This is not an inclusive list and only includes awards submitted to the Recognitions Committee by Department Chairs.
- Khaalisha Ajala, MD (Medicine) - Excellence in Humanitarian Services Award, Society of Hospital Medicine and "One Hundred Women" by Okay Africa, OkayAfrica.com
- David Alter, MD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) - Chair, Clinical Chemistry Committee, College of American Pathologists
- Anika Backster, MD (Emergency Medicine) - Board of Directors and Development Officer, Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Academic Emergency Medicine (ADIEM), Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
- Valerie Biousse, MD (Ophthalmology) - President, North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS)
- Jeffrey Boatright, PhD (Ophthalmology) - Chair, CET-1 Study Section Panel, Vision Research Program, Department of Defense (DoD) and Chair, Novel Medical Therapies, Early Translational Research Program Study Section, Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB)
- Kyle Bradley, MD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) - Chair, Hematopathology Committee, College of American Pathologists
- Katharine Brock, MD (Pediatrics) - Physician Award, Cunniff-Dixon and The Hastings Center
- Qiang Cai, MD (Medicine) - President, World Chinese Endoscopy Society and Director, ACG Hands on Course, American College of Gastroenterology
- Michael Carr, MD (Emergency Medicine) - Founding President, Georgia Chapter of the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
- Marianne Celano, PhD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) - Co-author, New York Times Bestseller List, Something Happened in our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice
- Gari Clifford, PhD (Biomedical Informatics) - 2020 Max Harry Weil Memorial Award, Society of Critical Care Medicine
- W. Edward Craighead, PhD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) - Presidential Citation, American Psychological Association’s Society of Clinical Psychology
- Carrie Cwiak, MD (Gynecology and Obstetrics) - 2020 William K. Rashbaum Award, Physicians for Reproductive Health
- Mark Czaja, MD (Medicine) - Chair, American Society for Investigative Pathology section of the Experimental Biology Meeting
- Mike Davis, PhD (Biomedical Engineering) - Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
- Carlos del Rio, MD (Medicine) - Elected Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Medicine and Appointed Member, Governing Board, National Research Council
- Ray Dingledine, PhD (Pharmacology and Chemical Biology) - Elected Fellow, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)
- Howard Fleishon, MD (Radiology and Imaging Sciences) - Chair of Board of Chancellors, American College of Radiology
- Lisa Flowers, MD (Gynecology and Obstetrics) - Burton Krumholz Lifetime Legacy Award, ASCCP and Meritorious Service Award, ASCCP
- Judith Fridovich-Keil, PhD (Human Genetics) - Chair, Working Group, Guideline for Newborn Screening for Galactosemia, Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)
- Michael Gottschalk, MD (Orthopaedics) - Betty Baxter Research Award, Southern Orthopaedics 2019
- Emily Graubart, MD (Ophthalmology) - President, Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology, Medical Student Educators Council
- Kate Gundry, MD (Radiology and Imaging Sciences) - Fellow, American College of Radiology
- Joshua Guttman, MD (Emergency Medicine) - Appointed Representative, American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Accreditation Council (EUFAC)
- Randy Hall, PhD (Pharmacology and Chemical Biology) - Elected Member, ASPET Council, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)
- Tracey Henry, MD, MPH (Medicine) - Walter J. McDonald Award for Early Career Physicians, American College of Physicians 2019 Inspirational Physician Award, American Medical Association
- Kristin Higgins, MD (Radiation Oncology) - Co-Chair, 2021 World Lung Cancer Congress in Denver
- Dan Hunt, MD (Medicine) - President, Association of Chiefs and Leaders in General Internal Medicine (ACLGIM)
- Muta Issa, MD (Urology) - President, Urological Society for American Veterans
- Andrey Ivanov, PhD (Pharmacology and Chemical Biology) - Chair, Communications Committee, International Chemical Biology Society (ICBS)
- Lucky Jain, MD (Pediatrics) - President, International Neonatology Association
- Denise Jamieson, MD, MPH (Gynecology and Obstetrics) - Member, National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
- Neeru Jayanthi, MD (Orthopaedics) - 2020 Center of Excellence Designation, Society for Tennis Medicine Science (STMS)
- William Jordan, Jr., MD (Surgery) - President, Society of Clinical Vascular Surgery
- Andrea Joyner, MD (Gynecology and Obstetrics) - Inspiration Award, American Medical Association (AMA)
- Jennifer Kawwass, MD (Gynecology and Obstetrics) - 2020 Mentor of the Year, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
- Aine Marie Kelly, MD (Radiology and Imaging Sciences) - Fellow, American College of Radiology
- Trisha Kesar, PhD (Rehabilitation Medicine) - Eugene Michels New Investigator Award, American Physical Therapy Association
- Matt Klopman, MD (Anesthesiology) - Chair, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Governmental Affairs and Economics Committee and Co-Chair, American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Occupational Health
- Colleen Kraft, MD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) - Health Care Hero Award, Physician Category, The Atlanta Business Chronicle
- Elizabeth Krupinski, PhD (Radiology and Imaging Sciences) - Outstanding Researcher Award, Radiological Society of North America
- Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD (Pediatrics)- 2020 Lab on a Chip/Dolomite Pioneers of Miniaturization Lectureship, Royal Society of Chemistry (U.K.)
