The TSC Alliance grants the Manuel R. Gomez Award to individuals who have made a significant impact on our understanding of TSC in research, and/or have impacted the delivery of clinical care for individuals with TSC.
The award is given in memory of Manuel R. Gomez, MD (1928-2006), the “Father of TSC” in the United States. A dedicated physician-scientist, Dr. Gomez provided care and compassion for hundreds of individuals with TSC while conducting some of the pioneering research in the field.
Anyone can submit a nomination – TSC community, post-docs, members of the board, mentors, etc. The nomination should come with a letter describing why the nominee is deserving and should include an NIH-style biosketch of the nominee. Nominees may be from anywhere – this award is not restricted to the US.
For any questions, please contact Anne Wolfe at awolfe@tscalliance.org.
Previous Gomez Award recipients
- Anna Jansen, MD, PhD, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
- Kari Luther Rosbeck, TSC Alliance
- Darcy Krueger, MD, PhD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
- Mark Nellist, PhD, Erasmus MC
- Chris Kingswood, MB, BS, FRCP, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Julian Sampson, DM, FRCP, FMedSci, Cardiff University
- Paolo Curatolo, MD, Tor Vergata University Hospital of Rome
- Petrus J. de Vries, MBChB, MRCPsych, PhD, University of Cape Town
- John J. Bissler, MD, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
- Martina Bebin, MD, MPA, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Howard Weiner, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital (formerly at New York University Medical Center)
- Mark Mausner, MD
- Sergiusz Jóźwiak, MD, PhD, Children’s Memorial Health Institute
- Elizabeth A. Thiele, MD, PhD, Carol and Jim Herscot Center for Children and Adults with TSC at Massachusetts General Hospital
- Ann Hunt, Tuberous Sclerosis Association
- David Neal Franz, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
- Elizabeth Petri Henske, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (formerly at Fox Chase Cancer Center)
- Hope Northrup, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Steve Roach, MD, The Ohio State University College of Medicine (formerly at Wake Forest University)
- David Kwiatkowski, MD, PhD, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
- Vicky Whittemore, PhD, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (formerly at the TSC Alliance)
Pictured above/right: Manuel R. Gomez; Manuel R. Gomez Award Winners Dr. Sergiusz Jóźwiak And Dr. Elizabeth Thiele.
