The OCMA Physician of the Year Award is presented annually to a physician with the following outstanding qualities:
- Hardworking - Extraordinary professional competence - Educator and teacher (with associates, nurses, etc.) - Strong motivator - Good rapport with patients
1983 - Vincent P. Carroll, M.D. 1984 - Carl K. Pearlman, M.D. 1985 - Marshall P. Stonestreet, M.D. 1986 - Milo K. Tedstrom, M.D. 1987 - Warren L. Bostick, M.D. 1988 - Harriet M. Opfell, M.D. 1989 - Arthur D. Silk, M.D. 1990 - Charles W. Plows, M.D. 1991 - Frank L. Amato, M.D. 1992 - Stanley van den Noort, M.D. 1993 - David K. Geddes, M.D. 1994 - Francis G. Mackey, M.D. 1995 - Max A. Schneider, M.D. 1996 - Geni A. Bennetts, M.D. 1997 - Richard F. Kammerman, M.D. 1998 - David W. Furnas, M.D. 1999 - Peter G. Anderson, M.D. 2000 - Alan B. Gazzaniga, M.D. 2001 - Thomas C. Cesario, M.D. 2002 - Kenneth E. Bell, M.D. 2003 - David K. Litke, M.D. 2004 - J. Brennan Cassidy, M.D. 2005 - Diane Nugent, M.D. 2006 - Robert O. Dillman, M.D. 2007 - Maria E. Minon, M.D. 2008 - Richard S. Frankenstein, M.D. 2009 - Lytton W. Smith, M.D. 2010 - Aisha Simjee, M.D. 2011 - Michael Ritter, M.D. 2012 - Rukmani Raghunathan, M.D. 2013 - Donald E. Bittner, M.D. 2014 - Rimal Bera, M.D. 2015 - Eric Handler, M.D. 2016 - Timothy Munzing, M.D. 2017 - Lisa M. Gibbs, M.D. 2018 - Ramin Zolfagari, M.D. 2019 - Nancy Gin, M.D. 2020 - All Physicians in Orange County 2021 - Clayton Chau, M.D. 2022 - Alpesh N. Amin, M.D. 2023 - Diana E. Ramos, M.D. 2024 - Phyllis Agran, M.D.
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