- Jeff Lennox, MD (Medicine) - Member, COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- William Mahle, MD (Pediatrics) - 2020 Award of Meritorious Achievement, American Heart Association
- Karen Mann, MD, PhD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) - Jeffrey A. Kant Leadership Award, Association for Molecular Pathology
- Kimberly Manning, MD (Medicine) - Inaugural Excellence in Diversity Leadership, Society of Hospital Medicine and Lifetime Achievement Award, Association of Black Women Physicians
- Susan Margulies, PhD (Biomedical Engineering) - Member, National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and Member, National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
- Greg Martin, MD (Medicine) - Member, COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel, National Institutes of Health (NIH) and President, Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Akanksha Mehta, MD (Urology) - Secretary, Society of Women in Urology (SWIU)
- Charles Moore, MD (Otolaryngology) - 2020 Benjamin Rush Award for Citizenship and Community Service, American Medical Association (AMA)
- Edward Morgan, PhD (Pharmacology and Chemical Biology) - Chair, Partnerships Committee, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)
- Jennifer Mulle, PhD (Human Genetics) - Organizer, Keystone Meeting (Neuropsychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Harnessing Rare Variants)
- Mark Mullins, MD, PhD (Radiology and Imaging Sciences) - Outstanding Educator Award, American Roentgen Ray Society
- Stella Nelms, PhD (Rehabilitation Medicine) - Appointed Leader, Health Psychology Task Force, Georgia Psychological Association
- Laura Oh, MD, PhD (Emergency Medicine) - Course Director, American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Virtual Grand Rounds
- Taofeek Owonikoko, MPH/PhD (Hematology and Medical Oncology) - Chair, Education Committee, American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting
- Nelson Oyesiku, MD (Neurosurgery) - Chieftaincy, Nigeria as Baa’segun Alabe Egbaland (Surgeon-in-Chief)
- Matt Paden, MD (Pediatrics) - President, Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO)
- Gaurav Patel, MD (Anesthesiology) - Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA) Distinguished Educator in Anesthesiology Award, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
- Purnima Patel, MD (Ophthalmology) - Editor-in-Chief, American Academy of Ophthalmology's Online Educations (ONE) Network
- Ravi Patel, MD (Pediatrics) - Elected District X Representative, Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Neonatal Medicine
- Gustavo Pradilla, MD (Neurosurgery) - 2020 Elected Secretary, North American Chapter of the Colombian Association of Neurosurgery
- Jeffrey Rakofsky, MD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) - Executive Council, Association for Directors in Medical Student Education in Psychiatry
- Sheila Rauch, PhD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) - First Vice Chair, Warrior Care Network Execute Steering Committee
- Richard Ricketts, MD (Surgery) - 2020 Arnold Salzberg Mentorship Award, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Surgery (SOSu)
- Debra Saxe, PhD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) - Service Award, American Cytogenetics Conference
- Merry Sebelik, MD (Otolaryngology) - Distinguished Award for Humanitarian Service May 2020, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Foundation
- Mala Shanmugham, PhD (Hematology and Medical Oncology) - 2020 Lexie Clayton Impact Award 2020, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
- Joe Sharma, MD (Surgery) - Elected Member, National Quality Forum's Common Formats Expert Panel
- William Sharp, PhD (Pediatrics) - Finalist, Allied Health Category, Atlanta Business Chronicle Healthcare Hero
- Jeffrey Siegelman, MD (Emergency Medicine) - Chair, Faculty Development Committee in the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
- Robert Smith, MD (Surgery) - Lifetime Achievement Award, Society of Clinical Vascular Surgery
- Yoland Smith, PhD (Neurology) - Senior Editor, European Journal of Neuroscience
- C. Arturo Solares, MD (Otolaryngology) - Program Chair, North American Skull Base Society National Meeting
- Jahnavi Srinivasan, MD (Surgery) - Philip J. Wolfson Outstanding Teacher Award, Association for Surgical Education
- Shanthi Srinivasan, MD (Medicine) - Chair, VA Study Section
- Anthony Stringer, PhD (Rehabilitation Medicine) - Chair, Justice and Equity Task Force, International Neuropsychological Society and Advisory Board, Society for Black Neuropsychology and Co-Chair, Houston Conference Subcommittee, American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology
- Ram Subramanian, MD, MPH (Medicine) - Presidential Citation for Service, Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Stephen Traynelis, PhD (Pharmacology and Chemical Biology) - Elected Fellow, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)
- Guillermo Umpierrez, MD (Medicine) - 2021 Outstanding Scholarly Physician Award, Endocrine Society
- Brian Vickery, MD (Pediatrics) - Health Care Hero Award, Health Care Innovator/Research Category, The Atlanta Business Chronicle
- Eric Wagner, MD (Orthopaedics) - Richard H. Gelberman Award for 2020-2021, American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) and Award for 2019, Musculoskeletal Tumor Society (MSTS)
- Justine Welsh, MD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) - Health Care Hero Rising Star Award, The Atlanta Business Chronicle
- DeJuan White, MD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) - Appointed Member, Georgia Behavioral Health Reform and Innovation Commission
- Julie Williamson, DO (Anesthesiology) - Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA) Distinguished Educator in Anesthesiology Award, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
- Sarah Wise, MD (Otolaryngology) - Elected, Second Vice President, American Rhinologic Society
- Wendy Wright, MD (Neurosurgery) - “Women in Neurocritical Care Pioneer”, Neurocritical Care Society
- Xiaofeng Yang, PhD (Radiation Oncology) - John S Laughlin Young Scientist Award, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
