Honors and Awards

The Dean’s Advisory Committee on Honors & Awards is appointed by the Dean of the Medical School. This committee is comprised of well-known research and physician scientists distinguished in all fields of science. Each year, this committee selects the lecturers for the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series in the Basic Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Humanities, Cartwright, and Samuel Rudin Distinguished Visiting Professorship. In addition, they choose the VP&S Faculty Commencement Awardees.
Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series
The Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series at the College of Physicians and Surgeons is intended to focus on the collaborative nature of our scientific endeavors and to celebrate scholarly exchange among all Columbia University. Read more about the Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series.
Faculty Commencement Awards
The Faculty Commencement Awards seek to honor those who have served the College with the greatest distinction.
Charles W. Bohmfalk Award
The Charles W. Bohmfalk Award is given to faculty that have made significant contributions to educational programs in the Pre-Clinical Years or Clinical Years.
Previous Awardees
2020 - Current
- 2024: Pre-Clinical: Kerry Esquitin (Medicine/Cardiology)
- 2024: Clinical: Roman Nowygrod (Surgery)
- 2023: Pre-Clinical: Alan J. Detton
- 2023: Clinical: Michael Devlin
- 2022: Pre-Clinical: Alyson Fox
- 2022: Clinical: Gina Badalato
- 2021: Pre-Clinical: Urmi Desai
- 2021: Clinical: Marina Catallozzi
- 2020: Pre-Clinical: Arthur Palmer
- 2020: Clinical: Julia Iyasere
2000 - 2019
- 2019: Pre-Clinical: Serge Przedborski
- 2019: Clinical: Dara Matseoane-Peterssen
- 2018: Pre-Clinical: Paulette Bernd
- 2018: Clinical: Magdalena Sobieszczyk
- 2017: Pre-Clinical: Salila Kurra
- 2017: Clinical: Angela Lignelli-Dipple
- 2016: Pre-Clinical: Patrice Spitalnik
- 2016: Clinical: Beth Barron
- 2015: Pre-Clinical: Ronald K. Liem
- 2015: Clinical: Stephen M. Canfield
- 2014: Pre-Clinical Henry M. Spotnitz
- 2014: Clinical David L. Duiguid
- 2013: Pre-Clinical Penelope Boyden
- 2013: Clinical Deborah P. Jones
- 2012: Pre-Clinical Rachel Gordon
- 2012: Clinical: William Levine
- 2011: Pre-clinical: Deepu Gowda
- 2011: Clinical: Rini Banerjee
- 2010: Pre-Clinical: Jonathan Barasch
- 2010: Clinical: Katherine Nickerson
- 2009: Pre-Clinical: Jai Radhakrishnan
- 2009: Clinical: Deborah Cabaniss
- 2008: Pre-Clinical: Ann-Judith Silverman
- 2008: Clinical: Wendy K. Chung
- 2007: Pre-Clinical: Delphine Taylor
- 2007: Clinical: Rita Charon
- 2006: Pre-Clinical: David Figurski
- 2006: Clinical: Noel Robin
- 2005: Pre-Clinical: Michael Gershon
- 2005: Clinical: Tracy Arnell
- 2004: Pre-Clinical: Joan Witkin
- 2004: Clinical: Franklin D. Lowy
- 2003: Pre-Clinical: Thomas Garrett
- 2003: Clinical: Blair Ford
- 2002: Pre-Clinical Marc Dickstein & Liza Pon
- 2002: Clinical: Janis Cutler
- 2001: Pre-Clinical: Katherine Nickerson
- 2001: Clinical: Spencer E. Armory
- 2000: Pre-Clinical: Alice S. Prince
- 2000: Clinical: Daniel J. Goldberg
1993 - 1999
- 1999: Pre-Clinical: Carmen Ortiz-Neu
- 1999: Clinical: Steven Z. Miller
- 1998: Pre-Clinical: Randolph P. Cole
- 1998: Clinical: Mathilde Irigoyen
- 1997: Pre-Clinical: C.S. Hamish Young
- 1997: Clinical: John Lindenbaum
- 1996: Pre-Clinical: Taube Rothman
- 1996: Clinical: Kenneth Forde
- 1995: Pre-Clinical: Herbert Chase
- 1995: Clinical: Jay Lefkowitch
- 1994: Pre-Clinical: Andrew Wit
- 1994: Clinical: John Brust
- 1993: Pre-Clinical: Jack Martin
- 1993: Clinical: Lucien Cote
VP&S Distinguished Service Award
The VP&S Distinguished Service Award is given to Emeritus faculty members in Basic Science or Clinical Science for outstanding contributions to medicine.
