USC School of Medicine Past Alumni Award Recipients

Distinguished SOM Physician Alumni Award:

• 2008 – D. Jeffrey Newport, MD, MS, MDiv – Class of 1995, Psychiatry
• 2007 – Judith T. Burgis, MD – Class of 1989, Obstetrics and Gynecology
• 2006 – Elizabeth G. Baxley, MD – Class of 1984, Family Medicine
• 2005 – William M. Moore, Jr. MD – Class of 1983, Surgery
• 2005 – Franklin O. Smith III, MD – Class of 1984, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
• 2004 – R. Caughman Taylor, MD – Class of 1983, Pediatrics
• 2004 – Virginia A. Eddy, MD – Class of 1984, Surgery
• 2002 – 2003 (Clinical) – Dexter L. Cook Jr., MD – Class of 1983, Pediatrics
• 2002 – 2003 (Administrative) – Patrick McBride MD, – Residency Class of 1984, Family Medicine
• 2001 – Raymond P. Bynoe, MD – Residency Class of 1984, Surgery
• 2000 – Jim C. Chow, MD – Class of 1985, Dermatology

Distinguished SOM Young Physician Alumni Award:

• 2008 – Charles J. Carter Jr., MD – Class of 1999, Family and Preventive Medicine
• 2007 – Nioaka N. Campbell, MD – Class of 2000, Psychiatry
• 2006 – Noel A. Brownlee, MD – Class of 2002, Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
• 2005 – John P. Batson III, MD – Class of 1999, Pediatrics, Sports Medicine
• 2004 – M. Todd Crump, MD – Class of 1998, Emergency Medicine
• 2002 – 2003 – John Markowitz, MD – Class of 1995, Pediatric Gastroenterology
• 2001 – C. Todd Walter, MD – Class of 1993, Family Medicine
• 2000 – No Nominations Received

SOM Humanitarian Alumni Award:

• 2008 – No award presented in this category
• 2007 – Cassandra D. Youmans, M.D., MPH, MS-HCM, FAAP – Class of 1987, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics
• 2006 – James F. Riddle, MD – Class of 1986, Psychiatry
• 2005 – G. Grattan (Grat) Correll, MD – Class of 1994, Family Medicine
• 2004 – Katherine A.  Close, MD – Class of 1988, Family Medicine
• 2002 – 2003 - Miriam R. Wheeler, MD – Class of 1985, Family Medicine
• 2001 – Elizabeth Lynne Gibbs, MD – Class of 1986, Pediatrics
• 2000 – Paul V. DeMarco, MD – Class of 1989, Internal Medicine

Distinguished SOM Graduate Doctorate Alumni Award:

• 2008 – Amy Baldwin, PhD – Class of 2003
• 2007 – No nominations received
• 2006 – Jian M. Ding, MD, PhD – Class of 1992
• 2005 – Richard A. Rabin, PhD – Class of 1979
• 2004 – Aniruddha Choudhury, PhD – Class of 1994
• 2002 – 2003 – Randolph M. Johnson, PhD– Class of 1984
• 2001 – No Nominations received
• 2000 – Alvin F. Wells, MD, PhD – Class of 1988

Distinguished SOM Graduate Master’s Alumni Award:

• 2008 – William M. Luce, CRNA – Class of 1998, Nurse Anesthesia
• 2007 – Ralph Russell Britain, CRNA – Class of 2002, Nurse Anesthesia
• 2006 – Edward Middleton – Class of 1999, Rehabilitation Counseling
• 2005 – Herbert O. Poole – Class of 1997, Nurse Anesthesia
• 2004 – Kimberly Heriot Newell – Class of 1996, Nurse Anesthesia
• 2002 – 2003 – Jill Marie Fischer, MS, CGC – Class of 1993, Genetic Counseling
• 2001 – Campbell K. Brasington, MS, CGC – Class of 1988, Genetic Counseling
• 2000 – No Nominations Received

Distinguished SOM Genetic Counseling Award:

• 2008 – Courtney E. Rowell, MS CGC – Class of 2000
• 2007 – Holly Landrum Peay, CGC – Class of 1997
• 2006 – Sonja R. Eubanks, MS CGC – Class of 1995
• 2005 – Victoria A. Vincent, MS CGC – Class of 1987
• 2004 –  Christine E. Miller, MS CGC – Class of 1989

SOM Alumni Association Honorary Life Membership
(Non-SOM Graduate):

• 2008 – C. Warren Derrick, MD – Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Pediatrics; 1977-2006 – Chair of Pediatrics, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
• 2007 – Larry R. Faulkner, MD – SOM Dean 1994-2006
• 2006 – James R. Stallworth, MD – Associate Professor, Pediatrics
• 2005 – O’Neill Barrett, Jr., MD – Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Internal Medicine
• 2004 –  Donald E. Saunders, Jr., MD – Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology
• 2002 – 2003 – Paul V. Catalana, MD, MPH – GHS Director of Student Services and Associate Professor of Pediatrics
• 2002 – 2003 – James A. Hightower, PhD – Professor Emeritus, School of Medicine Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
• 2001 – Roderick Macdonald, Jr., MD – Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Past Dean
• 2001 – J. O’Neal Humphries, MD – Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Past Dean
• 2000 – Robert F. Sabalis, PhD – Associate Dean for Medical Education and Academic Affairs

University of South Carolina Alumni Award Recipients

Outstanding Black Alumni Award

• 2007 – Cassandra D. Youmans, MD – Class of 1987, Internal Medicine

Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award

• 2006 – Katherine A.  Close, MD – Class of 1988, Family Medicine

Young Alumni Award

• 2006 – Noel Brownlee, MD – Class of 2002, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology

Honorary Life Membership

• 2004 – Larry R. Faulkner, MD – Vice President of Medical Affairs and Dean of the USC School of Medicine
• 2004 – Donald E. Saunders, Jr., MD – USC Class of 1951; Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Internal Medicine
• 2003 – Roderick Macdonald, Jr., MD - Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Ophthalmology and Dean Emeritus
• 1991 – J. O’Neal Humphries, MD - Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Internal Medicine and Dean Emeritus