MAA Alumni of the Year

The award recognizes dedication to the true principles of a physician, contributions to medicine, and service to the community.

Awardees are graduates of UCSF who have demonstrated outstanding qualifications in research, teaching, and/or clinical practice.

Past Winners

2023
Pamela Sutton, MD ’73

2022
Larry Hill, MD ’67

2021
Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, MD ’81, Resident Alum

2020
Lucy Reifel, MD ’75

2019
David E. Smith, MD ’64, Resident Alum

2018
Marc Schenker, MD ’73, MPH

2017
Kent T. Yamaguchi, MD ’72

2016
Michael C. Sinclair, MD ’66
A. Brent Eastman, MD ’66

2015
Judy Forbes, MD ’75
Eugene Hessel, MD ’60

2014
Joseph Sabella, MD ’54

2013
Glenn Braunstein, MD ’68

2012
Michael W. Chapman, MD ’62
Melvin L. Rubin, MD ’57

2011
William K. Shapiro, MD ’61

2010
J. Brooks Crawford, MD ’60
Donald Morton, MD ’58

2009
Charles Aronberg, MD ’54
Harold Karpman, MD ’54

2008
William Hoyt, MD ’50

2007
Ronald Stoney, MD ’59

2006
Hans Newton, MD ’52

2005
David W. Furnas, MD ’55
John A. Kerner, MD Feb ’43

2004
Albert D. Hall, MD ’52

2003
Anthony Sebastian, MD ’65

2002
Susan D. Wall, MD ’78

2001
Robert A. Schindler, MD ’67

2000
Michael V. Drake, MD ’75
Jack D. Thorburn, MD ’45

1999
A. Eugene Washington, MD ’76

1998
John S. Geyman, MD ’60

1997
Robert C. Lim, Jr., MD ’60

1996
Homer A. Boushey, Jr., MD ’68
Kenneth H. Fye, MD ’68

1995
Allen H. Johnson, MD ’46

1994
Edward G. Biglieri, MD ’52
Elliot Rapaport, MD ’46

1993
Frank H. Leeds, MD ’43
Ariah Schwartz, MD ’43

1992
Ralph O. Wallerstein, Sr., MD ’45

1991
Clayton D. Mote, MD ’30
Norman J. Sweet, MD ’38

1990
Dorothy M. Horstmann, MD ’40

1989
Ellen Brown, MD ’39

1988
Mervin J. Goldman, MD ’38

1987
Michael B. Shimkin, MD ’37

1986
Maurice Sokolow, MD ’36

1985
Moses Grossman, MD ’46

1984
Charles T. Carman, MD ’51

1983
Harold H. Lindner, MD ’33

1982
William O. Reinhardt, MD ’39

1981
William Silen, MD ’49

1980
Jacquelin Perry, MD ’50

1979
C. Henry Kempe, MD ’45

1978
Leslie L. Bennett, MD, PhD ’40

1977
John S. Najarian, MD ’52

1976
John V. Carbone, MD ’48

1975
Donald R. Smith, MD ’35

1974
A. Crawford Bost, MD ’26

1973
Francis A. Sooy, MD ’41

1972
Robert H. Crede, MD ’41

1971
Warren Bostick, MD ’40

1970
Leon Goldman, MD ’30

1969
Mary B. Olney, MD ’32

1967
Edward B. Shaw, MD ’21