2021 (See honoree profiles)

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 (See honoree profiles)

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 (See honoree profiles)

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