Awards Program

Please Submit Names by August 25th

The Oregon Chapter ACP Awards Committee is soliciting nominations for Chapter Awards.

If you know of ACP members or colleagues deserving of recognition for their excellence and distinguished contributions, please take a few minutes to recommend them now.

Awards will be presented at the Oregon ACP Chapter Scientific Meeting in Salem, OR, October 26-28, 2023.  

Howard P. Lewis Distinguished Teacher Award – recognizes outstanding achievements in teaching.

Nominees have been internists though not necessarily members of ACP.

Howard P. Lewis Distinguished Service Award – recognizes outstanding achievement in service.

Nominees have been neither internists nor physicians and the service for which they were recognized was not necessarily related to the Chapter or ACP directly.

Laureate Award – recognizes those who have demonstrated an abiding commitment to excellence over an extended period of time and have served with distinction in some clearly definable manner.

Nominees must be a Fellow or Master in ACP.

Outstanding Early Career Physician Award – recognizes outstanding clinical skills in internal medicine, highly respected by peers, and role model in the community.

Nominees can be no more than 16 years out from medical school graduation and must be either Members or Fellows of ACP.

(Note: Oregon Chapter Awards Recipient List Is Below)

Thank you very much for your support of the Chapter and your colleagues.
Oregon Chapter ACP Awards Committee Chairman: Anne Hirsch, MD, FACP

Oregon ACP Diversity Award

For outstanding contributions to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion in the community. This award recognizes those who have fostered diversity and inclusion with outstanding achievements in mentoring, leadership development, and role modeling of physicians or students from diverse and/or underrepresented populations. This award can be given to both ACP members and non-members.

OREGON ACP – LAUREATE AWARD

To honor those Fellows and Master of the College who have demonstrated, by their example and conduct, an abiding commitment to excellence in medical care, education, research, and service to their community, their chapter, and the ACP. Nominees must have been a Fellow or Master for at least 15-20 years. Nominees must have a long history of excellence and peer approval in the specialty of internal medicine. Nominees must have served their chapter & community with distinction or in some clearly definable manner.

2002: John A. Benson, Jr., MD, MACP

2003: Huldrick Kammer, MD, FACP (deceased)

2004: Walter J. McDonald, MD, MACP

2005: Emil J. Bardana, Jr., MD, FACP

2006: James B. Reuler, MD, MACP

2007: Stephen R. Jones, MD, MACP

2008: Thomas G. Cooney, MD, FACP

2009: Charles E. Hofmann, MD, MACP

2010: Curtis R. Holzgang, MD, FACP

2011: Arthur D. Hayward, MD, FACP

2012: Donald E. Girard, MD, MACP

2013: Robert Gluckman, MD, FACP

2014: Linda Humphrey, MD, MACP

2015: Sima Desai, MD, FACP

2016: Richard Wernick, MD, FACP (deceased)

2017: Mark Rosenberg, MD, FACP

2018: James Gajewski, MD, MACP

2019: Claudia Leonard, MD, FACP

2021: Greg Magarian, MD, FACP (deceased) & David Nardone, MD, FACP

2022: David Gilbert, MD, MACP

OREGON ACP – MASTERS

1983 John Benson, MD, MACP

2000 Kenneth Shine, MD, MACP

2004 James Reuler, MD, MACP

2004 Dennis Schaberg, MD, MACP

2005 Drummond Rennie, MD, MACP

2009 Donald Girard, MD, MACP

2010 Grover Bagby, MD, MACP

2010 Thomas Cooney, MD, MACP

2011 Sharon Anderson, MD, MACP

2011 George Porter, MD, MACP (deceased)

2012 Emil Bardana, MD, MACP

2012 Curtis Holzgang, MD, MACP

2013 Richard Bryant, MD, MACP

2014 Thomas DeLoughery, MD, MACP

2014 Linda Humphrey, MD, MACP

2015 Lynn Bentson, MD, MACP

2015 James Gajewski, MD, MACP

2017 Elizabeth Eckstrom, MD, MACP

2021 Sima Desai, MD, MACP

2023 David Gilbert, MD, MACP

OREGON ACP – HOWARD P. LEWIS DISTINGUISHED TEACHER AWARD

Established in 1983 by the Oregon Chapter ACP, this award honors outstanding achievement in teaching by a physician. The award honors Dr. Lewis, a Governor of Oregon; Regent and President of the College 1959-1960; Chairman of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University, who died in 1985.

Can be a non-ACP member.

