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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Membership Benefits
ACS
Awards

The Rodman E. Sheen and Thomas G. Sheen Award (Established 1968) Recipients

Sheen Award Recipients 1968-1981
Administered by the American Medical Association

1968

Irvine E. Page

1969

Robert E. Gross

1970

Charles B. Huggins

1971

Maxwell Finland

1972

Paul Dudley White

1973

William Bosworth Castle

1974

R. Lee Clark

1975

Rudolph Campmeir

1976

Howard A. Rusk

1977

Robert M. Zollinger

1978

Karl Menninger

1979

Charles A. Berry

1980

Jonathan E. Rhoads

1981

Harold Augustus Sofield

Sheen Award Nominees & Recipients 1982-Present
Administered by the Honors Committee of the American College of Surgeons | Listed in order of preference as submitted to the Sheen Award Committee

1982

Thomas E. Starzl (recipient)

William A. Altemeier

Norman E. Shumway

Jay M. Arena

1983

Eugene A. Stead, Jr. (recipient)

William A. Altemeier

George L. Engel

1984

Norman E. Shumway (recipient)

Thomas Shires

Mason Sones, Jr.

1985

Mason Sones, Jr.

George L. Engel

Thomas Shires (recipient)

1986

James B. Wyngaarden

Frank Austen

Robert Charles Gallo (recipient)

1987

William P. Longmire, Jr. (recipient)

Frank Austen

Donald W. Seldin

1988

William F. Enneking (recipient)

Judah Folkman

Bruce A. Reitz

1989

Thomas A. Stamey

John A. Kirchner

Judah Folkman (recipient)

1990

Thomas A. Stamey (recipient)

Charles G. Moertel

James B. Wyngaarden

1991

Michael R. Harrison

Howard Rasmussen

Steven A. Rosenberg (recipient)

1992

Michael R. Harrison (recipient)

French Anderson

Michael E. DeBakey

1993

Bernard Fisher (recipient)

Patrick Walsh

French Anderson

1994

Bernadine Healy

Benjamin F. Rush, Jr. (recipient)

Patrick C. Walsh

1995

Patrick C. Walsh

French Anderson (recipient)

Joel D. Cooper

1996

Robert H. Bartlett (recipient)

Bert Vogelstein

David E.R. Sutherland

1997

Linn Murphree (recipient)

David E.R. Sutherland

James R. Urbaniak

1998

James R. Urbaniak

Mary-Claire King (recipient)

Albert L. Rhoton, Jr.

1999

Albert L. Rhoton, Jr.

Harold E. Varmus

Basil A. Pruitt, Jr.

James R. Urbaniak (recipient)

2000

Bert Vogelstein

Francis Sellers Collins (recipient)

Basil A. Pruitt, Jr.

2001

James C. Thompson (recipient)

Bert Vogelstein

Clyde F. Barker

2002

Mary Ellen Avery (recipient)

Clyde F. Barker

Samuel A. Wells, Jr.

2003

LeRoy Hood

Alexander W. Clowes (recipient)

Samuel A. Wells, Jr.

2004

Clyde F. Barker (recipient)

Albert L. Rhoton, Jr.

Basil A. Pruitt, Jr.

2005

Joseph P. Vacanti (recipient)

John D. Birkmeyer

William C. Cance

2006

Timothy J. Eberlein (recipient)

John D. Birkmeyer

William C. Cance

2007

John G. Birkmeyer

William C. Cance

Alan W. Flake (recipient)

2008

David N. Herndon

Daniel Beauchamp

Fredric B. Meyer

John G. Birkmeyer (recipient)

2009

David N. Herndon

Daniel Beauchamp

Fredric B. Meyer

Larry Jameson (recipient/Selected by Sheen Award Committee)

2010

David N. Herndon (recipient)

Daniel Beauchamp

Fredric B. Meyer

Lyle L. Moldawer, PhD

2011

Jonas T. Johnson (recipient)

Richard K. Reznick

Ronald G. Tompkins

2012

Richard K. Reznick

Ronald G. Tompkins

Michael T. Longaker (recipient)

2013

Ronald V. Maier (recipient)

Ronald G. Tompkins

Timothy R. Billiar

2014

Ronald G. Tompkins (recipient)

Timothy R. Billiar

Clifford Y. Ko

2015

Timothy R. Billiar

Charles D. Fraser, Jr. (recipient)

Daniel Beauchamp

2016

Daniel Beauchamp (recipient)

Timothy R. Billiar

Melina Rae Kibbe

2017

Timothy R. Billiar

Melina Rae Kibbe (recipient)

Scott Levin

2018

Timothy R. Billiar (recipient)

Gail E. Besner

Joseph E. Bavaria

2019

Joseph E. Bavaria (recipient)

Gail E. Besner

Christopher K. Breuer

2020

Gail E. Besner

Nicole S. Gibran

Kevin Chi Chung (recipient)

2021

Prasad Adusumilli

Gail E. Besner (recipient)

Carla M. Pugh

2022

Carla M. Pugh (recipient)
S. Prasad Adusumilli
L. Scott Levin