Joseph Stokes III, MD Award
History of the Award:
Presented annually, the Stokes Award commemorates Joseph Stokes III, MD (1924–1989), the famed cardiologist and epidemiologist who contributed so much to the field as well as to the ASPC. The award is bestowed on individuals who have demonstrated a lifetime achievement in preventive cardiology and/or those who have profoundly impacted cardiovascular disease prevention by taking the field in a whole new direction.
2024 Joseph Stokes III, MD Pioneer in Prevention Award Recipient
Sergio Fazio, MD, PhD
VP/Chair, Scientific Council
Global Clinical Development
Regeneron
Dr. Fazio completed his medical degree, medicine residency, and metabolic/endocrine fellowship at the University of Rome, Italy. PhD program in experimental medicine started at the University of Siena, Italy and completed at the Gladstone Institutes of the University of California, San Francisco.
His first faculty position was at UCSF as Instructor in Medicine, then joined Vanderbilt University as Assistant Professor in the Division of Endocrinology and director of the Lipid Clinic and Diagnostic Laboratory, then promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, then joined the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine as Director of the Atherosclerosis Research Unit, then promoted to full Professor with endowment (Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair) and Chief of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention.
Dr. Fazio later joined Oregon Health & Science University as the inaugural William and Sonja Connor Endowed Chair in Preventive Cardiology and Director of the Center for Preventive Cardiology. Finally, joined the Global Clinical Development group at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals with the current title of Vice President and Chair for Cardio-Metabolic Diseases in the Scientific Council.
Previous Winners of the Joseph Stokes Pioneer in Prevention Award:
2023 William C. Roberts, MD, MACC
2023 Larry Sperling, MD, FASPC
2022 Scott M. Grundy, MD, PhD
2022 Donna K. Arnett, PhD, MSPH, BSN
2021 Nathan Wong, PhD, MPH, FASPC
2021 Suzanne Oparil, MD
2020 Arthur Agatston, MD
2020 Paul Ridker, MD, MPH
2019 Mark Sussman, PhD
2019 Daniel Levy, MD
2018 Neil Stone, MD
2017 Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM
2016 Aaron Folsom, MD
2015 Virgil Brown, MD
2014 Nanette Wenger, MD
2013 Sidney C. Smith Jr., MD
2012 Jeremiah Stamler, MD
2011 William B. Kannel, MD, MPH
2010 Ezra Amsterdam, MD
2009 Lewis Kuller, MD, PhD
2008 Robert Eckel, MD
2007 John Robin Crouse III, MD
2006 Darwin Labarthe, MD, MPH, PhD
2005 Stephen P. Fortmann, MD
2004 Curt Furberg, MD
2003 Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD
2002 Philip Greenland, MD
2001 Michael Criqui, MD, MPH
2000 Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH
1999 John W. Farquhar, MD & Russell V. Luepker, MD
1998 Gerald Berenson, MD
1997 Thomas A. Pearson, MD, PhD
1996 Elaine Stone, PhD, MPH