The Walter T. Hughes Distinguished Physician Award is given in honor of Dr. Walter T. Hughes, founding member and first president of PIDS. The award is presented annually to a pediatrician with a distinguished career in pediatric infectious diseases marked by significant contributions, including those as a clinician, educator, or investigator. The awardee will be announced during IDWeek.
Nominations are accepted from current PIDS members. The application deadline was Monday, April 15, 2024.
Access the application here
Past Recipients of the Walter T. Hughes Distinguished Physician Award
- 2024: Pablo Sánchez, MD
- 2023: Patricia Flynn, MD
- 2022: David Kimberlin, MD
- 2021: Morven S. Edwards, MD and Gregory A. Storch, MD
- 2020: John S. Bradley, MD
- 2019: Sheldon L. Kaplan, MD
- 2018: Penelope H. Dennehy, MD
- 2017: Eugene D. Shapiro, MD
- 2016: Sarah S. Long, MD
- 2015: Janet A. Englund, MD
- 2014: Stanford T. Shulman, MD
- 2013: Mary Glode, MD and Kenneth McIntosh
- 2012: Janet R. Gilsdorf, MD
- 2011: Kathryn M. Edwards, MD
- 2010: Richard J. Whitley, MD
- 2009: Ann Arvin, MD
- 2008: Anne Gershon, MD and James K. Todd, MD
- 2007: Carol J. Baker, MD and Larry K. Pickering, MD
- 2006: Ellen Wald, MD
- 2005: Charles A. Alford, MD
- 2004: William Paul Glezen, MD
- 2003: James D. Cherry, MD
- 2002: Georges Peter, MD
- 2001: George H. McCracken, Jr., MD
- 2000: James Bass, MD and Henry Shinefield, MD
- 1999: Caroline B. Hall, MD
- 1998: Milton Markowitz, MD
- 1997: Walter T. Hughes, MD
- 1996: Ralph D. Feigin, MD
- 1995: Jerome O. Klein, MD
- 1994: Edward A. Mortimer, MD
- 1993: Stanley A. Plotkin, MD
- 1992: Paul G. Quie, MD
- 1991: Samuel L. Katz, MD
- 1990: Martha D. Yow, MD
- 1989: Margaret H.D. Smith, MD
- 1988: Frederick C. Robbins, MD
- 1987: Floyd W. Denny, MD and Saul Krugman, MD
