New Jersey Chapter 2024 Laureate Award
Jonathan Shammash, MD, MACP

The Laureate Award honors Fellows and Masters of the College who have demonstrated by their example and conduct an abiding commitment to excellence in medical care, education, or research and in service to their community, their Chapter, and the American College of Physicians.

The recipient of this award shall bear the title Laureate of the New Jersey Chapter.

It is with distinct pleasure that this year’s the New Jersey Chapter of the American College of Physicians presents the Laureate Award to Jonathan Shammash, MD, MACP.

Dr. Shammash is Director of the Medicine Resident Practice, an Associate Professor, and Clerkship Site Director at Hackensack University Medical School. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Health System after graduating from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. He has authored several clinical publications in the field of internal medicine. Dr. Shammash is a former chair of the Scientific Planning Committee, a member of the Funding Task Force and the Immediate Past Governor of the ACP New Jersey.

Past Laureate Award Winners

1985    Denise Farnath, MD
1985    Luann Bruno, DO
1985    John Dalena, MD
1987    Stewart F. Alexander, MD, FACP
1988    Arthur Bernstein, MD, FACP
1993    Francis P. Chinard, MD, FACP
1995    Pedro Gascon, MD, FACP
1996    John R. Middleton, MD, FACP
1997    Francis L. Griffin, MD, FACP
1999    Richard L. Klein, MD, FACP
2000    Richard K. Kasama, MD, FACP
2001    Nayan K. Kothari, MD, FACP
2002    A. Ralph Kristeller, MD, FACP
2003    Edward D. Viner, MD, FACP
2004    Leon G. Smith, MD, MACP
2005    John A. Walker, MD, FACP
2006    James D. Brody, MD, FACP
2007    Laura H. Kahn, MD, FACP
2008    Madhu B. Goyal, MD, FACP
2009    Asif A. Hashmi, MD, FACP
2010    Nafisa Y. Bhoori, MD, FACP
2011    Sara L. Wallach, MD, FACP
2012    Beth R. Nalitt, MD, FACP
2013    Michael A. Renzi, DO, FACP
2014    William E. Farrer, MD, FACP
2015    Vijay Rajput, MD, FACP, SFHM
2016    Ranita Sharma, MD, FACP
2017    Sunil Sapru, MD, FACP
2018    David Kuo, MD, FACP
2019    Steven Peskin, MD, FACP
2020    Tamie Proscia-Lieto, MD, FACP
2021     Louis Friedman, DO, FACP
2021     Mirela Feurdean, MD, FACP
2022     Gina LaCapra, MD, FACP
2023     Saba Hasan, MD, MACP