Ho Din Award Winners through the years

Year	Winner	Current or last known position	Specialty
2022	Cayenne Price, M.D.	Resident, UTSW	Anesthesiology and Pain Management
2021	Natasha Houshmand, M.D.	Resident, Johns Hopkins Medicine	Surgery
2020	Priyanka Gaur, M.D., M.P.H.	Resident, Johns Hopkins Medicine	Obstetrics and Gynecology
2019	Bethany Werner, M.D.	Physician, Texas Health Presbyterian	Obstetrics and Gynecology
2018	Philip D. Tolley, M.D.	Resident, Univ. of Washington Medical Center	Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
2017	Lauren Elizabeth Kolski, M.D	UTSW/Parkland Health	Radiology
2016	Samuel T. Parnell, M.D.	Assistant Professor, UTSW	Emergency Medicine
2016	Donald W. Seldin, M.D.*	Professor/Chairman Emeritus, UTSW	Internal Medicine
2015	Laurie Seidel, M.D.	Assistant Professor, Univ. of Colorado School of Medicine, Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center	Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine and Medical Toxicology
2014	Andrew Avery, M.D.	General surgeon, Nashville	Anesthesiology, Surgery
2013	David Leverenz, M.D.	Rheumatologist, Assistant Professor Duke University Hospital	Rheumatology
2012	Thomas Heyne, M.D.	Mass. General Hospital/Harvard Medical School	Hospitalist Medicine
2011	Geof LeBus, M.D.	Orthopedic specialist and surgeon, Texas Orthopaedic Associates, Fort Worth	Orthopedic Surgery
2010	Michael Van Hal, M.D.	Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, UTSW	Orthopedic Surgery
2009	(Stanley) Tyler Hollmig, M.D.	Associate Professor of Dermatology, Dell Medical School; Director of Laser and Cosmetic Dermatology, Ascension Texas	Internal Medicine
2008	Sara Lindsey, M.D.	Radiologist, Christus Santa Rosa Health System-San Antonio	Radiology
2008	Joshua D. Mitchell, M.D.	Assistant Professor of Medicine and Dir. Cardio-Oncology Ctr. of Excellence at Washington Univ. School of Medicine in St. Louis	Cardio-Oncology
2007	James B. Cutrell, M.D.	Prog. Director, Infectious Diseases; Assoc. Prof., Internal Medicine, UTSW	Infectious Diseases
2006	Hayden Schwenk, M.D.	Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford Medicine, Children’s Health	Pediatric Infectious Diseases
2005	Michael Paul Herman, M.D.	Urologist, Rockville Centre, N.Y.	Urology
2004	William F. Schmalsteig, M.D.	Associate Professor, Prog. Dir., Adult Neurology Residency, Univ. of Minnesota Medical School	Neurology
2003	James Isbell, M.D.	Thoracic Surgical Oncologist and Intensivist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester, N.Y.	Thoracic Surgical Oncology
2002	Christine Kulstad, M.D.	Writer, Dallas area	Emergency Medicine
2001	Preeti Malladi, M.D.	Bariatric surgeon, Malladi Bariatrics and Advanced Surgery, Dallas/Plano	Bariatric, Obesity, General Surgery
2000	Kerry Brandt Dunbar, M.D., Ph.D.	Section Chief, Dallas VA Medical Center; Professor of Internal Medicine, UTSW	Internal Medicine
1999	Lance E. Oxford, M.D.	Otolaryngologist, Ear, Nose, and Throat Specialty Care, Dallas	Otolaryngology
1998	Shannon Neville (Houghton), M.D.*	Resident, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis	Internal Medicine
1999	Lance E. Oxford, M.D.	Otolaryngologist, Ear, Nose, and Throat Specialty Care, Dallas	Otolaryngology
1998	Shannon Neville (Houghton), M.D.*	Resident, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis	Internal Medicine
1997	David W. Wimberley, M.D.	Private practice, Fondren Orthopedic Group, Houston	Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Spine
1996	Elizabeth Andrews Kassanoff, M.D.	Concierge Internal Medicine, North Texas Preferred Health Partners	Internal Medicine
1995	George N. Papaliodis, M.D.	Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School	Ophthalmology
1995	Charles Cameron Sprague, M.D.*	First President of UTSW	Hematology
1994	Joe K. Wells III, M.D.	Vascular surgeon, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons of Central Texas	Vascular Surgery
