Inductees and award recipients
The Medical Mission Hall of Fame Foundation honors individuals for their noble humanitarian efforts by annual public awards ceremonies. It is hoped that the commendable efforts of those who serve can act as an inspiration to others to actively participate in or support medical mission work activities and programs.
2018 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Dr. Diane Cappelletty
- Dr. Ziya Celik
- International Samaritan
- Dr. Andrew Casabianca
2017 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Anne Ruch, MD and Randall Ruch, PhD, MPH
Toledo, OH - Galilee Medical Center
Nahariya, Israel - Donald C. Mullen, MD, M.Div., FACS
Newnan, Georgia - Vadrevu (V.K.) Raju, MD, FRCS, FACS
Morgantown, West Virginia
2016 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, MBBS, DCH, FRCP, FRCPCH, FCPS, FAAP, PhD
Karachi, Pakistan and Toronto, Canada - Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, MD
Ghana, West Africa - Richard Sacra, MD
Worcester, Massachusetts & Liberia, West Africa - Daniel M. Johnson, PhD
President Emeritus - The University of Toledo - Pamela J. Oatis, MD, FAAP
Dundee, Michigan
2015 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Alfredo V. Casino, MD, FACS
The Philippines and Akron, Ohio - Abali Chuku, MD, FWACS, FICS
Umuahia, Nigeria - PAUL R. WILLIAMS, MD
Pisgah Forest, North Carolina - Clinton O. Longenecker, PhD
Toledo, Ohio
2014 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Doctors Without Boarders/Medecins Sans Frontieres
Paris, France - Richard Bransford, MD, Millie Bransford
Boone, NC - Pedro J. Obregon, II, MD, PhD FACS
Judith Obregon, CMT, RMA
Venus, FL - Kristopher Brickman, MD, FACEP
Toledo, OH
2013 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Richard Paat, MD
Maumee, OH - Pablo Pons, MD and Maria Pons PhD
Dublin Ohio - Albert G. Roode, MD
Pibor, Sudan - Scott McLean, MD, PhD
Ann Arobor, MI
Todd Brickman, MD, PhD
Metairie, LA
2012 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Harvey Doorenbos, MD
Holland, MI - S. Amjad Hussain, MD, FRCSC, FACS
Toledo, OH - Lincoln Nelson, MD, FPCS
Battle Creek, MI - Patricia J. Metting, Ph.D
Vice Chancellor and Sr. Associate Dean for Student Affairs in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences
2011 Inductees and Award Recipients
- SANIA NISHTAR, SI, FRCP, PhD
Founder, Heartfile, Islamabad, Pakistan - EDGAR RODAS, MD, FACS AND DOLORES REINBACH RODAS
Founders, The Cinterandes Foundation, Cuenca, Ecuador - GEORGE VARGHESE, MBBS AND SHEILA VARGHESE, MBBS
Lady Willingdon Hospital, Manali, India - DANIEL J. SAEVIG, MBA
Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations at the University of Toledo and Executive Director of the UT Alumni Association
2010 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Dame Aileen Coleman RN, SCM, BSc, MA, AM
Annoor Sanatorium for Chest Diseases - Mafraq, Jordan - Diane C. Downing RN, BS, MPH Primary Care Provider and Community Health Nurse, Congo
- Robert L. Foster MD
Hospital Founder, Surgeon and Medical Director, Zambia and Angola - Jeffrey P. Gold MD
Provost and Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Dean of the College of Medicine, The University of Toledo
2009 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Bruce C. Steffes MD, MBA, FACS, FWACS
CEO, Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons - Johnhn P. Howe III MD
CEO, Project HOPE - Jeffery E. Heck MD
Founder and Executive Director, Shoulder to Shoulder - S. Amjad Hussain MD
Professor Emeritus, The University of Toledo
2008 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Nathan Barlow, M.D. (Posthumous)
Director, The Mossy Foot Project - Peter Hotez, M.D.,Ph.D.
President, Sabin Vaccine Institute
Walter G. Ross Professor and Chair
Department of Microbiology, Immunology
and Tropical Medicine
The George Washington University
Sabin Vaccine Institute - Editha Cañete-Miguel, M.D.,F.P.C.P.
Founder and Executive Director,
Agape Rural Program, Philippines - Victor C. Rambo, M.D. (Posthumous)
Ophthalmologist and missionary to India - John Bul Dau
- Representative Marcy C. Kaptur
2007 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Ira A. Abrahamson, Jr. M.D.
Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute
Cincinnati, Ohio - Harold P Adolph, M.D.
Bonnie Jo Adolph
Ethiopia Africa - Edna Adan Ismail, Ph.D.,R.N.
Edna Adan Maternity Hospital
Hargesia, Somaliland - James G. Diller, M.D.
Founding Chairman of the Board
Medical Mission Hall of Fame
Ann Arbor, Michigan - Lawrence V. Conway, Ph.D.
Founding President
Medical Mission Hall of Fame
Toledo, Ohio
2006 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Mary Breckinridge, R.N. (Posthumous)
Founder of Frontier Nursing Service
Wendover, Kentucky - Jean William Pape, M.D.
Director of GHESKIO Centers,
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Professor of Medicine, Cornell University
New York, USA - Richard M. Hodes, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Medical Director
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Jill Seaman, M.D.
International Medical Relief Fund
Upper Nile, Sudan - Medical Missions, Inc.
The University of Santo Tomas
Manila, Philippines - Sr. Yvonne Viens, R.N., M.Ed.
Apostle of the Needy
Sisters of Charity of Montreal,
“Grey Nuns”
Lexington, MA
2005 Inductees and Award Recipients
- William Larimer Mellon, Jr., M.D. (Posthumous)
Hôpital Albert Schweitzer
Deschapelles, Haiti - Gwendolyn Grant Mellon (Posthumous)
Hôpital Albert Schweitzer
Deschapelles, Haiti - Glenn W. Geelhoed, M.D.
George Washington University Medical Center
Washington, D.C. - Paul E. Farmer, M.D., Ph.D.
Partners in Health
Boston, Massachusetts
2003 and 2004 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Albert Schweitzer, Ph.D., M.D. (Posthumous)
Albert Schweitzer Institute
Quinnipiac University - Hamden, Connecticut - William P. Magee, D.D.S., M.D.
Operation Smile
Norfolk, VA - Kathleen S. Magee, B.S.N., M.S.W., M.Ed.
Operation Smile
Norfolk, VA
Induction Criteria
There are two types of Medical Mission Hall of Fame Foundation Awards:
- Individuals are recognized for making significant and substantial contributions to advancing the quality of life of their brothers and sisters throughout our world.
- Organizations are recognized for the extraordinary achievements of their professional staff and volunteer workers who have provided compassionate humanitarian health care assistance to the underserved.
Award recipients are selected by the Medical Mission Hall of Fame Selection Committee based on extensive and deliberate reviews of the endeavors and accomplishments of individuals and organizations in the medical mission field. Awards are announced and presented on an annual basis.