Nominations are now open for the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award to be presented at our annual meeting at the Ritz Carlton Lodge at Lake Oconee, November 20-22, 2026.
This award honors an adult or pediatric cardiologist or cardiovascular surgeon that has made significant contributions to medicine through patient care, medical education, research or community service as a member of the Georgia Chapter of the American College of Cardiology, and whose lifetime of service deserves special recognition.
If you would like to nominate someone, please send your nomination directly to Arthur Reitman, MD, FACC, Chair, Awards Committee, arthur.reitman@wellstar.org.
Please explain the basis for your nomination and why you think the person is worthy of this coveted award. Our committee will then prioritize the nominees and present them to the Chapter’s Council for selection.
The deadline for receipt of nominations for the award is March 15.
Don’t forget to save the date for our annual meeting.
Past Award Recipients
2025 Henry Liberman, MD, FACC
2024 William A. Blincoe, MD, FACC
2023 Byron R. Williams, Jr., MD
2022 Robert M. Campbell, MD
2021 Robert A. Guyton, MD, FACC
2019 Robert Vincent MD; CM, FACC, MSCAI
2018 John Cantwell, MD
2017 Jere Lutz, MD
2016 Kenneth Dooley, MD
2015 Paul L. Douglass, MD
2014 Douglas Morris, MD
2013 Charles Wickliffe, MD
2012 Stan Sherman, MD
2011 Robert Franch, MD
2010 John S. Douglas, Jr., MD
2009 Nanette K. Wenger, MD
2008 Willis Williams, MD
2007 Stephen Clements, MD
2006 J. Willis Hurst, MD; Bruce Logue, MD
2005 Robert Ellison, MD
2004 C. Walker Beeson, MD
2003 William Plauth, Jr., MD
2002 Spencer King, III, MD