1993	Robert Charles Kowal, M.D., Ph.D.	Vice Pres. and Gen. Mgr., Cardiac Pacing Therapies Division, Medtronic	Cardiology
1992	Thomas Alonzo West, M.D.	Director, Surgical Critical Care, Envision Healthcare	Surgery
1991	Patricia Ashley, M.D., Ph.D.	Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine	Pediatrics
1990	Mary Bridget Carter, M.D.	Founder, Doctor Talk	Surgery
1990	Bryan Williams, M.D.*	Assoc. Dean for Alumni Affairs, UTSW	Cardiology
1989	Philip Anthony George Karpos, M.D.	Orthopedic surgeon, Tennessee Orthopedic Alliance, Nashville	Orthopedic Surgery
1988	Mary Zieglschmid-Adams, M.D.	Private Practice, Arlington, Texas	Dermatology
1987	Clifford Richards Lyons, M.D.	Hematologist, Albuquerque, N.M.	Hematology
1986	Preston H. Blomquist, M.D.	Professor of Ophthalmology, UTSW	Ophthalmology
1985	David L. Klamer, M.D.	Radiologist, Texas Radiology Associates	Radiology
1984	Lucien M. Rouse Jr., M.D.	Orthopedic Surgeon, University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.	Orthopedic surgery
1983	Elizabeth Albright Schneider, M.D.	Medical Dir. of Women’s Imaging, Valley Radiology Imaging, San Jose, California	Radiology
1982	Scott Pearson Stringer, M.D.	Professor and Chair, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, U. of Mississippi Med. Ctr.	Otolaryngology
1981	Barry M. Rose, M.D.	Anesthesiologist, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco	Anesthesiology
1980	George Frederick Leatherman, M.D.	Cardiologist, Longview Regional Medical Center, Longview, Texas	Cardiology
1979	Michael R. Knox, M.D.	Radiologist, East Grand Rapids, Michigan	Radiology
1978	Paul Richard Vanatta, M.D.	Pathologist, Northwest Health Care, Tucson, Arizona	Pathology
1978	Steven Milton Walther, M.D.*	Partner, San Angelo Radiology, San Angelo; Dir., Imaging Center of the Southwest	Radiology
1977	Susan Elizabeth Epstein, M.D.	Internist, Fort Harrison VA Medical Center, Fort Harrison, Montana	Internal Medicine
1977	Roy Steven Paulson, M.D.	Director, Texas Oncology	Hematology and Oncology
1976	Charles Prentice Crumpler, M.D.	Private practice, Paris, Texas	Cardiology
1975	Turner M. Caldwell III, M.D.	Dermatologist, High Plains Dermatology Center, Amarillo, Texas	Dermatology
1974	Steven Edward Zinn, M.D.	Anesthesiologist, Ascension Seton Medical Center, Austin	Anesthesiology
1973	Barbara Elizabeth Murray, M.D.	Professor, Infectious Diseases, UT Health Sciences Center at Houston McGovern Medical School	Infectious Diseases
1972	Joseph Earl Davis Jr., M.D.*	Co-founder, Ultrafit Preventive Medicine Center, Nacogdoches, Texas	Internal Medicine
1971	Kent Eugene Rogers, M.D.*	Chief of Staff, Navarro Reg. Hosp.; Med. Dir., Corsicana/Navarro Co. Health Depart	Internal Medicine
1970	Hayden Lester Klaeveman, M.D.*	Administrator, Daughters of Charity, San Francisco Bay Area	Gastroenterology
1969	James Clark Huff, M.D.	Chair, Dermatology, University of Colorado	Dermatology and Internal Medicine
1968	Walter Lee Peterson Jr., M.D.*	Professor of Internal Medicine, UTSW	Internal Medicine
1967	William Larkin Berry, M.D.	Ophthalmologist, private practice, Dallas	Ophthalmology
1967	Jed Edward Rosenthal Jr., M.D.	Cardiologist, private practice, Dallas and Plano, Texas	Cardiology
1966	Joseph L. Goldstein, M.D.	1985 Nobel Prize winner and Chair of Molecular Genetics, UTSW	Molecular Genetics
1966	Kaye Evan Wilkins, M.D.	Professor of Orthopedics, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio	Orthopedic Pediatrics
1965	Charles Lynn Skelton, M.D.*	Cardiologist; Director of Cardiac Catheterization of Medical Center of Louisiana	Cardiology
1964	Marshall Drue Denton, M.D.*	Internal medical private practice, Cincinnati	Internal Medicine
1963	James Henry Herndon Jr., M.D.	Dermatologist, Dallas	Dermatology
1963	Stanley Augustus Lightfoot, M.D.	Pathologist, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Pathology
1962	Kenneth Lecil Ford Jr., M.D.	Pathologist, Denton, Texas	Pathology
1961	Charles James Carrico, M.D.	Surgeon, UTSW; first to tend to President John F. Kennedy after he was shot	Surgery
