The Distinguished Service Award recognizes a Society member who has made an outstanding contribution to the specialty of pediatric infectious diseases. Awards are given at the discretion and selection of the Society’s President.
Past Award Recipients
- 1995 – Caroline Breese Hall, MD
- 1997 – George H. McCracken, Jr., MD and John D. Nelson, MD
- 1999 – Carol J. Baker, MD
- 2001 – Walter Orenstein, MD
- 2003 – Sarah S. Long, MD
- 2005 – Richard F. Jacobs, MD
- 2007 – Sheldon L. Kaplan, MD
- 2009 – Stanley A. Plotkin, MD
- 2011 – Joseph W. St. Geme, III, MD
- 2012 – Penelope H. Dennehy, MD
- 2013 – Larry K. Pickering, MD
- 2015 – Theoklis Zaoutis, MD, MSCE
- 2017 – Kathryn M. Edwards, MD
- 2019 – David W. Kimberlin, MD
- 2021 – Grace M. Lee, MD, MPH
- 2023 – Kris Bryant, MD
