TAO Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award
The Texas Association of Otolaryngology Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes those individuals who have had a profound impact on the specialty of otolaryngology head & neck surgery and who have provided remarkable and lasting service to the Texas Association of Otolaryngology.
Each year TAO recognizes an individual for his or her contributions to the field of otolaryngology and medicine in the state of Texas. The recipient does not need to be a member of TAO, or even a physician.
Nominations
Submissions are closed
The call for nominations goes out to the membership by email ahead of the Annual Conference. If there is someone whose work deserves recognition, start thinking about who you would put forward.
Past Recipients
2025
Donald T. Donovan, MD, FACS
Most Recent
2024
Not awarded
2023
Bechara Ghorayeb, MD
2022
Ellen Friedman, MD
2021
G. Richard Holt, MD, MSE, MPH, D Bioethics, D HL (hon)
2020
Not awarded
2019
James Eskew, MD
2018
Bobby R. Alford, MD
2017
Randall Weber, MD
2016
Byron Bailey, MD
2015
Fred Owens, MD
2014
Lewis Raney, MD
2013
Melton (Buddy) Horwitz, MD
2012
Charles Railsback, MD, FACS
Questions about the award?
The TAO office can tell you how nominations work and when the next call opens.