Awards

STSA is proud to offer various awards and scholarship programs to support the education and research of cardiothoracic surgeons, as well as residents and medical students, with ties to the Southern region. STSA awards and scholarship programs currently include:

In addition to these award programs, STSA also recognizes members and contributors to the STSA Annual Meeting through the Presidents’ Awards. The Presidents’ Awards are as follows: Clifford Van Meter Award, Carolyn Reed Award, George Daicoff Award, Inspiration Award, Tiki Award, Mavroudis/Urschel Award and the Osler Abbott Award. STSA recognizes invited lectureships for the Kent Trinkle Education Lectureship and Harold Urschel History Lectureship. View 2021 Award recipients below. Use the links at the bottom of this page to view past recipients. Award recipients are announced each year during the STSA Annual Meeting Dinner Gala, held on Friday evening.

2021 Award Recipients

Clifford Van Meter President’s Award
Vinod H. Thourani, MD

Carolyn Reed President’s Award
Elliot Servais, MD

George Daicoff President’s Award
Mark Bleiweis, MD

Inspiration Award
Robert Guyton, MD

Tiki Award
STSA Staff: Beth Winer, Sarah O’Brien, Laura Medek, Rachel Pebworth, Ashley Galindo

Osler Abbott Award
Bill Putnam, MD

Kent Trinkle Education Lectureship
Richard Prager, MD

Hawley H. Seiler, MD Residents Award
Anna Gergen, MD

Harold Urschel History Lectureship
Jeffery Jacobs, MD

Mavroudis/Urschel Award
Jeffery Jacobs, MD


Previous Recipients

The quality of slides can greatly enhance or detract from a scientific presentation. In order to emphasize the importance of well planned and prepared slides, the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association has created the Tiki Award. This award is given to that person who presents a slide at the annual meeting which is judged by a committee appointed by the President to be the most memorable and noteworthy. This slide can be selected because it is unintelligible, confusing, cluttered, irrelevant, or conversely because it is superbly clear, concise, colorful, pertinent, and/or utilizes state of the art graphics.

