The AAP Council on Genetics “David W Smith for Excellence in Genetics and Birth Defects Education” is a biennial teaching award to recognize and honor individuals with a long and distinguished history as genetics and birth defects educators of the AAP membership.
Award Recipients

Leah W. Burke, MD, FAAP
South Burlington, VT
2024

Mira B. Irons, MD, FAAP
Philadelphia, PA
2022

Marilyn C. Jones, MD, FAAP
San Diego, CA
2020

Robert A. Saul, MD, FAAP
Greenville, SC
2018

H. Eugene Hoyme, MD, FAAP
Tucson, AZ
2016

Cynthia J. R. Curry, MD, FAAP
Fresno, CA
2014

John C. Carey, MD, MPH, FAAP
Salt Lake City, UT
2013

Bryan D. Hall, MD, FAAP
Lexington, KY
2012

Kenneth Lyons Jones, MD, FAAP
San Diego, CA
2011