Laennec Clinician/Educator Lecture

Sponsored by the Council on Clinical Cardiology


To qualify for this award, you must meet the following deadlines:

  • June 1, 2025 – Deadline to have an active AHA professional membership.
  • June 6, 2025, 6 p.m. (CDT) – Deadline to apply for this award in the Council Awards System.

The Laennec Clinician/Educator Lecture was established in 1970 by the Laennec Society, a section of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, but was not presented consistently until 1978. The major aim of the Society was to promote the importance of bedside cardiology and the application of clinical research to the bedside.

Award Recipients

2024 Recipient
Allan L. Klein. MD, FAHA
Past Recipients

2023 Sharonne N. Hayes, MD, FAHA

2022 Jon A. Kobashigawa, MD, FAH
“Clinical research arising from work in the trenches”

2020 Pamela S. Douglas, MD, FAHA
"Imaging, Imaging Quality and Chest Pain Evaluation"

2019 Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM, FAHA
"Agenda 2030 – Let’s Prevent Atrial Fibrillation and Its Complications"

2018 Quinn Capers, IV, MD
"The Lack of Diversity in the US Physician and Cardiology Workforce is a Public Health Emergency: The Way Forward"

2017 Robert M. Califf, MD
"The Clinician Investigator in the Era of Ubiquitous Information"

2016 Robert Harrington, MD, FAHA, FACC
"Rethinking randomized clinical trials"

2015 Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, FAHA
"Heart failure in special populations; the intersection of clinical, basic and population science"

2014 Harry (Hal) Dietz, MD
"Found in Translation: New Insights into the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders"

2013 Kim Eagle, MD
"Acute Aortic Syndromes: New insights from IRAD and GenTAC Registries"

2012 Patrick O'Gara, MD, FAHA
"Asymptomatic Valvular Heart Disease: Can Earlier Intervention Be Justified?"

2011 Linda Gillam, MD
"Valvular Heart Disease: From Bedside to Bench and Back Again"

2010 Renu Virmani, MD
"Evolving DES Platforms"

2009 William Grossman, MD, FAHA
"Diastolic Function: Past, Present and Future"

2008 P.K. Shah, MD, FAHA
"The Gene from Limone: Is it Golden or Not?"

2007 Rick Nishimura, MD, FAHA
"Unraveling the Mysteries of Diastology"

2006 Gary Francis, MD, FAHA
"The Contemporary Management of Patients Admitted to Hospital with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure"

2005 Richard Kerber, MD, FAHA
"Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: Bringing Technology from the Hospital to the Street"

2004 Nanette Wenger
"Coronary Heart Disease in Women 2004: Problems, Progress, Prospects"

2003 R Wayne Alexander, MD, PhD
"Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis: Enhanced Oxidation States as a Unifying Mechanism"

2002 Kanu Chatterjee, MD
"Determination of Hemodynamics by Physical Examination"

2001 Victor Dzau, MD
"Renin Angiotensis and Cardiovascular Disease: 2001 and Beyond"

2000 Hein JJ Wellens
"Sudden Cardiac Death: Are We on the Right Track?"

1999 Gottlieb C Friesinger II
"Cardiac Disease in the Elderly: Calcific Aortic Stenosis"

1998 Blase A Carabello
"Operating on Asymptomatic Patients with Valvular Heart Disease: If It's Bad, Why Not Fix It?"

1997 William J McKenna
"Prognostic Assessment of Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy"

1996 Robert O Bonow
"Left Ventricular Function and the Timing of Operation for Chronic Aortic Regurgitation"

1995 Elliott Rapaport
"The Role of Clinical Evaluation in the Managed Care Era"

1994 Michael H Crawford
"Cardiac Diagnostics Test Selection Under Health Care Reform"

1993 Nathaniel Reichek
"Laennec and Technology: Prescription for Year 2000"

1992 J. Willis Hurst
"An ‘Unconventional' Teaching Session"

1991 Liv K. Hatle
"Limitations of Noninvasive Assessment by Doppler Echocardiography"

1990 William H. Gaasch
"Clinical Implications of Left Ventricle Diastolic Dysfunction"

1989 T. Joseph Reeve
"Bedside Cardiology in a High-Tech Era"

1988 John B. Barlow
"Mitral Leaflet Billowing and Prolapse: Perspectives After Nearly Three Decades"

1887 Ralph Shabeta
"Function of the Pericardium"

1986 Robert A. O'Rourke
"Current Trends in Clinical Cardiology: A Road to Folly"

1985 A. Jamil Tajik
"Doppler Echocardiography in Clinical Cardiology: A Critical Appraisal"

1984 Edward Yellin
"Understanding Diastolic Function – The Impact of Invasive Transmitral Flow Measurements"

Applicant Eligibility

  • All applicants for the award must be members of the Council on Clinical Cardiology by the time of application submission. If you need to become an AHA Professional Member, you should do so before submitting your award application. Join or renew today!

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

Application Criteria

  • The award is based on the recipient’s contributions to one or more of the following broad areas.
    • Advancement of scientific knowledge, including basic or clinical research, directly related to clinical cardiology.
    • Teaching cardiology at undergraduate, graduate, or postgraduate levels.
    • Enhancing the practice of cardiology.
    • Serving the mission of the American Heart Association.

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.

Timeline

  • June 1, 2025 – Deadline to have an active AHA professional membership with the council sponsoring the award. Membership must be completed online. Please note that membership processing may take 3-5 days; do not wait until the proposal deadline to Join or Renew.
  • June 6, 2025, 6 p.m. (CDT) – Deadline to apply for the award in the Council Awards Application System. This deadline will not be extended.
  • July 2025 – Candidates are notified of their award status (selected or not selected).

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:

  • 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.
  • Up to two optional additional letters of support: Original letters drafted on an electronic letterhead with a signature, from individuals familiar with the nominee's background or research may be submitted in the nomination file.

How to Apply or Submit a Nomination

Visit the Council Awards Application System to complete an application.

A username and password previously set up through online registration at Professional Heart Daily (PHD) will be necessary to access the Application System. AHA Professional Members who are creating an online profile for the first time should make sure to register using their AHA membership identification numbers.

An active AHA Professional Membership is required of all applicants for this award. If you are joining the AHA to apply, please wait for your AHA member number to arrive from AHA Member Services via e-mail before creating an online profile and starting your application file. We suggest that new members join the AHA no later than one week prior to the application submission deadline for the member ID number to be processed and delivered in time for the application deadline. The membership number will be required on the award application form.

  1. Click the link for the Council Awards Application System.
  2. Sign in with your Professional Heart Daily username and password.
  3. 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 login to apply for an American Heart Association Council Awards. Please note that the grant maker named American Heart Association is for AHA Research Awards and is a separate log in.
  4. To apply for award, follow these steps:
    • Create New Proposal: Start by selecting "Create New Proposal."
    • Filter by Grant Maker: Choose "American Heart Association Council Awards."
    • Select Program: From the Programs list, select "AHA Mid-Career Achievement Awards and Lectures"
    • Apply Now: Click the "Apply Now" button.
    • Choose Award: 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
  • A $1,000 honorarium and reimbursement for eligible travel expenses up to $1,000

Questions

November 7–10, 2025
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center | New Orleans, Louisiana

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