The Trudeau Medalist is an individual with lifelong major contributions to prevention, diagnosis and treatment of lung disease through leadership in research, education, or clinical care. This award acknowledges exemplary professionalism, collegiality and citizenship in the ATS community. The Trudeau Medal was established in 1926 and is given in honor of Edward Livingston Trudeau, a founder and the first president of the American Lung Association.
| 1926 | Theobald Smith, MD |
| 1927 | Edward R. Baldwin, MD |
| 1928 | Sir Robert Philip |
| 1929 | Eugene L. Opie, MD |
| 1930 | Henry Sewall, MD |
| 1931 | Allen K. Krause, MD |
| 1932 | Esmond R. Long, MD |
| 1933 | Lawrason Brown, MD |
| 1934 | William Snow Miller, MD |
| 1935 | Leroy U. Gardner, MD |
| 1936 | Edward W. Archibald, MD |
| 1937 | Charles J. Hatfield, MD |
| 1938 | Florence B. Seibert, PhD |
| 1939 | Gerald B. Webb, MD |
| 1940 | William Charles White, MD |
| 1941 | John Alexander, MD |
| 1942 | Emily P. Bissell |
| 1943 | David R. Lyman, MD |
| 1944 | James Alexander Miller, MD |
| 1945 | Florence R. Sabin, MD |
| 1946 | Max Pinner, MD |
| 1947 | Kendall Emerson, MD |
| 1948 | Rudolph J. Anderson, PhD |
| 1949 | Howard W. Bosworth, MD |
| 1950 | John B. Barnwell, MD |
| 1951 | Rene J. Dubos, PhD |
| 1952 | J. Burns Amberson, MD |
| 1953 | James J. Waring, MD |
| 1954 | Edgar M. Medlar, MD |
| 1955 | William H. Foldman, DVM |
| 1956 | Max B. Lurie, MD |
| 1957 | David T. Smith, MD |
| 1958 | H. Corwin Hinshaw, MD |
| 1959 | Edith M. Lincoln, MD |
| 1960 | Arnold R. Rich, MD |
| 1961 | Selman A. Waksman, PhD |
| 1962 | John D. Steele, MD |
| 1963 | Walsh McDermott, MD |
| 1964 | Carroll E. Palmer, MD |
| 1965 | William Steenken, DSc |
| 1966 | William B. Tucker, MD |
| 1967 | Leon H. Schmidt, PhD |
| 1968 | Dickinson W. Richards, MD |
| 1969 | Katharine R. Boucot Sturgis, MD |
| 1970 | Richard L. Riley, MD |
| 1971 | André F. Cournand, MD |
| 1972 | Shirley Ferebee Woolpert |
| 1973 | Julia M. Jones, MD |
| 1974 | Julius H. Comroe, Jr., MD |
| 1975 | Ronald V. Christie, MD |
| 1976 | H. Stuart Willis, MD |
| 1977 | Alvan L. Barach, MD |
| 1978 | Theodore L. Badger, MD |
| 1979 | Oscar Auerbach, MD |
| 1980 | Roger S. Mitchell, MD |
| 1981 | Edward A. Gaensler, MD |
| 1982 | John A. Clements, MD |
| 1983 | Gladys L. Hobby, PhD |
| 1984 | Mary Ellen Avery, MD |
| 1985 | Hermann Rahn, PhD |
| 1986 | Emanuel Wolinsky, MD |
| 1987 | George Willis Comstock, MD |
| 1988 | William W. Stead, MD |
| 1989 | Arthur B. DuBois, MD |
| 1990 | Jeremiah Mead, MD |
| 1991 | Lynne McArthur Reid, MD |
| 1992 | Solbert Permutt, MD |
| 1993 | David V. Bates, MD |
| 1994 | John F. Murray, MD |
| 1995 | Robert F. Grover. MD, PhD |
| 1996 | Roland H. Ingram, Jr., MD |
| 1997 | Jay A. Nadel, MD |
| 1998 | Reuben M. Cherniack, MD |
| 1999 | Peter T. Macklem, MD |
| 2000 | Joseph H. Bates, MD |
| 2001 | Alfred P. Fishman, MD |
| 2002 | John B. West, MD |
| 2003 | Gerard M. Turino, MD |
| 2004 | Philip C. Hopewell, MD |
| 2005 | Michael D. Iseman, MD |
| 2006 | Joseph Milic-Emili, MD |
| 2007 | Talmadge E. King, Jr., MD |
| 2008 | Marvin I. Schwarz, MD |
| 2009 | Leonard D. Hudson, MD |
| 2010 | A. Sonia Buist, MD |
| 2011 | Steven A. Sahn, MD |
| 2012 | David M. Center, MD |
| 2013 | Jonathan M. Samet, MD, MS |
| 2014 | Michael Matthay, MD |
| 2015 | Dirkje S. Postma, MD, PhD |
| 2016 | Joe G.N. Garcia, MD |
| 2017 | Sharon I.S. Rounds, MD |
| 2018 | Jeffrey A. Whitsett, MD |
| 2019 | Jacob I. Sznajder, MD |
| 2020 | Peter J. Barnes, MD, DSc, ATSF |
| 2021 | Polly E. Parsons, MD, ATSF |
