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Awards

Outstanding Alumni

In 1999, the Ochsner Alumni Association began presenting an Outstanding Alumnus Award to a former resident. Frank A. Riddick, Jr., MD, presented the first award to Thomas E. Weiss, MD, at the 1999 Homecoming Banquet. Appropriately, the award is named the "Thomas E. Weiss, MD, Outstanding Alumnus Award." Nomination forms are sent to all Fellows Alumni to suggest an individual who has exemplified an outstanding job as a physician, colleague, and alumnus of Ochsner Clinic Foundation.

Thomas E. Weiss, M.D. Outstanding Alumnus Award – past recipients

Gordon McFarland, M.D. (ORTHO '65)		2008
Myrddin “Merv” Rees, M.D. (GS ’82)		2007
Thomas P. Wood, M.D. (PATH ’67)		2006
John Cooksey, M.D. (OPTH ‘72)		2005
Daniel “Stormy” Johnson, M.D. (RAD ‘69)		2004
J. Byron Gathright, M.D. (CRS ‘63)		2003
Charles B. Wilson, M.D. (GS ‘60)		2002
Seymour F. Ochsner, M.D. (RAD ‘53)		2001
John E. Ray, M.D. (CRS ‘53)		2000
Thomas E. Weiss, M.D. (GIM ‘47)		1999

Outstanding Fellow

Nicholas Forth, MD		2011
Ryan P. McDonald, MD		2007

Honorary Alumni

The Fellows’ Alumni Association of the Ochsner Clinic Foundation began a tradition in 2000 to honor faculty members for outstanding service over the years. The Fellows' Alumni Association designates these individuals as Honorary Alumni.

James Arens, M.D.
David E. Beck, M.D.
Ralph B. Bergeron, M.D.
Lawrence Blonde, M.D.
Edward I. Bluth, M.D.
John S. Bolton, M.D.
John C. Bowen, M.D.
William Brannan, M.D.
Alan Burshell, M.D.
R. Brent Butcher III, M.D.
Walter Culpepper, M.D.
John O. Dampeer, Jr., M.D.
Michael E. DeBakey, M.D.
Paul DeCamp, M.D.
Adolphus William Dunn, M.D.
Rudolph H. Ehrensing, M.D.