Previous Awardees
2020 - Current
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2024: Hilda Hutcherson (OB/Gyn)
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2024: Lisa Mellman (Psychiatry)
- 2023: Basic Science: Jay Lefkowitch
- 2023: Clinical: Elizabeth Shane
- 2022: Basic Science: Salvatore DiMauro
- 2022: Clinical: John Schullinger
- 2021: Samuel Silverstein
- 2021: Ronald E. Drusin
- 2020: Penelope Boyden
- 2020: F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer
2000 - 2019
- 2019: Argiris Efstratiadis
- 2019: Walter Franck
- 2018: Marianne Wolff
- 2018: Peter Puchner
- 2017: David H. Figuski
- 2017: Gerard M. Turino
- 2016: Karl H. Perzin
- 2016: Gerald Thomson
- 2015: Nicole Suciu-Foca
- 2015: Kenneth A. Forde
- 2014: Charles S. Young
- 2014: John M. Driscoll
- 2013: Andrew L. Wit
- 2013: Linda Lewis
- 2012: Dickson D. Despommier
- 2012: William Lovejoy
- 2011: John Koester
- 2011: Robert B. Mellins
- 2010: Andrew Frantz
- 2010: Kathryn Calame
- 2009: Eric J. Hall
- 2009: Alfred Jaretzki
- 2008: Vincent P. Butler, Jr.
- 2008: Ralph M. Richart
- 2007: Virginia M. Tennyson
- 2007: John Loeb
- 2006: Mero Nocenti
- 2006: Thomas Morris
- 2005: P.R. Srinivasan
- 2005: Edgar Housepian
- 2004: Robert E. Canfield
- 2004: Michael Katz
- 2003: Audrey S. Penn
- 2003: Alexander Garcia
- 2002: Rejane Harvey
- 2002: Sidney Carter
- 2001: Lewis P. Rowland
- 2001: Norman Kahn
- 2000: Beth Davis
- 2000: Brian Hoffman
1971 - 1999
- 1999: Arnold P. Gold
- 1999: Charles R. Noback
- 1998: Benvenuto Pernis
- 1998: Edgar Leifer
- 1997: Georgiana Jagiello
- 1997: Robert E. Carroll
- 1996: Bernard Erlanger
- 1996: James Malm
- 1995: David Sprinson
- 1995: Henrik H. Bendixen
- 1994: Mervyn Susser
- 1994: Zena Stein
- 1993: John Lattimer
- 1993: Isidore Edelman
- 1992: Frederic Herter
- 1992: Harold Ginsberg
- 1991: David V. Habif
- 1991: Seymour Lieberman
- 1990: Raffaele Lattes
- 1990: Robert H. Wylie
- 1989: M. Irene Ferrer
- 1989: John V. Taggert
- 1988: Elvin Kabat
- 1988: Joshua Lederberg
- 1988: Hamilton Southworth
- 1987: Zacharias Dische
- 1987: George Humphreys
- 1986: Michael Heidelberger
- 1985: Donald F. Tapley
- 1984: Lawrence C. Kolb
- 1983: Karl Meyer
- 1982: Erwin Chargaff
- 1981: Harry Grundfest
- 1980: Charles A. Flood
- 1980: Robert D. Lilley
- 1980: Paul A. Marks
- 1979: Henry Aranow, Jr.
- 1979: William J. McGill
- 1978: Frank E. Stinchfield
- 1977: H. Houston Merritt
- 1976: Willard C. Rappleye
- 1975: Dana W. Atchley
- 1974: Aura Edward Severinghaus
- 1973: Robert F. Loeb
- 1973: Harry W. Fritts, Jr.
- 1972: Fordyce B. St. John
- 1971: Arthur Bookman
Dr. Harold and Golden Lamport Research Award
The Dr. Harold and Golden Lamport Research Award is given to junior faculty members that show promise in Basic Science Research or Clinical Science Research.
