Legends in Neonatology

The Legends of Neonatology Hall of Fame was established to celebrate the remarkable individuals — the “legends” — whose clinical contributions have helped forge new ground in neonatal medicine.

The Legends of Neonatology Award recognizes an extraordinary clinician who has dedicated his or her life to improving the care and outcomes of our smallest patients.
Dr. Timothy Biela NEO Conference Course Director

2025 Awardee

David K. Stevenson, M.D.

Harold K. Faber Professor of Pediatrics
Senior Associate Dean, Maternal and Child Health
Principal Investigator of the Prematurity Research Center

Previous Honorees

2024

Wanda D. Barfield, M.D., MPH

2023

Barbara Schmidt, M.D.

2022

Jeffrey B. Gould, M.D., MPH

2021

Robert D. Christensen, M.D.

2020

Vermont Oxford Network

2019

Reese Clark, M.D.

2018

Eduardo Bancalari, M.D.
Richard J. Martin, M.D.

2017

Alan H. Jobe, M.D., Ph.D.
Richard Polin, M.D.

2016

Vinod Bhutani, M.D.
Ronald Bloom, M.D.
Catherine Cropley, R.N.
Dharmapuri Vidyasagar, M.D.

2015

John Kattwinkel, M.D.
Philip Sunshine, M.D.

2014

Frederick Battaglia, M.D.
Joseph Volpe, M.D.
Alan Spitzer, M.D.

2013

Lilly Dubowitz, M.D., MRCP, FRCP
M. Jeffrey Maisels, M.B., BCh, DSc
Jen-Tien Wung, M.D., FCCM

2012

William Oh, M.D.
Abraham Rudolph, M.D.

2011

Forrest Bird, M.D., Ph.D., Sc.D.
Stanley Dudrick, M.D.

2010

John Clements, M.D.
George Gregory, M.D.

2009

Robert Bartlett, M.D., FACS
William Norwood, M.D.

2008

Marshall Klaus, M.D.
Jerold Lucey, M.D.
Avroy Fanaroff, M.D.

2007

Mary Ellen Avery, M.D.
Lucille Ann Papile, M.D.
Virginia Apgar, M.D.
Maria Delivoria-Papadopoulos, M.D.
Mildred Stahlman, M.D.