Mellinkoff Award
2023 Recipient: Arthur G. Gomez, MD, FACP
Honoring the finest in doctor-patient relationships and medical education.
About the Award Recipient
Arthur Gomez, MD, FACP, was honored with the Sherman M. Mellinkoff Faculty Award. This award is granted to a physician in recognition of the skillful use of scientific knowledge to the benefit of patients, thereby promoting the beneficial exchange between doctors and their patients that sustains the science of medicine. This award is considered by the faculty to be the highest honor of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Arthur Gomez, MD, FACP Dr. Gomez has been a professor of clinical medicine at UCLA for more than 30 years and devoted his life to teaching humanism and the art of medicine to UCLA students. He is known for his work on curriculum development and education for physicians-in-training on health care disparities, practicing excellence in care of vulnerable patient groups, building constructive physician‐patient relationships, and delivering patient-centered care. Dr. Gomez also served as the chair for the UCLA Ambulatory Internal Medicine clerkship for over 20 years and was a provider at the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Gomez is described by his colleagues as kind and humble. He is a dedicated teacher with a commitment to excellence in curriculum development and an exemplary physician who is known for his delivery of high-quality care to our patients.
About the Sherman Mellinkoff Faculty Award
The Sherman Mellinkoff Faculty Award was established in 1979 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the School of Medicine and to honor the man for whom it is named. Dr. Mellinkoff’s 24 years of leadership as Dean coincided with the growth and development of UCLA as a major institution of medical education and research.
The award honors the ideal of the finest in doctor-patient relationships and medical education. Because of the high esteem in which Dr. Mellinkoff is held by all who know him, this award is considered by the faculty to be the highest honor of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Mellinkoff Award Recipients
View recipients by decade.
- 2023 - Arthur G. Gomez, MD, FACP
- 2022 - O. Joe Hines, MD
- 2021 - Mark Litwin, MD, MPH
- 2020 - Tisha Wang, MD
- 2019 - Myke Federman, MD
- 2018 - Jamil Aboulhosn, MD
- 2017 - Neil Wenger, MD
- 2016 - Noah Federman, MD
- 2015 - Gabriel M. Danovitch, MD
- 2014 - Robert K. Oye, MD
- 2013 - Ronald W. Busuttil, MD, PhD
- 2012 - Robin P. Farias-Eisner, MD, PhD
- 2011 - Rick E. Harrison, MD
- 2010 - W. Donald Shields, MD
- 2009 - Christopher B. Cooper, MD
- 2008 - Susan Perlman, MD
- 2007 - Marshall T. Morgan, MD
- 2006 - Alan M. Fogelman, MD
- 2005 - Stephen D. Cederbaum, MD
- 2004 - Lawrence W. Bassett, MD, FACR + Jonathan S. Berek, MD
- 2003 - Jeffrey J. Eckardt, MD
- 2002 - Glenn Braunstein, MD + Dalila Corry, MD
- 2001 - Milton H. Miller, MD + Robert B. Smith, MD
- 2000 - Joseph K. Perloff, MD
- 1999 - Jo Ann Brasel, MD
- 1998 - Charles M. Haskell, MD + Ronald S. Swerdloff, MD
- 1997 - Josephine B. Isabel-Jones, MD
- 1996 - Allan E. Kreiger, MD
- 1995 - Phyllis A. Guze, MD
- 1994 - Dennis W. Cope, MD
- 1993 - Gildon N. Beall, MD
- 1992 - George W. Ellison, MD
- 1991 - Charles R. Kleeman, MD
- 1990 - David H. Solomon, MD + David State, MD, PhD
- 1989 - Ulrich Batzdorf, MD
- 1988 - Solomon A. Kaplan, MD
- 1987 - Christian Herrmann, Jr., MD
- 1986 - Kouichi R. Tanaka, MD
- 1984 - William J. Dignam, MD + Edward A. Langdon, MD
- 1983 - Arthur D. Schwabe, MD
- 1982 - George C. Emmanouilides, MD, MS
- 1981 - William P. Longmire, Jr., MD
- 1980 - William S. Adams, MD