Awardees History

2022: Charles Miller, MD; Claus Niemann
2020: Sheung-Tat Fan, MBBS(HK), MS(HK), MD(HK), PhD(HK), DSc(HK), FRCS RCPS(Glasg), FRCSEd, FCSH, HKAM(Surgery); Göran B.G. Klintmalm MD, PhD, FACS
2019: John Klinck, MD, FRCA, FRCPC; David Grant, MD, FRCSC; Chao-Long Chen, MD
2018: Jacques Belghiti, MD, PhD; Jan Lerut, MD, PhD
2017: Raimund Margreteir, MD; Gary Levy, MD
2016: Sung Gyu Lee, MD, PhD; John Lake, MD
2015: Nancy Ascher, MD, PhD; Peter Neuhaus, MD
2014: Nigel Heaton, MBBS, FRCS; Andrew Burroughs, MBChB(Hons), FEBG, GRCP
2013: Geoffrey McCaughan, MD, PhD; Russell Strong, MBBS
2012: Anthony Demetris, MD, PhD; Henri Bismuth, MD
2011: Ronald W. Busuttil, MD, PhD; Professor Roger Williams, CBE, MD, FRCP, FRCS, FRCPE, FRACP, FMedSci, FRCPI(Hon), FACP(Hon)
2010: Sue V. McDiarmid, MD; Federico Villamil, MD
2009: John Fung, MD, PhD; William Merritt, MD, MBA
2008: Russell Wiesner, MD
2007: YooGoo Kang, MD
2006: Jean-Bernard Otte, MD, PhD
2005: Byers W. Shaw, MD; Michael F. Sorrell, MD
2004: Koichi Tanaka, MD, PhD
2003: Paul McMaster, MD; William Wall, MD
2002: David Thiel, MD
1995: Sir Roy Calne
1993: Thomas Starzl, MD

2024: Sadhana Shankar, Dr; Yi-Zhou Jiang
2023: Jiang Liu, MS, PHD; Dr. Li Pang; Jiro Kusakabe, MD, PhD; Dr. Thierry Artzner
2022: Tommy Ivanics, MD; Matteo Mueller, MD; Zoltan Czigany, MD, PhD; Suk Kyun Hong, MD
2020: Amelia Hessheimer, MD; Harvey Chen, MD
2019: David Nasralla, BMBCh, MA(Oxon), MRCS; Yoshihiro Ono, MD, PhD
2018: Karim Halazun, MD; Kazunari Sasaki, MD; Nicolas Goldaracena, MD
2017: Gonzalo Sapisochin, MD; Guangxiang Gu, MD
2016: Prashant Bhangui, MBBS, MS; Cheng-Maw Ho, MD, PhD; Shinichiro Yokota, MD, PhD
2015: Christian Toso, MD, PhD; Alina Allen, MD;
2014: Alessandro Vitale, MD, PhD; Osamu Yoshida, MD, PhD
2013: Julie K. Heimbach, MD; Haofeng Ji, MD
2012: Armin Goralczyk, MD; Naohisa Kuriyama, MD, PhD
2011: Jennifer C. Lai, MD; Sonali Joshi, MBBS
2010: Jason Y. Rhee, PhD; Koji Hashimoto, MD
2009: Constantino Fondevila, MD, PhD

2024 Basic Science Established Investigator Award – Luc J. W. van der Laan, Prof. Dr.
2024 Basic Science Investigator Award – Sonya MacParland, PhD
2024 Paolo Muiesan Clinical Science Est. Investigator Award – Markus Selzner, MD, MBA
2024 REAL Advancing in Liver Transplantation Award – Jorge A. Martínez, MD, FACS
2023 Basic Science Established Investigator Award – Valeria Mas MS, PhD, FAST
2023 Basic Science Investigator Award – Juliet Emamaullee, MD, PhD
2023 Paolo Muiesan Clinical Science Est. Investigator Award – Kristopher Croome MD
2023 Clinical Science Investigator Award – Gonzalo Sapisochin, MD, PhD, MSc
2023 Advancing Equity in Liver Transplantation Award – Victoria Aguilera Sancho-Tello, MD, PhD
2023 REAL Advancing in Liver Transplantation Award – Roberto Hernandez, MD, FACS; Alfred Kow, Prashant Bhangui, MS, MBBS
2022 Basic Science Established Investigator Award – Nancy Kwan Man, MBBS, PhD
2022 Basic Science Investigator Award – Paulo Martins, MD, PhD, FAST, FEBS, FACS
2022 Paolo Muiesan Clinical Science Est. Investigator Award – Jennifer Lai, MD
2022 Advancing Equity in Liver Transplantation Award – Nazia Selzner, MD, PhD
2022 REAL Advancing in Liver Transplantation Award – Manuel Mendizabal, MD; Mark Muthiah MBBS, MRCP, M.Med

2020: Iris de Jong, MD/PhD student, The Netherlands; Johns Shaji Mathew, MBBS, MS, MRCSEd, MCh, India
2019: Hala Mohsen Abdulsalam Abdullatif, MBBCH, Masters, MD, MRCPCH, Egypt ; Amanda Pinter Carvalheiro da Silva Botoen, MD, FEBS, United Kingdom
2018: Eliano Bonaccorsi Riani, MD, Belgium; Goutham Kumar, MBBS, MS, India
2016: Lucas Souto Nacif, MD, MSc, Ph.D., Brazil; Dagmar Kollman, MD, Ph.D., Austria
2015: Ahmed Marwan, MD, MSc, Egypt; Masato Fujiyoshi, MD, Japan
2014: Rouchelle de la Cruz, MD, Philippines, Negin Karimian, MD, Netherlands; Renée Verhoeven, MD, MSc, Netherlands
2013: Qiuwei Pan, Ph.D., Netherlands
2012: Hakon Haugaa, MD, Norway; Quirino Lai, MD, Italy
2011: Ahmed Elsabbagh, MD, MS, Egypt
2010: Vikram Raut, MBBS, MD, India
2009: Jiunn Chang Lin, MD, Taiwan
2008: Karina Rando, MD, Uruguay

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