WONCA Fellowship

Past recipients

The Fellowship of WONCA is WONCA's most prestigious award. It is awarded to individuals who have rendered outstanding service to the WONCA organization. It is awarded every three years at meetings of the WONCA World Council, but only if a suitably qualified candidate is identified.

2016 Fellowship recipients

• Dr Iona Heath - UK
• Prof Bob Higgins - USA
• Prof Gabby Ivbijaro - UK
•  Prof Janko Kersnik - Slovenia (posthumous)
•  Prof Nabil Kurashi - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Dr Francine Lemire - Canada
•  Prof Christos Lionis - Greece
•  Prof Job Metsemakers - Netherlands
•  Dr Dan Ostergaard - USA
•  Dr Ramnik Parekh - India
•  Dr Marc Rivo - USA
•  Prof Richard Roberts - USA
•  Dr Goran Sjonell - Sweden
• Dr Preethi Wijegoonewardene - Sri Lanka

Past recipients of the WONCA Fellowship

• Dr Prakash Chand Bhatla, India, 1976
• Donald I Rice CM MD, Canada, 1980
• Professor Bent Guttorm Bentsen, Norway, 1989
• Dr David A Game AO KSJ, Australia, 1989
• Professor Max R Polliack, Israel, 1989
• Dr Jack Froom, USA, 1992
• Dr Lotte Newman CBE, United Kingdom, 1995
• Dr M K Rajakumar, Malaysia, 1995
• Giora Almagor MD, Israel, 1995
• Dr Douglas G Garvie OBE, United Kingdom, 1998
• A/Professor Goh Lee Gan, Singapore, 1998
• Donald W Rae OC MD, Canada 1998
• Professor Wesley E Fabb, Australia, 2001
• Professor Vincent Hunt, USA, 2004
• Professor Roger Strasser, Australia/Canada, 2004
• Professor Charles Bridges-Webb, Australia, 2004
• Professor Richard Grol, Netherlands, 2004
• Dr Giorgio Visentin, Italy, 2004
• Dr Michael Boland, Ireland, 2007
• Professor Henk Lamberts, Netherlands, 2007
• Professor Zorayda Leopando, Philippines, 2007
• Professor John Murtagh, Australia 2007
• Dr Luis Pisco, Portugal, 2007
• Professor Maurice Wood, USA, 2007
• Professor Igor Švab, Slovenia, 2010
• Professor Cheryl Levitt, Canada, 2010
• Prof John Beasley, USA, 2013
• Dr Javier Dominguez del Olmo, Mexico, 2013
• Dr Alfred Loh, Singapore, 2013
• Dr Tony Mathie, UK, 2013
• Prof Bruce Sparks, South Africa, 2013
• Prof Barbara Starfield, USA, 2013 (posthumous)
• Dr Arno Timmermans, The Netherlands, 2013
• Prof Chris van Weel, The Netherlands, 2013
• Dr Iona Heath - UK, 2016
• Prof Bob Higgins - USA, 2016
• Prof Gabby Ivbijaro - UK, 2016
• Prof Janko Kersnik - Slovenia (posthumous), 2016
  
•  Prof Nabil Kurashi - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2016
• Dr Francine Lemire - Canad, 2016
• Prof Christos Lionis - Greece, 2016
• Prof Job Metsemakers - Netherlands, 2016
• Dr Dan Ostergaard - USA, 2016
• Dr Ramnik Parekh - India, 2016
  
• Dr Marc Rivo - USA, 2016
• Prof Richard Roberts - USA, 2016
•  Dr Goran Sjonell - Sweden, 2016
• Dr Preethi Wijegoonewardene - Sri Lanka, 2016

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