Chadwick Medal: Massachusetts Thoracic Society

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The Henry D. Chadwick Medal Award

The Henry D. Chadwick Medal Award is the highest honor awarded by the Massachusetts Thoracic Society for "meritorious contributions in the study and treatment of tuberculosis and other thoracic diseases." The sole criteria for nominees is that they should be outstanding in some field of pulmonary disease, that is disease involving the lungs and air ways. The candidates do not necessarily have to be physicians or MTS members, but their major professional activities, whether of local or international acclaim, should have been in Massachusetts.

The first Chadwick Medal was given to Doctor Chadwick in 1964, when he was 90 years old. Doctor Chadwick had always wanted to be a physician, but first worked in pharmacies while being tutored in order to enter medical school. He entered Harvard Medical School in 1891 and graduated cum laude. His major work focused on diagnosis and classification of juvenile tuberculosis.

Doctor Chadwick practiced medicine for 16 years and then he became ill with TB and spent some time at the Trudeau Hospital in Saranac Lake. Upon his return he became more active in public health by becoming a member of the Waltham Board of Health and being on the Board of the Channing Home for TB. He also lectured at Harvard Medical School and School of Public Health.

Doctor Chadwick was President of three local TB Associations in Massachusetts and of two state TB Associations - Massachusetts and Michigan. He became President Emeritus of the Massachusetts TB and Health League in 1945.

Doctor Chadwick's belief that the use of the TB skin test was the most practical way of detecting tuberculosis is still in practice today. His work in the study and treatment of tuberculosis has done much to help us with the eradication of TB.

2009 Nomination for the Chadwick Medal

If you would like to nominate an individual who you believe should be considered for the Chadwick Medal, see the Chadwick Medal Nomination Memo and download the nomination form and provide the requested information.

Massachusetts Thoracic Society Chadwick Medal Recipients 1964-2008

2008	David Michael Center	Clinician, Teacher, Research in Pulmonary Immunology
2007	Richard S. Irwin, MD	Clinician, Teacher, Researcher - Etiology and Management of Cough
2006	Edward A. Nardell, MD	Clinician, Teacher, Expert in TB Control
2006	John Bernardo, MD	Clinician, Researcher, Expert in TB Management, Including the Homeless Population
2005	Nicholas S. Hill, MD	Scientist, Teacher, Researcher - Pulmonary Vascular Biology, Clinical Pulmonary Hypertension, and Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
2004	Jeffrey J. Fredberg, PhD	Teacher, Researcher - Airway Biology/ Physiology, Asthma
2003	Bartolome R. Celli, MD	Clinician, Teacher, Researcher, Physiologist, Pulmonary Rehab Specialist
2002	John F. Beamis, Jr., MD	Interventional Pulmonologist, Clinician, Teacher
	Melvin W. First, Sc.D	Teacher, Researcher: Air Quality, Industrial Hygiene and Therapy
2001	Barry L. Fanburg, MD	Teacher, Reseacher, Clinician; Sarcoidosis; Diagnosis and Therapy
2000	Jeffrey M. Drazen, MD	Clinician, Scientist, teacher; asthma genetics; treatment, physiology
1999	L. Jack Faling, MD	Clinician, Teacher, Administrator, Mentor and role model
1997	Frank E. Speizer, MD	Authority on the epidemiology of asthma and COPD: Researcher, Trainer
1996	Hermes C. Grillo, MD	Thoracic surgeon; new procedures for tracheal resection and reconstruction surgery, teacher and clinician
1995	Mary Ellen Wohl, MD	Pediatric Pulmonologist, physiology researcher in lung development, new therapies for cystic fibrosis, teacher and administrator
	Blake Cady, MD	Anti-smoking Activist; Researcher & Surgeon In oncology
1994	Jerome S. Brody, MD	Clinician-scientist in pulmonology; researcher in lung development and cell differentiation
1992	Joseph D. Brain, Sc.D	Teacher, researcher in pulmonary physiology and lung cell biology
1991	Dwight E. Harkin, MD	Cardiac & Thoracic Surgeon; TB Treatment Anti-Smoking Activist
1990	Earle B. Weiss, MD	Administrator, Teacher; Scientist Clinical & Laboratory
1989	Denise J. Strieder, MD	Pediatric Pulmonary Clinician; Researcher & Teacher
1988	Homayoun Kazemi, MD	Physiology Reseacher: Control of Breathing Pulmonary Clinician & Teacher
1987	Gustave A. Laurenzi, MD	Pulmonary Internist; Teacher & Raconteur
1986	Richard H. Overholt, MD	Thoracic Surgeon; Pioneer Crusader against cigarette smoking
	Henning Pontoppidan, MD	Anesthesiologist; Pioneer in Respiratory Therapy and Chest Physical Therapy
1985	Howard G. Turner, Jr., MD	Tuberculosis Specialist, Teacher
	Lynne Reid, MD	Pathologist, Researcher: Bronchitis, Emphysema, and Pulmonary Hypertension
1983	Mary K. Steinkrauss, RN	Massachusetts TB Program, Nurse Specialist (posthumously)
1982	Joan M. Tourigney, RN, RRT	Respiratory Therapist, Nurse Specialist (posthumously)
1981	Mary Ellen Avery, MD	Pediatric Intensivist, Researcher, Teacher & Administrator
1980	Gordon L. Snider, MD	Pulmonary Clinician, Teacher & Researcher: Respiratory Therapy, Emphysema
	James L. Whittenberger, MD	Physiology Professor: Mechanics, Air Pollution
1979	Harriet L. Hardy, MD	Occupational Disease Reseacher: berylliosis, "Black Lung"
1978	John H. Emerson, MD	Inventor: Iron Lung, 02 Tent, IPPB
1976	Harry Shwachman, MD	Pediatrics Professor, Cystic Fibrosis Pioneer
	Donald A. Martin, MD	Phthisiotherapist & Sanatorium Administrator
1975	Jeremiah Mead, MD	Phthisiotherapist & Sanatorium Administrator
1974	John W. Strieder, MD	Thoracic Surgeon, Teacher
1972	Theodore L. Badger, MD	Internist, Pulmonlogist, Tuberculosis Therapy, Teacher
	Edward Welch, MD	Internist, Pulmonologist
1970	Edward Gaensler, MD	Thoracic Surgeon, Physiologist Researcher Interstitial Lung Disease, Asbestosis
1966	Paul DeFault, MD	Phthisiotherapeutist & Sanatorium Administrator
1965	Cleaveland Floyd, MD	Phthisiologist: Therapeutic Pneumothorax
1964	Henry D. Chadwick, MD	Tuberculosis Specialist, Sanatorium Administrator, and Health Commissioner

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