Outstanding Service Award (OSA)

This award recognizes CAHON members and supporters who have made significant contributions to and impact on CAHON’s development through outstanding volunteerism. CAHON provides Outstanding Service Awards annually.

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Application Process for Outstanding Service Awards

Eligibility Criteria

Outstanding CAHON members, supporters and friends who have:

1. Significantly contributed to CAHON’s mission and growth through leadership, mentorship, collaboration, advocacy, or visibility on the national and international stage.  

Award

Engraved Award

Nomination Requirements: Nominator must be a CAHON member. Self-nominations are accepted. Nominators must provide a nomination statement (350 words or less) which specifies the ways in which the nominee meets the criteria.

Selection Criteria 

Application Form

The OSA evaluation committee will consider:

1. The nominee’s service, leadership, and influence in advancing CAHON’s mission and community, such as fostering collaboration, promoting CAHON’s visibility nationally and internationally, mentoring future leaders, and strengthening CAHON as a professional home.

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Outstanding Service Award Recipients

2025 Winners

• Hongtao Liu, MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin at Madison
• Yi Feng, MD, PhD, Tennessee Cancer Specialists

2024 Winners

• Bo Zhao, MD, Virginia Oncology Associates
• Xinsheng (Michael) Liao, MD, PhD, MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital

2023 Winners

• Yuxia Jia, MD, PhD, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Hong Zheng, MD, PhD, Penn State Cancer Institute

2022 Winners

• Cynthia Ma, MD, PhD, Washington University
• Chong-xian Pan, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School

2021 Winners

• Yiwu Huang, MD, Maimonides Medical Center
• Tina Li, MD, PhD, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

2020 Winners

• David Z. Chang, MD, PhD, FACP, Virginia Oncology Associates
• Lei Zheng, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

2019 Winners

• Jing-Zhou Hou, MD, PhD, UMPC
• Sen-Hong Zhuang, MD, PhD, Johnson & Johnson

2018 Winners

• Zihai Li, MD, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina
• Weijing Sun, MD, University of Kansas Medical Center

2017 Winners

• Richard Xu, MD, PhD, Queens-Long Island Oncology & Hematology
• Ruirong Yuan, MD, Eisai Oncology and VA Med Center
• Luhua Michael Wang, MD, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

2016 Winners

• Ke Liu, MD,PhD, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) of U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Wenru Song, MD, PhD, Kira Pharmaceutical

2015 Winners

• Delong Liu, MD, PhD, New York Medical College
• Jeff Ye, MD, Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center

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Last updated: July 13, 2026