Award and Medal Recipients
The International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) is proud to recognize the following leaders in international ophthalmology who were nominated by their peers and selected by the ICO to receive these well-deserved honors.
- Gonin Medal
- Duke Elder Medal
- Jules Francois Golden Medal
- ICO Ophthalmic Pathology Award
- Bietti Medal
- Tadeusz Krwasicz Gold Medal
- Mark Tso Golden Apple Award
- GOH Naumann Award
- Bruce Spivey Ophthalmic Education Award
Gonin Medal, for outstanding work and research: | |||||
Date | Recipient | City/Country | |||
1941 | Alfred Vogt | Zurich, Switzerland | |||
1945 | Paul Bailliart | Paris, France | |||
1950 | Hermenegilde Arruga | Barcelona, Spain | |||
1954 | Stewart Duke-Elder | London, England | |||
1958 | Alan Woods | Baltimore, USA | |||
1962 | Hans Goldman | Bern, Switzerland | |||
1966 | Jules François | Gent, Belgium | |||
1970 | Gerhard Meyer-Schwickerath | Essen, Germany | |||
1974 | David C. Cogan | Cambridge, USA | |||
1978 | Norman Henry Ashton | London, England | |||
1982 | Alfred Edward Maunamee | Baltimore, USA | |||
1986 | Akira Nakajima | Tokyo, Japan | |||
1990 | Barrie R. Jones | London, England | |||
1994 | Harold L. Ridley | London, England | |||
1998 | Robert Machemer | Durham, USA | |||
2002 | Gottfried O.H. Naumann | Erlangen, Germany | |||
2006 | Alfred Sommer | Baltimore, USA | |||
2010 | Alan Bird | London, England | |||
2014 | Alice McPherson | Houston, USA | |||
2018 | Jean-Jacques De Laey | Ghent, Belgium | |||
International Duke Elder Medal, for the development of international relations and friendship between ophthalmologists: | |||||
Date | Recipient | City/Country | |||
1982 | Jules François | Gent, Belgium | |||
1986 | A. Edward Maumanee | Baltimore, USA | |||
1990 | Benjamin Boyd | Panama City, Panama | |||
1994 | Edward Norton | Miami, USA | |||
1998 | Alfred Sommer | Baltimore, USA | |||
2002 | Peter Watson | Cambridge, England | |||
2006 | Bradley R. Straatsma | Los Angeles, USA | |||
2010 | Mohammad Daud Khan | Peshawar, Pakistan | |||
2014 | Richard Abbott | Tiburon, USA | |||
2018 | Rubens Belfort, Jr. | Sao Paulo, Brazil | |||
Jules Francois Golden Medal, for ophthalmic work of high scientific quality: | |||||
Date | Recipient | City/Country | |||
1986 | Pierre Amalric | Albi, France | |||
1990 | Saiichi Mishima | Tokyo, Japan | |||
1994 | J. Donald M. Gass | Miami, USA | |||
1998 | Alan C. Bird | London, England | |||
2002 | Bradley R. Straatsma | Los Angeles, USA | |||
2006 | Bruce E. Spivey | San Francisco, USA | |||
2010 | Gisèle Soubrane | Créteil, France | |||
2014 | Peter Watson | Cambridge, England | |||
2016 | Clare Gilbert | London, England | |||
2020 | Irene H. Maumenee | Chicago, USA | |||
ICO Ophthalmic Pathology Award, for outstanding research in ophthalmic pathology: | |||||
Date | Recipient | City/Country | |||
2006 | Thaddeus Dryja | Boston, USA | |||
2010 | Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt | Erlangen, Germany | |||
2014 | Mark Tso | Baltimore, USA | |||
2018 | Sarah Coupland | Liverpool, England | |||
Bietti Medal, for an ophthalmologist who has contributed most––through history, ethics, and education––to the advancement of ophthalmology: | |||||
Date | Recipient | City/Country | |||
2008 | Narsing A. Rao | Los Angeles, USA | |||
2012 | Rosario Brancato | Milan, Italy | |||
2016 | Sir Peng Tee Khaw | London, England | |||
2020 | Robert Ritch | New York, USA | |||
Tadeusz Krwasicz Gold Medal, for ophthalmologists who have made advances in diseases of the anterior segment and/or introduction of new technologies as well as having advanced international relationships among ophthalmologists: | |||||
Date | Recipient | City/Country | |||
2008 | Douglas R. Anderson | Miami, USA | |||
2012 | Alan C. Bird | London, England | |||
2016 | Marie-José Tassignon | Edegem, Belgium | |||
2020 | David F. Chang | Los Altos, USA | |||
ICO Mark Tso Golden Apple Award, for demonstrated innovation or exceptional achievements in ophthalmic education: | |||||
Date | Recipient | City/Country | |||
2006 | SS Badrinath | India | |||
2007 | Xiao-xin Li | China | |||
2008 | Ronald Lam Soon Yeoh | Singapore | |||
2009 | Selvarajah Sivaguru | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |||
2010 | Ian Constable | Perth, Australia | |||
2011 | Dennis Lam | Hong Kong, China | |||
2012 | Mark O.M. Tso | Baltimore, USA | |||
2013 | Peter McCluskey | Sydney, Australia | |||
2013 | Gabriel van Rij | Netherlands | |||
2013 | Steve Ryan | Los Angeles, USA | |||
2014 | Charles McGhee | Auckland, New Zealand | |||
2015 | Frank Martin | Sydney, Australia | |||
2015 | Zdenek J. Gregor | Barbican, London | |||
2015 | Peter A. Quiros | Pasadena, USA | |||
2016 | Richard Abbott | San Francisco, USA | |||
2016 | Kanxing Zhao | Tianjin, China | |||
2017 | Lin-chung Woung | Chinese Taipei | |||
2017 | Wagih Aclimandos | London, England | |||
2017 | Rafael Sánchez Fontán | Mexico City, Mexico | |||
2019 | Ke Yao | Zhejiang, China | |||
2019 | Rubens Belfort, Jr. | São Paulo, Brazil | |||
2019 | Marko Hawlina | Ljubljana, Slovenia | |||
2019 | Olubola Adekunle Hassan | Nigeria | |||
GOH Naumann Award for Leadership in Global Eye Care: | |||||
Date | Recipient | City/Country | |||
2008 | Benedictus G.K. Ajayi | Ibadan, Nigeria | |||
2009 | Francisco Contreras | Lima, Peru | |||
2010 | Adel Al Rushood | Saudi Arabia | |||
2011 | Frank Billson | Sydney, Australia | |||
2012 | Shigeaki Ohno | Sapporo, Japan | |||
2013 | Nag Rao | Hyderabad, India | |||
2014 | Ahmed Trabelsi | Tunis, Tunisia | |||
2018 | Abdulaziz AlRajhi | Saudi Arabia | |||
Bruce Spivey Ophthalmic Education Award: | |||||
Date | Recipient | City/Country | |||
2016 | David Taylor | London, England | |||
2020 | Bruce E. Spivey | San Francisco, USA |