Laennec Master Clinician Award

Award Recipients

2025 Winner

Roxana Mehran, MD, FAHA

Past Recipients

2020–2024 Recipients

2024 Neil J. Stone, MD, FAHA
2023 Bernard J. Gersh, MB, ChB, DPhil, FRCP, MACC, FAHA, PhD (Hon Causa)
2022 JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD, FAHA
2021 Julia H. Indik, MD, PhD, FAHA
2020 Ileana L. Piña, MD, MPH, FAHA

2010–2019 Recipients

2019 Thomas M. Bashore, MD, FAHA
2018 Mark Drazner, MD, MSc, FAHA
2017 C. A. Sivaram, MD, MBBS
2016 Elyse Foster, MD, FAHA
2015 Carol A. Warnes, MD
2014 James (Jim) Chen-tson Fang, MD, FAHA
2013 Ken Rosenfield, MD, MSc, FAHA
2012 Eric Williams, MD
2011 Patrick O’Gara, MD, FAHA
2010 William C. Little, MD

2000–2009 Recipients

2009 Peter Yurchak, MD (posthumous)
2008 Kenneth Baughman, MD
2007 Gabriel Gregoratos, MD, FAHA
2006 Sharon A. Hunt, MD
2005 Frank Marcus, MD, FAHA
2004 Celia Oakley, MD
2003 Roman DeSanctis, MD
2002 J. Ward Kennedy, MD
2001 William W. Parmley, MD
2000 HJC Swan, MD

1994–1999 Recipients

1999 Melvin D. Cheitlin, MD, FAHA
1998 Michael S. Gordon, MD
1997 J. Michael Criley, MD, FAHA
1996 Ralph Shabetai, MD
1995 J. Willis Hurst, MD
1994 Nobel Fowler, MD

Applicant Eligibility

All applicants for the award must be members of the Council on Clinical Cardiology (CLCD) at the time of application submission. If you need to become an American Heart Association Professional Member, you should do so before submitting your abstract and award application materials. Join or Renew.

Current members of the CLCD Post-Graduate Education Committee are not eligible to apply for or be nominated for the award.

Application Criteria

The candidate:

Must have a lifetime of outstanding contributions to teaching and patient care in cardiovascular disease.
Demonstrates exceptional insight in correlating the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease with clinical findings at the bedside.
Achieved national and international recognition for expertise in the signs, symptoms, and pathophysiology of a significant area of cardiovascular disease.
Received national and international acclaim for applying diagnostic technology in patient care and teaching within the field of cardiology.

Evaluation Criteria

Applications will be judged by a panel of accomplished researchers, scientists, clinicians and academicians representing the breadth of cardiovascular sciences.

Contacting the review panel, including but not limited to phone calls, emails, social media messages, or any other form of communication, before submitting your application or during the review process will result in disqualification.

Required Documents

Electronic submission through the Council Awards Application System is mandatory. Hard copies of any part of the application will not be accepted.

Each application/nomination file should contain the following documents in PDF format:

Candidate's Curriculum Vitae and bibliography
Letter of Nomination or Candidate Statement (if self-nominating): Original letter drafted on an electronic letterhead with a signature. The letter should outline and provide clear examples of how the candidate meets the criteria.
Primary Letter of Recommendation: Original letter drafted on an electronic letterhead with a signature, from a colleague who can evaluate the candidate's research contributions. The letter must address each of the major award evaluation criteria and indicate what distinguishes the candidate in each criterion.

How to Apply or Submit a Nomination

Visit the Council Awards Application System to complete an application.

A Professional Heart Daily (PHD) username and password are required to access the system. If you are creating a PHD profile for the first time, please register using your Professional Membership ID number.

Membership Requirement

Professional Membership with the American Heart Association and affiliation with the Scienitfic Council sponsoring the award is required. Please allow 3–5 days for processing—do not wait until the deadline to Join or Renew.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Click the link for the Council Awards Application System.
Sign in with your Professional Heart Daily username and password.
Follow these instructions to set up your profile in ProposalCentral. Setting up your ProposalCentral profile will only need to be done the first time you log in to apply for an American Heart Association Council Awards.

Note: The grant maker named “American Heart Association” in ProposalCentral refers to Research Awards and is a separate funder. Council Awards are listed under American Heart Association Council Awards.
Start Your Application:
- Select Create New Proposal.
- Filter by Grant Maker: Choose American Heart Association Council Awards.
- From the Programs list, select: Scientific Sessions Lifetime Achievement Awards and Lectures.
- Click the Apply Now button.
- Within the application, select the award.

For more detailed information on ProposalCentral, also included are additional materials on specific ProposalCentral functionality.

Prize

The honoree will receive:

Complimentary registration to Scientific Sessions
Two (2) complimentary tickets to the CLCD Council Dinner at Scientific Sessions
An engraved plaque
$1,000 honorarium
$1,000 travel stipend

Questions

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