Past Award Recipients

ASHT Lifetime Fellowship Award

Judith A. Bell-Krotoski, OTR, FAOTA, CHT

Donna Breger Stanton, OTD, OTR/L, CHT, FAOTA 

Nancy Cannon, OTR, CHT

Margaret S. Carter, OTR, CHT

Gloria DeVore, OTR

Roslyn B. Evans, OTR/L, CHT

Jane Fedorczyk, PT, PhD, CHT, FAPTA

Elaine E. Fess, MS, OTR, FAOTA, CHT

Sharon Flinn, PhD, OTR/L, CHT 

Kenneth R. Flowers, PT, CHT (retired) 

Lynnlee Fullenwider, OTR/L, CHT

Shellye Godfrey, OTR/L, CHT

Maureen Hardy, MA, PT, CHT

Mary C. Kasch, OTR, CVE, CHT

James W. King, OTR, PhD, CHT

Georgiann Laseter, OTR, FAOTA, CHT

Karen H.P. Lauckhardt, MA, PT, CHT

Joy MacDermid, PT, PhD 

Evelyn J. Mackin, PT

Maude Malick, OTR

Susan Michlovitz, PT, PhD, CHT, FAPTA 

Bonnie Olivett, OTR, CHT

Terri Wolfe, OTR/L, CHT

ASHT Honorary Membership Award

Peter C. Amadio, MD

Lois M. Barber, OTR, FAOTA

Nathalie R. Barr

Paul Brand, FRCS

Paul C. Dell, MD

Robert J. Duran, MD

Adrian E. Flatt, MD

L. Irene Hollis, OTR

James H. Hunter, MD

Dorothy Kaufman

Scott Kozin, MD

Don Lalonde, MD, FRCSC 

John W. Madden, MD

John A. McAuliffe, MD

Robert McFarlane, MD

Wyndell Merritt, MD, FACS

Rita Patterson, PhD 

Miguel Pirela-Cruz, MD

Neal Pratt, PT, PhD

Erik A. Rosenthal, MD

Alfred B. Swanson, MD

Robert M. Szabo, MD, MPH

Kululu M. Von Prince, OTR, EdD

Nathalie Barr Lectureship Award

2026 Aviva Wolff, EdD, OTR, CHT

2025 Virginia O'Brien, OTD, OTR/L, CHT (presentation)

2024 Gary Solomon, MBA, MS, OTR/L, CHT (presentation)

2023 Cynthia Ivy, M.Ed, OTD, CHT (presentation)

2020 Kristin Valdes, OTD, OTR, CHT (presentation)

2019 Corey McGee, PhD, OTR/L, CHT (presentation)

2018 Jane Fedorczyk, PT, PhD, CHT

2017 Terri Skirven, OTR/L, CHT (presentation)

2016 Rebecca Neiduski, PhD, OTR/L, CHT (presentation)

2015 Caroline Stegink-Jansen, PT, PhD, CHT

2014 Karen Pettengill, MS, OTR/L, CHT

2012 Paul LaStayo, PhD, PT, CHT (presentation)

2011 Maureen Hardy, MS, PT, CHT (presentation)

2009 Karen H.P. Lauckhart, MA, PT, CHT (presentation)

2008 Susan Michlovitz, PT, PhD, CHT (presentation)

2007 Donna Breger Stanton, MA, OTR/L, CHT, FAOTA (presentation)

2006 Patricia Taylor, PT, CHT (presentation)

2005 Joy MacDermid, BScPT, PhD (presentation)

2004 James W. King, OTR, PhD, CHT (presentation)

2003 Janet Waylett-Rendall, OTR, CHT (presentation)

2002 Lynnlee Fullenwider, OTR/L, CHT (presentation)

2001 Georgiann Laseter, OTR, FAOTA, CHT (presentation)

2000 Jean Casanova, OTR, CHT (presentation)

1999 Judy C. Colditz, OTR/L, CHT, FAOTA (presentation)

1998 Mark T. Walsh, PT, MS, CHT (presentation)

1997 Anne Callahan, MS, OTR/L, CHT, CLT (presentation)

1996 Roslyn B. Evans, OTR/L, CHT (presentation)

1995 Carolina S. deLeeuw, MA, OTR (presentation)

1994 Kenneth Flowers, PT, CHT (presentation)

