Chapter Award Winners

The chapter presents at least one Laureate award each year, and often awards a recipient for their efforts in community service and volunteerism activities. Click here to view the list of other award recipients.

Laureate Award Winners

1986*	Willis Lyons Bennett, FACP G. Paul Smith, FACP Wesley Van Camp, FACP
1987*	George H. Curfman, Jr., FACP C. Wesley Eisele, FACP Chester P. Stevenson, FACP
1988*	Nathan Clifford, MD, FACP Leo W. Lloyd, MD, FACP Roger Sherman Mitchell, Jr., MD, FACP
1989*	Lewis Barbato, Md, FACP Hope Lowry, MD, FACP Harvey W. Phelps, MD, FACP
1990*	J. Philip Clarke, FACP Lynn A. James, FACP Kenneth A. Kahn, FACP
1991	Jerry J. Appelbaum, MD, FACP Herbert R. Brettell, MD, FACP
1992	John F. Farrington, MD, FACP Edward S. Miller, MD, FACP
1993	Carl E. Bartecchi, MD, FACP Gordon Meiklejohn, MD, MACP
1994	Thomas J. Chamberlain, MD, FACP Robert V. Elliott, MD, FACP
1995	Theodore C. Eickhoff, MD, FACP Charley J. Smyth, MD, MS, MACP
1996	Janet E. Schemmel, MD, FACP Robert W. Schrier, MD, FACP
1997	Patricia A. Gabow, MD, FACP Stephen F. Wallner, MD, FACP
1998	Barry G. Frank, MD, FACP J. Stephan Kroger, MD, FACP
1999	Walter G. Briney, MD, FACP
2000	Joseph Matthews, MD, FACP Mary Chri Gray, MD
2001	Richard Bakemeier, MD, FACP
2002	John D. Norton, MD, FACP
2003	Paul D. Miller, MD, FACP
2004	Robert A. Linden, MD, FACP
2005	Deb Parsons, MD, FACP
2006	Lawrence Feinberg, MD, FACP
2007	Robert Gibbons, MD, MACP
2008	Sterling G. West, MD, MACP
2009	Scott D. Phillips, MD, FACP, FACMT, FAACT
2009	Mark A. Levine, MD, FACP
2010	Robert J. Anderson, MD, MACP
2011	Joel S. Levine, MD, MACP
2012	Frederic B. Walker, IV, MD, FACP
2013	Heather L. Burton, MD, FACP
2014	William P. Nelson, MD, FACP, FACC
2015	Mark K. Matthews, MD, FACP
2016	Karla Demby, MD, FACP Ted Palen, MD, FACP
2017	Allan V. Prochazka, MD, FACP
2018	Melver Anderson, III, MD, FACP
2019	Alwin F. Steinmann, MD, FACP Robert N. Alsever, MD, FACP
2020	Christie Reimer, MD, MACP
2021	Erik A. Wallace, MD, FACP David A. Downs, Jr., MD, FACP
2022	Jennifer Ziouras, MD, FACP
2023	Cathy Ow, MD, FACP
2024	Richard Miranda, MD, FACP
2025	Jennifer Stichman, MD, FACP
2026	Michael McDermott, MD, MACP

 

*Between 1986-1990, the award was known as the "Distinguished Internist" award.

.

 

Community Service and Volunteerism Award Winners

2000	Mary Chri Gray, MD
2003	Gary A. Friedland, MD
2007	Richard H. Miranda, MD
2008	Walter G. Briney, MD FACP
2009	Rita S. Lee, MD
2010	Christine M. Gilroy, MD, FACP
2019	Duane R. Spaulding, MD, FACP
2020	Joseph Johnson, MD
2021	Ronald S. Colson, MD, FACP
2022	Daniel Witten, MD, FACP
2023	Lisa Price, MD, FACP
2024	Ted Palen, MD, FACP

.

Early Career Physician Award Winners

2013	Chad R. Strickrath, MD
2014	Kathleen Ann Heist, MD
2015	Brandon P. Combs, MD, FACP
2016	Dan Matlock, MD
2017	Mary Elizabeth Anderson, MD, FACP
2018	Edward N. Murphy, MD
2021	Bradley G. Changstrom, MD
2022	Heather Cassidy, MD, FACP
2023	Brandon Fainstad, MD
2024	Juan Lessing, MD, FACP and Mugabe Walker, MD, FACP
2025	Matthew Moles, MD, FACP and Eric Seger, MD FACP

 

Service to the ACP Colorado Chapter

2016	Ted E. Parks, MD

Robert Gibbons, MD, MACP Distinguished Medical Educator Award

2020	Robert Gibbons, MD, FACP, MD
2021	Suzanne L. Brandenburg, MD, FACP
2022	Karen Chacko, MD, FACP
2023	Aaron Calderon, MD, FACP
2024	Chad Stickrath, MD, FACP
2025	Teresa Braden, DO, FACP

Joel S. Levine, MD, MACP Distinguished Healthcare Advocate Award

2021	Joel S. Levine, MD, MACP
2022	Rita Lee, MD, FACP
2023	David Downs, MD, FACP
2024	Rebecca Hanratty, MD
2025	Mark Matthews, MD, FACP

ACP Colorado Chapter Award for Excellence in Rural Health Care

2025	Robin Richard, MD, FACP