Awards
For further information on any of these Awards please contact Chloe Smith, Secretariat Coordinator on 020 7631 8807 or e-mail secretariat@aagbi.org.
All award winners are listed in the Heritage Section of the website.
Honorary Membership
Honorary Membership was instituted in 1932 at the time that the Association was founded. Election must be at the Annual General Meeting. The award is accompanied by a citation and a certificate.
Honorary Membership has been granted to the following categories in the past.
- British and Irish anaesthetists who have held high office in the Association, usually at or about the time of retirement from active practice.
- Eminent British and Irish anaesthetists of great distinction who have not necessarily held high Association office.
- Very eminent overseas anaesthetists.
- Members of other medical disciplines who have contributed to the specialty of anaesthesia.
- Members of other professions who have rendered signal service to the Association.
Council recommended the following individuals to be awarded Honorary Membership in 2007.
- Dr Orin Guidry, USA
- Prof Michael Harmer, Cardiff
- Sir Peter Simpson, Bristol
Archive list of Honorary Members
Sir Ivan Magill Gold Medal for Innovation
The award for innovation was instituted in 1988 to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Sir Ivan Magill who died in his ninety eighth year in 1986. It is awarded for uniquely outstanding innovative contributions to the specialty of anaesthesia. The medal is cast in gold. The obverse bears the relief portrait of Sir Ivan Magill. The name and date of the recipient is on the reverse and there is a bar on the ribbon bearing the inscription ‘For Innovation'.
Council nominates and elects recipients and the award is presented at an Annual General Meeting.
Archive list of Gold Medal Winners
John Snow Silver Medal
 The John Snow Medal was introduced in 1946 and was originally cast in bronze. In 1967 this was replaced by a silver medal following the introduction of a bronze medal for the John Snow Lecturer. The medal bears the arms of the Association on the obverse and the name of the recipient and the date on the reverse.
Candidates are anaesthetists who are deemed to have made a major contribution to anaesthesia. Nominations are made and confirmed by Council.
Council recommended the following individual to be awarded the John Snow Silver medal in 2007
- Prof Michael Harmer, Cardiff
Archive list of Silver Medal Winners
Pask Certificate of Honour
Edgar Pask's self experimentation on life jackets during the Second World War period. |
The Pask Award was instituted in 1977 after the Moorgate Underground disaster of 1975 and the desire of Council to honor the gallantry of a Registrar Anaesthestist. The award is made by Council. The award was instituted to enable Council of the Association to honor those who have rendered distinguished service, either with gallantry in the performance of their clinical duties, in a single meritorious act or consistently and faithfully over a long period.
The award was named after Professor E A Pask. Pask had a distinguished career in the Royal Air Force Medical Branch as an experimental physiologist in the Second World War. This included dangerous self experimentation requiring considerable personal courage.
The award is made by resolution of the Council and can be made any time of year. It is usually presented at the Annual General Meetings.
Council recommended the following individuals to be awarded the Pask Certificate of Honour in 2006.
- Mr Harrie Cooke, BAREMA
- Dr Tony Wilkes, Cardiff
Archive list of Pask Certificate Holders
Evelyn Baker Medal
 The Evelyn Baker Medal was instituted in 1998 for outstanding clinical competence, recognising the ‘unsung heroes' of clinical anaesthesia and related practice. The defining characteristics of clinical competence are deemed to be technical proficiency, consistently reliable clinical judgement and wisdom, and skill in communicating with patients, their relatives and colleagues. The ability to train and enthuse junior colleagues is seen as an integral part of communication skill, extending beyond formal teaching or academic presentation.
The award is open to all practising anaesthetists (and those who have retired in the last two years) who are members of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland. Previous nomination does not preclude further nomination in future.
Council recommended the following individual to be awarded the Evelyn Baker medal in 2007.
Dr Gareth Charlton, Southampton
Further information
Closing Date: 3rd October 2008
Archive list of Evelyn Baker Medal Winners
Featherstone Certificate
The Featherstone Award was instituted in 2001 in memory of Dr Henry Featherstone, founder of the Association and is made to practicing anaesthetists in acknowledgement of their substantial contribution to the practice of anesthesia. The award is made by Council.
Council recommended the following individuals to be awarded the Featherstone Certificate in 2007
Archive list of Featherstone Certificate Holders
Charles King Award
The award was instituted to enable the Council of the Association to honour those who have rendered significant services to the heritage of anaesthesia in general or to the museum and archives of the AAGBI in particular.
Council recommended the following individuals to be awarded the Charles King Award in 2007
- Dr David Wilkinson, London
Archive list of Charles King Certificate Holders
Anniversary Medal
The Anniversary Medal was instituted in 2007 as part of the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the AAGBI.
The medal is awarded to:
- British and Irish anaesthetists who have held office in the Association and have provided exceptional service to the Association.
- British and Irish anaesthetists of distinction who have given significant service to AAGBI members but may not have held office in the Association.
Council recommended the following individuals to be awarded the Anniversary Medal in 2007
- Dr Kate Bullen
- Dr Diana Dickson
- Dr Ron Greenbaum
- Dr John McAdoo
The Editors' Award
The Editors' Award was instituted to enable the Council of the Association to honour those who have rendered significant editorial services to the Association and its publications.
Council recommended the following individual to be awarded the first Editors' Award in 2008
- Dr William Harrop-Griffiths, London
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