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The District of Columbia Chapter of the ACP 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.

Past Winners
  • 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
  • 2020 - Sailaja Pindiprolu, MD, FACP
  • 2021 - Jennifer Mills, MD, FACP
  • 2022 - Arrel Olano, MD, FACP

 
Leadership Award
Awarded to an outstanding member of the College who contributes his/her time with the local chapter.
Past Winners
  • 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
  • 2020 - Alan G Pocinki, MD, FACP
  • 2021 - Arrel S. Olano, MD, FACP 
  • 2022 - Patience H. White, MD, MA, MACP

 
Sol Katz Teaching Award
Recognizes excellence in teaching.
Past Winners
  • 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
  • 2020 - Jillian S Catalanotti, MD, FACP
  • 2020 - Christian Woods, MD, FACP
  • 2022 - Ronald J. Distajo, MD, FACP
  • 2022 - Erin Farrish, MD
  • 2022 - Juan C. Gea-Banacloche, MD
  • 2022 - William F. Kelly, MD, MACP, FCCP
  • 2022 - Sharat Kumar Narayanan, MD
  • 2022 - Gail Nunlee-Bland, MD 
  • 2022 - Samir S. Patel, MD 
  • 2022 - Courtney A. Paul, MD 

 
Walter Lester Henry, Jr. Memorial Award for a Lifetime of Excellent Teaching
Recognizes an outstanding clinical educator.
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
  • 2020 - Daniel Ein, MD, FACP
  • 2021 - Morgan Delaney, MD
  • 2021 - Joseph Timpone, MD 
  • 2022 - Gary Simon, MD, PhD, MACP
  • 2022 - Jack Moore, Jr., MD

 
Volunteerism and Community Service Award
Awarded to a member of the College who exemplifies volunteering locally, nationally or internationally.
Past Winners
  • 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
  • 2020 - Cynthia M Tracy, MD

 
Community Based Teaching Award
  • 2018 - Raymond Martins, MD
  • 2020 - Deborah B. Horwitz, MD
  • 2022 - David Simon, MD
  • 2022 - Peter A. Vasquez, MD 

Advancing Careers for Minorities
  • 2019 - Pauline Titus-Dillon, MD, MACP
  • 2022 - David L. Taylor, M.Ed.


Recipients Prior to 2010
John F. Maher Memorial Laureate Award
  • 1993 - W. Proctor Harvey, MD, MACP
  • 1993 - Sol Katz, FACP
  • 1994 - Walter Lester Henry Jr., MD, MACP
  • 1994 - Stephen N. Jones MD, FACP
  • 1994 - Jack J. Rheingold, MD, FACP
  • 1994 - John F. Stapleton, MD, FACP
  • 1995 - Thomas E. Curtin, MD, FACP
  • 1995 - Wesley M. Oler, III, MD, FACP
  • 1995 - Raymond Scalettar, MD, FACP
  • 1995 - George E. Schreiner, MD, MACP
  • 1996 - James A. Curtin, MD, MACP
  • 1996 - Martin G. Dillard, MD, MACP
  • 1996 - Vincent F. Garagusi, MD, FACP
  • 1996 - Eugene P. Libre, MD, FACP
  • 1997 - James J. Leonard, MD, MACP
  • 1997 - Richard B. Perry, MD, MACP
  • 1998 - John M. Eisenberg, MD, MACP
  • 1998 - W. Tabb Moore, MD, FACP
  • 1999 - Harold Weiss, MD, FACP
  • 1999 - Robert S. Wilkinson, MD, FACP
  • 2000 - N. Thomas Connally, MD, FACP
  • 2000 - Gary L. Simon, MD, FACP
  • 2000 - Werner F. Barth, MD, FACP
  • 2000 - Charles P. Duvall, MD, FACP
  • 2001 - Lawrence E. Klein, MD, FACP
  • 2001 - Stephen Ray Mitchell, MD, FACP
  • 2002 - Michael S. Gold, MD, FACP
  • 2002 - Jerry F. Meyer, MD, FACP
  • 2003 - Robert E. Goldstein, MD, MACP
  • 2004 - Paul Schlein, MD, MACP
  • 2005 - David G. Borenstein, MD, FACP and Victor F. Scott, MD, FACP
  • 2006 - Leonard Wartofsky, MD, MACP
  • 2007 - Geraldine P. Schechter, MD, MACP
  • 2008 - Alan G. Wasserman, MD, MACP
  • 2009 - Andrew N. Umhau, MD, FACP


Sol Katz Teaching Award
  • 1998 - Debra L. White-Coleman, MD
  • 1998 - Charles P. Duvall, MD, FACP
  • 1998 - Steven Kariya, MD, Member
  • 1999 - Allen M. Monzac, MD
  • 1999 - Lewis Suskiewicz, MD, Member
  • 2000 - Prudence P. Kline, MD, FACP
  • 2000 - Randi C. Abramson, MD
  • 2001 - Karen R. Myers, MD, Member
  • 2001 - Paul Schlein, MD, FACP
  • 2002 - Melvin W. Gaskins, MD
  • 2002 - Beth Horowitz, MD, FACP
  • 2003 - Ramin Oskoui, MD
  • 2003 - Jack D. Summer, MD, Member
  • 2006 - Prashant K. Rohatgi, MD
  • 2007 - Carmella Cole, MD, MBA, FACP and Virginia Kan, MD, FACP
  • 2008 - Jehan El-Bayoumi, MD, FACP and Deborah A. Topol, MD, FACP
  • 2009 - Matthew L. Mintz, MD, FACP and Dragica K. Mrkoci, MD, FACP

Volunteerism and Community Service Award
  • 2000 - Elmer Huerta, MD
  • 2002 - John J. Lynch, MD, FACP
  • 2004 - N. Thomas Connally, MD, MACP
  • 2006 - Burton W. Lee, MD
  • 2007 - Richard B. Perry, MD, MACP
  • 2008 - Amy D. Kossoff, MD
  • 2009 - Joseph P. Swift, MD, FACP

Leadership
  • 2005 - Sharyn S. Horwitz, MD, FACP
  • 2006 - Steven J. Durning, MD, FACP
  • 2007 - A. Kaldun Nossuli, MD, FACP, FASN
  • 2008 - Alice L. Fuisz, MD, FACP
  • 2009 - Jeffrey S. La Rochelle, MD, FACP

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