{"id":615,"date":"2017-09-08T13:35:19","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T13:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/?page_id=615"},"modified":"2025-10-16T19:02:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:02:58","slug":"courage-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/about-us\/courage-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Koop Courage Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The C. Everett Koop, MD, Courage Award<\/h3>\n<p>Established in 2005, this award honors the career and values of Dr. C. Everett Koop and the enormous courage he showed in his lifelong quest for better health and health care. Both Geisel and, indeed, our nation are better places because of his efforts. In the hope of continuing and encouraging his spirit and courage, each year we honor both a student and a member of the faculty who have shown this courage in serving the public good.<\/p>\n<h4>Recipients:<\/h4>\n<p><b>2024<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Student Recipient: Tshibambe Tshimbombu<\/li>\n<li>Faculty Recipient: Christi Hayes, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3084\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3084 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/08\/Tshibambe-Cora-Koop-Steve-Bernstein_2024-Courage-Award-Close-Up-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Tshibambe Tshimbombu holding his award next to Cora Koop and Steve Bernstein\" width=\"740\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/08\/Tshibambe-Cora-Koop-Steve-Bernstein_2024-Courage-Award-Close-Up-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/08\/Tshibambe-Cora-Koop-Steve-Bernstein_2024-Courage-Award-Close-Up-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/08\/Tshibambe-Cora-Koop-Steve-Bernstein_2024-Courage-Award-Close-Up-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/08\/Tshibambe-Cora-Koop-Steve-Bernstein_2024-Courage-Award-Close-Up-82x55.jpg 82w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/08\/Tshibambe-Cora-Koop-Steve-Bernstein_2024-Courage-Award-Close-Up-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/08\/Tshibambe-Cora-Koop-Steve-Bernstein_2024-Courage-Award-Close-Up-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/08\/Tshibambe-Cora-Koop-Steve-Bernstein_2024-Courage-Award-Close-Up-1600x1067.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/08\/Tshibambe-Cora-Koop-Steve-Bernstein_2024-Courage-Award-Close-Up-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/koop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/08\/Tshibambe-Cora-Koop-Steve-Bernstein_2024-Courage-Award-Close-Up-580x387.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Copyright 2024 Rob Strong<\/em>. Student recipient Tshibambe Tshimbombu poses with his award next to presenters Cora Koop and Steve Bernstein at the Geisel School of Medicine awards ceremony for the class of 2024 in Hanover, NH, on Friday, May 10, 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>2023<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Student Recipients:<em>\u00a0Fatima Haidar and Irene V. Vargas<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Faculty Recipient: <em>Francis B. Lim-Liberty, MD<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2020*<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Student Recipient: <em>Victoria T. Charoonratana<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Faculty Recipient: <em>Albee Budnitz, MD<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2019<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Student Recipient: <em>Emily Georges<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Faculty Recipient: <em>Peter Mason, MD<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2018<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Student\u00a0Recipient:<\/li>\n<li>Faculty Recipient:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2017<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Student\u00a0Recipient:<em>\u00a0Christine B. Andrews and Erik H. Andrews<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Faculty Recipient: <em>Elizabeth Maislen, APRM, CTTS, Thoracic Surgery<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2016<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Student\u00a0Recipient: <em>Shreya Shrestha<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Faculty Recipients:\u00a0<em>Ellen Prior, RN, MS, C-TTS; Susanne E. Tanski, MPH, MD<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2015<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Student\u00a0Recipient: <em>William-Bernard Reid-Varley<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Faculty Recipients:\u00a0<em>Charles Mannix, JD, MPA; Samuel \"Woodie\" Kessel, MD, MPHC<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2014<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Student\u00a0Recipient:<\/li>\n<li>Faculty Recipient:\u00a0<em>Mark A. Israel, MD<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2013<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Student\u00a0Recipient:<\/li>\n<li>Faculty Recipient:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2012<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Student\u00a0Recipient:<\/li>\n<li>Faculty Recipient:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2011<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Student\u00a0Recipient:\u00a0<em>Nicolas G. Ellis<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Faculty Recipient:\u00a0<em>James D. Sargent,\u00a0MD<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2010<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Student\u00a0Recipient:\u00a0<em>Crandall E. Peeler<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Faculty Recipient:\u00a0<em>Brian D. Remillard, MD;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2009<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Student\u00a0Recipient:\u00a0<em>Vivianne Tawfik<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Faculty Recipient:\u00a0<em>Seddon R. Savage, MD<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2008<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Student Recipient:\u00a0 <em>Robert W. Lampman<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Faculty Recipient:\u00a0 <em>John Butterly, MD<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2007<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Student\u00a0Recipient:\u00a0<em>Debraj Mukherjee<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Faculty Recipient:\u00a0<em>Joseph F. O'Donnell, MD<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2006<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Student\u00a0Recipient:\u00a0<em>Scott W. Hughes<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Faculty Recipients:\u00a0<em>Jaes Geiling, MD; Robert Gougelet, MD<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2005<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Student\u00a0Recipient:\u00a0<em>Elisha Paul DeKoning<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Faculty Recipient:\u00a0<em>James W. Varnhum, M.H.A.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*The Koop Courage Awards were not awarded in 2021 or 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The C. Everett Koop, MD, Courage Award Established in 2005, this award honors the career and values of Dr. C. Everett Koop and the enormous courage he showed in his lifelong quest for better health and health care. 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