John J. Bonica Award
2019 John J. Bonica Award recipient Nagy Mekhail, MD, PhD
The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine John J. Bonica Award is presented annually at the Annual Pain Medicine Meeting to an individual for his or her outstanding contributions to the development, teaching, and practice of pain medicine in the tradition of John J. Bonica, MD, a champion of multidisciplinary collaboration in the evaluation and treatment of patients with pain. Nominations are due January 15, 2020.
Past Winners:
| 1988 | Michael J. Cousins, MD, FANZCA |
| 1989 | Tony Yakish, PhD |
| 1990 | Daniel C. Moore, MD |
| 1991 | Kenneth L. Casey, MD |
| 1992 | Stephen E. Abram, MD |
| 1993 | Henrik Kehlet, MD |
| 1994 | Laurence E. Mather, PhD |
| 1995 | John D. Loeser, MD |
| 1996 | Robert A. Boas, MB |
| 1997 | David H. Chestnut, MD |
| 1998 | Allan I. Basbaum, PhD |
| 1999 | Robert Elde, PhD |
| 2000 | Geral Gebhardt, PhD |
| 2001 | Donna L. Hammond, PhD |
| 2002 | Maria Fitgerald, PhD |
| 2003 | Christopher M. Bernards, MD |
| 2004 | Daniel B. Carr, MD |
| 2005 | James C. Eisenach, MD |
| 2006 | Howard L. Fields, MD, PhD |
| 2007 | John C. Rowlingson, MD |
| 2008 | Fernando Cervero, MD, PhD, DSc |
| 2009 | P. Prithvi Raj, MD |
| 2010 | Srinivasa N. Raja, MD |
| 2011 | James P. Rathmell, MD |
| 2012 | Jianren Mao, MD, PhD |
| 2013 | Richard L. Rauck, MD |
| 2014 | Steven P. Cohen, MD |
| 2015 | Richard Rosenquist, MD |
| 2016 | Honorio Benzon, MD |
| 2017 | Michael Stanton-Hicks, MD |
| 2018 |
Charles Berde, MD |
| 2019 |
Nagy Mekhail, MD, PhD |
