Past Events 2010

Friends of the National Library of Medicine

2010 Annual Dinner

May 11, 2010

The Willard Hotel
1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC

The 2010 FNLM Annual Awards Dinner brought together hundreds of representatives of public, professional and business sectors in healthcare to show their support for NLM. The 2010 Awards Dinner celebrated the advancements made in public health and medicine along with the individuals and organizations who are dedicated to this cause. FNLM also honored accomplishments made in the field of publishing and health communications. The 2010 Awards Dinner raised funds to support key NLM programs.

Guests of Honor
Anthony S. Fauci, MD, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Donald A. B. Lindberg, MD, Director, National Library of Medicine

Distinguished Health Communications Award
Eugene Braunwald, MD, Distinguished Hersey Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Chairman, TIMI Study Group, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Dr. Braunwald was honored for his outstanding leadership and contributions to the world of cardiology as well as his prolific work as editor and author of texts and journals.

Distinguished Medical Science Award
Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD, Executive Chairman, Abraxis BioScience Chairman, the National Coalition for Health Integration (NCHI) Executive Director, UCLA Wireless Health Institute
Dr. Soon-Shiong was honored for his revolutionary medical research and development of ground breaking treatments and therapies for diabetes and cancers.

Paul G. Rogers Medical Science Award
Robert Gallo, MD, Professor of Medicine and Director, The Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Dr. Gallo was honored for his revolutionary discovery of the HIV virus and for his contributions to innovations in testing and treatments of the global AIDS epidemic.

Michael E. DeBakey Medical Librarian Award
Rita B. Smith, MLIS, AHIP, Outreach and Education Coordinator, Mercer University Medical Library and LRC
Ms. Smith was honored for her outstanding service to the communities of Georgia through her work at the Mercer University Medical Library and LRC.

Dinner Committee

Jose Luis Andrade
William Ashton
Francis J. Bonner, Jr., MD
Glen P. Campbell
Donald West King, MD
Frederick P. Smith, MD, PC

Sponsors

Chairman’s Circle

Benefactor

Patron
Dr. and Mrs. Francis J. Bonner
Jr. Donald West King, MD
International Registry of Pathology, William Gardner, MD
Swets Information Services, Inc., Jose Luis Andrade
Vitality Communications, William G. Moore

Supporter
James A. Hixon
SAIC
Frederick P. Smith, MD,
PC Institute of Human Virology of the University of Maryland School of Medicine Washington Cardiology Center
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Contributor
American Heart Association
Association of American Medical Colleges, Darrell G. Kirch, MD
AstraZeneca
B&D Consulting
Frederick G. Barr, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Naomi Broering and Gregory Chauncey
Computercraft Corporation, Gene Hill
CryerHealth, LLC
Georgetown University School of Medicine
The Hill Group
Hogan Lovells
Houston Academy of Medicine- Texas Medical Center Library
John P. McGovern Foundation
Gerard A. Kuhn, MD and Katherine A. King, MD
Ann M. Lewicki, MD
Lucretia W. McClure
Patient Education Institute
Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Passamani
Joseph G. Perpich, MD, JD and Cathy Sulzberger
Barbara K. Redman, MD and Robert S. Redman, DDS, PhD
StayWell MediMedia
SRA International
Wolters Kluwer Health, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

FNLM Awards Dinner, May 11, 2010