1983: Howard P. Lewis, MD, MACP (deceased-1985)

1984: Huldrick Kammer, MD, FACP (deceased)

1985: J. David Bristow, MD, FACP (deceased)

1986: Herbert Griswold, MD, FACP (deceased)

1987: Walter J. McDonald, MD, FACP

1988: Robert Kimbrough III, MD, FACP (deceased)

1989: David N. Gilbert, MD, FACP

1990: John H. McAnulty, MD

1991: John A. Benson, Jr., MD, MACP

1992: Curtis R. Holzgang, MD, FACP

1993: Scott E. Goodnight, MD, FACP

1994: Charles E. Hofmann, MD, FACP

1995: John R. Walsh, MD, FACP

1996: Donald E. Olson, MD, FACP

1997: Stephen R. Jones, MD, FACP

1998: D. Lynn Loriaux, MD, Ph.D. FACP

1999: Thomas G. Cooney, MD, FACP

2000: Kenneth E. Melvin, MD, FACP

2001: Keith W. Harless, MD, FACP

2002: Bruce C. Anderson, MD

2003: Stephen M. Campbell, MD

2004: Michael R. McClung, MD, FACP

2005: Thomas G. DeLoughery, MD, FACP

2006: Edward Murphy, MD

2007: Mark R. Rosenberg, MD

2008: Sharon Anderson, MD, FACP

2009: Alan Hunter, MD, FACP

2010: George Feldman, MD, FACP

2011: Richard Wernick, MD, FACP (deceased)

2012: Daniel Gilden, MD, FACP

2013: Paul Sehdev, MD, FACP

2014: Gregory Magarian, MD, FACP (deceased)

2015: Claudia Leonard, MD, FACP

2016: Imran Mohamady, MD, FACP

2017: Peter Sullivan, MD, FACP

2018: Kevin Breger, MD, PhD

2019: Lisa Miura, MD, FACP

2021: Mythilli Ransdell, MD, FACP & Anne Sammis, MD, FACP

2022: Ted Huang, MD

OREGON ACP – HOWARD P. LEWIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

Can be a non-ACP member.

1983: John A. Benson, Jr., MD, MACP

1984: Donald E. Olson, MD, FACP

1985: Emil J. Bardana, MD, FACP

1986: Hugh Johnston, MD, FACP

1987: George Long, MD, FACP

1988: William Drips, MD, FACP

1989: William B. Bennett, MD, FACP

1990: James V. Walker, MD, FACP

1991: George A. Porter, MD, FACP (deceased)

1992: No Award

1993: Julian S. Reinschmidt, MD

1994: Kathleen Weaver, MD, FACP

1995: Peter O. Kohler, MD, FACP

1996: US Senator Mark O. Hatfield

1997: Donald E. Girard, MD, FACP

1998: Andrea M. Kielich, MD, FACP

1999: Robert A. Gluckman, MD, FACP

2000: Patrick M. Dunn, MD, FACP

2001: Frank J. Baumeister, MD

2002: Martin L. Jones, MD, FACP

2003: James B. Reuler, MD, FACP

2004: John J. Ulwelling (deceased)

2005: Mary A. Olhausen

2006: Daniel C. Gilden, MD

2007: James R. Patterson, MD

2008: Robert Gibson, MD

2009: William “Bud” Pierce, MD, FACP

2010: Sally Williams, MD

2011: John Allcott, MD

2012: David Nardone, MD, FACP

2013: Maureen Wright, MD

2014: Lynn Bentson, MD, FACP

2015: Marianne Parshley, FACP

2016: Jack McAnulty, MD

2017: Leonard Mankin, MD, FACP

2018: Mikeanne Minter, MD, FACP

2019: Smitha Chadaga, MD, FACP

2021: Elizabeth Sazie, MD, FACP & Alicia Hidalgo, MD

2022: Annie Weinsoft, MD, FACP

OREGON ACP – OUTSTANDING EARLY CAREER PHYSICIAN AWARD

An Early Career Physician with exemplary patient care and outstanding leadership in the College and community. The Oregon Outstanding Early Career Physician Award was established in 2008 and recognizes a physician for outstanding contributions in internal medicine. The award is given to an outstanding early career physician in internal medicine. The physician must be a clinician who is highly respected by his or her peers and colleagues for his/her outstanding clinical skills and who has been a role model in the community. This individual should have distinguished himself or herself in service to patients, the physician community and the community at large. This physician should be an educator to his patients or the community at large. An early career physician is someone who is within 16 years of graduating medical school. Supporting letters for the candidate may include letters from colleagues or patients.

2009: Basil Pittenger, MD, FACP

2010: Melinda Muller, MD, FACP

2011: Stephanie Anderson, MD, FACP

2012: Devan Kansagara, MD, FACP

2013: Jenny Silberger, MD, FACP

2014: Honora Englander, MD, FACP

2014: Michelle Sanders, MD, FACP

2015: Andre Mansoor, MD

2015: Christina Bauman, MD

2016: Avital O’Glasser, MD, FACP

2016: Stephanie Halvorson, MD, FACP

2017: Renee Dversdal, MD, FACP

2018: Allison Abraham, DO

2018: James Clements, MD, FACP

2019: Elizabeth Estabrook, MD, MRCP, FHM

2021: Adam Obley, MD, FACP & Katie Iossi, MD, FACP

2022: Heather Fox, MD, FACP

OREGON ACP DIVERSITY AWARD

FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO FOSTERING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, and INCLUSION IN THE COMMUNITY

Established: 2020-2021

For outstanding contributions to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion in the community. This award recognizes those who have fostered diversity and inclusion with outstanding achievements in mentoring, leadership development, and role modeling of physicians or students from diverse and/or underrepresented populations. This award can be given to both ACP members and non-members.

2021: James Reuler, MD, MACP

2022: Trisha Chau, Medical Student & Emily Hitchcock, MD, FACP