Table 1.

Classification of Specific Awards by Gastroenterology and Hepatology Professional Society and Award Category

Award category	Gastroenterology and hepatology professional society
	AASLD	ACG	AGA	ASGE
Highest achievement	Distinguished achievement	Berk/Fisk Clinical Achievement	Julius Friedenwald Medal	Rudolf V. Schindler
Service	Distinguished service	Community Service International Leadership Minority Digestive Health Care Samuel Weiss	Research Service	Distinguished Service International Service
Clinical or research	None	None	Distinguished Achievement Basic Science William Beaumont Prize Distinguished Clinician	Master Endoscopist
Education or mentoring	Clinician educator/mentor	None	Distinguished Educator Distinguished Mentor	Distinguished Endoscopic Research Mentoring Distinguished Educator
Named lectureship	Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Surgery Hyman J. Zimmerman Hepatotoxicity Leon Schiff Hans Popper Basic Science	Baker Presidential J. Edward Berk Distinguished Emily Couric David Y. Graham David Sun Postgraduate Education	Morton Grossman Distinguished	Basil I. Hirschowitz J. Edward Berk Jack Vennes and Stephen Silvis Gene Overholt

AASLD, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease; ACG, American College of Gastroenterology; AGA, American Gastroenterological Association; ASGE, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.