Murray Lectureship
In recognition of his pioneering efforts in the development of organ transplant surgery, Joseph E. Murray, M.D., received the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. To honor this singular achievement by a plastic surgeon, the American Association of Plastic Surgeons established an endowed lectureship in Dr. Murray’s name. Dr. Murray delivered the first Murray Lecture on May 6, 1996, at the 75th Anniversary Meeting of the Association in Hilton Head, South Carolina .Contributions were received from the Fellows of the Association to establish The Murray Endowment. The Murray Lecturer shall receive up to an $8,000 honorarium. Any investment income in excess of that needed to support the lecture will be directed back into the Board designated Murray Fund.The Murray Lecture shall be delivered biennially. The President of the Association shall select the Murray Lecturer for the Annual Meeting at which he presides.
2022 | Alan Barrett, Ph.D. |
2018 | Laurence Boon, M.D. |
2015 | Charles M. Balch, M.D. |
2013 | Piero Antuono, M.D. |
2012 | Robert Bartlett, M.D. |
2010 | Michael T. Longaker, M.D. |
2008 | Jeff Lichtman |
2006 | Charles W. Flexner, M.D. |
2004 | Marilyn Moats Kennedy |
2002 | Roger von Oech |
2000 | Robert Epstein, Ph.D. |
1998 | Kirby I. Bland, M.D. |
1996 | Joseph E. Murray, M.D. |