DMAA Awards

Established in 1968, the Medical Alumni Association Distinguished Awards were created to recognize those who make important contributions to the establishment and growth of the four-year medical school and to the world of medicine. The awards are designed to honor alumni and friends whose distinguished careers and unselfish contributions to society have added luster and prestige to the University and its School of Medicine. A committee appointed by the Dean of the School of Medicine selects the recipients from nominations solicited from alumni and medical school faculty.

Nomination Form  Award Descriptions 


 

2024 DMAA Awardees
Barton Haynes

Lifetime Achievement

Barton F. Haynes, MD, HS’73-’75

Frederic M. Hanes Distinguished Professor of Medicine; Director, Duke Human Vaccine Institute

About Dr. Haynes

Emily Wang

Distinguished Alumna Award

Emily A. Wang, MD’03

Professor of Medicine and of Public Health, Yale School of Medicine; Director, SEICHE Center for Health and Justice

About Dr. Wang

Denise Jamieson

Distinguished Alumna Award

Denise J. Jamieson, MD’92, MPH

Vice President for Medical Affairs, University of Iowa; Tyrone D. Artz Dean, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine

About Dr. Jamieson

Kenneth Poss

Distinguished Faculty Award

Kenneth D. Poss, PhD

James B. Duke Professor of Regenerative Biology, Duke University School of Medicine

About Dr. Poss

Tony Coles

Transformational Leadership Award

N. Anthony Coles, MD’86, MPH

James B. Duke Professor of Regenerative Biology, Duke University School of Medicine

About Dr. Coles

Gregory Georgiade

Distinguished Service Award

Gregory S. Georgiade, MD’74, HS’73-’80

Professor of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine

About Dr. Georgiade

2023 DMAA Awardees
Robert Lefkowitz

Lifetime Achievement

Robert J. Lefkowitz, MD

Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

About Dr. Lefkowitz

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Louise Markert

Distinguished Alumna

Mary Louise Markert, PhD’81, MD’82, HS’82-’84,’84-’87

Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology
Professor Emeritus of Immunology

About Dr. Markert

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Kurt Newman

Distinguished Alumnus

Kurt D. Newman, MD’78

Retired, President and Chief Executive Officer, Children’s National Hospital

About Dr. Newman

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Shelley Hwang

Distinguished Faculty

E. Shelley Hwang, MD, MPH

Mary and Deryl Hart Professor of Surgery
Vice Chair of Research of Surgery
Professor of Radiology
Disease Group Leader, Breast Cancer Program, Duke Cancer Institute

About Dr. Hwang

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Kanecia Zimmerman

Emerging Leader

Kanecia O. Zimmerman, MD’07, HS’07-’11, 12-’15, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine

About Dr. Zimmerman

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Kevin Saunders

Emerging Leader

Kevin O. Saunders, PhD’10

Associate Professor in Surgery
Associate Professor in the Department of Immunology
Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Associate Director of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute

About Dr. Saunders

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Transformational Leadership

LATIN-19 Executive Team

Executive Team Members:
Viviana S. Martinez-Bianchi, MD
Gabriela M. Maradiaga Panayotti, MD
Leonor Corsino, MD, HS’06-’09, MHS’09
Rosa M. Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Irene C. Felsman, DNP, MPH, RN
Pablo Friedmann
Rosa M. Solorzano, MD, MPH
Gabriela A. Nagy, PhD
Alejandro Peña

About Latin-19

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