Prestigious awards are made to clinicians, academicians, young researchers, and premier ATA members who have made outstanding contributions in thyroidology. The awards include the Lewis E. Braverman Distinguished Award Lectureship, Paul Starr Award, Sidney H. Ingbar Distinguished Lectureship, the Van Meter Award, the ATA Distinguished Service Award, and the John B. Stanbury Thyroid Pathophysiology Medal.
Lewis E. Braverman Distinguished Award Lectureship
Lewis E. Braverman Distinguished Award Lectureship
Paul Starr Award Lectureship
The Paul Starr Award is supported by a contribution from long-time ATA member Boris Catz, MD. The award is acknowledges an outstanding contributor to clinical thyroidology.
Sidney H. Ingbar Distinguished Lectureship
Endowed by contributions to honor the memory of Sidney H. Ingbar, this award recognizes outstanding academic achievements in the field of thyroidology in keeping with the innovation and vision that epitomized Dr. Ingbar’s brilliant investigative career. It is conferred upon an established investigator who has made major contribution in thyroid-related research over many years.
American Thyroid Association Distinguished Prize Lectureship
The Distinguished Prize Lectureship Award is conferred upon an established investigator who has made major contributions to thyroid or related research. In 1994, this award was combined with the Sidney H. Ingbar Distinguished Lectureship Award.
Van Meter Award
The Van Meter Award is awarded to a person who has made outstanding contributions to research on the thyroid gland or related subjects. The awardee must not be older than the age of 45 in the year of the award.
American Thyroid Association Distinguished Service Award
This award recognizes an ATA member who has made important and continuing contributions to the Association.
John B. Stanbury Thyroid Pathophysiology Medal
The John B. Stanbury Thyroid Pathophysiology Medal is supported by Dr. John B. Stanbury. Dr. Stanbury regularly attends the annual meeting of the ATA. Having joined the ATA in 1950, he received the ATA’s award for Distinguished Service in 1963, elected President in 1969, and received the ATA’s Paul Starr Award in 1992.
