This award is presented to those University of Toronto otolaryngology alumni who have demonstrated an exceptional commitment and dedication to the practice and teaching of otolaryngology-head & neck surgery and whose professional ethical standards have been of the highest order.
The recipient is selected by the community academic faculty and is presented with a plaque at the Annual Percy Ireland Dinner. A plaque hangs in the universtiy office with the names of all the recipients since the awards inception.
2020-21 to Dr. David Goldfarb 2019-20 Not awarded 2018-19 to Dr. John Rutka 2017-18 to Dr. Everton Gooden 2016-17 to Dr. Ralph Gilbert 2015-16 Brian Tatham 2014-15 Jeremy Freeman 2013-14 Julian Nedzelski 2012-13 Oakely Smith 2011-12 Jonathan Irish 2010-11 Albino Chiodo 2009-10 Ian Witterick 2008-09 Vito Forte 2007-08 Kris Conrad 2006-07 David Ellis 2005-06 Jerry Chapnik 2004-05 William El Masri 2003-04 Ronald Fenton 2002-03 Douglas Snell 2001-02 Robert Macdonald 2000-01 Peter Adamson 1999-2000 Michael Hawke 1998-99 Jacob Friedberg 1997-98 Wilfred Goodman 1996-97 Arnold Noyek