1993 Nancy Cannon, OTR, CHT (presentation)

1992 Bonnie L. Olivett, OTR, CHT (presentation)

1991 Mary C. Kasch, OTR, CVE, CHT (presentation)

1990 Gloria DeVore, OTR (presentation)

1989 Elaine E. Fess, MS, OTR, FAOTA, CHT (presentation)

1988 Judith A. Bell-Krotoski, OTR, FAOTA, CHT (presentation)

1987 Maude Malick, OTR (presentation)

1986 Evelyn J. Mackin, PT (presentation)

Paul Brand Award

2026 Alexandra Mackenzie, OTR/L, CHT, CLT 

2025 Karen Roeming, OT, MA, CHT

2024 Captain Andra F. Battocchio, PT, DPT, CHT

2022 Celeste Freeman, OTR/L, CHT

2020 Cynthia Cooper, MFA, MA, OTR, CHT

2017 Melissa C. Thurlow, MBA, OTR/L, CHT

2015 Ginny Gibson, OTD, OTR/L, CHT

2014 Rebecca L. Von Der Heyde, PhD, OTR/L, CHT

2011 Caroline Stegink-Jansen, PT, PhD, CHT

2010 J. Martin Walsh, OTR/L, CHT

2007 Pamela Silverman, OTR, CHT

2006 Lynn Bassini, MA, OTR, CHT

2005 Nancy Chee, OTR/L, CHT; Linda Lehman, MPH, OTR 

2004 Dorit Aaron, MA, OTR, CHT, FAOTA 

2003 Shrikant Chinchalkar, BScOT, OTR, CHT

2002 Judith A. Bell-Krotoski, OTR, FAOTA, CHT

Emerging Hand Therapist Award

2026 Tauni Bird, OTD, OTR/L, CHT

2025 Laura Carlos, MOT, OTR/L, CHT, CEAS I

2024 Brooke Ochoa, OTR/L, CHT

2023 Ashley Brooks, OTR/L, BCPR, CHT

2022 Macyn Stonner, OTR, OTR/L, CHT

Best Grassroots Effort Award

2022 Mary Barnes, MOT, CHT, CIND

MacDermid Lifetime Scientific Award in Hand Therapy

2026 Jeanine Beasley, EdD, OTR, CHT, FAOTA 

2024 Virgil Mathiowetz, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

2023 Kristin Valdes, OTD, OTR/L, CHT

2013 Joy MacDermid, PT, PhD

R.L. Petzoldt Award

2008 Sandra Ruff, MHS, OTR/L, CHT; Valerie Bennett, OTR/CHT; Amy Charlton, OTR, CHT; Jeanine Ward, OTR/L,CHT; Julie Teal, OTR/L, CHT; Ken Ward, MD; Ed Coale, MD.

2006 Jane Fedorczyk, PT, PhD, CHT, ATC

2005 William Buford, Jr., PhD; Caroline W. Stegink Jansen, PT, PhD; Rita M. Patterson, PhD; Lisa Gould, MD, PhD

2004 Robinette J. Amaker, LTC, SP, PhD, OTR/L, CHT, FAOTA

2003 Maureen Ashe, MSc, PT, CHT; Karim Khan, MD, PhD; Pierre Guy, MD, MBA; Ken Hughes, MD; Karen Kruse, MD; Heather McKay, PhD

2002 Michael J. Lee, DPT; Paul LaStayo, PhD, PT, CHT; Ann vonKersburg, MPT, CHT

1996 Lori DePauw, BMRPT, MSc; Dean Kriellaars

1994 Michael Rooks, MD; Barbara Jo McIntosh; Cindy Dray Ensor, OTR/L, CHT

1993 Kenneth Flowers, PT, CHT; Paul LaStayo, PhD, PT, CHT

1992 Sigita Huys, RPT, CHT; Bing Sian Gan, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS; Christopher Scilley; M. Shevebrin

1991 James Gyovai, PT, CHT; Julianne Howell, PT, MS, CHT

1990 Laurie Schwarze, OTR, CHT; Diane Collins, MEd, PT, CHT

1989 Roslyn Evans, OTR/L, CHT

1988 Elaine Ewing Fess, MS, OTR, FAOTA, CHT

1987 Roslyn Evans, OTR/L, CHT; William Burkhalter, MD; James Hunter, MD

1986 Roslyn Evans, OTR/L, CHT; William Burkhalter, MD