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