Dr. Ronald Clements Patient Safety & Quality
The TREO Foundation presents The Dr. Ronald H. Clements Patient Safety & Quality Award to recognize major achievements of a team or individual who have made significant contributions to improving patient safety and quality of care to bariatric patients. Quality care focuses on improved, patient-centered, reliable, accessible, and safe treatment.
View Past Honorees
LEAD Awards:
Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Ronald Clements Patient Safety, Quality, and Clinical Excellence Award
Dr. Harvey Sugerman Master Educator Award
Dr. Walter J. Pories Research Award
Distinguished Industry Partner Award
Excellence in Clinical Care Award
IH LEAD Awards:
Distinguished Certified Bariatric Nurse
- 2026
Sergio J. Bardaro, MD, FACS, FASMBS, DABS-FPMBS
- 2025
John Wilder Baker, MD, FACS, DABS-FPMBS
- 2024
Oliver Varban, MD, FACS, FASMBS
- 2023
Anthony Petrick, MD FASMBS
- 2022
William Gourash, PhD, CRNP, RN, CBN
- 2021
Matthew Hutter, MD, MPH
- 2019
Stacy Brethauer, MD
- 2018
Wayne English, MD
- 2017
Robin Blackstone, MD, FACS, FASMBS
- 2016
David A. Provost, MD, FACS
- 2015
Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS
- 2014
Walter Pories, MD.