THE TIKI AWARD WINNERS

  • 1964 - Watts R. Webb..............................................New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1965 - J. Alex Haller Jr............................................Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1966 - Richard M. Peters.........................................San Diego, California
  • 1967 - Myron W. Wheat...........................................St. Petersburg, Florida
  • 1968 - Carl H. Almond.............................................Columbia, South Carolina
  • 1969 - Francis Robicsek...........................................Charlotte, North Carolina
  • 1970 - Wiliam A. Neely.............................................Jackson, Mississippi
  • 1971 - Paul C. Adkins................................................Washington, DC
  • 1972 - Panagiotis Symbas.........................................Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1973 - James L. Alexander........................................Savannah, Georgia
  • 1974 - Lloyd H. Hudson............................................Flint, Michigan
  • 1975 - Richard E. Clark.............................................St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1976 - William S. Lyons............................................Alexandria, Virginia
  • 1977 - Maruf A. Razzuk.............................................Dallas, Texas
  • 1978 - Harold C. Urschel Jr......................................Dallas, Texas
  • 1979 - Maruf A. Razzuk.............................................Dallas, Texas
  • 1980 - Francis Robicsek............................................Charlotte, North Carolina
  • 1981 - Robert Sade.....................................................Charleston, South Carolina
  • 1982 - Kit Arom.........................................................Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • 1983 - Herbert E. Warden.........................................Morgantown, West Virginia
  • 1984 - Noel L. Mills...................................................New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1985 - George C. Kaiser.............................................St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1986 - J. G. Selle........................................................Charlotte, North Carolina
  • 1987 - Steven Gundry................................................Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1988 - Harvey I. Pass.................................................Bethesda, Maryland
  • 1989 - Duke E. Cameron............................................Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1990 - Richard E. Clark..............................................Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 1991 - William H. Coltharp........................................Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1992 - Joseph S. Coselli.............................................Houston, Texas
  • 1993 - Benson R. Wilcox...........................................Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • 1994 - P. Michael McFadden....................................New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1995 - Carolyn E. Reed.............................................Charleston, South Carolina
  • 1996 - John L. Ochsner............................................New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1997 - Clifford H. Van Meter, Jr..............................New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1998 - John D. Oswalt..............................................Austin, Texas
  • 1999 - W. Randolph Chitwood.................................Greenville, North Carolina
  • 2000 - Ross Ungerleider..........................................Durham, North Carolina
  • 2001 - Neal D. Kon...................................................Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • 2002 - W. Steves Ring..............................................Dallas, Texas
  • 2003 - Betsey Urschel..............................................Dallas, Texas
  • 2004 - John Puskas..................................................Atlanta, Georgia
  • 2005 - Meredith Scott..............................................Shell, Wyoming
  • 2006 - Constantine Mavroudis................................Chicago, Illinois
  • 2007 - Robert Cerfolio.............................................Birmingham, Alabama
  • 2008 - Curt Tribble..................................................Gainesville, Florida
  • 2009 - Jeffrey P. Jacobs..........................................St. Petersburg, Florida
  • 2010 - Peter K. Smith..............................................Durham, North Carolina
  • 2011 - John H. Calhoon...........................................San Antonio, Texas
  • 2012 - Vinay Badhwar.............................................Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 2013 - Lorraine Cerfolio..........................................Birmingham, Alabama
  • 2014 - Kristine Guleserian.......................................Dallas, Texas
  • 2015 - Daniel L. Miller.............................................Marietta, Georgia
  • 2016 - Thoralf Sundt/Juliana Stone........................Mill Valley, California
  • 2017 - Joseph Dearani.............................................Rochester, Minnesota
  • 2018 - William Baumgartner..................................Baltimore, Maryland
  • 2019 -  Jeffrey Jacobs...............................................St. Petersburg, Florida
  • 2020 - Annual Meeting cancelled
  • 2021 - STSA Staff: Beth Winer, Sarah O'Brien, Laura Medek, Rachel Pebworth, Ashley Galinldo

The Osler Abbott Award was first given in 1960 and has been awarded annually to that member of the Association who excels in the art of discussionmanship. It was named for Osler Abbott, M.D. of Atlanta, Georgia, who, in 1950, somehow managed to discuss 26 papers, no mean feat since only 25 were presented and one was his own!

In the early years, sheer volume of discussion was sufficient to earn at least an honorable mention, but volume alone never won the award. More important were factors such as pomposity, arrogance, irrelevancy, and the use of outdated slides which had been shown on two or more occasions. In recent years the tactics have ranged from extreme subtlety to blatant exhibitionism and from apparent indifference to obvious covetousness.

To place this traditional award on a somewhat higher plane of competition, the Council, in its wisdom, decided to base the decision on Oslerian principles, and selection would come from evaluation of the more memorable of discussions during the scientific sessions.

Thus, the reincarnated purposes of the Osler Abbott Award of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association are:

1. To focus on the importance of open, frank, and candid discussion in the spirit and substance of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association and, in this way, to encourage more objective and active participation by all members attending the annual meeting.

2. To stimulate a healthy give-and-take among the members and, thereby, enhance the camaraderie and esprit-de-corps which have traditionally characterized the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association.

