Annual Awards & Honor Roll
Annual Awards & Honor Roll
Institutional and National Awards
| Year | Association | Award Name | Awardee |
| 2024 | UCSF | Exceptional Physician | Patricia Conroy |
| 2023 | AWS | Hilary Sanfey Outstanding Resident Award | Nichole Starr |
| 2023 | AWS | Dr Sally Abston's Attending Award | Lygia Stewart |
| 2023 | UCSF | Exceptional Physician | Hillary Braun |
| 2022 | AWS | 40 Under 40 | Lucy Kornblith |
| 2022 | UCSF | Exceptional Physician | Caitlin Collins |
| 2022 | UCSF | Chancellor's Diversity Award | Julie Ann Sosa |
| 2021 | ACS | Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Inspiring Women in Surgery Award | Peggy Knudson |
| 2019 | AWS | Nina Starr Braunwald Award | Linda Reilly |
The Muriel Steele Society Award
The Muriel Steele Society Award is given annually by the senior residents to a woman or other gender minority faculty member who embodies the spirit of Muriel Steele - a trailblazer working to identify and address the unmet needs among our surgical patients and whose research and/or clinical work is shifting the paradigms within our field in order to positively impact the experiences and outcomes of our current and future patients.
2023: Laura Esserman, MD
2022: Nancy Ascher, MD
2021: M. Margaret (Peggy) Knudson, MD
2020: Linda M. Reilly, MD
2019: Jasleen Kukreja, MD, MPH
The Muriel Steele Society Honor Roll
The annual Muriel Steele Society Honor Roll celebrates influential and inspiring women or other gender minority faculty, fellows and residents in surgery and surgical sub-specialties. Current trainees (both residents and medical students) are invited to nominate women who have had a positive impact on their training and the nominees are recognized at our annual Women in Surgery Reception. The list of past honorees can be found here: