Lifetime Achievement Award

 
The ISHLT Lifetime Achievement Award is bestowed annually by the Board of Directors on an individual whose lifetime body of work has either:
 
  1. Made a significant contribution toward improving the care of patients with advanced heart or lung disease OR
  2. Engaged in pioneering work that improved the care of patients with advanced heart or lung disease
     
The awardee will most commonly be a current or former ISHLT member, but other meritorious individuals may be considered on a case by case basis as long as clear justification is provided concerning why a non-member should be considered.

This Award incorporates the former Pioneer Award and Lifetime Service Award.
2022 - Hannah Valantine, MD, FRCP, MBBS 2021 - David O. Taylor 2020 - James K. Kirklin, MD 2020 - Michael Hess, MD 2019 - John Wallwork, FRCS 2018 - O. Howard Frazier, MD 2016 - Drs. Adrian and Jean Kantrowitz 2014 - Sir Terence English, KBE, FRCS 2012 - Sharon Hunt, MD 2010 - Margaret Billingham, MD 2004 - Sir Magdi Yacoub, MD 1999 - Keith Reemtsma, MD 1996 - Norman Shumway, MD, PhD