Western Surgical Association

Aust Award

The Aust Award is given in recognition of the best paper by a new member (within the first three years of membership).

Past Recipients of the J. Bradley Aust Award for Best Paper by a New Member

2022

Ching-Wei Tzeng
Houston, TX

2021

Cherisse Berry
New York, NY

2020

Amanda K. Arrington
Tucson, AZ

2019

Mark J. Truty
Rochester, MN

2018

Valentine Nfonsam
Tucson, AZ

2017

Nabil Wasif
Phoenix, Arizona

2016

John Morton
Palo Alto, California

2015

Jason W. Smith
Louisville, Kentucky

2014

Brian Badgwell
Houston, Texas

2013

James Jakub
Rochester, Minnesota

2012

Thomas Aloia
Houston, Texas

2011

M.B. Majella Doyle
St. Louis, Missouri

2010

Thomas Robinson
Aurora, Colorado

2009

Karen Borman
Orlando, Florida

2008

Mark B. Faries
Santa Monica, California

2007

Jason B. Fleming
Houston, Texas

2006

Frank R. Arko
Dallas, Texas

2005

Donald E. Low
Seattle, Washington

2004

Samuel K. Snyder
Temple, Texas

2003

Nora Hansen
Santa Monica, California

2002

Mark S. Talamonti
Chicago, Illinois

2001

Kelly M. McMasters
Louisville, Kentucky

2000

M. Ashraf Mansour
Maywood, Illinois

1999

George Velmahos
Boston, Massachusetts

1998

William C. Chapman
Nashville, Tennessee

1997

R. Stephen Smith
Roanoke, Virginia