Gold-Headed Cane Award
The Gold-Headed Cane Award, voted on by members, honors a Fellow of at least 20 years who best demonstrates the pursuit of the highest standards of scientific excellence and integrity to make the master doctor.
2024
Luz S. Fonacier, MD, FACAAI
2023
Gary N. Gross, MD, FACAAI
2022
James L. Sublett, MD, FACAAI
2021
Jay M. Portnoy, MD, FACAAI
2020
Stanley M. Fineman, MD, MBA, FACAAI
2019
Dana V. Wallace, MD, FACAAI
2018
Sami L. Bahna, MD, DrPH, FACAAI
2017
Gailen D. Marshall, Jr., MD, PhD, FACAAI
2016
Bobby Q. Lanier, MD, FACAAI
2015
Eli O. Meltzer, MD, FACAAI
2014
Peter B. Boggs, MD, FACAAI
2013
Michael S. Blaiss, MD, FACAAI
2012
Rufus E. Lee, Jr., MD, FACAAI
2011
Ira Finegold, MD, FACAAI
2010
Raymond G. Slavin, MD, FACAAI
2009
Emil J. Bardana, Jr., MD, FACAAI
2008
Donald W. Aaronson, MD, JD, FACAAI [D]
2007
Betty B. Wray, MD, FACAAI
2006
Phillip L. Lieberman, MD, FACAAI
2005
John C. Selner, MD, FACAAI [D]
2004
Elliot F. Ellis, MD, FACAAI [D]
2003
Edward J. O’Connell, MD, FACAAI [D]
2002
Joseph A. Bellanti, MD, FACAAI
2001
Harold S. Nelson, MD, FACAAI
Clemens von Pirquet Awards
Three awards are given each year to Fellows-in-Training whose accepted abstracts are deemed the best paper on any aspect of allergy/immunology or related fields.
Distinguished Fellow Award
This award is presented to a Fellow who has made significant contributions to allergy, asthma or immunology in the United States or Canada and/or has an outstanding reputation as a clinician/teacher, dedication to ACAAI activities, scholarly achievement and leadership qualities.
- Luz S. Fonacier, MD, FACAAI
- Alnoor A. Malick, MD, FACAAI
- David B. Engler, MD, FACAAI
- David B.K. Golden, MD, FACAAI
- David I. Bernstein, MD, FACAAI
- William S. Silvers, MD, FACAAI (Emeritus)
- Bradley E. Chipps, MD
- Stephen A. Imbeau, MD
- Russell A. Settipane, MD
- Michael R. Nelson, MD, PhD
- John Oppenheimer, MD
- James Tracy, DO
- Mark Corbett, MD
- Dana V. Wallace, MD
- Gary N. Gross, MD
- Chitra Dinakar, MD [D]
- Paul J. Downling, MD
- Warner W. Carr, MD
- Kevin P. McGrath, MD
- J. Allen Meadows, MD
- David A. Khan, MD
- Todd A. Mahr, MD
- Richard G. Gower, MD
- Daniel Ein, MD
- Myron J. Zitt, MD
- Bryan Martin, DO
- Kathleen May, MD
- James Sublett, MD
- Michael B. Foggs, MD
- Gailen D. Marshall, MD, PhD
- John E. Moffitt, MD [D]
- Ernest N. Charlesworth, MD
- Richard D. deShazo, MD
- Marianne Frieri, MD, PhD
- John Andrew Grant, MD
- Mark T. O’Hollaren, MD
- Sami L. Bahna, MD, DrPH
- Lawrence DuBuske, MD
- Jorge A. Quel, MD
- Charles J. Siegel, MD
- Richard W. Weber, MD
- Phillip Lieberman, MD
- Anthony Montanaro, MD
- Suellyn S. Rossman, MD
- William K. Dolen, MD
- Jay M. Portnoy, MD
- Nathan Segall, MD
- Stanley M. Fineman, MD
- Lawrence S. Mihalas, MD
- Linda B. Ford, MD
- Bettina C. Hilman, MD
- Richard Nicklas, MD
- William E. Berger, MD
