Richard G. Farmer, MD, MS, MACP, MACG (Staff’62), is the recipient of the 2022 Alumni Association Special Achievement Award, which recognizes physicians or scientists for exceptional, enduring achievements and leadership that have brought pride and recognition to Cleveland Clinic’s community. Dr. Farmer was on staff at Cleveland Clinic for 30 years, including serving as Chief … Read More

Patrick Tchou, MD (Staff’94), 2022 Alumni Association Service Award recipient, is a leader in the field of cardiac arrhythmia treatment who performed catheter ablation from its inception in the early 1980s. In 1986, he was honored with the Young Investigator’s Award by the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology. He continues exploring the challenges … Read More

Growing up as the daughter of two college professors, Belinda Yen-Lieberman, PhD (RES/I’78), enjoyed looking through the “big microscope” in her father’s laboratory at the University in Taiwan, where he was Chairman of the Department of Plant Pathology and her mother taught horticulture. When it came time for college, her father insisted that she study … Read More

James B. Young, MD (Staff’95), says he was surprised to be selected as the first recipient of the Alumni Association Distinguished Emeritus Award. “There have been so many great Cleveland Clinic staff before me,” he says. “This is an extreme honor, and I am so very appreciative.” Cleveland Clinic has surprised him in other ways, … Read More

Renee N. Salas, MD, MPH, MS (CCLCM‘09), emergency medicine physician and national expert on climate change and health, is the first recipient of the Alumni Association’s Early Career Alumnus Award. The award recognizes exceptional enduring achievements and leadership, as well as dedicated contributions of time, energy and resources to the community. Nominees must be within … Read More