Congratulations to the 2025 George Blackburn Research Mentorship Awardee!
Tom Jaksic MD, PhD, FASPEN
W. Hardy Hendren Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Vice-Chair Pediatric Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital
A message from Dr. Jaksic:
“It is a distinct honor to receive the George Blackburn Research Mentorship Award for 2025. Dr. George Blackburn, the second ASPEN president, was a true pioneer in the field of surgical metabolism. The nutritional support program he built with Dr. Bruce Bistrian was a paragon of excellence in interdisciplinary research, education and clinical care. I was fortunate to have been one of their fellows and am gratified to see that the inclusive model they fostered continues to be a foundational component of ASPEN.
In my own career, spanning over 30 years, I have been privileged to continuously supervise stellar research fellows and work with an incredible interdisciplinary team. Whatever I might have accomplished scientifically was largely due to their work. Professionally there is no greater pleasure than witnessing the tremendous success of my mentees and their ongoing contributions to ASPEN. I would sincerely like to thank them for nominating me for this award and the ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation for selecting me.”
2025 – Tom Jaksic, MD, PhD, FASPEN
2024 – Paul W. Wales, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, FASPEN
2023 – John Alverdy, MD
2022 – Justine Turner, MBBS, FRACP, PhD
2021 – Kenneth A. Kudsk, MD, FAACS, FCCM
2020 – Paul E. Wischmeyer, MD, EDIC
2019 – Samuel Klein, MD
2018 – John L. Rombeau, MD, FASPEN