Awards

CAMA AWARDS

CAMA presents a number of awards each year during the Honors Night Banquet at the Annual Scientific Meeting. These awards are an exciting way to recognize not only CAMA members, but also Aviation Medical Examiners and other medical and aviation professionals for their work in the aerospace industry or in the medical profession. An explanation of each award, criteria for consideration of the award, and recipients of each award is provided below:

AUDIE AND BERNICE DAVIS AWARD

Award type:

Established by Harvey Watt & Company to recognize an outstanding Aviation Medical Examiner (AME) each year. Audie and Bernice pictured below.

Recipient Criteria:

Provides exceptional service to his/her airmen to assure longevity and safety in aviation
Provides counseling and guidance for health maintenance going beyond the routine FAA physical examination, recommending and educating the airman in his/her responsibility for health maintenance.
Works closely with the airman to assure the correct diagnosis is made, remaining alert and vigilant for conditions which might affect the health of aviators and providing guidance for early intervention
Demonstrates his/her commitment to the health maintenance of those who fly and the safety of flight
Gives time willingly and unselfishly to educate airmen, families, and the public in aviation medical matters
Provides an exceptional service to airmen, the aviation industry, and the FAA

Recipients:

2004 Charles Berry, MD

2005 Hal Conwell, MD

2006 Robert Stein, MD

2007 Stacy Vereen, MD

2008 DeWayne Caviness, MD

2009 David Bryman, DO

2010 James Almand, MD

2011 Petra Illig, MD

2012 Gordon L. Ritter, DO

2013 Mark C. Eidson, MD

2014 Clayton T. Cowl, MD, M.S.

2015 Warren Silberman, DO, MPH

2016 Courtney D. Scott, Jr., DO, MPH

2017 Gerald W. Saboe, DO, MPH

2018 Andrew H. Miller, MD

2019 Raymond S. Basri, MD, FACS

2020 Michael A. Berry, MD, MS

2021 Richard S. Roth, MD

2022 Fred A. Furgang, MD

2023 Matthew M. Cooper, MD, MBA, FACS

Watch this 2007 CBS 60 Minutes interview of Dr. Bird by Morley Safer.

FORREST AND PAMELA BIRD AWARD

Recipient Criteria: (all of the following are acceptable for consideration)

Aircrew Member who, through personal skills and judgment, has averted or limited potential injury to others, before, during, or after his/her flight duties
Conceptual Aeromedical Technologist who has been personally responsible for a concept or concepts that have served to directly advance the welfare of aircrew members and/or their passengers
Legislator who has been instrumental in protection Civil Aviation Activities, from burdensome political regulatory encroachment, which clearly serves to maintain individual airman freedom
Physician who has distinguished himself/herself by the mass educational expansion of the mandated flight physical into a periodic overall examining procedure, serving as a means for the early detection of disease with potentially life-limiting or fatal consequences in both men and women
Aircraft passenger who has meritoriously served his or her fellow man during or following an inflight emergency

Recipients:

1991 Captain Al Haynes

1992 Robert F. Lash, MD

1993 Robert L. Wick, MD

1994 John K. Lauber, Ph.D

1995 Floyd F. McSpadden, MD

1996 William K. Kershner

1997 Peter V. Siegel, MD

1998 Heinz F. Wykypiel, MD

1999 John D. Hastings, MD

2000 Audie W. Davis, MD, and James L. Harris, M.Ed

2001 Charles E. Billings, MD

2002 Per-Johan Cappelen, MD

2003 Barton Pakull, MD

2004 Felix M. Maguire

2005 Michael Bagshaw, MD

2006 Stephen V. A. Blizzard, MD

2007 Frederick E. Tilton, MD

2008 John and Martha King

2009 Charles A. Berry, MD

2010 Robin E. Dodge, MD

2011 Story Musgrave, MD

2012 Col. Mark Tillman, USAF

2013 James M. Vanderploeg, MD, MPH

2014 James R. Fraser, MD, MPH

2015 Col. Elmo “Mo” Baker, USAF (ret.)

2016 No award designated.

2017 Richard S. Williams, MD, MPH

2018 Donald R. Lee

2019 Gerald Dubowitz, MBChB, MD

2020 Thomas M. McNish, MD, MPH

2021 Thomas J. Tredici, MD
James Richard Hickman, Jr. MD, MPH

2022 Troy Bradley

2023 Byers W. Shaw, MD

JIM AND SAMMIE HARRIS AWARD

Recipient Criteria:

Presented annually to the individual(s) who as a CAMA member has demonstrated administrative excellence in support of CAMA and its ideals. James Harris at left in the photo.

Recipients:

2008 James L. & Sammie Harris

2009 A. Duane Catterson, MD

2010 Gordon L. Ritter, DO

2011 Earl Beard, MD

2012 James L. Carpenter, MD

2013 John D. Hastings, MD

2014 David P. Millett, MD, MPH

2015 Russell B. Rayman, MD, MPH

2016 Sherry Sandoval

2017 Robert Haddon, MD, M.S.

2018 Gregory A. Pinnell, MD

2019 Robin Dodge, MD

2020 Richard S. Roth, MD

2021 Edmond F. Feeks, MD, MPH

2022 Mark C. Eidson, MD

2023 R. Ronan Murphy, MBChB

PRESIDENT’S COMMENDATION

Recipient Criteria:
This award is at the discretion of the CAMA President, designed to recognize an individual who has done the most to promote the CAMA mission during the year.

