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