- Alexander McCausland, MD [D]
- William W. Storms, MD
- Susan Rudd Wynn, MD
- Ira Finegold, MD
- John M. O’Loughlin, MD
- Michael S. Blaiss, MD
- Douglas S. Heiner, MD [D]
- Don Q. Mitchell, MD
- Diane E. Schuller, MD [D]
- Hyman Chai, MD [D]
- Bob Q. Lanier, MD
- Robert M. Miles, MD
- Stuart L. Rusnak, MD
- Robert T. Scanlon, MD [D]
- Arnold A. Gutman, MD [D]
- John C. Selner, MD [D]
- Herbert C. Mansmann, Jr., MD [D]
- Eli O. Meltzer, MD
- R. Michael Sly, MD
- Emil J. Bardana, Jr., MD
- Allan T. Luskin, MD
- Edward J. O’Connell, MD [D]
- Warren Raymer, MD [D]
- Burton M. Rudolph, MD
- Sheldon L. Spector, MD [D]
- Dale B. Sparks, MD [D]
- Donald W. Aaronson, MD [D]
- Martin J. Kaplan, MD [D]
- Betty B. Wray, MD
- Jean A. Chapman, MD [D]
- Bernard T. Fein, MD [D]
- R. Faser Triplett, MD [D]
- Donald C. McLean, MD
- Robert Moore, MD [D]
- Warren Richards, MD
- Charles H. Banov, MD
- Peter B. Boggs, MD
- Robert J. Brennan, MD [D]
- Lloyd V. Crawford, MD [D]
- Joel D. Teigland, MD [D]
- Gerald E. Vanderpool, MD [D]
- Robert N. Hamburger, MD [D]
- John G. Leonardy, MD [D]
- Harold S. Nelson, MD
- Joseph E. Ghory, MD [D]
- Rufus E. Lee, Jr., MD
- Roland B. Scott, MD [D]
- Gilbert D. Barkin, MD [D]
- James C. Breneman, MD [D]
- Robert J. Dockhorn, MD
- William T. Kniker, MD [D]
- Robert J. Becker, MD [D]
- G. Everett Gaillard, MD [D]
- Solomon D. Klotz, MD [D]
- Joseph A. Bellanti, MD
- T. Reed Maxson, MD [D]
- Albert E. Hensel, Jr., MD [D]
- Melvin Newman, MD [D]
- Cecil Collins-Williams, MD [D]
- Meyer B. Marks, MD [D]
- Orville C. Thomas, MD [D]
- Susan C. Dees, MD [D]
- William C. Grater, MD [D]
- Frank Perlman, MD [D]
- Frederick Speer, MD [D]
- Harold A. Abramson, MD [D]
- Bernard A. Berman, MD [D]
- Ethan Allan Brown, MD [D]
- Ben C. Eisenberg, MD [D]
- Wm. Sawyer Eisenstadt, MD [D]
- Philip M. Gottlieb, MD [D]
- Mayer A. Green, MD [D]
- Ralph Hale, MD [D]
- Lowell L. Henderson, MD [D]
- G. Frederick Hieber, MD [D]
- Lamar B. Peacock, MD [D]
- George E. Rockwell, MD [D]
- Nathan E. Silbert, MD [D]
- Boen Swinny, Sr., MD [D]
- Eloi Bauers, JD [D]
- Paul F. deGara, MD [D]
- John D. Gillaspie, MD [D]
- Giles A. Koelsche, MD [D]
- Stephen D. Lockey, MD [D]
- Homer E. Prince, MD [D]
- William H. Browning, MD [D]
- Jerome Glaser, MD [D]
- French K. Hansel, MD [D]
- Merle W. Moore, MD [D]
- M. Murray Peshkin, MD [D]
- Leon Unger, MD [D]
- Orval R. Withers, MD [D]
- J. Warrick Thomas, MD [D]
- Howard G. Rapaport, MD [D]
- M. Coleman Harris, MD [D]
- John P. McGovern, MD [D]
International Distinguished Fellow Award
This award is presented to an individual who lives outside the United States and Canada and demonstrates an interest in ACAAI activities and/or has participated in one or more of its international endeavors, or who has an outstanding reputation as a clinician/teacher, scholarly achievement and/or leadership qualities.
