This prestigious award is selected by the SSO President and is given to an individual whose work has impacted the clinical practice of surgical oncology. The recipient presents a lecture at the SSO Annual Cancer Symposium in the year they are awarded.
| Khandan Keyomarsi, PhD | 2024 |
| Selwyn M. Vickers, MD, FACS | 2023 |
| Suzanne L. Topalian, MD | 2022 |
| Jatin P. Shah, MD | 2021 |
| Monica Bertagnolli, MD | 2020 |
| Monica Morrow, MD | 2019 |
| Alexander M.M. Eggermont, MD, PhD | 2018 |
| Lorenzo Ferri, MD, PhD | 2017 |
| José Baselga, MD, PhD | 2016 |
| Lee M. Ellis, MD | 2015 |
| Clifford Ko, MD | 2014 |
| Glenn Steele, MD, PhD | 2013 |
| Ronald DeMatteo, MD | 2012 |
| John D. Birkmeyer, MD | 2011 |
| Cornelis J. H. van de Velde, MD, PhD | 2010 |
| Richard C. Karl, MD | 2009 |
| Michael A. Caligiuri, MD | 2008 |
| John Mendelsohn, MD | 2007 |
| Murray F. Brennan, MD | 2006 |
| Eleftherios Mamounas, MD | 2005 |
| Sidney J. Winawer, MD | 2004 |
| John Wong, MD | 2003 |
| Bruce A.J. Ponder, PhD | 2002 |
| Glenn D. Steele, Jr., MD, PhD | 2001 |
| Norman Wolmark, MD | 2000 |
| Timothy J. Eberlein, MD | 1999 |
| Samuel A. Wells, Jr., MD | 1998 |
| Charles M. Balch, MD | 1997 |
| Steven Rosenberg, MD | 1996 |
| John M. Daly, MD | 1995 |
| Jeffrey A. Norton, MD | 1994 |