The Distinguished Alumni Award is given to the alumnus who has made a major contribution to orthopedic surgery in the fields of teaching, research, and patient care and who has established both a national and international reputation in his or her field of interest. The first Distinguished Alumni Award was presented in 1995.
1995 Roby C. Thompson, MD
1996 David P. Greene, MD
1999 David L. Andrews, MD
2001 David Bradford, MD
2003 Robert E. Carroll, MD
2005 Nas S. Eftekhar, MD
2007 Charles S. Neer II, MD
2009 Robert J. Neviaser, MD