Recipients:

1986 Robert Wick, MD

1987 Forrest Bird, MD

1993 Floyd F. McSpadden, MD

1997 Earl F. Beard, MD

1998 Heinz Wykypiel, MD

2000 Sammie Harris

2001 David P. Millett, MD

2002 Warren Silberman, DO, MPH

2005 Luis Amezcua, MD

2008 David A. Bryman, DO

2009 Clayton T. Cowl, MD, M.S.

2011 John D. Hastings, MD

2012 Sherry M. Sandoval

2013 Frederick E. Tilton, MD, MPH

2014 Russell B. Rayman, MD, MPH

2015 Gerald W. Saboe, DO, MPH

2016 Robert Haddon, MD, MS

2017 David G. Schall, MD, MPH

2018 Marcel V. Dionne, MD, MPH

2019 Richard Ronan Murphy, MBChB

2020 Robert J. Gordon, DO

2021 Douglas J. Ivan, MD

2022 Basil P. Spyropoulos, MD

2023 Alison Leston, MD, PhD

JOHN A. TAMISIEA AWARD

Recipient Criteria:

Established and sponsored by the Civil Aviation Medical Association in memory of John A. Tamisiea, MD Awarded annually to an aviation medical examiner or other individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the art and science of aviation medicine in its application to the general aviation field, it is presented at the annual Aerospace Medical Association meeting each spring at its Honors Night gala event.

Learn more about John A. Tamisiea

Recipients:

1963 Herbert F. Fenwick, MD

1964 Delazon S. Bostwick, MD

1965 Neil E. Baxter, MD

1966 George B. McNeely, MD

1967 Howard A. Dishongh, MD

1968 J. Harold Brown, MD

1969 Thomas A. Coates, MD

1970 H. D. Vickers, MD

1971 William Gillespie, MD

1972 James Y. Bradfield, MD

1973 Harold N. Brown, MD

1974 Luis A. Amezcua-G., MD

1975 Robert L. Wick, Jr., MD

1976 Harry L. Gibbons, MD

1977 Harold V. Ellingson, MD

1978 Silvio Finkelstein, MD

1979 Audie W. Davis, Jr., MD

1980 Charles E. Billings, MD

1981 James L. Harris, M.Ed.

1982 Gerald S. Backenstoe, MD

1983 D. Owen Coons, MD, MPH

1984 Milton H. Gordon, MD

1985 John C. Lane, MB, BS

1986 Robert F. Lash, MD

1987 Russell B. Rayman, MD, MPH

1988 Jon L. Jordan, MD, JD

1989 William H. Hark, MD

1990 Charles A. Berry, MD, MPH

1991 Marion C. Wagnon, MD

1992 Robert S. Poole, MD

1993 Robin E. Dodge, MD

1994 Reizo Kikuchi, MD, PhD

1995 Melchor Antuñano, MD

1996 John D. Hastings, MD

1997 Douglas R. Burnett, MEd

1998 Richard S. Williams, MD, MPH

1999 No Award

2000 Halford R. Conwell, MD

2001 Allen J. Parmet, MD, MPH

2002 No Award

2003 Victor M. Rico-Jaime, MD MS

2004 Michael A. Berry, MD, MS

2005 Graeme Maclarn, MB, BS, D.Av.Med., M.Eng.Sci., FRAes

2006 David P. Millett, MD, MPH

2007 Eduard M. Ricaurte, MD

2008 Prof. Dr. Uwe Stueben

2009 Mary A. Cimrmancic, DDS

2010 Guillermo J. Salazar, MD

2011 David Salisbury, MD, Col.(Ret.), CF

2012 David A. Bryman, DO

2013 Carlos Staff, MD

2014 Pooshan Navathe, MD

2015 Susan E. Northrup, MD, MPH

2016 Kevin Herbert, MBChB, DAvMed.

2017 Mark C. Eidsen, MD

2018 Paulo M. Alves, MD, MS

2019 David G. Schall, MD, MPH

2020 Farhad Sahiar, MD, MS

2021 Warren S. Silberman, DO, MPH

2022 Clayton T. Cowl, MD, MS

2023 Christopher F. Flynn, MD

JOHN D. HASTINGS AWARD TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO AEROSPACE NEUROLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE.

Award for Outstanding Contributions to Aerospace Neurology and Cognitive Science by an AsMA member.

Establishment: Established by the Civil Aviation Medical Association to honor the memory of John D. “Jack” Hastings, M.D. The award is presented annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to aerospace neurology and cognitive science, in a single year or over a defined period, for the advancement of cognitive performance risk assessment related to flight or space operations.
Funds management: The plaque award for presentation will be provided annually to AsMA by CAMA.
Eligibility Requirements: Open to current AsMA members who have been members in good standing for the previous five (5) years. The award may be given for achievements over one or several years. Subject to the concurrence of the AsMA Awards committee, one award, or no awards can be awarded in any given year.
Selection Criteria: Selection will be based on an individual having made:
1. outstanding contributions to aerospace neurology and cognitive science, and
2. advancement of cognitive performance risk assessment related to flight or space operations. The recipient will be selected by the AsMA Awards Committee.
Nomination: Members can be nominated for award by AsMA members.
1. Complete AsMA award nomination form
2. The AsMA nomination form should demonstrate individual meets the selection criteria.
Recognition: The recipient will be selected by the AsMA Awards Committee. The award will be presented at Honors Night at the annual scientific meeting and an award plaque with the winner’s name will be presented to the award winner. The winner’s names will be recorded and kept at the AsMA home office.

Recipients:

2023 Roger R. Hesselbrock, MD

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