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Nominations are now open, and the deadline for nomination packet submissions is June 8, 2026.

For more details and submission instructions, please download the 2026 Jameson L. Chassin, MD, FACS, Award Nominations Packet and Biographical Sketch.

A complete nomination packet must include:

• Application Form
• Biographical Sketch
• Letter of nomination from the Chair or Program Director
• Short Essay
• Additional letter of support

Please submit the nomination materials electronically to residentawards@facs.org by June 8, 2026.

If you have any questions, please contact Daniel Cox at residentawards@facs.org or 312-202-5053.

Eligible nominees are chief residents in general surgery who are in good standing at an accredited surgery residency program during the 2026–2027 academic year. Evidence of outstanding professionalism should be provided, especially proof of the nominee’s values of compassion, technical skill, and devotion to science and learning. These are the areas upon which the candidates will be evaluated:

• Awards
• Administrative activities
• Scholarships
• Community involvement

Documentation supporting the above criteria might include letters from patients, peers, and other members of the surgical team including faculty, medical students, nurses, and other allied health professionals. Other evidence might include service on relevant committees, special initiatives in which the resident may have been involved or led, and relevant scholarships.

Nominations will be accepted from program directors and department chairs and will be reviewed by an independent review panel of the Committee on Resident Education. Each general surgery residency program may nominate one resident.

For more details and submission instructions, please download the 2026 Jameson L. Chassin, MD, FACS, Award Nominations Packet and the Biographical Sketch

2025

Callie Hlavin, MD, MPH
UPMC General Surgery (Pittsburgh)
Nominator: Kenneth Lee, MD

2024

Katharine Caldwell, MD, MSCI
Washington University, St Louis, MO
Nominator: Paul E. Wise, MD, FACS

2023

Mark Fleming II, MD, MS
The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Nominator: Charles Friel, MD

2022

Simin Golestani, MD
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Nominator: Carlos Brown, MD, FACS

2021

Bernadette Goudreau, MD
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Nominator: Charles Friel, MD, FACS

2020

Neal Bhutiani, MD
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Nominator: Kelly M. McMasters, MD, PhD, FACS

2019

Ruchi Amin, MD
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Nominator: Danielle S. Walsh, MD FÎÚÑ»´«Ã½FAAP

2018

Lane L. Frasier, MD, MS
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Nominator: Jacob A. Greenberg, MD, EdM, FACS

2017

Joseph Alden Herrold, MD, MPH
USC/LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Nominator: Kenji Inaba, MD, FACS, FRCSC

2016

Sarah L. M. Greenberg, MD, MPH
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, WI
Nominator: Matthew I. Goldblatt, MD, FACS

2015

Anji E. Wall, MD, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Nominator: Kyla P. Terhune, MD, FACS

2014

Katie White Russell, MD
University of Utah and Affiliated Hospitals, Salt Lake City, UT
Nominator: Daniel Vargo, MD, FACS

2013

Justin P. Fox, MD, MHS
Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH
Nominator: Mary McCarthy, MD, FACS