THE OSLER ABBOTT AWARD WINNERS

  • 1960 - Joseph W. Peabody Jr........................................Washington, DC
  • 1961 - Milton V. Davis....................................................Dallas, Texas
  • 1962 - E. Converse Peirce, II..........................................New York, New York
  • 1963 - Lewis H. Bosher Jr..............................................Richmond, Virginia
  • 1964 - Sam E. Stephenson Jr.........................................Jacksonville, Florida
  • 1965 - Bertram A. Glass.................................................New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1966 - Robert E. Carr.....................................................Fort Worth, Texas
  • 1967 - Osler A. Abbott....................................................Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1968 - Watts R. Webb....................................................New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1969 - William A. Cook..................................................Andover, Massachusetts
  • 1970 - Edward F. Parker................................................Charleston, South Carolina
  • 1971 - Minas Joannides Jr.............................................St. Petersburg, Florida
  • 1972 - J. Alex Haller Jr..................................................Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1973 - Harold C. Urschel Jr...........................................Dallas, Texas
  • 1974 - Bertram A. Glass.................................................New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1975 - Gilbert S. Campbell.............................................Little Rock, Arkansas
  • 1976 - James W. Brooks................................................Richmond, Virginia
  • 1977 - J. Kent Trinkle....................................................San Antonio, Texas
  • 1978 - Raymond C. Read...............................................Little Rock, Arkansas
  • 1979 - Richard E. Clark.................................................St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1980 - Joseph Peabody Jr.............................................Washington, DC
  • 1981 - Robert M. Sade...................................................Charleston, South Carolina
  • 1982 - James S. Donahoo..............................................Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1983 - Francis Robicsek................................................Charlotte, North Carolina
  • 1984 - Milton V. Davis...................................................Kaufman, Texas
  • 1985 - George C. Kaiser.................................................St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1986 - Milton V. Davis...................................................Kaufman, Texas
  • 1987 - J. Alex Haller Jr..................................................Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1988 - Ronald C. Elkins.................................................Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • 1989 - Bradley M. Rodgers............................................Charlottesville, Virginia
  • 1990 - Harvey W. Bender Jr..........................................Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1991 - Kamal A. Mansour...............................................Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1992 - Arthur E. Baue.....................................................St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1993 - Kit V. Arom..........................................................Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • 1994 - Frederick L. Grover..............................................Denver, Colorado
  • 1995 - Constantine Mavroudis........................................Chicago, Illinois
  • 1996 - George Daicoff......................................................St. Peterburg, Florida
  • 1997 - Ross M. Ungerleider.............................................Durham, North Carolina
  • 1998 - Lynn Harrison......................................................New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1999 - William A. Baumgartner......................................Baltimore, Maryland
  • 2000 - Robert J. Cerfolio................................................Birmingham, Alabama
  • 2001 - Carolyn E. Reed...................................................Charleston, South Carolina
  • 2002 - John H. Calhoon.................................................San Antonio, Texas
  • 2003 - Constantine Mavroudis......................................Chicago, Illinois
  • 2004 - Keith Naunheim.................................................Saint Louis, Missouri
  • 2005 - Irving Kron.........................................................Charlottesville,  Virginia
  • 2006 - Thoralf Sundt.....................................................Rochester, Minnesota
  • 2007 - W. Steves Ring...................................................Dallas, Texas
  • 2008 - John W. Hammon.............................................Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • 2009 - Kevin D. Accola..................................................Orlando, Florida
  • 2010 - Vinod H. Thourani.............................................Atlanta, Georgia
  • 2011 - Jeffrey P. Jacobs.................................................Saint Petersburgh, Florida
  • 2012 - Duke E. Cameron...............................................Baltimore, Maryland
  • 2013 - Daniel L. Miller..................................................Marietta, Georgia
  • 2014 - Stephen C. Yang.................................................Baltimore, Maryland
  • 2015 - Joseph A. Dearani..............................................Rochester, Minnesota
  • 2016 - Douglas Mathisen..............................................Boston, Massachusetts
  • 2017 - Daniela Molena..................................................New York, New York
  • 2018 - David R. Jones...................................................New York, New York
  • 2019 - Carl Backer.........................................................Chicago, Illinois
  • 2020 - Annual Meeting cancelled
  • 2021- Bill Putnam.........................................................Jacksonville, Flordia

The Kent Trinkle Educational Lectureship was dedicated to J. Kent Trinkle, MD, (STSA President, 1981-1982) his contributions to cardiothoracic surgery and STSA. Each year, in honor of Dr. Trinkle's remarkable dedication to student education, an STSA member is selected to present on his/her training program. Presenters are selected by the STSA President.

