Nominations for the MAA's annual awards are accepted from MAA members, and recipients are selected by the MAA Board's Awards and Nominations Committee.
Nominations may be made at any time. Individuals may be honored as recipients only once in each award category, and awards are presented to living nominees only.
- Distinguished Achievement Award
Honors an alumna/us or house staff alumna/us who has distinguished him/herself in the profession of medicine - Distinguished Faculty Award
Honors a current or former faculty member for outstanding contributions to the Medical Center - Distinguished Service Award
Honors an alumna/us or non-alumna/us for outstanding contributions to the Medical Center - Student Excellence Award
Honors a graduating student whose peers believe best demonstrates the qualities needed to become the model of a complete physician—knowledge, compassion and dedication.
2018 Award Recipients
Distinguished Achievement:
J. Wayne Meredith, MD ’78, House Staff ’84
Distinguished Faculty:
Richard B. Patterson, MD ’55, House Staff ’61
Distinguished Service:
Ann S. Hanes
Student Excellence Award:
Gwenyth L. Davis, MD Class of 2018
Cameron J. Oswalt, MD Class of 2018
Past recipients of the MAA Distinguished Awards
William H. Admirand, MD ’60 *
Wilbur S. Avant Jr., MD ’67
George C. Barrett, MD ’52 *
José Biller, MD, FHO ’81
Richard E. Bird, MD ‘65
H. Worth Boyce Jr., MD ’55
Byron G. Brogdon, MD, FHO ’56
Haywood L. Brown, MD ’78
William T. Carpenter Jr., MD ’62
M. Robert Cooper, MD ’62 *
William Cowan, MD '57, FHO ' 62
John M. Driscoll Jr., MD ’62
David M. Drylie, MD ’56 *
James C. Eisenach, MD, FHO ’86
Carolyn R. Ferree, MD ’70
James S. Forrester Sr., MD ’62 *
Gloria F. Graham, MD ’61 and James H. Graham, MD *
Paul P. Griffin, MD ’53
E. Garland Herndon Jr., MD ’46 *
William N.P. Herbert, MD ’72
David Lowell Heymann, MD ’70
David P. Huston, MD ’73
Wayne B. Jonas, MD ’81
James G. Jones, MD ’59
Joseph J. Mamlin, MD ’62
Thomas H. Marshburn, MD ’89
C. Douglas Maynard, MD ’59
David L. McCullough, MD ’64
William M. McKinney, MD *
Godfrey P. Oakley, MD ’65
W. Harold Newman, MD‘56
John A. Oates Jr., MD ’56
S. Scott Obenshain, MD ’62
Richard B. Odom, MD ’63
J. Kiffin Penry, MD ’55 *
George Podgorny, MD ’62 *
Robert H. Shackelford, MD ’47
Roger E. Stevenson, MD ‘66
John M. Tew Jr., MD ’61
Spencer P. Thornton, MD ’54
Daniel L. Tolan, MD ’85
Paul D. Webster III, MD ’56
Louis Weinstein, MD '72
Joseph E. Whitley, MD ’55 *
Jon S. Abramson, MD ‘76
Patricia L. Adams, MD ’74
Eben Alexander Jr., MD *
Louis C. Argenta, MD, FACS
Walter E. Bo, PhD *
M. Robert Cooper, MD ’62 *
A. Robert Cordell, MD, FHO ’56
Julia Margarita Cruz, MD, FHO ’81
Marcus M. Gulley, MD ‘51
Robert N. Headley, MD, FHO ’58
Francis M. James III, MD
Joseph L. Jorizzo, MD
David L. Kelly Jr., MD, FHO ’65
Brenda Latham-Sadler, MD ’82
Douglas Maynard, MD ’59
Charles E. McCall, MD ’61
Charles E. McCreight, PhD *
William Frederick McGuirt Sr., MD ’68
Jesse H. Meredith, MD, FHO ’58
Isadore Meschan, MD *
Emery C. Miller Jr., MD, FHO ’54 *
Henry S. Miller Jr., MD ’54
Robert P. Morehead, MD *
Richard T. Myers, MD, FHO ’49 *
Lewis H. Nelson III, MD ’70
K. Patrick Ober, MD, FHO ’79
P. Samuel Pegram Jr., MD ’70
Timothy C. Pennell, MD ’60
Patricia H. Petrozza, MD
Gary Poehling, MD
John Reed, MD '62
Charles L. Spurr, MD *
M. Madison Slusher, MD
James F. Toole, MD
Charles S. Turner, MD ‘70
L. Earl Watts, MD ’57
Richard G. Weaver Sr., MD, FHO ’54
Ernest H. Yount Jr., MD *
William B. Applegate, MD, MPH, MACP
Jean Bailey Brooks, MD ’44 *
Herbert Benner *
Steve Block, MBBCh, FAAP
Albert L. Butler Jr. *
Coy C. Carpenter, MD *
Dorothy M. Carpenter *
Class of 1958
Katherine Davis * Thomas H. Davis Sr. *
Howard G. Dawkins Jr., MD ’68
Sister Dennis Eileen *
Caryl J. Guth, MD ’62
Thomas K. Hearn Jr., PhD *
Thomas M. Holder, MD ’52
W. Claude Hollingsworth, MD ’59
R. Merrill Hunter, MD ’78
Richard Janeway, MD, FHO ’66
Petro Kulynych *
W. Hampton Lefler Jr., MD ’63
Thomas D. Long, MD ‘52
Claude A. McNeill, MD ’43 *
Manson Meads, MD *
Joel B. Miller, MD ’74
Neill H. Musselwhite III, MD ’75
Joseph R. Overby, Jr., MD ‘71
Thomas J. Pulliam, MD ’84
Fred T. Robinette *
J. Ralph Scales, PhD *
Louis deSchweinitz Shaffner, MD, FHO ’51 *
Richard D. Snyder, MD ’58
M. Frank Sohmer, MD ’52 *
Dixie Lee Boney Soo, MD ’59
J. Paul Sticht *
Samuel A. Sue, MD ‘56*
Mary Ann Hampton Taylor, MD ’60 *
James N. Thompson, MD
Allen H. Van Dyke, MD ’71
Robert L. Vann, MD ’45 *
Howard S. Wainer, MD ’54
Max Wainer *
D.E. Ward Jr., MD ’45
John F. Watlington Jr. *
Velma Gibson Watts, PhD
Terri M. Welfare
John C. Whitaker Jr.
A. Tab Williams Jr.
Joe H. Woody, MD ’58
Kyle A. Young, MD ’69