The AMA Scientific Achievement Award is awarded by American Medical Association. It may be given to either physicians or non-physician scientists who have contributed significantly to the field of medical science. The award itself consists of a gold medallion.
The recipients are chosen by the AMA's Board of Trustees, and Physician candidates must be AMA members.
Recipients
Source: AMA Awards
- 1962 â Donald D. Van Slyke, PhD, Upton, New York
- 1963 â John F. Enders, Phd, Boston, Massachusetts
- 1964 â René J. Dubos, PhD, New York, New York
- 1965 â Edward C. Kendall, PhD, Princeton, New Jersey
- 1966 â Wendell M. Stanley, PhD, Berkeley, California
- 1967 â Gregory Pincus, ScD, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
- 1968 â Arthur Kornberg, MD, Palo Alto, California
- 1969 â Philip Handler, PhD, Durham, North Carolina
- 1970 â Choh Hao Li, Phd, Berkeley, California
- 1971 â Robert B. Woodward, MD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- 1972 â William Bennett Kouwenhoven, MD, Baltimore, Maryland
- 1973 â Edith Hinkley Quimby, ScD, Palo Alto, California
- 1974 â Philip Abelson, PhD, Washington, District of Columbia
- 1975 â Rosalyn Yalow, PhD, Bronx, New York; Solomon A. Berson, MD (posthumously)
- 1976 â Harry Goldblatt, MD, Cleveland, Ohio
- 1977 â Helen B. Taussig, MD, Baltimore, Maryland
- 1978 â F. Mason Sones, MD, Cleveland, Ohio
- 1979 â Orvan W. Hess, MD, New Haven, Connecticut
- 1980 â Harold E. Kleinert, MD, Louisville, Kentucky
- 1981 â Hans von Leden, MD, Los Angeles, California
- 1982 â Willem J. Kolff, PhD, Salt Lake City, Utah
- 1983 â Maurice R. Hillerman, PhD, West Point, Pennsylvania
- 1984 â Maurice J. Jurkiewicz, MD, Atlanta, Georgia
- 1985 â Solomon H. Snyder, MD, Baltimore, Maryland
- 1986 â George Edward Burch, MD, New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1987 â Norman E. Shumway, MD, Stanford, California
- 1988 â Harriet P. Dustan, MD, Birmingham, Alabama
- 1989 â John G. Morrison, MD, Piedmont, California
- 1990 â Arthur C. Guyton, MD, Jackson, Mississippi
- 1991 â Henry Nicholas Wagner, Jr., MD, Baltimore, Maryland
- 1992 â Byrl J. "B.J." Kennedy, MD, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 1993 â Juan A. del Regato, MD, Tampa, Florida
- 1994 â William H. Beierwaltes, MD, Grosse Point Park, Michigan
- 1995 â Carl R. Hartrampf, Jr., MD, Atlanta, Georgia; Frank G. Moody, MD, Houston, Texas
- 1996 â Alfred B. Swanson, MD, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- 1997 â E. Harvey Estes, MD, Raleigh, North Carolina
- 1998 â Charles S. Lieber, MD, Bronx, New York
- 1999 â no listed recipient
- 2000 â Tom Maniatis, MD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- 2001 â Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, Bethesda, Maryland
- 2002 â David Baltimore, PhD, Pasadena, California
- 2003âÂÂ2009 â no listed recipients
- 2010 â David L. Chadwick, MD, La Mesa, California
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