The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Scientific Achievement Award was established by the Association in 1994. The Award serves to honor individuals who have achieved scientific contributions in the field of thoracic surgery worthy of the highest recognition the Association can bestow. Honorees receive a Medallion for Scientific Achievement from the Association presented by the president at the Annual Meeting and the honoree’s name and biography is printed in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Joel D. Cooper
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2022

O. H. Frazier
Texas Heart Institute
Houston, Texas
2021

W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr.
East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina
2020

D. Craig Miller
Stanford University
Stanford, California
2019

Sir Magdi Yacoub
Institute Heart Science Centre
Middlesex, United Kingdom
2018

Tirone E. David
Toronto General Hospital
Toronto, ON, Canada
2016

James L. Cox
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
2015

Eugene Blackstone
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
2013
Marc R. de Leval
International Congenital Cardiac Centre
London, United Kingdom
2011

Richard D. Weisel
Toronto General Hospital
Toronto, ON, Canada
2010

Andrew S. Wechsler
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
2008

Gerald D. Buckberg
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
2007

Alain F. Carpentier
Hospital European Georges Pompidou
Paris, France
2005

Denton A. Cooley
Texas Heart Institute
Houston, TX
2000

Michael E. DeBakey
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
1999

Norman E. Shumway
Stanford University
Stanford, California
1998

John W. Kirklin
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Birmingham, Alabama
1994