Henry Chadwick Medal | Massachusetts Pulmonary Society

Henry Chadwick Medal Recipients
1964 - Present

2026 Henry Chadwick Medal Recipient

Christine Campbell Reardon, MD

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Fellowship Program Director

Boston University Medical Center

2026

Christine Reardon, MD

Pulmonary/Critical Care Clinician, Clinician Educator,

2023

Harrison W. Farber, MD

Pulmonary Hypertension Specialist, Clinician and Investigator

B. Taylor Thompson, MD

Pulmonary/Critical Care Clinician, Investigator, Educator, Specialist in Clinical Trials

2018

Carla R. Lamb, MD

Pulmonary/Critical Care Clinician, Research, Educator, Specialist in Interventional Pulmonology

2015

Dennis J. Beer, MD

Intensivist, Pulmonary Diagnostician, Educator

2012

Sue C. Etkind, RN, MS

Nurse, Public Health Professional, TB Control Expert

2009

Raymond L.H. Murphy, Jr., MD

Clinician, Professor, Research in lung sounds, Co-founder International Lung Sounds Association

2006

John Bernardo, MD

Clinician, Researcher, Expert in TB management, including the homeless population

Edward A. Nardell, MD

Clinician, Teacher, Expert in TB control

2003

Bartolome R. Celli, MD

Clinician, Teacher, Researcher, Physiologist, Pulmonary Rehab Specialist

2000

Jeffrey M. Drazen, MD

Clinician, Scientist, teacher; asthma genetics; treatment, physiology

1996

Hermes C. Grillo, MD

Thoracic surgeon; new procedures for tracheal resection and reconstruction surgery, teacher and clinician

1992

Joseph D. Brain, Sc.D

Teacher, researcher in pulmonary physiology and lung cell biology

1989

Denise J. Strieder, MD

Pediatric Pulmonary Clinician; Researcher & Teacher

1986

Richard H. Overholt, MD

Thoracic Surgeon; Pioneer Crusader against cigarette smoking

1982

Joan M. Tourigney, RN, RRT (posthumously)

Respiratory Therapist, Nurse Specialist

1979

Harriet L. Hardy, MD

Occupational Disease Reseacher: berylliosis, "Black Lung"

James L. Whittenberger, MD

Physiology Professor: Mechanics, Air Pollution

1975

Jeremiah Mead, MD

Physiology Researcher: Respiratory mechanics

Donald A. Martin, MD

Phthisiotherapist & Sanatorium Administrator

1970

Edward Gaensler, MD

Thoracic Surgeon, Physiologist Researcher Interstitial Lung Disease, Asbestosis

Edward Welch, MD

Internist, Pulmonologist

1964

Henry D. Chadwick, MD

Tuberculosis Specialist, Sanatorium Administrator, and Health Commissioner

2025

Hardy Kornfeld, MD, PhD

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Clinician, Investigator, Educator

2021

Leonard Sicilian, MD

Pulmonary Clinician and Educator, ICU Director, Cystic Fibrosis Specialist

2017

David J. Kanarek, MD

Pulmonary/Critical Care Clinician, Researcher, Educator, Mentor

2014

Jeffrey S. Berman, MD

Pulmonologist, Educator and Mentor

2011

Dean R. Hess, PhD, RRT

Respiratory Therapist, Teacher, Mentor

2008

David Michael Center, MD

Clinician, Teacher, Research in Pulmonary Immunology

2005

Nicholas S. Hill, MD

Scientist, Teacher, Researcher Pulmonary Vascular Biology, Clinical Pulmonary Hypertension, and Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation

2002

John F. Beamis, Jr., MD

Interventional Pulmonologist, Clinician, Teacher

1999

L. Jack Faling, MD

Clinician, Teacher, Administrator, Mentor and role model

1995

Mary Ellen Wohl, MD

Pediatric Pulmonologist, physiology researcher in lung development, new therapies for cystic fibrosis, teacher and administrator

1991

Dwight E. Harkin, MD

Cardiac & Thoracic Surgeon; TB Treatment, Anti-Smoking Activist

1988

Homayoun Kazemi, MD

Physiology Reseacher: Control of Breathing Pulmonary Clinician & Teacher

1985

Howard G. Turner, Jr., MD

Tuberculosis Specialist, Teacher

Henning Pontoppidan, MD

Anesthesiologist; Pioneer in Respiratory Therapy and Chest Physical Therapy

1981

Mary Ellen Avery, MD

Pediatric Intensivist, Researcher, Teacher & Administrator

1978

John H. Emerson, MD

Inventor: Iron Lung, O2 Tent, IPPB

1974

John W. Strieder, MD

Thoracic Surgeon, Teacher

1966

Paul DeFault, MD

Phthisiotherapeutist & Sanatorium Administrator

2024

Robert Brown, MD

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Clinician, Investigator, Educator

2019

Helen M. Hollingsworth, MD

Pulmonary/Critical Care Clinician, Clinician Educator, Researcher, Editor

2016

Christopher H. Fanta, MD

Pulmonologist, Professor, Asthma Specialist

2013

David J. Sugarbaker, MD

Thoracic Surgeon, Mesothelioma Expert

2010

Ronald C. Silvestri, MD

Clinician, teacher, role model for pulmonary trainees

2007

Richard S. Irwin, MD

Clinician, Teacher, Researcher - Etiology and Management of Cough

2004

Jeffrey J. Fredberg, PhD

Teacher, Researcher - Airway Biology/ Physiology, Asthma

2001

Barry L. Fanburg, MD

Teacher, Researcher, Clinician; Sarcoidosis; Diagnosis and Therapy

Melvin W. First, Sc.D

Teacher, Researcher: Air Quality, Industrial Hygiene and Therapy

1997

Frank E. Speizer, MD

Authority on the epidemiology of asthma and COPD: Researcher, Trainer

1994

Jerome S. Brody, MD

Clinician-scientist in pulmonology; researcher in lung development and cell differentiation

Blake Cady, MD

Anti-smoking Activist; Researcher & Surgeon In oncology

1990

Earle B. Weiss, MD

Administrator, Teacher; Scientist Clinical & Laboratory

1987

Gustave A. Laurenzi, MD

Pulmonary Internist; Teacher & Raconteur

1983

Mary K. Steinkrauss, RN (posthumously)

Massachusetts TB Program, Nurse Specialist

Lynne Reid, MD

Pathologist, Researcher: Bronchitis, Emphysema, and Pulmonary Hypertension

1980

Gordon L. Snider, MD

Pulmonary Clinician, Teacher & Researcher: Respiratory Therapy, Emphysema

1976

Harry Shwachman, MD

Pediatrics Professor, Cystic Fibrosis Pioneer

1972

Theodore L. Badger, MD

Internist, Pulmonlogist, Tuberculosis Therapy, Teacher

1965

Cleaveland Floyd, MD

Phthisiologist: Therapeutic Pneumothorax

Henry Chadwick Medal Recipients 1964 - Present