Medical Mission Hall of Fame Foundation Inductees and award recipients
2017 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Anne Ruch, MD and Randall Ruch, PhD, MPH
Toledo, OH
Biography - Galilee Medical Center
Nahariya, Israel
Biography - Donald C. Mullen, MD, M.Div., FACS
Newnan, Georgia
Biography - Vadrevu (V.K.) Raju, MD, FRCS, FACS
Morgantown, West Virginia
Biography
2016 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, MBBS, DCH, FRCP, FRCPCH, FCPS, FAAP, PhD
Karachi, Pakistan and Toronto, Canada
Biography - Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, MD
Ghana, West Africa
Biography - Richard Sacra, MD
Worcester, Massachusetts & Liberia, West Africa
Biography - Daniel M. Johnson, PhD
President Emeritus - The University of Toledo
Biography - Pamela J. Oatis, MD, FAAP
Dundee, Michigan
Biography
2015 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Alfredo V. Casino, MD, FACS
The Philippines and Akron, Ohio
Biography - Abali Chuku, MD, FWACS, FICS
Umuahia, Nigeria
Biography - PAUL R. WILLIAMS, MD
Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
Biography - Clinton O. Longenecker, PhD
Toledo, Ohio
Biography
2014 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Doctors Without Boarders/Medecins Sans Frontieres
Paris, France
Biography - Richard Bransford, MD, Millie Bransford
Boone, NC
Biography - Pedro J. Obregon, II, MD, PhD FACS
Judith Obregon, CMT, RMA
Venus, FL
Biography - Kristopher Brickman, MD, FACEP
Toledo, OH
Biography
2013 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Richard Paat, MD
Maumee, OH
Biography - Pablo Pons, MD and Maria Pons PhD
Dublin Ohio
biography - Albert G. Roode, MD
Pibor, Sudan
Biography - Scott McLean, MD, PhD
Ann Arobor, MI
Todd Brickman, MD, PhD
Metairie, LA
biography
2012 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Harvey Doorenbos, MD
Holland, MI
Biography - S. Amjad Hussain, MD, FRCSC, FACS
Toledo, OH
Biography - Lincoln Nelson, MD, FPCS
Battle Creek, MI
Biography - Patricia J. Metting, Ph.D
Vice Chancellor and Sr. Associate Dean for Student Affairs in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences
Biography
2011 Inductees and Award Recipients
- SANIA NISHTAR, SI, FRCP, PhD
Founder, Heartfile, Islamabad, Pakistan
Biography - EDGAR RODAS, MD, FACS AND DOLORES REINBACH RODAS
Founders, The Cinterandes Foundation, Cuenca, Ecuador
Biography - GEORGE VARGHESE, MBBS AND SHEILA VARGHESE, MBBS
Lady Willingdon Hospital, Manali, India
Biography - DANIEL J. SAEVIG, MBA
Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations at the University of Toledo and Executive Director of the UT Alumni Association
Biography
2010 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Dame Aileen Coleman RN, SCM, BSc, MA, AM
Annoor Sanatorium for Chest Diseases - Mafraq, Jordan
Biography - Diane C. Downing RN, BS, MPH
Primary Care Provider and Community Health Nurse, Congo
Biography - Robert L. Foster MD
Hospital Founder, Surgeon and Medical Director, Zambia and Angola
Biography - Jeffrey P. Gold MD
Provost and Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Dean of the College of Medicine, The University of Toledo
Biography
2009 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Bruce C. Steffes MD, MBA, FACS, FWACS
CEO, Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons
Biography - Johnhn P. Howe III MD
CEO, Project HOPE
Biography - Jeffery E. Heck MD
Founder and Executive Director, Shoulder to Shoulder
Biography - S. Amjad Hussain MD
Professor Emeritus, The University of Toledo
Biography
2008 Inductees and Award Recipients
- 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
Biography - Victor C. Rambo, M.D. (Posthumous)
Ophthalmologist and missionary to India
Biography - John Bul Dau
Biography - Representative Marcy C. Kaptur
Biography
2007 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Ira A. Abrahamson, Jr. M.D.
Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute
Cincinnati, Ohio
Biography - Harold P Adolph, M.D.
Bonnie Jo Adolph
Ethiopia Africa
Biography
- Edna Adan Ismail, Ph.D.,R.N.
Edna Adan Maternity Hospital
Hargesia, Somaliland
Biography - James G. Diller, M.D.
Founding Chairman of the Board
Medical Mission Hall of Fame
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Biography - Lawrence V. Conway, Ph.D.
Founding President
Medical Mission Hall of Fame
Toledo, Ohio
Biography
2006 Inductees and Award Recipients
- Mary Breckinridge, R.N. (Posthumous)
Founder of Frontier Nursing Service
Wendover, Kentucky
Biography - Jean William Pape, M.D.
Director of GHESKIO Centers,
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Professor of Medicine, Cornell University
New York, USA
Biography - Richard M. Hodes, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Medical Director
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Biography - Jill Seaman, M.D.
International Medical Relief Fund
Upper Nile, Sudan
Biography - Medical Missions, Inc.
The University of Santo Tomas
Manila, Philippines
Biography - Sr. Yvonne Viens, R.N., M.Ed.
Apostle of the Needy
Sisters of Charity of Montreal,
“Grey Nuns”
Lexington, MA
Biography
2005 Inductees and Award Recipients
- William Larimer Mellon, Jr., M.D. (Posthumous)
Hôpital Albert Schweitzer
Deschapelles, Haiti
Biography - Gwendolyn Grant Mellon (Posthumous)
Hôpital Albert Schweitzer
Deschapelles, Haiti
Biography - Glenn W. Geelhoed, M.D.
George Washington University Medical Center
Washington, D.C.
Biography - Paul E. Farmer, M.D., Ph.D.
Partners in Health
Boston, Massachusetts
Biography
2003 and 2004 Inductees and Award Recipients
Induction Criteria
There are two types of Medical Mission Hall of Fame 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.