The CHEST Foundation

Roger C. Bone Advances in End-of-Life Care Award - All Recipients Prior to 2004

The Roger C. Bone Advances in End-of-Life Care Award was created in 2000 to annually recognize a member of the American College of Chest Physicians who has demonstrated leadership in end-of-life care. As a physician coming to grips with his own terminal diagnosis, Dr. Bone wrote about the ethical and humanistic issues surrounding end-of-life decisions. He stressed the importance of communication among physicians and their patients. Dr. Bone was a Master Fellow and Past President of the ACCP.

Through a review committee of members from the ACCP Palliative and End-of-Life Care NetWork and other distinguished leaders in end-of-life care, recipients for this award are judged to have shown substantial improvement in the care of patients at the end of life as documented in a summary illustrating communication skills, cooperative spirit, support of palliative and hospice care, and use of pain management. The award recipient will receive a grant of $5,000 for his or her specific end-of-life care project.

CHEST 2004 Recipient
Stephen C. Telatnik, MD, FCCP
Assistant Medical Director
Pikes Peak Hospice and Palliative Care
Colorado Springs, CO

CHEST 2003 Recipient
Craig M. Lilly, MD, FCCP
Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA

CHEST 2002 Recipient
Judith E. Nelson, MD, JD, FCCP
Assistant Professor in Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

CHEST 2001 Recipient
J. Randall Curtis, MD, FCCP
Harborview Medical Center End-of-Life Research Program
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

CHEST 2000 Recipient
Basil Varkey, MD, FCCP
Medical College of Wisconsin/Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

CHEST 2004 Letters of Commendation for Outstanding Leadership in End-of-Life Care in 2004
Mellar P. Davis, MD, FCCP
The Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Antonio Salud, II, MD, MA
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

CHEST 2001 Letters of Commendation
Mitchell M. Levy, MD, FCCP
Letter of Commendation for Making a Difference in End of Life Care through Consensus Building

Surinder K. Jindal, MD, FCCP
Letter of Commendation for Making a Difference in End of Life Care through International Programs

Russell A. Acevedo, MD, FCCP
Letter of Commendation for Making a Difference in End of Life Care through Innovative Programs

Jose R. Acosta, MD, FCCP
Letter of Commendation for Making a Difference in End of Life Care through Community Service

2004 Advances in End-of-Life Care Award Committee
Russell A. Acevedo, MD, FCCP
Rosemary Bone Mason, RN (Co-Chair)
Ira R. Byock, MD
Richard A. Dart, MD, FCCP
D. Robert McCaffree, MD, Master FCCP
Judith E. Nelson, MD, FCCP
Paul A. Selecky, MD, FCCP
Basil Varkey, MD, FCCP