The Directors of The Passano Foundation are seeking nominations for the 2025 Passano Award. For your convenience, the nomination form is attached in the button above. Nominations are invited throughout the year with selections being made in December. In an effort to reduce the use of paper, nominations will only be accepted via email in a single PDF file. Please submit your nomination to info@waverlymanagement.com.
The Passano Award and honorarium will be given to an established investigator in recognition of his or her research which leads to clinical medical applications. The award will be presented at a special dinner in Baltimore. We realize that thoughtful nominations for these awards are time consuming. The Directors of the Foundation are particularly grateful to you for taking the time to bring outstanding men and women of science to our attention and we look forward to receiving your nomination.
recipients of the passano laureate and physician scientist awards
2024 Laureate
Physician Scientists
Prejway Ciryam, M.D., Ph.D.
2023 Laureate
Physician Scientists
Whitney Parker M.D., Ph.D
Theodoros Karantanos, M.D., Ph.D
2022 Laureate
Physician Scientists
Bipasha Mukherjee-Clavin, M.D., Ph.D
Meagan E. Deming, M.D., Ph.D
2021 Laureate
Physician Scientists
Mark Yarchoan, M.D.
DeAnna Friedman-Klabanoff, M.D., FAAP
2020 Laureate
Physician Scientists
Rajarsi Mandal, M.D.
Heather Ames, M.D., Ph.D.
2019 Laureates
Robert Fettiplace, Ph.D. and James Hudspeth, M.D., Ph.D.
Physician Scientists
Rekha R. Rapaka, M.D., Ph.D.
Cesar Santa-Maria, M.D.
2018 Laureates
Carl June, M.D. and Michel Sadelain, M.D., Ph.D.
Physician Scientists
Laura Christine Cappelli, M.D., MHS, MS
Cheng-Ying Ho, M.D., Ph.D.
2017 Laureates
Dr. Yuan Chang and Dr. Patrick S. Moore
Physician Scientists
Ryan Felling, M.D., Ph.D.
Mark Travassos, M.D.
2016 Laureates
Helen H. Hobbs, M.D. and Jonathan Cohen, Ph.D.
Physician Scientists
Kaisorn Chaichana, M.D.
Nancy Li Schoenborn, M.D.
Andrea Berry, M.D.
2015 Laureate
Physician Scientists
Channing Paller M.D.
Simon Best, M.D.
David J. Riedel, M.D., M.P.H.
2014 Laureate
Physician Scientists
Janet L. Crane, M.D.
Gabriel Ghiaur, M.D., Ph.D.
Mohammad Sajadi, M.D.
2013 Laureate
Physician Scientists
Jennifer Mammen, M.D., Ph.D.
Janis Taube, M.D., MSc.
Graeme F. Woodworth, M.D.
2012 Laureate
Physician Scientists
Irina Burd, M.D., Ph.D.
Jonathon M. Gerber, M.D
Kevin N. Sheth, M.D.
2011 Laureate
Physician Scientists
Gloria Reeves, M.D.
Adam Hartman, M.D., FAAP
Aravindan Kolandaivelu, M.D.
2010 Laureate
Physician Scientists
Marlis Gonzalez-Fernandez, M.D., Ph.D.
Nilofer Azad, M.D.
Afshin Parsa, M.D., M.P.H
2009 Laureate
Physician scientists
Mahendra Damarla, M.D.
Jason Farrar, M.D.
Ikwunga Wonodi, M.B.B.S
2008 Laureate
Physician scientists
Thomas E. Lloyd, M.D., Ph.D.
Edward Schaefer, M.D., Ph.D.
Wilbur H. Chen, M.D.
2007 Laureate
Physician scientists
Rachel Damico, M.D., Ph.D.
Andrew Mammen, M.D., Ph.D.
Susanna Scafidi, M.D.
2006 Laureate
Physician scientists
Frances L. Johnson, M.D.
Brett Morrison, M.D., Ph.D.
Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, M.D.
2005 Laureate
Jeffrey M. Friedman, M.D. Ph.D.
Physician Scientists
Bradley J. Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D.
David J. Kouba, M.D., Ph.D.
Wells A. Messersmith, M.D.
Jennifer L. Payne, M.D.
Sangeeta D. Sule, M.D., Ph.D.
2003 Laureate
2003-2004 Passano Physician Scientists
Francesco Saverio Celi, M.D.
Joseph Mark Savitt, M.D., Ph.D.