1960	William Darrell Willis Jr., M.D., Ph.D.*	Neuroscientist; Chairman, Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, UT Medical Branch	Neuroscience
1959	Billy Paul Kincaid, M.D.*	Internal medicine private practice, Lubbock, Texas	Internal Medicine
1959	Kenneth Marvin Wiggins, M.D.	Psychiatrist, Tarrant County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center	Psychiatry
1958	Billy Wayne Henderson, M.D.	Internal medicine private practice, Nacogdoches, Texas	Internal Medicine
1957	George Ellison Hurt Jr., M.D.*	Director, Urology clinic for spina bifida patients, Scottish Rite for Children	Urology
1956	Rolland Clinton Reynolds, M.D.*	Professor of Pathology, UTSW	Pathology
1955	Mary Alice Bone Adamson, M.D.	Medical Director, Cherokee County Health Department, Jacksonville, Texas	Gynecology
1954	David Crittenden Haseltine, M.D.*	N/A	N/A
1953	Charles Patrick Oles, M.D.*	Vascular surgeon, Amarillo, Texas	General and Vascular Surgery
1953	Patrick Franklin Rose, M.D.*	Pediatric cardiologist, Dallas	Pediatric cardiology
1952	John T. Binion, M.D.*	Former President of Medical Staff, Baylor Dallas	Internal Medicine, Cardiology
1952	Cesar A. Collazo, M.D.*	General practitioner, primary care clinic, Juncos, Puerto Rico	General and Family Practice
1951	Sherman Tipton Coleman, M.D.*	Sculptor; former Chief of Staff of Spohn Hospital, Corpus Christi, Texas	Surgery
1950	George Alva Edwards, M.D.*	Assistant Dean, UTSW	Surgery
1949	William Edward Huckabee, M.D.*	Researcher, Yale Univ.; Asst. Prof., Boston University	Physiology
1948	George Thomas Shires, M.D.*	Director, Trauma Institute; Dept. of Surgery, Univ. of Nevada Sch. of Med.	Surgery
1947	John McLain Faggard, M.D.*	General Surgeon, Poteet, Texas	General Surgery
1946	Donald Sterling Brown, M.D.*	Private Practice, Dallas area	Internal Medicine, Cardiology
1946	Charles Louis Wisseman, M.D.*	Chair, Microbiology, Univ. of Maryland Medical School	Microbiology
1945	Glenn Ray Cherry, M.D.*	Clinical Staff, UTSW	Neurosurgery
1945	Herbert Arthur Bailey, M.D.*	Private practice, gastroenterology, Dallas and Elgin, Texas	Gastroenterology
1945	W. Lee Hart, M.D.**	Fourth Dean of UTSW Medical School; Brigadier General, Army Medical Officer	Army Medical Officer
1945	Milford O. Rouse, M.D.**	Professor, Clinical Medicine, Southwestern Medical College	Gastroenterology
1945	Ernest Lloyd Guy, M.D.*	General Practitioner and Surgeon, Houston	General Practice, Surgery
1944	James Harold Johnson Jr., M.D.*	Surgeon, Longview, Texas	Surgery
1944	George C. Thorne, M.D.*	Pediatrician, Austin; organized polio state vaccinations	Pediatrics
1944	Knox E. Miller, M.D.**	Helped name Ho Din Award	N/A
1944	Tinsley Harrison, M.D.**	Chair of Medicine and second Dean of UTSW Medical School; published Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine	Cardiology

* Deceased

** Honorary award

Sources: Southwestern Medical Foundation, UT Southwestern, alumni records, and online record searches. The data above is based on the most current information available and cannot be guaranteed as necessarily the most accurate, particularly regarding an individual’s last known position and in cases where some records could not be located or verified. All efforts were made to validate and confirm data.

Medical School founders: first Ho Din recipients

In 1943, an honorary version of the Ho Din Award was given to eight faculty members who were instrumental in founding Southwestern Medical College that same year. All were original department heads and included:

• Edward H. Cary, M.D., Founder and President
• Donald H. Slaughter, M.D., Dean
• George T. Caldwell, M.D., Pathology
• Alfred I. Folsom, M.D., Urology Training Program (and also Director of Parkland Hospital)
• Hugh L. Moore, M.D., Pediatrics
• Jesse Bedford Shelmire, Jr., M.D., Dermatology
• Henry M. Winans, M.D., Chairman of Medicine
• Guy F. Witt, M.D., Neurology and Psychiatry