SAMBA Distinguished Service Award

The SAMBA Distinguished Service Award is presented to an individual for outstanding achievement in ambulatory anesthesia, service to this society, and is the highest honor which the Society can bestow. Thank you!

Previous Distinguished Service Award Winners

  • Basem Abdelmalak, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F – 2024
  • TJ Gan, MD, MBA, MHS, FRCA (UK), FRCA (Ire), Lic. Ac., SAMBA-F – 2023
  • Alan Marco, MD, SAMBA-F – 2022
  • Michael Walsh, MD, SAMBA-F –  2020
  • Thomas Cutter, MD, SAMBA-F – 2019
  • Girish Joshi, MB, BS, MD, FFARCSI, SAMBA-F – 2018
  • Walter Mauer, MD, SAMBA-F – 2016
  • Peter Glass, MD, SAMBA-F – 2015
  • Paulo Lemos, MD – 2014
  • Kathryn E. McGoldrick, MD, FCAI, SAMBA-F – 2013
  • Kari Korttila, MD, PhD, FRCA  – 2012
  • Barbara S. Gold, MD, SAMBA-F – 2011
  • Lucinda L. Everett, MD, SAMBA-F – 2010
  • Frances Chung, MD, SAMBA-F – 2009
  • Jeffrey L. Apfelbaum, MD, SAMBA-F – 2008
  • Gary W. Hoormann (Career Achievement Award) – 2007
  • Ervin Moss, MD – 2006
  • Rebecca S. Twersky, MD, SAMBA-F* – 2005
  • Beverly K. Philip, MD, SAMBA-F – 2004
  • Raafat S. Hannallah, MD, SAMBA-F – 2003
  • Herbert D. Weintraub, MD, SAMBA-F* – 2002
  • Paul F. White, MD, PhD, SAMBA-F – 2001
  • Wallace A. Reed, MD – 2000
  • Surinder K. Kallar, MD, SAMBA-F – 1999
  • Burton S. Epstein, MD, SAMBA-F – 1998
  • Harry C. Wong, MD, SAMBA-F – 1997
  • Stanley Bresticker, MD* – 1996
  • Bernard V. Wetchler, MD, SAMBA-F* – 1995
  • Marie-Louise Levy, MD – 1994

*Deceased