The R. Townley Paton Award is the Eye Bank Association of America’s highest honor for corneal physicians.
This award is presented annually to an ophthalmologist in recognition of his/her outstanding contribution to eye banking and EBAA. Since 1982, esteemed corneal physicians who exemplify the precepts of R. Townley Paton, MD, the father of modern eye banking and the founder of the first eye bank established in the United States, have received this notable award.
Congratulations to the 2025 R. Townley Paton Award recipient: Marianne Price, PhD, MBA
Each year, during the Cornea and Eye Banking Forum, the Paton Award recipient is presented with the award, and presents a Paton Lecture related to corneal transplantation, clinical research, or other areas specific to the ophthalmic community.
2025 Paton Award Lecture: “Lessons from the Past, Vision for the Future.”
Marianne Price, PhD, MBA, delivered the Paton Lecture:
“Lessons from the Past, Vision for the Future.”
Past R. Townley Paton Award Recipients
2025 Cornea and Eye Banking Forum
2024: Bennie H. Jeng, MD
2023: David Verdier, MD
2022: Anthony J. Aldave, MD
2021: Jennifer Li, MD
2020: Stephen Kaufman, MD, PhD
2019: Shahzad Mian, MD
2018: W. Barry Lee, MD
2017: Michael L. Nordlund, MD, PHD
2016: Mark A. Terry, MD
2015: George Rosenwasser, MD, CEBT
2014: W. Craig Fowler, MD
2013: Naoshi Shinozaki
2012: Jonathan H. Lass, MD
2011: Alan Sugar, MD
2010: Woodford Van Meter, MD
2009: Thomas D. Lindquist, MD, PhD
2008: David B. Glasser, MD
2007: Henry Edelhauser, PhD
2006: Michael Hettinger, MD
2005: Doyle Stulting, MD, PhD
2004: Wing Chu, MD
2003: Marian Macsai, MD
2002: Edward J. Holland, MD
2001: Paul J. Dubord, MD
2000: H. Dwight Cavanagh, MD, PhD
1999: Kirk R. Wilhelmus, MD, MPH
1998: William Reinhart, MD
1997: Joel Sugar, MD
1996: Mark J. Mannis, MD
1995: Richard Lindstrom, MD
1994: William Bourne, MD
1993: Arthur Boruchoff, MD
1992: Richard C. Troutman, MD
1991: Jay Harold Krachmer, MD
1990: Walter Mayer, MD
1989: Donald Doughman, MD
1988: Frederick Brightbill, MD
1987: Busharat Ahmad, MD
1986: Claes Dohlman, MD, PhD
1984: David A. Paton, MD
1983: Lawrence B. Holt, MD
1983: Herbert Kaufman, MD
1982: Alson E. Braley, MD
