| 2025 | Kelly K. Hunt, MD, FACS, FSSO |
| 2024 | Michael J. Stamos, MD, FACS, FASCRS |
| 2023 | Christopher Ellison, MD, FACS, MAMSE |
| 2022 | Jonathan Hiatt, MD |
| 2021 | Frederick R. Eilber, MD |
| 2019 | Barbara Bass, MD |
| 2018 | Ronald W. Busuttil, MD, PhD |
| 2017 | Pedro J. del Nido, MD |
| 2016 | Ignazio Marino, MD |
| 2015 | L.D. Brutt, MD, MPH, DSc (Hon) |
| 2014 | Leslie Blumgart, MD |
| 2013 | Larry R. Kaiser, MD |
| 2012 | Patricia K. Donahue, MD |
| 2011 | Andrew L. Warshaw, MD |
| 2010 | Murray F. Brennan, MD |
| 2009 | Courtney M. Townsend, Jr. MD |
| 2008 | F. William Blaisdell, MD |
| 2007 | Hiram C. Polk, Jr., MD |
| 2006 | Pierre Clavien, MD |
| 2005 | John L. Cameron, MD |
| 2004 | Seymour I. Schwartz, MD |
| 2003 | Louis J. Ignarro, PhD |
| 2002 | Haile T. Debas, MD |
| 2001 | M. Judah Folkman, MD |
| 2000 | Eric W. Fonkalsrud, MD |
| 1999 | Paul I. Terasaki, PhD |
| 1998 | Clyde F. Barker, MD |
| 1997 | Samuel A. Wells, Jr., MD |
| 1996 | La Salle D. Leffall, Jr., MD |
| 1995 | John L. Sawyers, MD |
| 1994 | Joseph E. Murray, MD |
| 1993 | Alexander J. Walt, MD |
| 1992 | James C. Thompson, MD |
| 1990 | Robert M. Zollinger, MD |
| 1989 | Frank C. Spencer, MD |
| 1988 | David C. Sabiston, MD |
| 1986 | G. Tom Shires, MD |
| 1985 | C. Rollins Hanlon, MD |