THE KENT TRINKLE LECTURERS

  • 1993 - Benson R. Wilcox.........................................Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • 1994 - George C. Kaiser...........................................St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1995 - J. Kent Trinkle..............................................San Antonio, Texas
  • 1996 - Irving L. Kron...............................................Charlottesville, Virginia
  • 1997 - William A. Baumgartner..............................Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1998 - Donald C. Watson, Jr...................................Memphis, Tennessee
  • 1999 - Fred A. Crawford, Jr.....................................Charleston, South Carolina
  • 2000 - Robert A. Guyton.........................................Atlanta, Georgia
  • 2001 - Joel D. Cooper..............................................St. Louis, Missouri
  • 2002 - W. Steves Ring.............................................Dallas, Texas
  • 2003 - Walter G. Wolfe...........................................Durham, North Carolina
  • 2004 - Joseph Coselli..............................................Houston, Texas
  • 2005 - Neal Kon.......................................................Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • 2006 - Joe B. Putnam, Jr.........................................Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2007 - Walter H. Merrill..........................................Cincinnati, Ohio
  • 2008 - Curtis Tribble...............................................Gainsville, Florida
  • 2009 - Irving L. Kron...............................................Charlottesville, Virginia
  • 2010 - Michael R. Mill..............................................Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • 2011 - John H. Calhoon............................................San Antonio, Texas
  • 2012 - Bartley P. Griffith..........................................Baltimore, Maryland
  • 2013 - Michael Argenziano......................................New York, New York
  • 2014 - Mark S. Slaugher...........................................Louisville, Kentucky
  • 2015 - John S. Ikonomidis........................................Charleston, South Carolina
  • 2016 - William Baumgartner....................................Baltimore, Maryland
  • 2017 - Marc R. Moon.................................................St. Louis, Missouri
  • 2018 - John H. Calhoon............................................San Antonio, Texas
  • 2018 - John A. Kern..................................................Charlottesville, Virginia
  • 2019 - Robert S.D. Higgins........................................Baltimore, Maryland
  • 2020 - Annual Meeting cancelled
  • 2021 - Richard L. Prager...........................................Ann Arbor, Michigan

The Hawley H. Seiler Residents Competition Award is presented for an outstanding paper by a cardiothoracic or general surgery resident. It is bestowed upon the resident excelling in the following categories regarding their abstract submission: quality of abstract as well as manuscript and oral presentation. The award is named after STSA Past President and founding member Hawley H. Seiler, MD.

Dr. Seiler's many contributions to STSA included serving as Secretary for 15 years and presenting on numerous topics at Annual Meetings.

HAWLEY H. SEILER AWARD WINNERS

  • 1997 - Elaine E. Tseng............................................Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1998 - Stephen Langley..........................................Durham, North Carolina
  • 1999 - Aron Goldberg.............................................Charleston, South Carolina
  • 2000 - Cullen D. Morris.........................................Atlanta, Georgia
  • 2001 - Sitaram M. Emani.......................................Durham, North Carolina
  • 2002 - Thomas S. Maxey........................................Charlottesville, Virginia
  • 2003 - Brian Bethea................................................Baltimore, Maryland
  • 2004 - Tara Karamlou............................................Portland, Oregon
  • 2005 - Edward John Hickey...................................London, England
  • 2006 - Thomas K. Varghese....................................Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • 2007 - Tara Karamlou.............................................Portland, Oregon
  • 2008 - David Cooke.................................................Sacramento, California
  • 2009 - Jeremiah Geoff Allen...................................Baltimore, Maryland
  • 2010 - Castigliano M. Bhamidipati.........................Charlottesville, Virginia
  • 2011 - Sameh Said....................................................Rochester, Minnesota
  • 2012 - Timothy George............................................Baltimore, Maryland
  • 2013 - Rachel L. Medbery........................................Atlanta, Georgia
  • 2014 - Damien J. LaPar...........................................Charlottesville, Virginia
  • 2015 - Emily A. Downs.............................................Charlottesville, Virginia
  • 2016 - J. Trent Magruder.........................................Baltimore, Maryland
  • 2017 - Joshua M. Rosenblum...................................Atlanta, Georgia
  • 2018 - Tessa Watt.....................................................Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • 2019 - Navin Vigneshwar.........................................Denver, Colorado
  • 2020 - Annual Meeting cancelled
  • 2021- Anna K. Gergen.............................................Aurora, Colorado

