John W. Walsh PAR Award for Excellence

Awardees

The recipient of the PAR Excellence Award is an honor awarded by persons affected by pulmonary disease to a domestic or international individual, group or institution from any lay, professional or government field who has improved the lives of patients by:

  • Enabling research and advancing the understanding of disease through legislation, advocacy or philanthropy;
  • Performing basic or clinical scientific works that have produced tangible and significant benefits for affected individuals
  • Providing vision, hope, support or relief to those who live with life–threatening pulmonary illness

The award is presented each year at the ATS PAR Symposium at the ATS International Conference. Past Recipients of this award are:

2003Claude Lenfant, MD
James P. Kiley, BS, MS, PhD
Talmadge E. King, Jr., MD
2004Steven Groft, Pharm D
2005Dean Schraufnagel, MD
2006Sheldon Siegel, MD
2007Gordon D. Rubenfeld, MD
2008Margaret S. Herridge, MSc, MD, MPH
2009Bernadette Gochuico, MD
2010Roy Brower, MD
2011Frank McCormack, MD
2012Gregory Cosgrove, MD
2013Byron Thomashow, MD
2014Vallerie McLaughlin, MD
2015Robin Deterding, MD
2016Elizabeth Henske, MD
2017Lisa Young, MD
2018Mark L. Brantly, MD
2019David Lederer, MD, MS
2020Susan Jacobs, MS, RN
2021Janet Talbert, MS, CGC, LGC
2022Joel Moss, MD, PhD, ATSF
2023Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH
2024Courtney L. White PhD, MLS, CAE
2025Wesley Ely, MD, MPH