2019
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
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
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
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
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
Lifetime Achievement Awards – William A. Reed, MD, and Charles W. Van Way, III, MD