Distinguished Achievement Awardees
Distinguished Achievement Award: outstanding contributions to fighting respiratory disease through research, education, patient care or advocacy. Up to two awards may be given each year.
| 1994 | Katherine H.K. Hsu, MD | |
| 1995 | Sol Katz, MD | Thomas L. Petty, MD |
| 1996 | Robert B. Mellins, MD | Robert O. Crapo, MD |
| 1997 | Alan K. Pierce, MD | Margaret R. Becklake, MD |
| 1998 | Robert M. Senior, MD | Ann J. Woolcock, MD |
| 1999 | No awards presented | |
| 2000 | Joseph R. Rodarte, MD | |
| 2001 | Mary Ellen B. Wohl, MD | Roberta M. Goldring, MD |
| 2002 | Robert M. Rogers, MD | Lynn Taussig, MD |
| 2003 | Kenneth L. Brigham, MD | A. Charles Bryan, MBBS |
| 2004 | Ronald M. Davis, MD | Lawrence D.H. Wood, MD, PhD |
| 2005 | Frank E. Speizer, MD | Martin J. Tobin, MD |
| 2006 | James H. Dauber, MD | Karlman Wasserman, MD, PhD |
| 2007 | Francois Lemaire, MD | David J. Pierson, MD |
| 2008 | Moira Chan-Yeung, MBBS | Kingman P. Strohl, MD |
| 2009 | Richard W. Light, MD | Richard C. Boucher, MD |
| 2010 | Jacques H. Grosset, MD | Robert A. Wise, MD |
| 2011 | John J. Marini, MD | J.A. Peter Pare, MD |
| 2012 | Francis X. McCormack Jr., MD | Galen B. Toews, MD |
| 2013 | Polly E. Parsons, MD | Alan L. Plummer, MD |
| 2014 | Bonnie Ramsey, MD | William Rom, MD, MPH |
| 2015 | Steven H. Abman, MD | Paul M. Quinton, PhD |
| 2016 | Claire M. Doerschuk, MD | J. Usha Raj, MD |
| 2017 | Jack Gauldie, PhD, DSc | Steven D. Shapiro, MD |
| 2018 | Qutayba Hamid, MBChB, PhD | Monica Kraft, MD |
| 2019 | John Hansen-Flaschen, MD, ATSF | Meir Kryger, MD |
| 2020 | John R. Balmes, MD | Anne E. Dixon, MA, BM BCh, ATSF |
