Western Association of Physicians

1966In Pursuit of the Purple (D) Cecil Watson, Minneapolis, MN
Presidential Address: A Reaction to the Antileadership Vaccine (D) Halsted Holman, Palo Alto, CA (JW Gardner Science, 1966)

1967The Danger of Adaptation (D) Rene Dubos, New York City, NY Brian McCarthy

1968Immunohemolytic Anemias (D) James H. Jandl, Boston MA

1969A Progress Report to Metchnikoff (D) W. Barry Wood, Jr, Baltimore, MD

1970Travail and Trivia: Trials of Medical Publication (D) Franz J. Ingelfinger, Boston MA

1971Progressive Pernicious Anemia: From Fatality to Felicity (D) William B. Castle, W Roxbury, MA

1972RNA Tumor Viruses and Human Cancer (D) Sol Spiegelman, New York, NY

1973Ion Exchange and Contractility in the Myocardium (D) Glenn Langer, Los Angeles, CA

1974Cellular and Macromodecular Engineering -Realities and Potentialities (D) Robert A. Good, New York, NY Kroc Foundation (1975 - 2002)

1975The Metabolic Code (K) Gordon M. Tomkins, UCSF

1976The Hormonal Control of Growth (K) William Daughaday, Washington University, St. Louis

1977Recent Studies with Peptides of the Hypothalamus (K) Roger Guillemin, Salk Institute

1978 Transport in Tight and Leaky Epithelia (K) Jared Diamond, UCLA. Special Lecture on Epithelia (K) Rosalyn Yalow

1979Familial Hypercholesterolemia:Insights into the Pahtogenesis of Atherosclerosis (K) Joseph Goldstein, U. of Texas

1980Immunoregulatory Mechanisms: Insight Derived fromPatients with Primary Immunodeficiency Diseaseor with Leukemia (K) Thomas A. Waldmann, National Cancer Institute

1981Prostaglandins: Discoveries and Potential for Therapeutics Philip Needleman, Washington University, St. Louis, MOMedical Technology: The Challenge of the 1980's (KFF) Philip R. Lee, UCSF

1982Studies of the Pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (K) Robert Schwartz, Tufts University SOM, Boston, MA Cancelled due to illness of lecturer (KFF) Baruj Bonacerref

1983 (KFF) James B. Wyngaarden, Director, NIH

1984Antibodies: The Proteins and their Genes (K) Leroy E. Hood, Pasadena, CA A Randomized Controlled Trial: Does Free Care Improve the Health of Adults? (KFF) Robert H. Brook, Los Angeles, CA

1985Oncogenes and Retroviruses in Human Cancer (K) Stuart Aaronson, National Cancer Institute. The Computer as a Tool for Clinical Decision Making:Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (KFF) Edward Shortliffe, Stanford, CA

1986The Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) An UpdateAnthony S. Fauci, NIH, Bethesda, MD Back to the Future: Are New Standards Needed in Medical Care? (KFF) John A. Benson, Portland, OR

1987Mapping Approaches to Gene Identification in Humans (K) Raymond White, Salt Lake City, UT. Some Thoughts on Medical Center Governance (KFF) Robert Petersdorf, President, AAMC

1988Cancer Genes: From Bench to Bedside(K) J. Michael Bishop, UCSF Science and Health Care Policy: Who Decides?(KFF) Samuel O. Their, National Academy of Science, Washington, D.C.

1989Advances in Neurosciences:Implications for Medicine (K) Floyd E. Bloom, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA.The Canadian Healthcare System in Relation to Current Problems in the United States(KFF) Gerard N. Burrow, UCSD

1990Brain Mechanisms of Sound Localization (K) Masakazu Konishi, Calif. Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Peer Review in Scientific Journals: What Good Is It?(WAP) Arnold S. Relman, Editor-in-Chief, NEJM

1991The AIDS Virus: What We Know and What We Can Do About It? (K) Flossie Wong-Stall, UCSD Irresistible Medical Technonolgy: Cost, Quality and Equity in Health Care (WAP) Harvey V. Fineberg, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

1992Present Understanding of Blood Coagulation and It’s Alterations in Hemorrhage and Thromotic Disorder Samuel I. Rapaport, San Diego, CAOncogenes and Antioncogenes. The Legacies of Peyton Rousand Theodor Peter Vogt, Los Angeles, CA

1993Paradoxical Dilemmas in Body Fluid Volume Regulation inHealth and Disease - A Unifying Hypothesis Robert W. Schrier, Denver, COAcademe and Government: Firm Link or Broken Reed Robert Petersdorf, Washington, D.C.

1994Emergence of a New Hantavirus Disease in the Four Corners Region of the United States Brian Lief Hjelle, Albuquerque, NM.The Future of Health Policy Victor R. Fuchs, Stanford, CA

1995Carbohydrates as Recognition Molecules: Role in Human Biology and Diseases Stuart Kornfield, St. Louis, MO.Two Revolutions: Copernicus and Darwin Francisco J. Ayala, Irvine CA

1996The Future of Academic Health Centers Samuel O. Their, Boston, MA.Renal Epithelial Cell Function and Organization in Normal and Disease States W. James Nelson, Stanford, CA

1997Current and Future NIH Support of Biomedical Research Claude Lenfant, NIH. AIDS Merle Sande, University of Utah

1998Evolving Nature of Pharmaceutical Industry Research Leon Rosenberg, MDImplications for Collaboration with Academia(K) Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Princeton, NJ.STD's: Progress and Problems for the Year 2000 (WAP) King K Holmes, MD, PhD, U of WA

1999Neuroendocrinology of Inflammation and Innate Immunity (WAP/KROC) Seymour Reichlin, University of Arizona

2000Nitric Oxide in Innate Resistance and Immunity (K) John Hibbs, University of Utah

2001Beyond the Human Genome Project: What Comes Next? (K) Maynard Olson, Seattle, WA

2002Clinical Research in the 21st Century - Linking Discovery to Healing (K) Philip Eaton, University of New Mexico

2003The IKK Complex: A Central Regulator of Inflammatory and Immune Responses Michael Karin, UC, San Diego

2004Living Off the Fat of the Land - An Intersection of the Pharmaceutical Regulatory and Health Care Establishments (K) Michael Friedman, City of Hope Hospital

2005Nitric Oxide and Cyclic GMP in Cell Signaling and Drug Development. Ferid Murad, University of Texas Health Sciences Center

2006Genetic Analysis of Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Germ Cells. Renee Reijo Pera, University of California, San Francisco

2007Perspectives and Progress on Developing a Useful HIV Vaccine Lawrence Corey, University of Washignton

2008Mitochondrial DNA, Oxidative Stress And Aging. Douglas C. Wallace, University Of California, Irvine

Past WAP Distinguished Lectures