SKMC Alumni Awards
SKMC Alumni Awards
The Sidney Kimmel Medical College Alumni Association is accepting nominations for the 2026 SKMC Alumni Awards! The Awards will be presented at the Dean’s Brunch during SKMC Alumni Weekend in Fall 2026. All members of the Jefferson community are invited to participate in the Alumni Awards process by nominating exceptional alumni for consideration. Nomination materials must be received by midnight on April 30, 2026, to be considered.
Questions about nominations? Please contact Mirka Cortes by email at mirka.cortes@jefferson.edu and alumni@jefferson.edu.
SKMC Alumni Achievement Award
The Alumni Achievement Award was established in 1964 to recognize the outstanding and distinguished professional achievements of medical college alumni.
1964: Louis H. Clerf, MD '12
1964: Henry L. Bockus, MD '17
1965: Percival E. Foerderer
1966: Harold Stewart, MD '26
1967: Francis J. Braceland, MD '30
1968: Victor Heiser, MD 1897
1968: Abraham C. Cantarow, MD '24
1969: Leroy A. Schall, MD '17
1969: George C. Griffith, MD '26
1970: John H. Gibbon, Jr., MD '27
1970: Alexander J. Orenstein, MD '05
1970: Thaddeus L. Montgomery, MD '20
1971: Baldwin L. Keyes, MD '17
1972: George J. Willauer, MD '23
1973: William W. L. Glenn, MD '38
1974: Daniel Baker, Jr., MD '33
1975: Anthony F. DePalma, MD '29
1976: Jo Ono, MD '28
1977: J. Edward Berk, MD '36
1978: George M. Norwood
1978: Benjamin F. Haskell, MD '23
1979: John B. Montgomery, MD '26
1980: Warren W. Nichols, MD '54, PhD
1981: John Y. Templeton III, MD '41
1981: William F. Kellow, MD
1982: Joe Henry Coley, MD '34
1983: Frank J. Sweeney, Jr., MD '51
1984: Abraham E. Rakoff, MD '37
1985: Charley J. Smyth, MD '35
1986: Gerald D. Dodd, Jr., MD '47
1987: William R. Fair, MD '60
1988: Sheldon Gilgore, MD '56
1989: John J. Gartland, MD '44
1990: John H. Hodges, MD '39
1990: Frederick B. Wagner, Jr., MD '41
1991: J. Wallace Davis, MD '42
1992: Leonard Apt, MD '45
1993: John H. Harris, Jr., MD '53
1994: Gerald J. Marks, MD '49
1994: Herbert A. Saltzman, MD '52
1995: Marjorie A. Bowman, MD '76
1995: Murray N. Silverstein, MD '54
1996: Barbara F. Atkinson, MD '74
1997: Herbert A. Luscombe, MD '40
1997: Bernard J. Miller, MD '43
1997: William A. Staas Jr., MD '62
1998: Joseph C. Flanagan, MD '63
1998: Robert C. Gallo, MD '63
1998: Jay A. Nadel, MD '53
1999: John Henry Bauer, MD '69
1999: Anthony R. C. Dobell, MD SURG '56
1999: Joseph T. English, MD '58
2000: William L. Drew, MD '62
2000: Richard A. Insel, MD '69
2001: Benjamin Bacharach, MD '56
2001: Charles B. Higgins, MD '67
2002: Charles K. Francis, MD '65
2003: Richard P. Wenzel, MD '65
2004: James D. Heckman, MD '69
2004: Paul M. Weinberg, MD '69
2005: James P. Bagian, MD ‘77
2006: Monica Morrow, MD ‘76
2007: Phillip J. Marone, MD ’57
2008: Bruce E. Jarrell, MD ‘73
2009: Bartley P. Griffith, MD ‘74
2010: Thomas J. Nasca, MD ‘75
2011: Amilu Stewart, MD ‘65
2011: Carol Miller, MD ‘65
2012: Joseph M. Giordano, MD ‘67
2013: Peter C. Amadio, MD ‘73
2014: Alfred P. Spivack, MD ‘54
2015: Peter V. Scoles, MD ‘70
2016: Gerard T. Berry, MD ‘75
2016: Jay S. Skyler, MD ‘69
2017: Elliot J. Rayfield, MD '67
2018: Joseph R. Berger, MD ‘74
2019: Neal Flomenberg, MD '76
2020: Ronald J. Wapner, MD '72
2021: Sarah Sundborg Long, MD '70
2022: Col. Dean L. Winslow, MD '76
2023: David Louis Reich, MD '82
2024: Kevan C. Herold, MD '79
2025: Leonard Zon, MD '83
SKMC Distinguished Alumni Award
The Distinguished Alumni Award was established in 2017 to recognize alumni posthumously for a lifetime of distinguished and outstanding achievements and contributions to their profession and/or field of interest, and for contributions benefiting their community and humanity.
2017: Sumner W. Jackson, MD 1914 (1891-1948)
2018: Donald Liu, MD ‘90 (1962-2012)
2019: Jonathan Letterman, MD 1849 (1824-1872)
2021: Rodger J. Winn, MD '63, Residency '66 (1938-2007)
2022: Joseph W. Sokolowski, Jr., MD '62 (1936-2017)
2023: Ernest L. (Gary), Rosato, MD '90
2024: Gonzalo E. Aponte, MD '52
2025: Rev. Fr. Edward C. Bradley, SJ, MD '55
SKMC Early Career Alumni Award
The Early Career Alumni Award was established in 2020 to recognize alumni who are 10-20 years out from graduation for their outstanding early career achievements and demonstrated strong potential to be future leaders in their chosen specialty.
2020: Rachna Trivedi Shroff, MD '04
2021: Kenneth E. Remy, MD '04, MDSc, MSCI, FCCM
2022: Nicholas J. Ruggiero, II, MD '01, Residency '08
2023: Stavropoula I. Tjoumakaris, MD '03, FAANS, FACS, FAHA
2024: Eric S. Schwenk, MD '08, FASA
2025: Matthew Keller, MD '05, RES '09
Postgraduate Alumni Award
The Postgraduate Alumni Award was established in 2025 to recognize the outstanding and distinguished professional achievements of postgraduate alumni who completed their training at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and/or affiliate training programs (program/training need not be ACGME approved) provided they meet the established criteria.
2025: Lorraine C. King, MD, RES '75, FEL ’77
Time, Talent, and Treasure Award
This award was established in 2025 to honor an outstanding SKMC graduate who has contributed time, talent, and treasure through a commitment to the mission of the University and to future generations of Jefferson students. The award will be presented annually at Alumni Weekend to celebrate the achievements and contributions of an outstanding graduate.
2025: M. Dean Kinsey, MD '69