- Elham M. Hossny, MD
- Stephen R. Durham, MD
- M. Antonella Muraro, MD, PhD
- Cezmi A. Akdis, MD
- Michael Levin, MD, PhD
- Stephen Holgate, MD
- Mübeccel Akdis, MD
- Tak Hong Lee, MD
- Rudolf Valenta, MD
- Nelson Rosario-Filho, MD, PhD
- Mario Sanchez-Borges, MD
- Tatiana Slavyanskaya, MD, PhD
- Sandra N. Gonzalez-Diaz, MD, PhD
- Bee Wah Lee, MD
- Revaz Sepiashvili, MD
- Giovanni Pajno, MD
- Fares H. Zaitoun, MD
- Sang-Il Lee, MD
- Jia Yin, MD
- G. Walter Canonica, MD
- Yehia M. El-Gamal, MD, PhD [D]
- Alejandro Escobar-Gutierrez, MD
- Ignacio Ansotegui, MD
- Desiree L. Larenas-Linnemann, MD
- Noel Rodriguez Perez, MD
- Ruby U. Pawankar, MD
- Daphne Tsitoura, MD, PhD
- Carlos E. Baena-Cagnani, MD [D]
- Todor A. Popov, MD
- Paul van Cauwenberge, MD
- Daniel Aguilar, MD
- Kamal M. Hanna, MD
- S.G.O. Johansson, MD
- Helen Hei-ling Chan, MD
- Pakit Vichyanond, MD
- Alessandro Fiocchi, MD
- Constance Katelaris, MD
- Anthony J. Frew, MD
- Marek L. Kowalski, MD, PhD
- Maurizio Miraglia del Giudice, MD
- Sergio Bonini, MD
- Sebastiano Guarnaccia, MD
- Joao Ferreira Mello, MD
- Giovanni Cavagni, MD
- Cassim Motala, MD
- Giuliano Baldini, MD
- Natalio Salmun, MD
- Mario La Rosa, MD
- Hugo E. Neffen, MD
- Charles K. Naspitz, MD
- Julio Croce, MD
- Moises Zebede, MD
- Antero G. Palma-Carlos, MD
- Sten Dreborg, MD
- Sami L. Bahna, MD
- Attilio Boner, MD
- Luisa Businco, MD [D]
- Israel Glazer, MD
- Samuel Malka, MD
- Felicidad Cua-Lim, MD [D]
- Jose Huerta Lopez, MD
- Jose Luis Cortes, MD
- Angel M. Marchand, MD [D]
Distinguished Service Award
This award is presented to individuals who demonstrate tireless effort, dedication and enthusiasm in service to the College.
- Mitchell H. Grayson, MD, FACAAI
- Gerald B. Lee, MD, FACAAI
- Jay A. Lieberman, MD, FACAAI
- Mary Carol Badat, MAdEd
- Gregory E. Lund
- Bryan L. Martin, DO, FACAAI
- Bill Finerfrock
- John R. Seyerle, MD, FACAAI
- Lelia Sublett
- Rebecca L. Burke, JD
- David B. Engler, MD
- Dane C. McBride, MD
- Niraj C. Patel, MD
- Travis A. Miller, MD
- James M. Tracy, DO
- Susan L. Grupe
- Paul Dowling, MD
- Renata Engler, MD
- Alnoor Malick, MD
- John Oppenheimer, MD
- Gina Seegers
- Tonya Winders
- Stephen Imbeau, MD
- Phillip L. Lieberman, MD
- Michael R. Nelson, MD
- Mary Lou Callaghan [D]
- Felicidad Cua-Lim, MD [D]
- Barbara Finegold
- Kathleen May, MD
- Jacqueline R. Bellanti
- Kevin P. McGrath, MD
- Anthony Montanaro, MD
- Charles J. Siegel, MD
- Tao T. Le, MD, MHS
- Nancy Sander
- None
- Joseph Bellanti, MD
- Daniel Ein, MD
- Myngoc T. Nguyen, MD
- Talal Nsouli, MD
- Dana V. Wallace, MD
- Marianne Frieri, MD, PhD
- Todd A. Mahr, MD
- Robert M. Miles, MD
- Don Q. Mitchell, MD
- Nathan Segall, MD
- Richard W. Weber, MD
- Charles H. Banov, MD
- Linda S. Cox, MD
- Gailen D. Marshall, MD, PhD
- Betty B. Wray, MD
- Donald W. Aaronson, MD [D]
- Harriet A. Burge, PhD
