Each year, the American Thyroid Association recognizes the outstanding research contributions of one of its members to a greater understanding of thyroid physiology or the pathophysiology of thyroid disease, with its presentation of The John B. Stanbury Pathophysiology Medal. During the Annual Banquet at its 81st Annual Meeting, the ATA will bestow the 2011 John B. Stanbury Pathophysiology Medal on Basil Rapoport, MB, ChB, Professor and Director of the Thyroid Autoimmune Disease Unit at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, and Professor of Medicine at UCLA. The award recognizes the impact that Dr. Rapoport’s research has had on research and clinical practice related to thyroid disease.