The Mavroudis-Urschel Award was established in 2006 to recognize and honor an STSA member who has not only made important contributions to the STSA scientific program, but who has also uniquely personified the social spirit, camaraderie and fun for which STSA is famous. The award is named for STSA Past Presidents Constantine Mavroudis and Harold Urschel, who both contributed significantly not only to the scientific value of the STSA Annual Meeting but also, and just as importantly, to the organization's high spirits (and high-jinx).

There is more to an organization than its bylaws, and there is more to its annual meeting than the slides and presentations. To many, STSA meetings are as much about social interactions as they are about new research findings in cardiothoracic surgery. Meeting highlights also happen at social events, such as the president's mixer, receptions, sports events and in the exhibit hall breaks. The Award goes to a member who has enhanced both aspects of the organization, scientific and social, and done so with a distinctive, even flamboyant, personal style - in the manner of its namesakes.

The Mavroudis/Urschel Award is made at the discretion of the President with input and recommendation from the Tiki and Osler-Abbott Committee Chairs. When given, the award is announced at the annual dinner/dance.

MAVROUDIS-URSCHEL AWARD WINNERS

  • 2007 - Kit Arom..................................................................Bangkok, Thailand
  • 2009 - John Calhoon..........................................................San Antonio, Texas
  • 2010 - Keith Naunheim......................................................St. Louis, Missouri
  • 2011 - Francis Robicsek......................................................Charlotte, North Carolina
  • 2012 - Harold Urschel........................................................Dallas, Texas
  • 2013 - Kevin Accola............................................................Orlando, Florida
  • 2014 - Andrea J. Carpenter................................................San Antonio, Texas
  • 2015 - Kamal A. Mansour..................................................Atlanta, Georgia
  • 2016 - Shanda H. Blackmon...............................................Rochester, Minnesota
  • 2017 - Stephen C. Yang.......................................................Baltimore, Maryland
  • 2018 - Daniel L. Miller........................................................Marietta, Georgia
  • 2019 - Robert Cerfolio.........................................................New York, New York
  • 2020 - Annual Meeting cancelled
  • 2021 - Jeffery Jacobs..........................................................Saint Petersburg, Florida

The STSA Inspiration Award was established in 2007 to recognize the important contribution of mentorship to the specialty and the organization, and to encourage upcoming generations of CT surgeons by helping to cultivate mentors worthy of emulation.

The future of cardiothoracic surgery is in the hands and hearts of its medical students and residents. Inspiring a resident or medical student to become a CT surgeon - to become a great CT surgeon - is among the most far-reaching and important contributions one can make to the specialty and ultimately to the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association.

The residency program directors and faculty at teaching programs affiliated with the STSA are developing and inspiring future cardiothoracic surgeons every day -- teaching them to become leaders in their future institutions, practices, and communities. And mentorship is not limited to program directors and faculty. Surgeons in private practice hire young graduates and become influential mentors providing career guidance and support often for years to come.

To acknowledge the crucial importance of mentorship in developing CT surgeons and to recognize and positively reinforce STSA members who have excelled in their mentorship roles, STSA established its Inspiration Award in 2007. The Inspiration Award is given to the STSA member who has demonstrated exceptional efforts in motivating, inspiring, and cultivating the clinical and research talents of medical students, residents and/or early career CT surgeons.

Nominations must be submitted in writing by September 1 to the sitting STSA President to be considered for possible presentation at the subsequent STSA Annual Meeting. Recommendation letters should outline the specific merits of the nominee and his or her positive influences for the 'mentee(s).' Recipient must be a member of STSA in good standing. The award will be given at the discretion of the President in consultation with the Council.