Previous Awardees
2020 - Current
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2024: Basic Science: Benjamin Izar (Hem-Onc/Medicine)
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2024: Clinical: Catherine Spina (Radiation Oncology)
- 2023: Basic: Manu Ben-Johny
- 2023: Clinical: Alexander Harris
- 2022: Basic: Samuel Sternberg
- 2022: Clinical: Kelley Yan
- 2021: Basic: Nicholas Arpaia
- 2021: Clinical: Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir
- 2020: Basic: Dritan Agalliu
- 2020: Clinical: Bernard Chang
2000 - 2019
- 2019: Basic: Tuuli Lappalainen
- 2019: Clinical: Krzysztof Kiryluk
- 2018: Basic: Julie Canman
- 2018: Clinical: George Gallos
- 2017: Basic: Harris H. Wang
- 2017: Clinical: Ai Yamamoto
- 2016: Basic: Mimi M. Shirasu-Hiza
- 2016: Clinical: Dietrich Egli
- 2015: Basic: Attila Losonczy
- 2015: Clinical: Michael T. Yin & Lori M. Zeltser
- 2014: Basic: Raul Rabadan
- 2014: Clinical: David J. Lederer
- 2013: Basic: Randy M. Bruno
- 2013: Clinical: Christian Schulze
- 2012: Basic: Benjamin Ohlstein
- 2012: Clinical: Robert Schwabe
- 2011: Basic: Wesley Gruber
- 2011: Clinical: Adolfo Ferrando
- 2010: Basic: Fiona Doetsch
- 2010: Clinical: Anthony Ferrante
- 2009: Basic: Eric Greene
- 2009: Clinical: R. Graham Barr
- 2008: Basic: Boris Reizis
- 2008: Clinical: Daniel Salzman
- 2007: Basic: Laura Johnston
- 2007: Clinical: Milan N. Stojanovic
- 2006: Basic: Geoffrey Pitt
- 2006: Clinical: Scott Small & Darrell J. Yamashiro
- 2005: Basic: Asa Abeliovich
- 2005: Clinical: William Dauer
- 2004: Basic: Raphael A. Clynes
- 2004: Clinical: Ravichandran Ramasamy & Joseph A. Gogos
- 2003: Basic: Fred Chang
- 2003: Clinical: Jessica K. Kandel
- 2002: Basic: Jean Gautier
- 2002: Clinical: Jonathan Barasch
- 2001: Basic: Dimitris Thanos
- 2001: Clinical: Angela M. Christiano
- 2000: Basic: Eric J. Gouaux & Rene Hen
- 2000: Clinical: Beth C. Levine
1993 - 1999
- 1999: Basic: Gerald Siu & Andrew Tomlinson
- 1999: Clinical: Ramon Parsons
- 1998: Basic: Arthur Palmer
- 1998: Clinical: Serge Przedborski & Ann Marie Schmidt
- 1997: Basic: Richard Mann
- 1997: Clinical: Yuang Chang
- 1996: Basic: Gregg Gunderson & Amy MacDermott
- 1996: Clinical: Christian Schindler
- 1995: Basic: Aneel K. Aggarwal
- 1995: Clinical: Benjamin Tycko
- 1994: Basic: Lorraine Symington
- 1994: Clinical: Ned Braunstein
- 1993: Basic: David Shore
- 1993: Clinical: Seth Lederman
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award is given to a physician who demonstrates compassionate and devoted patient care and serves as a humanistic role model for students and young physicians.
Previous Awardees
2020 - Current
- 2024: Ana Berlin (Surgery)
- 2023: Jocelyn Brown
- 2022: Anita Darmanian
- 2021: Hetty Cunningham
- 2020: Elise Desperito
2000 - 2019
- 2019: John Chabot
- 2018: Gail Williams
- 2017: James Spears
- 2016: Byron Thomashow
- 2015: Ralph S. Blume
- 2014: Rita Charon
- 2013: Emily DiMango
- 2012: Gerald Neuberg
- 2011: LeRoy E. Rabbani
- 2010: Lynn Simpson
- 2009: David Roye
- 2008: Joseph Haddad, Jr.
- 2007: Spencer Amory
- 2006: Kenneth Prager
- 2005: Thomas P. Jacobs
- 2004: Linda Lewis
- 2003: Leonard Tow & William Lovejoy
- 2002: Richard Levine
- 2001: Kenneth A. Forde
- 2000: Peter Puchner
1991 - 1999
- 1999: Barbara Barlow
- 1998: Rafael Lantigua
- 1997: Edgar Housepian
- 1996: Joseph Tenenbaum
- 1995: John N. Schullinger
- 1994: Edgar Leifer
- 1993: John Driscoll
- 1992: James F. Hammill
- 1991: Abbie I. Knowlton
Steven’s Triennial Prize
The Steven’s Triennial Prize is awarded every three years for original medical research that is most meritorious.
Previous Awardees
2000 - Current
- 2022: David D. Ho
- 2019: Megan Sykes
- 2016: Gerard Karsenty
- 2013: Carol A. Mason
- 2009: Robert J. Lefkowitz
- 2005: Qais Al-Awqati
- 2001: George D. Yancopoulos
1970 - 1999
- 1998: Michael Wigler
- 1995: Eric Kandel
- 1991: Wayne Henrickson
- 1989: Arthur Karlin
- 1986: Brian Hoffman
- 1983: Harold Ginsberg
- 1980: Robert Mellins
- 1977: John Bilezekian
- 1974: Wilbur A. Sawyer
- 1971: Paul A. Marks
1934 - 1969
- 1966: Sidney C. Werner
- 1963: William Margaretten
- 1960: Paul A. Marks
- 1954: Hattie E. Alexander
- 1951: David Shemin
- 1943: Ole J. Jenson
- 1934: Harold A. Abramson
- 1934: Robert F. Loeb