Lyman E. Bilhartz, M.D., Teaching Award
In May 2004 the Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases mourned the untimely death of Lyman E. Bilhartz, M.D., an outstanding graduate of UT Southwestern Medical School. Dr. Bilhartz obtained his initial postgraduate training and was Chief Resident at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center. In 1985 he returned to UT Southwestern for his fellowship training and then joined the faculty.
| 1980 | Guenter J. Krejs, M.D. | 2001 | Edward L. Lee, M.D. |
| 1981 | J. Kent Hamilton, M.D. | 2002 | Rohan Jeyarajah, M.D. |
| 1982 | John M. Dietschy, M.D. | 2003 | David E. Landgon, M.D. |
| 1983 | Athol J. Ware, M.D. | 2004 | Lyman E. Bilhartz, M.D. |
| 1984 | Leon Wolf, M.D. | 2005 | Shou J. Tang, M.D. |
| 1985 | Larry R. Schiller, M.D. | 2006 | Stuart Spechler, M.D. |
| 1986 | Peter Loeb, M.D. | 2007 | William Santangelo, M.D. |
| 1987 | Mark Feldman, M.D. | 2008 | Samir Gupta, M.D. |
| 1988 | Peter M. Loeb, M.D. | 2009 | Jennifer A. Cuthbert, M.D. |
| 1989 | Edward L. Lee, M.D. | 2010 | Henrik Westergaard, M.D. |
| 1990 | Walter L. Peterson, M.D. | 2011 | Deepak Agrawal, M.D. |
| 1991 | William Harford, Jr., M.D. | 2012 | Amit Singal, M.D. |
| 1992 | Markus Goldschmiedt, M.D. | 2013 | Kerry Dunbar, M.D. |
| 1993 | Gordon D. Luk, M.D. | 2014 | Nisa Kubiliun, M.D. |
| 1994 | Dwain L. Thiele, M.D. | 2015 | Geri Brown, M.D. |
| 1995 | Henrik Westergaard, M.D. | 2016 | William Santangelo, M.D. |
| 1996 | Jennifer A. Cuthbert, M.D. | 2017 | Geri Brown, M.D. |
| 1997 | Walter L. Peterson, M.D. | 2018 | Marlyn Mayo, M.D. |
| 1998 | Peter M. Loeb, M.D. | 2019 | H. Frank Herlong, M.D. |
| 1999 | Lawrence R. Schiller, M.D. | 2020 | Jacqueline O’Leary, M.D. |
| 2000 | Dwain L. Thiele, M.D. | 2021 | Benjamin Elsbernd, M.D. |
| 2022 | Mark Pedersen, M.D. |