Leadership Awards
The Career Achievement Award recognizes seminal work in medical decision making. The SMDM Award for Distinguished Service recognizes exceptional efforts in support of the Society. The John M. Eisenberg Award for Practical Application of Medical Decision Making Research is given in recognition of exemplary leadership in the practical application of medical decision making research.
The Career Achievement Award recognizes distinguished senior investigators who have made significant contributions to the field of medical decision making.
1995 Stephen Pauker, MD
1996 Milton Weinstein, PhD
1997 Arthur Elstein, PhD
1998 Harold Sox, MD
1999 Dennis Fryback, PhD
2000 John Eisenberg, MD
2001 George Torrance, PhD
2002 Daniel Kahneman, PhD
2003 Jerome P. Kassirer, MD
2004 Joseph Pliskin, PhD
2005 Allan Detsky, MD PhD
2006 David J. Spiegelhalter, PhD
2007 Peter Wakker, PhD
2008 Barbara J. McNeil, MD, PhD
2009 Alan Garber, MD, PhD
2010 J. Sanford (Sandy) Schwartz, MD
2011 Howard Raiffa, PhD
2012 Annette O’Connor, RN, PhD, FCAHS
2013 Donald Redelmeier, MD, MSHSR, FRCPC, FACP
2014 Mark Roberts, MD, MPP
2015 Alvin I. Mushlin, MD, ScM
2016 Ivar S. Kristiansen, MD, MPH, PhD
2017 Valerie F. Reyna, PhD
2018 M.G. Myriam Hunink, MD, PhD
2019 Murray Krahn, MD, MSc, FRCPC
2020 Karen Kuntz, ScD
2021 Doug Coyle, MA MSc PhD
2022 Michael Kattan, PhD
2023 Dawn Stacey, RN, PhD, FCAHS, FAAN, FCAN, CON(C)
The SMDM Award for Distinguished Service recognizes service to SMDM in terms of leadership, role in the operations of the Society, and contributions to the scientific and educational activities of the Society.
1990 Lee Lusted, MD
1991 Stephen Pauker, MD
1992 Dennis Fryback, PhD
1993 J. Robert Beck, MD
1994 Robert Wigton, MD
1995 Robert Centor, MD
1996 Milton Weinstein, PhD
1997 John Clarke, MD
1998 Michael Barry, MD
1999 Margaret Holmes-Rovner, PhD and David Rovner, MD
2000 Sankey Williams, MD
2001 Roy Poses, MD
2002 Arthur Elstein, PhD
2003 John Hershey, PhD and Frank Sonnenberg, MD
2004 Joel Tsevat, MD, MPH
2005 Bruce Hillner, MD
2006 M.G. Myriam Hunink, MD, PhD
2007 Kathryn McDonald, MM
2008 Michael Kattan, PhD
2009 John B. Wong, MD
2010 Mark Helfand, MD, MPH
2011 David Sugano, PhD
2012 Scott B. Cantor, PhD
2013 Mark Eckman, MD
2014 Karen Kuntz, ScD
2015 Anne Stiggelbout, PhD
2016 Marilyn M. Schapira, MD, MPH
2017 Uwe Siebert, MD, MPH, MSc, ScD
2018 Murray Krahn, MD, MSc, FRCPC
2019 Alan Schwartz, PhD
2020 Ahmed Bayoumi, MD, MSc
2021 Angie Fagerlin, PhD and Robert Hamm, PhD
2022 Neal Dawson, MD
2023 Lisa A. Prosser, PhD, MS
The John M. Eisenberg Award for Practical Application of Medical Decision Making Research recognizes an individual or organization that has demonstrated sustained leadership in translating medical decision making research into practice, and that has taken exceptional steps to communicate the principles and/or substantive findings of medical decision making research to policy makers, to clinical decision makers, and to the general public.
2002 Donald Berwick, MD
2003 Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD
2004 Hilary Llewellyn-Thomas, PhD and Annette O'Connor, PhD
2005 Jeffrey P. Koplan, MD, MPH
2006 John Wennberg MD, MPH
2007 Harold Sox, MD
2008 Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making
2009 Sue Goldie, MD, MPH
2010 Doug Owens, MD, MS
2011 Carolyn M. Clancy, MD gave Eisenberg lecture, Award conferred 2017
2012 Michael Drummond, PhD
2013 Michael Kattan, PhD
2014 J. Sanford (Sandy) Schwartz, MD
2015 Alan Schwartz, PhD
2016 Ewout W. Steyerberg, PhD
2017 Gillian D. Sanders-Schmidler, PhD
2018 Lisa Prosser, PhD
2019 Stephen Downs, MD, MS
2020 NCI's Cancer intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET)
2021 Daniel Singer, MD
2022 Lisa Schwartz, MD, MS and Steven Woloshin, MD, MS
2023 Steven Pearson, MD, MSC
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