- Jean A. Chapman, MD [D]
- Ernest N. Charlesworth, MD
- Lyndon E. Mansfield, MD
- Sami L. Bahna, MD, DrPH
- Bobby Q. Lanier, MD
- Edward J. O’Connell, MD [D]
- J. Spencer Atwater, Jr., MD
- G. David K. Hopper, MD
- Lawrence S. Mihalas, MD
- Kevin R. Murphy, MD
- John W. Yunginger, MD [D]
- Gary N. Gross, MD
- Claude Lenfant, MD
- John A. Winder, MD
- Lynn des Prez
- Daniel Rotrosen, MD
- Doris Stoll, PhD
- R. Faser Triplett MD [D]
- Ira Finegold, MD
- Jim Slawny [D]
- None
- Practice Parameters Task Force
- William Berger, MD
- I. Leonard Berstein, MD
- Joann Blessing-Moore, MD
- Mark Dykewicz, MD
- Stanley Fineman, MD
- Arnold Gutman, MD
- Rufus Lee, MD
- James Li, MD
- Richard Niklas, MD
- David Pearlman, MD
- Jay Portnoy, MD
- Diane Schuller, MD [D]
- Sheldon Spector, MD [D]
- Allan T. Luskin, MD
- Mel Newman, MD
Woman in Allergy Award
This award is presented to a female Fellow or Member who has advanced the role of women in the field of allergy/immunology and in the College or who has made a significant contribution to the specialty and to the College.
2024
Marcella R. Aquino, MD, FACAAI
2023
Aikaterini Anagnostou, MD, MSc, PhD, FACAAI
2022
Vivian P. Hernandez-Trujillo, MD, FACAAI
2021
Mervat Nassef, MD
2020
Mariana C. Castells, MD, PhD
2019
Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn, MD
2018
Myngoc T. Nguyen, MD
2017
Sandra M. Gawchik, DO
2016
Jacqueline Roberts Bellanti
2015
Chitra Dinakar, MD
2014
Nancy Sander
2013
Amal H. Assa’ad, MD
2012
Kathleen May, MD
2011
Anjuli S. Nayak, MD
2010
Joan C. Gluck, MD
2009
Luz S. Fonacier, MD
2008
Linda S. Cox
2007
Dana V. Wallace, MD
2006
Rose Marie Young, MD
2005 Suellyn S. Rossman, MD
2004
Renata J.M. Engler, MD
2003
Linda B. Ford, MD
2002
Marianne Frieri, MD
2001
Bettina C. Hilman, MD
2000
Joann Blessing Moore, MD
1999
Susan R. Wynn, MD
1998
Betty B. Wray, MD
1997
Diane E. Schuller, MD [D]
2024
Gina L. Steiner, MS
2023
Linda Cullison
2022
Katerina Barcal, MPH
2021
Hollis Heavenrich-Jones, MS
2020
Jennifer Pfeifer, MBA, CMPE
2019
Nancy Ryan
FIT Scholarships
Fellows-in-Training in North America can apply for financial assistance to attend and participate in the Annual Scientific Meeting.
Spark Program
This program is open to residents interested in pursuing a career in allergy/immunology. Recipients of the award receive funding to help cover expenses to attend and the Annual Scientific Meeting.
Lectureships
The College presents several named lectures during the Annual Scientific Meeting. Those allergists selected to present named lectures embody the high standards and achievement of the allergists for whom the lectures are named.
Bela Schick Lecture
Dr. Schick, one of medicine’s most respected scientists, was known for his work with Clemens von Pirquet on anaphylaxis and for the test he developed to assess immunity to diphtheria.
