The Prize for Scientific Excellence in Medicine has been established to recognize
important discoveries in cancer biology, prevention, diagnosis and/or treatment.
Click here to download instructions on how to submit a nomination for the 2024 Prize for Scientific Excellence in Medicine
and here to download the nomination form.
Submit a nomination by March 29, 2024.
The Prize for Scientific Excellence in Medicine has been established to recognize
important discoveries in cancer biology, prevention, diagnosis and/or treatment.
Click here to download instructions on how to submit a nomination for the 2024 Prize for Scientific Excellence in Medicine
and here to download the nomination form.
Submit a nomination by March 29, 2024.
Past Recipients
Robert C. Gallo, MD (1984)
Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., MD (1985)
Rita Levi-Montalcini, MD (1987)
Umberto Veronesi, MD (1988)
Gianni Bonadonna, MD and Larry Norton, MD (1990)
Luisa M. Massimo, MD and Philip A. Pizzo, MD (1991)
Harold P. Freeman, MD and Lance A. Liotta, MD, PhD (1992)
Kathleen M. Foley, MD and Vittorio Ventafridda, MD (1993)
Charles M. Balch, MD, FACS and Natale Cascinelli, MD (1994)
Virgil Craig Jordan, OBE, PhD, DSc and Rosella Silvestrini, PhD (1995)
Patrick C. Walsh, MD and Francesco Pagano, MD (1996)
Carlo M. Croce, MD and Bert Vogelstein, MD (1997)
Pier Giuseppe Pelicci, MD, PhD and Rainer F. Storb, MD (1998)
Paul A. Marks, MD and Frances M. Visco, JD (1999)
Alberto Costa, MD and Paul Peter Rosen, MD (2000)
Bernard Levin, MD and Maurizio Ponz de Leon, MD (2001)
Paul A. Bunn, Jr., MD and Gabriella Sozzi, PhD (2002)
Steve Rosenberg, MD, PhD and Andrea Velardi, MD (2003)
Napoleone Ferrara, MD, PhD and Judah Folkman, MD (2004)
Riccardo Dalla-Favera, MD and Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD (2005)
Alessandro Massimo Gianni, MD and Irving Weissman, MD, FACS (2006)
José Baselga, MD and John Mendelsohn, MD (2007)
Ronald Levy, MD and Lee M. Nadler, MD (2008)
Brian J. Druker, MD and George D. Demetri, MD (2009)
Mina J. Bissell, PhD and Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr., MD (2010)
David M. Livingston, MD and Joseph Schlessinger, PhD (2011)
Ronald A. DePinho, MD and Stephen J. Elledge, PhD (2012)
Joan Massagué, PhD and Charles J. Sherr, MD, PhD (2013)
James P. Allison, PhD and Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD (2014)
Frederick W. Alt, MD and Carlos L. Arteaga, MD (2015)
Armando E Giuliano, MD and Marie-Claire King, PhD (2016)
Brunangelo Falini, MD and Peter K. Vogt, PhD (2017)
Nancy E. Davidson, MD and Alberto Mantovani, MD (2018)
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR and David M. Sabatini, MD, PhD (2019)
John F. DiPersio, MD, PhD and Gigi Lozano, PhD (2022)
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, MD and Michele Pagano, MD (2023)
Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., MD (1985)
Rita Levi-Montalcini, MD (1987)
Umberto Veronesi, MD (1988)
Gianni Bonadonna, MD and Larry Norton, MD (1990)
Luisa M. Massimo, MD and Philip A. Pizzo, MD (1991)
Harold P. Freeman, MD and Lance A. Liotta, MD, PhD (1992)
Kathleen M. Foley, MD and Vittorio Ventafridda, MD (1993)
Charles M. Balch, MD, FACS and Natale Cascinelli, MD (1994)
Virgil Craig Jordan, OBE, PhD, DSc and Rosella Silvestrini, PhD (1995)
Patrick C. Walsh, MD and Francesco Pagano, MD (1996)
Carlo M. Croce, MD and Bert Vogelstein, MD (1997)
Pier Giuseppe Pelicci, MD, PhD and Rainer F. Storb, MD (1998)
Paul A. Marks, MD and Frances M. Visco, JD (1999)
Alberto Costa, MD and Paul Peter Rosen, MD (2000)
Bernard Levin, MD and Maurizio Ponz de Leon, MD (2001)
Paul A. Bunn, Jr., MD and Gabriella Sozzi, PhD (2002)
Steve Rosenberg, MD, PhD and Andrea Velardi, MD (2003)
Napoleone Ferrara, MD, PhD and Judah Folkman, MD (2004)
Riccardo Dalla-Favera, MD and Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD (2005)
Alessandro Massimo Gianni, MD and Irving Weissman, MD, FACS (2006)
José Baselga, MD and John Mendelsohn, MD (2007)
Ronald Levy, MD and Lee M. Nadler, MD (2008)
Brian J. Druker, MD and George D. Demetri, MD (2009)
Mina J. Bissell, PhD and Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr., MD (2010)
David M. Livingston, MD and Joseph Schlessinger, PhD (2011)
Ronald A. DePinho, MD and Stephen J. Elledge, PhD (2012)
Joan Massagué, PhD and Charles J. Sherr, MD, PhD (2013)
James P. Allison, PhD and Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD (2014)
Frederick W. Alt, MD and Carlos L. Arteaga, MD (2015)
Armando E Giuliano, MD and Marie-Claire King, PhD (2016)
Brunangelo Falini, MD and Peter K. Vogt, PhD (2017)
Nancy E. Davidson, MD and Alberto Mantovani, MD (2018)
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR and David M. Sabatini, MD, PhD (2019)
John F. DiPersio, MD, PhD and Gigi Lozano, PhD (2022)
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, MD and Michele Pagano, MD (2023)