PAO-HNS Awards

Helen Krause, MD Distinguished Service Award
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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.
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Past Recipients of Distinguished Service Award
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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

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Citation for Distinguished Service
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

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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.

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