2013 - Steven L Carpenter, MD FACP
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• 2014 - Joyce A. Akwe, MD, MPH, FACP
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• 2015 - George Waldon Garriss, MD, MACP
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• 2016 - Edward Chin MD FACP
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• 2017 - George Allen Tindol, Jr MD FACP
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• 2018 - Bhavin Adhyaru, MS, MD, FACP
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• 2019 - Louis Lovett, MD, FACP
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• 2020 - Lora Denton, MD, FACP
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• 2021 - Francois Rollin, MD, MPH
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Volunteerism and Community Service Award

• 2003 - Jacqueline W Fincher, MD, FACP
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• 2005 - Ruth M. Parker, MD, FACP
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• 2006 - Richard D. Levere, MD
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• 2007 - Jada C. Bussey-Jones, MD
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• 2008 - Henry M Patton, MD FACP
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• 2009 - Stacy M. Higgins, MD, FACP
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• 2010 - Joyce A Akwe, MD
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• 2011 - David Bosshardt, MD, FACP
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• 2013 - Tia Bingham
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• 2013 - Peter Daniel
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• 2013 - Danielle Jones, MD, FACP
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• 2013 - Marilyn Lavallee, MD
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• 2013 - Dipak Vashi, MD
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• 2014 - Robert A. Campbell, MD
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• 2015 - Maura George, MD
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• 2015 - William H. Salazar, MD, FACP, FAACH
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• 2017 - Teresa E. Clark, MD, FACP
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• 2018 - A. Fred Young, MD, FACP
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• 2019 - Pamela S. Tipler, DO, FACP
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• 2020 - Koosh Desai, MD
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• 2021 - Marshall Fleurant, MD
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Leadership Award

• 2005 - Julie L. Gerberding, MD, FACP
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• 2006 - R. Kirby Godsey, PhD
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• 2007 - Hamilton Jordan Sr.
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• 2008 - James A Hotz, MD
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• 2009 - Senator Don Thomas, MD
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• 2011 - Robert B. Copeland, MD, MACP
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• 2012 - Stephen J. Woods
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• 2013 - William T. Branch, MD, MACP
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• 2014 - Ruth-Marie E. Fincher, MD, FACP
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• 2015 - Representative Sharon Cooper
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• 2016 - Spurgeon William Clark III, MD
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• 2017 - H. Kenneth Walker, MD, MACP
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• 2018 - Donald J. Palmisano, Jr.
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• 2019 - J. Len Lichtenfeld, MD, FACP
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• 2020 - Carlos del Rio, MD, FACP
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• 2021 - Jean E. Chin, MD, FACP
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Community Based Teaching Award

• 2005 - James A. Hotz, MD
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• 2005 - Henry M. Patton, MD, FACP
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• 2006 - John Timothy Cope, MD
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• 2007 - Barry D. Silverman, MD, FACP
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• 2009 - Gregory M Rogers, MD
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• 2012 - Tom Bledsoe, MD
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• 2012 - Richard Goodjoin, MD
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• 2012 - Kevin Lanclos, MD
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• 2012 - Clyde Watkins, MD, FACP
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• 2014 - Mary T. Bond, MD, FACP
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• 2014 - Donna W. Whitfield, MD, FACP
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• 2014 - Cynthia McCaleb, MD
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• 2017 - Wentzelle K. Kitchens, MD
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• 2018 - Jean Chin, MD, FACP
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• 2019 - Thomas W. Wells, MD, FACP
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• 2020 - Billy Chacko, MD, FACP, FSVM
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• 2021 - Amar K. Singh, MD, FACP
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Outstanding Resident in Volunteerism and Advocacy

• 2009 - Kharia J Holmes
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• 2014 - Edward Fatahov, MD
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• 2016 - Deep Shah MD
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• 2016 - Lavanya Viswanathan MD MS
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• 2017 - Robert Heinl IV, MD
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• 2018 - Akanksha Vaidya, MD
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• 2019 - Rachel Johnson, MD
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• 2020 - Hironobu Takeda, DO​
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• 2021 - Obaid Rehman, MD​
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Outstanding Medical Student in Volunteerism and Advocacy

• 2009 - Sandra Francis-Rogers, MD
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• 2014 - Jonathon D. Gillig
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• 2014 - Sandra Elizabeth Stepp
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• 2015 - Harika Gorti
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• 2015 - Harika Gorti
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• 2015 - Parth Desai
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• 2016 - Anna Sulimirski
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• 2017 - Chelsea Fechter
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• 2018 - Agreen Hadadi
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• 2018 - Cinthana Kandasamy
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• 2018 - Cinthana Kandasamy
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• 2019 - Matthew Schwartz
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• 2019 - Sahil Angelo
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• 2020 - Ariel Jordan
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• 2021 - Alyssa Greenhouse
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• 2021 - Syed Ali
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Medical Student Award

• 2021 - Farha PiraniMD
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Mark Silverman Award

• 2010 - Mark E Silverman, MD MACP
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• 2012 - Joyce P. Doyle, MD, FACP
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• 2013 - Robin Klein MD
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• 2014 - Lisa B. Bernstein, MD, FACP
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• 2015 - Danny Allen Newman, Jr., MD, FACP
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• 2016 - Ned Wilson Holland MD FACP
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• 2017 - Eva Rimler, MD, FACP
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• 2018 - Joyce Awke, MD, FACP
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• 2019 - Michelle Nuss, MD, FACP
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• 2020 - Kimberly Bates, MD, FACP
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• 2021 - Chinedu C. Ivonye, MBBS, FACP
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Early Career Physician Award

• 2021 - Nidhip A. Patel, DO, FACP
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Outstanding Early Career Physician in Volunteerism and Advocacy

• 2017 - Tracey Henry, MD, MPH, MS
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• 2018 - Amy Eubanks, MD, FACP
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• 2019 - Jennifer L. Headrick, MD, FACP
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• 2020 - Jason Higdon, MD
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