STSA INSPIRATION AWARD WINNERS

  • 2007 - Robert Cerfolio..........................................................Birmingham, Alabama
  • 2007 - Hooshang Bolooki.....................................................Miami, Florida
  • 2009 - Irving Kron................................................................Charlottesville, Virginia
  • 2010 - Kamal Mansour..........................................................Atlanta, Georgia
  • 2010 - Francis Robicsek.........................................................Charlotte, North Carolina
  • 2012 - Harvey Bender.............................................................Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2012 - Frederick Grover..........................................................Aurora, Colorado
  • 2012 - Ara Vaporciyan.............................................................Houston, Texas
  • 2013 - James Robert Headrick................................................Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • 2014 - Curtis Tribble................................................................Charlottesville, Virginia
  • 2015 - L. Henry Edmunds........................................................Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
  • 2016 - Clinton E. Baisden.........................................................San Antonio, Texas
  • 2017 - Jennifer S. Lawton.........................................................Baltimore, Maryland
  • 2017 - Richard Lee St. Louis.....................................................St. Louis, Missouri
  • 2018 - Gordon F. Murray..........................................................Southport, North Carolina
  • 2018 - Walter G. Wolfe..............................................................Durham, North Carolina
  • 2019 - Charles Fraser................................................................ Austin, Texas
  • 2019 - Francis Robicsek.............................................................Charlotte, North Carolina
  • 2020 - Annual Meeting cancelled
  • 2021 - Robert Guyton................................................................Atlanta, Georgia

The Carolyn Reed President's Award was established in 2013 to recognize the best general thoracic surgery scientific paper delivered at the STSA Annual Meeting. Named in memory of STSA Past President, Carolyn E. Reed, MD, (STSA President 2006-07), this award will be given on the basis of originality, content and presentation. Previous winners have uniformly displayed excellence in all areas.

The selected author receives a certificate identifying the award and a suitable monetary reward. The recipient is chosen by the President with the assistance of the Council members.

THE CAROLYN REED PRESIDENT'S AWARD RECIPIENTS

  • 2013 - R. Douglas Adams.......................................................Merrillville, Indiana
  • 2014 - Pamela Samson...........................................................Webster Groves, Missouri
  • 2015 - Jonathan Spicer...........................................................Montreal, Quebec
  • 2016 - Juliana Stone...............................................................Mill Valley, California
  • 2017 - Linda W. Martin...........................................................Charlottesville, Virginia
  • 2018 - Tamar Nobel................................................................New York, New York
  • 2019 - Zhizhou Yang...............................................................St. Louis, Missouri
  • 2020 - Annual Meeting cancelled
  • 2021 - Elliot Servais..............................................................Wellesley, Massachusetts

 

Formerly known as the President's Award, the Clifford Van Meter President's Award was established in 2008 to recognize the best scientific paper delivered at the STSA Annual Meeting. In 2013, this Award was augmented to specifically recognize the best adult cardiac surgery paper delivered at the Annual Meeting. This award is given on the basis of originality, content and presentation. Previous winners have uniformly displayed excellence in all areas. The selected author receives a certificate identifying the award and a suitable monetary reward. The recipient is chosen by the President with the assistance of the Council members.

