The Outstanding Contributions Through Service to the Profession of Clinical Chemistry Award honors individuals who have devoted their careers to advancing the professional status of clinical chemists and furthering the mission and objectives of the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine.
Recipients of this award are distinguished by their sustained, career‑long commitment to service, leadership, and advocacy on behalf of the profession and the Association. Through their efforts, honorees have helped elevate the visibility, impact, and recognition of clinical chemistry; strengthened professional standards and engagement; and supported ADLM’s efforts to advance laboratory medicine at the local, national, and/or international levels.
Congratulations to the 2026 winner
Barbara Goldsmith, PhD, FADLM
Dr. Barbara Goldsmith serves as director of clinical laboratories and clinical professor, director of point-of-care testing and quality management in the department of pathology and genomics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College and professor and chair of the department of medical laboratory sciences and biotechnology, college of health professions at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. She has served as the scientific/technical director of clinical chemistry and director of clinical laboratories in multiple hospital and academic settings.
Dr. Goldsmith is the past president of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (now ADLM) and the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (now the Academy of Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine). She has served on the AACC Board of Directors, Annual Meeting Organizing Committees, and numerous other committees.
Dr. Goldsmith has been involved in ADLM’s global initiatives serving as Chair of the Latin American Work Group, Chair of the Subcommittee on Global Affairs, and now as Chair of the Global Affairs Core Committee (GACC). GACC serves to grow ADLM’s global initiatives as opportunities for education, collaborations, and membership expand. Her areas of interest include clinical chemistry, point-of-care testing, laboratory management, quality management, and global education.
Previous Winners
2025 - Alison Woodworth, PhD, DABCC, FADLM
2024 - David G. Grenache, PhD, D(ABCC), FADLM
2023 - Patricia M. Jones, PhD
2022 - James D. Faix, MD
2021 - Salvador F. Sena, PhD, DABCC, FADLM
2020 - Martin Fleisher
2019 - Mario Plebani, MD
2018 - Fred S. Apple, PhD
2017 - Ian Young, MD
2016 - Larry A. Broussard, PhD
2015 - Graham H. Beastall, PhD
2014 - James C. Boyd, MD
2013 - D. Robert Dufour, MD
2012 - John E. Sherwin, PhD
2011 - Mary Lou Gantzer, PhD
2010 - Ann Gronowski, PhD
2009 - Donald S. Young, PhD
2008 - Susan A. Evans, PhD
2007 - Mathias Müller, MD
2006 - Gary L. Myers, PhD, FADLM
2005 - Roland Valdes, PhD
2004 - Karen L. Nickel, PhD
2003 - Frank A. Sedor, PhD
2002 - David Uddin, PhD
2001 - Stephen E. Kahn, PhD
2000 - Mary F. Burritt, PhD
1999 - Jean C. Joseph, PhD
1998 - Jacob B. Levine
1997 - Thomas P. Moyer, PhD
1996 - Lawrence M. Killingsworth, PhD
1995 - Roger Boeckx, PhD
1994 - K. Michael Parker, PhD
1993 - Gerald Gallwas
1992 - K. Owen Ash, PhD
1991 - Theodore Peters, PhD
1990 - Ronald H. Laessig, PhD
1989 - Morton K. Schwartz, PhD
1988 - Sylvan M. Sax, PhD
1987 - Henry Wishinsky, PhD
1986 - Sylvia Blatt
1985 - Raymond E. Vanderlinde, PhD
1984 - Jocelyn M. Hicks, PhD
1983 - Albert Dietz, PhD
1982 - Alfred H. Free, PhD
1981 - Samuel Meites, PhD
1980 - Willard Faulkner, PhD
1979 - Royden N. Rand, PhD
1978 - Joseph S. Annino
1977 - Joseph H. Boutwell, MD, PhD
1976 - Robert S. Melville, PhD
1975 - Gerald R. Cooper, PhD
1974 - Joseph Benotti
1973 - Kurt M. Dubowski, PhD
1972 - George T. Lewis, PhD
1971 - Miriam Reiner, PhD
1970 - William B. Mason, PhD
1969 - Robert L. Dryer, PhD
1968 - Harold D. Appleton, PhD
1967 - Max M. Friedman, PhD
1966 - Margret M. Kaser, PhD