Tao Wang, Ph.D.
2002 Laureate
2001 Laureate
Seymour Benzer, Ph.D.
2000 Laureate
Giuseppe Attardi, M.D. & Douglas C. Wallace, Ph.D.
1999 Laureate
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Ph.D. & Carol W. Greider, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular
1998 Laureate
H. Robert Horvitz, M.D., Ph.D.
1997 Laureate
James E. Darnell, Jr., M.D.
1996 Laureate
Leland H. Hartwell, M.D.
1995 Laureate
Robert G. Roeder, Ph.D. & Robert Tijan, Ph.D.
1994 Laureate
Bert Vogelstein, M.D.
1993 Laureate
Jack L. Strominger, M.D. & Don C. Wiley, Ph.D.
1992 Laureate
Charles Yanofsky, Ph.D.
Young Scientist Award
Tom Curran, Ph.D.
1991 Laureate
William S. Sly, M.D. & Stuart Kornfeld, M.D.
Young Scientist Award
Roger Tsien, Ph.D.
1990
Young Scientist Award
Matthew P. Scott, Ph.D.
1989 Laureate
Victor A. McKusick, M.D.
Young Scientist Award
Louis M. Kunkel, Ph.D.
1988 Laureate
Edwin G. Krebs, M.D. & Edmond H. Fischer, Ph.D.
Young Scientist Award
Peter Walter, Ph.D.
1987 Laureate
Irwin Fridovich, Ph.D.
Young Scientist Award
Jeremy Nathans, Ph.D.
1986 Laureate
Albert Lester Lehninger, Ph.D. & Eugene Patrick Kennedy, Ph.D.
1985 Laureate
Howard Green, M.D.
Young Scientist Award
Mark M. Davis, Ph.D.
James Edward Rothman, Ph.D.
1984 Laureate
Peter C. Nowell, M.D.
Young Scientist Award
Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D.
1983 Laureate
J. Michael Bishop, M.D. & Harold E. Varmus, M.D
Young Scientist Award
Gerald M. Rubin, Ph.D. & Allan C. Spradling, Ph.D.
1982 Laureate
Roscoe O. Brady, M.D. & Elizabeth F. Neufeld, Ph.D.
Young Scientist Award
Roger D. Kornberg, Ph.D.
1981 Laureate
Hugh O. McDevitt, M.D.
Young Scientist Award
William A. Catterall, Ph.D.
Joel Moss, M.D., Ph.D.
1980 Laureate
Seymour Solomon Kety, M.D.
1979 Laureate
Donald F. Steiner, M.D.
Young Scientist Award
Richard Axel, M.D.
1978 Laureate
Michael S. Brown, M.D. & Joseph L. Goldstein, M.D.
Young Scientist Award
Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D.
1977 Laureate
Curt P. Richter, Ph.D.
Young Scientist Award
Eric A. Jaffe, M.D.
1976 Laureate
Roger Guillemin, M.D., Ph.D.
Young Scientist Award
Ralph A. Bradshaw, Ph.D.
1975 Laureate
Henry G. Kunkel, M.D.
Young Scientist Award
Joan Argetsinger Steitz, Ph.D.
1974 Laureate
Seymour S. Cohen, Ph.D. & Baruch S. Blumberg, M.D., Ph.D.
1973 Laureate
Roger W. Sperry, Ph.D.
1972 Laureate
Kimishige Ishizaka, M.D. & Teruko Ishizaka, M.D.,
1971 Laureate
Stephen W. Kuffler, M.D.
1970 Laureate
Paul Charles Zamecnik, M.D.
1969 Laureate
George Herbert Hitchings, Ph.D.
1968 Laureate
John Eager Howard, M.D.
1967 Laureate
Irvine H. Page, M.D.
1966 Laureate
John T. Edsall, M.D.
1965 Laureate
Charles B. Huggins, M.D.
1964 Laureate
Keith R. Porter, Ph.D. & George E. Palade, M.D.
1963 Laureate
Horace W. Magoun, Ph.D., D.Sc.
1962 Laureate
Albert H. Coons, M.D.
1961
Owen H. Wangensteen, M.D.
1960
Rene J. Dubos, Ph.D.
1959
Stanhope Bayne-Jones, M.D., Sc.D.
1958
George Washington Corner, M.D., D.Sc.
1957
Williams Mansfield Clark, Ph.D., Sc.D.