THE CLIFFORD VAN METER PRESIDENT'S AWARD RECIPIENTS

  • 1964 - Bertram A. Glass................................... New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1965 - Harold C. Urschel Jr............................................. Dallas, Texas
  • 1966 - Thomas J. Yeh............................................. Savannah, Georgia
  • 1967 - Yale H. Zimberg.......................................... Richmond, Virginia
  • 1968 - J. Alex Haller Jr......................................... Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1969 - William H. Sewell...................................... Sayre, Pennsylvania
  • 1970 - George R. Daicoff................................... St. Petersburg, Florida
  • 1971 - Charles E. Eastridge.................................. Memphis, Tennessee
  • 1972 - J. Kent Trinkle............................................ San Antonio, Texas
  • 1973 - Donald L. Bricker............................................. Lubbock, Texas
  • 1974 - Harvey W. Bender Jr................................ Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1975 - Charles E. Martin..................................... Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1976 - Gordon F. Murray............................. Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • 1977 - Denis H. Tyras............................................. St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1978 - Joseph I. Miller Jr............................................ Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1979 - M. Wayne Flye............................................. Galveston, Texas
  • 1980 - Francis Robicsek................................ Charlotte, North Carolina
  • 1981 - Ellis L. Jones................................................... Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1982 - William G. Malette........................................ Omaha, Nebraska
  • 1983 - Robert H. Breyer.............................. Springfield, Massachusetts
  • 1984 - Blair A. Keagy................................. Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • 1985 - John W. Hammon Jr................................. Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1986 - William H. Frist........................................ Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1987 - Jean-Nicolas Vauthey............................ New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1988 - Robert A. Gustafson......................... Morgantown, West Virginia
  • 1989 - Harvey I. Pass........................................... Bethesda, Maryland
  • 1990 - Vincent L. Gott.......................................... Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1991 - Ross M. Ungerleider............................. Durham, North Carolina
  • 1992 - William H. Frist......................................... .Nashville Tennessee
  • 1993 - Kirk R. Kanter................................................. Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1994 - Thomas L. Spray.......................................... St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1995 - Constatine Mavroudis....................................... Chicago, Illinois
  • 1996 - David A. Fullerton........................................... Denver, Colorado
  • 1997 - Christopher J. Knott-Craig................... Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • 1998 - James L. Zellner................................ Charleston, South Carolina
  • 1999 - Thomas D'Amico.....................................Durham, North Carolina
  • 2000 - Joseph C. Cleveland.........................................Denver, Colorado
  • 2001 - Neal D. Kon...................................Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • 2002 - Joseph S. Coselli..................................................Houston, Texas
  • 2003 - Robert J. Cerfolio.........................................Birmingham, Alabama
  • 2004 - Malcolm DeCamp.........................................Boston, Massachusetts
  • 2005 - V. Seenu Reddy...............................................San Antonio, Texas
  • 2006 - Andrew W. El Bardissi.....................................Rochester, Minnesota
  • 2007 - John Stulak....................................................Rochester, Minnesota
  • 2008 - G. Chad Hughes..........................................Durham, North Carolina
  • 2009 - Scott H. Johnson...................................................Lansing, Michigan
  • 2010 - Kenneth A. Kesler...............................................Indianapolis, Indiana
  • 2011 - Robert D. Stewart.....................................................Cleveland, Ohio
  • 2012 - Haritha Reddy...................................................Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • 2013 - Bartosz Rylski.......................................................Freiburg, Germany
  • 2014-  Stephano Mastrobuoni........................................Brussels, Belgium
  • 2015 - Anthony L. Estrera...............................................Houston, Texas
  • 2016 - Dr. A. Michael Borkon / Kaitlin Carl...................Kansas City, Missouri
  • 2017 - Anita Nguyen........................................................Rochester, Minnesota
  • 2018 - Melissa Levack.......................................................Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2019 - Eric Charles............................................................Charlottesville, Virginia
  • 2020 - Annual Meeting cancelled
  • 2021 - Vinod H. Thourani..................................................Atlanta, Georgia

The George R. Daicoff President’s Award was established in 2013 to recognize the best congenital heart surgery scientific paper delivered at the STSA Annual Meeting. Named for longtime active member, George R. Daicoff, MD, this award will be given on the basis of originality, content, and presentation. The selected author receives a certificate identifying the award and a suitable monetary reward. The recipient is chosen by the President with assistance from the Council.

  • 2013 - Vincent K.H. Tam......................................................Fort Worth, Texas
  • 2014 - Jennifer Solms Nelson..............................................Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • 2015 - James D. St. Louis.....................................................Wayzata, Minnesota
  • 2016 - William Patrick, Kaitlin Carl.....................................Palo Alto, California
  • 2017 - Minoo N. Kavarana....................................................Charleston, South Carolina
  • 2018 - Jeffrey P. Jacobs........................................................Saint Petersburg, Florida
  • 2019 - Tom Nilsen Hoel........................................................Oslo, Norway
  • 2020 - Annual Meeting cancelled
  • 2021 - Mark Bleiweis.............................................................Gainesville, Florida