The Canadian Liver Foundation was the first organization in the world committed to reducing the incidence and impact of liver disease through research and education. In keeping with our pioneering mandate, the CLF established a Gold Medal Award in 1983 to recognize doctors and scientists who have made a significant contribution to moving the field of liver research forward.
Today, the award is given jointly with the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver (CASL). The CLF-CASL Gold Medal recipients comprise an impressive list of internationally recognized liver specialists:
2013 Dr. Albert Czaja
Dr. Czaja has excelled in the clinical care of patients with autoimmune liver diseases, as a leader in autoimmune liver disease research, and as a superb educator as well as mentor to many young clinicians. His autoimmune liver diseases clinic at the Mayo Clinic was a world-renowned clinic.
Dr. Czaja is always one of the main authors of autoimmune liver disease practice guidelines and has published over 250 papers. Many of his trainees have become important leaders in hepatology. His contributions to the field of autoimmune liver disease have made him a well-worthy winner of this award.
1983 Dr. Jean-Pierre Benhamou
1985 Dr. Rudi Schmid
1986 Dame Shirley Sherlock
1988 Dr. Carl A. Goresky
1989 Dr. Hyman J. Zimmerman
1990 Dr. B. S. Blumberg
1991 Dr. Hector Orrego
1992 Dr. Roger Williams
1993 Dr. Telfer Reynolds
1994 Dr. M. James Phillips
1995 Dr. Diane W. Cox
1996 Dr. Laurence Blendis
1997 Dr. Laurie Powell
1998 Dr. William Wall
1999 Dr. Juan Rodes
2000 Dr. Lorne Tyrrell
2001 Dr. Jay Hoofnagle
2002 Dr. Michel Huet
2003 Dr. Roger Butterworth
2004 Dr. Jenny Heathcote
2005 Dr. Ian Wanless
2006 Dr. Harvey Alter
2007 Dr. Victor Feinman
2008 Dr. Eve Roberts
2009 Dr. Jean-Paul Villeneuve
2010 Dr. Paul Adams
2011 Dr. Michael Houghton
2012 Dr. Jaime Bosch
