KCMS AWARDS

Past Honorees

2022 Awards

Award Honoree
Lifetime Achievement Award Larry Hollenbeck, MD
Friend of Medicine Award David Rush, PharmD
Rising Star Award Kelsey Able, DO
Patient and Community Advocate Award Molly Uhlenhake, DO
Innovation Award John Hagan, III, MD, FACS, FAAO
Community Service Award Blair Thedinger, MD
Exemplary Leadership Award Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD
Award Honoree
Lifetime Achievement Award Michael Weaver, MD, FACEP, CDM
Friend of Medicine Award Ruth Ramsey
Rising Star Award Andrew Schlachter, MD
Patient and Community Advocate Award Amy Patel, MD
Innovation Award John Hagan, III, MD, FACS, FAAO
Community Service Award Todd Beardman, MD, and Denny Fugate, PharmD
Exemplary Leadership Award Maninder Pabla, MD

2020 Awards

Award Honoree
Lifetime Achievement Award Donald Potts, MD
Friend of Medicine Award Public Health Departments of Metropolitan Kansas City
Rising Star Award Brian Mieczkowski, DO
Patient and Community Advocate Award Lee Norman, MD
Innovation Award Michelle Haines, MD
Community Service Award Edward (Ted) Higgins, MD
Exemplary Leadership Award Mark Austenfeld, MD

2019 Awards

Award Honoree
Lifetime Achievement Award Charles B. Wheeler, Jr., MD
Friend of Medicine Award Patrick B. “Rusty” Ryan, PharmD
Rising Star Award Carole E. Freiberger-O’Keefe, DO
Patient and Community Advocate Award Peter J. DiPasco, MD, and Leland Graves, III, MD
Innovation Award Nathan D. Granger, MD, MBA
Community Service Award JayDoc Free Clinic
Exemplary Leadership Award James L. Vacek, MD, MS

2018 Awards

Award Honoree
Lifetime Achievement Award Randall B. Hudson, MD, and George E. Stamos, MD
Rising Star Award Christine Park White, MD
Patient and Community Advocate Award Nicholas Comninellis, MD, MPH, DIMPH
Innovation Award Daniel S. Durrie, MD
Community Service Award North Kansas City Hospital
Exemplary Leadership Award Arthur D. Snow, Jr., MD, and Richard B. Warner, MD

2017 Awards

Award Honoree
Lifetime Achievement Award Richard Hellman, FACP, FACE
Friend of Medicine Award Kansas State Sen. Jim Denning
Rising Star Award Joanne Loethen, MD, MA
Patient and Community Advocate Award Sheila McGreevy, MD
Innovation Award Sukumar Ethirajan, MD

2016 Awards

Award Honoree
Lifetime Achievement Award Gary Pettett, MD, FAAP
Rising Star Award Casey Willimann Rives, MD
Patient and Community Advocate Award Bridget McCandless, MD, MBA, FACP
Community Service Award Glenn R. Hodges, MD

 2015 Awards

Award Honoree
Lifetime Achievement Award Ali A. Arbab, MD, FACS , and Michael A. Montgomery, MD, FACC
Friend of Medicine Award Charlie Shields
Rising Star Award Eleanor Lisbon, MD, MPH, CPI
Patient and Community Advocate Award Rebecca Hierholzer, MD, MBA, FACEP
Innovation Award Hellman & Rosen Endocrine Associates
Community Service Award Scott Kujath, MD, FACS

 2014 Awards

Award Honoree
Lifetime Achievement Award William A. Reed, MD, and Charles W. Van Way, III, MD
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