PAO-HNS Awards
Helen Krause, MD Distinguished Service Award
This award honors a member otolaryngologist who has done extraordinary work for the Academy, or who has made an extraordinary contribution to his/her specialty. In 2012, the award is named in memory of Helen Krause, MD, FACS, FACO-HNS, FAAOA. Dr. Krause was a pioneer in the specialty who served the Academy in many capacities during her 46 years of membership. She was the consummate example of a strong, female physician leader and the PAO-HNS commemorates her legacy by dedicating this award in her name.
This award honors a member otolaryngologist who has done extraordinary work for the Academy, or who has made an extraordinary contribution to his/her specialty. In 2012, the award is named in memory of Helen Krause, MD, FACS, FACO-HNS, FAAOA. Dr. Krause was a pioneer in the specialty who served the Academy in many capacities during her 46 years of membership. She was the consummate example of a strong, female physician leader and the PAO-HNS commemorates her legacy by dedicating this award in her name.
Past Recipients of Distinguished Service Award
1961 James E. Landis, MD, Reading
1964 Matthew S. Ersner, MD, Philadelphia 1973 Daniel S. DeStio, MD, Pittsburgh 1975 John T. Dickinson, MD, Pittsburgh 1977 David Myers, MD, Philadelphia 1979 James M. Cole, MD, Danville 1980 Silvio H. DeBlasio, MD, Pittsburgh 1983 Bernard J. Ronis, MD, Philadelphia 1985 Eugene G. Rex, MD, Philadelphia 1986 Donald B. Kamerer, MD, Pittsburgh 1988 Stewart R. Rood, PhD, Pittsburgh 1990 G. William Jaquiss, MD, Pittsburgh 1991 Clyde B. Lamp, Jr., MD, Pittsburgh 1992 Donald P. Vrabec, MD, Danville 1993 Helen F. Krause, MD, Pittsburgh 1994 George H. Conner, MD, Hershey 1994 Louis D. Lowry, MD, Philadelphia 1995 Thomas L. Kennedy, MD, Danville 1996 Alfred K. Walter, Reading 1997 Webb Hersperger, MD, Carlisle 1998 John Milliron, Harrisburg 1999 James B. Snow, Jr., MD, Easton, MD |
2000 None Presented
2001 None Presented 2002 None Presented 2003 Phillip K. Pellitteri, DO, FACS, Danville 2004 Karen A. Rizzo, MD, FACS, Lancaster 2005 Barry E. Hirsch, MD, Pittsburgh 2006 Edmund A. Pribitkin, MD, Philadelphia 2007 Scott M. Gayner, MD, Mechanicsburg 2008 Robert T. Sataloff, MD, DMA, FACS, Philadelphia 2009 Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD, FACS, Pittsburgh 2010 None Presented 2011 None Presented 2012 Eugene N. Myers, MD, FACS, Pittsburgh 2013 David W. Kennedy, MD, Philadelphia 2014 Jason G. Newman, MD, FACS, Philadelphia 2015 Berrylin J. Ferguson, MD, FAAOA, FACS, PIttsburgh 2016 David Goldenberg, MD, FACS, Hershey 2017 Jeffrey Simons, MD, FACS, FAAP, Pittsburgh 2018 Jonas T. Johnson, MD 2019 James C. Denneny, III, MD, Alexandria, VA 2020 Bert W. O'Malley, Jr., MD 2021 Johnathan D. McGinn, MD, Hershey 2022 David M. Cognetti, MD, FACS, Philadelphia |
Citation for Distinguished Service
Presented to a non-physician who has done unusual work for the deaf, hearing or speech impaired.
Presented to a non-physician who has done unusual work for the deaf, hearing or speech impaired.
Past Recipients of Citation for Distinguished Service
1991 James C. Roddey, Pittsburgh
1992 None Presented 1993 David P. Augustine, RN, Clinician I, Mt. Carmel 1994 Carol Finkle, M Ed, MA, Philadelphia 1995 Rachel D. Dubin, Baltimore 1996 Patricia Exley Ambler & Ann Friedlander, Wynnewood 1997 Christina Seaborg, MA, Wilkes-Barre 1998 Pamela Dickinson, MS, CCC-A, Pittsburgh 1999 Virginia Ehr, North Myrtle Beach, SC 2000 None Presented 2001 Mark Y. Harlor, M Ed, Danville 2002 Laura R. Sabol, M. Ed, CCC/SLP, Lancaster 2003 Hearing Center of Children’s Hosp of Pitts Community Advisory Board 2004 None Presented 2005 Kathleen J. Gilmartin, Au.D., University of Pittsburgh Ear & Eye Inst. 2006 Catherine V. Palmer, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
2007 George Nofer, JD, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Roberta Aungst, MS, CCC-A 2009 Deborrah Johnston, Au.D., DePaul School for Hearing and Speech 2010 John Nicotra 2011 None Presented 2012 Donald E. Rhoten, M.Ed., M.S., Pittsburgh 2013 None Presented 2014 Anne Gaspich, Harrisburg 2015 None Presented 2016 Mary Hawkshaw, RN, BSN, CORLN, Drexel University College of Medicine 2017 Katherine T. Verdolini Abbott, PhD, M.Div 2018 Margaret McCall Baroody, MM 2019 Linda M. Carroll, PhD 2020 Ruth G. Auld, EdD 2021 Tamara L. Wasserman-Wincko, M.S. 2022 Paula B. Marcinkevich, AuD, CCC-A |
Community Service Citation
Presented to a lay person in Pennsylvania (frequently a legislator) who has rendered outstanding service to community in support of quality health care.
Presented to a lay person in Pennsylvania (frequently a legislator) who has rendered outstanding service to community in support of quality health care.
Past Recipients of Community Service Citation
1991 State Senator J. Doyle Corman, Bellefonte
1992 State Representative Edwin G. Johnson, Hollidaysburg 1993 State Representative Elaine F. Farmer, McCandless 1994 U. S. Senator Arlen Specter 1995 State Representative Matthew J. Ryan, Delaware County 1996 Hon. Merle Phillips, Sunbury 1997 Gov. Thomas Ridge, Harrisburg 1998 Hon. J. Scot Chadwick, Harrisburg 1999 None Presented 2000 None Presented 2001 Hon. Charles T. McIlhinney, Jr., Harrisburg 2002 Hon. Curt Schroder, Harrisburg 2003 Hon. Jane C. Orie, Pittsburgh 2004 Hon. Rick Santorum 2005 Hon. Jake Corman |
2006 Hon. Charles D. Lemmond
2007 Hon. Jim Gerlach 2008 Hon. Mike Turzai, Allegheny County 2009 Hon. P. Michael Sturla, Lancaster County 2010 Hon. Susan Helm, Dauphin County 2011 None Presented 2012 Hon. Ronald S. Marsico, Dauphin County 2013 Hon. Joseph B. Scarnati, III 2014 Hon. Jay Costa, Pittsburgh 2015 Hon. Mark Mustio 2016 None Presented 2017 Madame Justice Sandra Schultz Newman 2018 Hon. Harry Readshaw 2019 Hon. Bryan D. Cutler, JD, BS RTR, Lancaster County 2020 Hon. David S. Hickernell 2021 Hon. Kerry A. Benninghoff 2022 Hon. Marty Flynn |