2025 AASLD Distinguished Award Nominations – Now Open!
Every year at The Liver Meeting®, AASLD recognizes deserving colleagues for their accomplishments and contributions to the liver community through our Distinguished Awards. These are AASLD’s most prestigious awards and nominations are currently open.
The award categories for 2025 are:
- Distinguished Achievement Award
- Distinguished Clinician Educator/Mentor
- Distinguished Service Award
- Distinguished Advocacy Award.
Nominated and sitting members of the AASLD Board and previous Distinguished Award recipients are not eligible to receive an award. Here is a list of past award recipients in all categories.
Award recipients will be selected by the Distinguished Awards Committee with approval from the Governing Board. Nominees are not required to be members of AASLD.
Submit your nomination on our site today.
To learn more about the Distinguished Awards process and guidelines:
For information on the Distinguished Awards nomination criteria and submission process, please contact governance@aasld.org.
The nomination deadline is 11:59PM EDT on May 12, 2025. We look forward to receiving your nomination!
As part of AASLD’s ongoing commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, we invite peer or self-nominations for the 2025 Distinguished Awards from qualified candidates from underrepresented groups within the association and all aspects of hepatology continuum.
Distinguished Award Categories
Distinguished Achievement Award
The Distinguished Achievement Award is given to an individual in honor of his or her sustained scientific contributions to the field of liver disease and the scientific foundations of hepatology. The award honors a sustained contribution rather than a single discovery or major achievement.
Eligibility: The awardee does not have to be an AASLD member and may be a non-scientist, but the contribution should be solidly in the area of liver disease, physiology, anatomy or pathology. Nominated and sitting members of the AASLD Board and previous Distinguished Award recipients are not eligible to receive an award.
Distinguished Clinician Educator/Mentor Award
The AASLD Distinguished Clinician Educator/Mentor Award is given to an individual in honor of his or her sustained service to AASLD or the liver disease community in general. The award recognizes teaching and/or mentoring skills provided to the community of hepatology educators and clinicians and/or trainees over an extended period; skills that are well above and beyond that provided by many members who serve on the Governing Board and Committees of the AASLD.
Eligibility: The awardee does not have to be an AASLD member. Nominated and sitting members of the AASLD Governing Board and previous Distinguished Award recipients are not eligible to receive an award.
Distinguished Service Award
The AASLD Distinguished Service Award is given to an individual in honor of his or her sustained service to AASLD and the field of hepatology. This award recognizes the lifelong commitment and significant contributions researchers, and career-long clinicians have made to the organization and the field. Service goes well above and beyond that provided by many members who serve on the Governing Board and Committees of the AASLD.
Eligibility: The awardee does not have to be an AASLD member. Nominated and sitting members of the AASLD Governing Board and previous Distinguished Award recipients are not eligible to receive an award.
Distinguished Advocacy Award
The AASLD Distinguished Advocacy Award is given to an advocacy organization or individual in honor of sustained service to the liver disease community in general. The award recognizes service provided to the hepatology community over an extended period that raises awareness and garners public and federal legislative support and promotes liver health and quality patient care.
Eligibility: The awardee does not have to be an AASLD member. Nominated and sitting members of the AASLD Governing Board and previous distinguished award recipients are not eligible to receive a distinguished award.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
About the Distinguished Awards
What are the AASLD Distinguished Awards?
Each year, AASLD acknowledges those whose achievements over a sustainable period of time, in the field of hepatology, are significant and warrant recognition.
The Distinguished Awards are comprised of:
- Distinguished Achievement Award
- Distinguished Clinician Educator/Mentor Award
- Distinguished Service Award
- Distinguished Advocacy Award
Who selects those receiving a Distinguished Award?
AASLD’s Distinguished Awards Committee reviews and selects the award winners with final approval from the Governing Board, the organization’s highest leadership body.
Who can submit a nomination?
All members of AASLD are eligible and encouraged to submit a nomination. Members may also nominate qualified candidates who are not members of the association.
Can I nominate myself?
Yes! AASLD encourages self-nominations. This allows us to learn about qualified candidates who may not have had the same widespread recognition as others.
How much time does it take to nominate someone (or myself)?
Because AASLD understands how busy members are, the nominations process is done online.
To learn more about each award, go to https://www.aasld.org/distinguished-awards
To submit a peer or self-nomination (self-nominations are allowed), go to: https://aasldprograms.secure-platform.com/site
Who do I contact if I have questions about the nominations process?
Please email governance@aasld.org and our Governance Staff will assist you.
What do I have to provide when nominating someone for an award?
You are asked to provide basic demographic information, at least one letter of recommendation, and an abridged CV of the nominee.
Are Distinguished Awards only given to those who have been active in AASLD for many years?
While involvement in AASLD will be considered, Distinguished Award winners need not be AASLD members.
Are there any specific characteristics that the Distinguished Awards Committee and Governing Board looks for in a nominee?
A Consistent with AASLD’s recognition that the study of liver disease encompasses health care professionals from many backgrounds, we encourage a pool of talented nominees that reflect our richness as a community that includes individual and institutional diversity.
In addition to being presented with the award, is there anything else recipients receive?
Given the high honor of our Distinguished Awards, individuals being recognized will receive:
- Recognition at the Annual Awards Ceremony during The Liver Meeting® in Washington, DC
- Recognition on the AASLD website and media announcements
- Honorarium of $1,500
- Complimentary registration to the Liver Meeting in 2025
- Two nights hotel accommodation at The Liver Meeting in 2025
- Economy round-trip airfare to The Liver Meeting in 2025.