The Public Service Award recognizes contributions to public and population health equity related to, for example, improvement of air quality, eradication of tobacco usage, prevention of lung disease, advocacy, improved management of communicable respiratory diseases, or improvement in the ethical delivery, and access to healthcare in areas related to lung diseases, sleep health, or critical care.
| 2001 | A. Sonia Buist, MD |
| 2002 | No award presented |
| 2003 | ATS Public Advisory Roundtable |
| 2004 | Claude Lenfant, MD |
| 2005 | Dileep G. Bal, MD, MPH |
| 2006 | Jonathan M. Samet, MD, MS |
| 2007 | Carolyne Sue Byrnes |
| 2008 | John W. Walsh |
| 2009 | John L. Hankinson, PhD |
| 2010 | Stephen M. Winter, MD |
| 2011 | David J. Prezant, MD |
| 2012 | No award presented |
| 2013 | Kathleen Kreiss, MD |
| 2014 | Robert Hyzy, MD |
| 2015 | Floyd J. Malveaux, MD, PhD |
| 2016 | John R. Balmes, MD |
| 2017 | Michelle M. Cloutier, MD |
| 2018 | George D. Thurston, ScD |
| 2019 | Dona J. Upson, MD, MA |
| 2020 | Janice E. Nolen, MA |
| 2021 | Digambar Behera, MD |
| 2022 | Adam Edward Lang, PharmD |
| 2023 | Christine Mary Garvey MSN, MPA, MSN |
| 2024 | Raj Kumar, MD |
To nominate a colleague, please go to https://www.thoracic.org/professionals/respiratory-health-awards/index.php.
