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Past HonoreeS

Since 2006, the Wonderful World Gala has recognized musicians, artists, physicians, philanthropists, and patients who serve(d) to make the world a better place. These honorees, and their legacies, continue to inspire their peers, the medical and artistic communities, donors, patients, and society at large.

  Over  the  Years

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2023 

Samara Joy
Zoë Brecher

Manjeet Chadha MD

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2018 

Eddie Palmieri

Vanessa Williams

Paul Zucker

Charles Radcliffe 

Shantelena Mouzon

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2022 

David Sanborn
Rosemarie Greene
 RN, LP
Grant Mitchell MD

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2017

Jackson Browne

Charles P. Melone, Jr., MD, FACS

Ed and Donna Sirlin

Beau Rich

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2021 

Richard Lloyd Baxt

Bonnie Raitt

Nathan Goldstein MD

John Leong

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2016

Dionne Warwick

Michael Leitman, MD

Karen Joyner 

Sharon Mahn

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2019 

Christian McBride

Julia Justo

Deborah Korzenik

David Amram

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2020 

Wayne Shorter

Norah Jones

Christine Mahoney 

Luis M. Solivan Jr. 

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2015 

Roy Haynes 

Bernie Williams 

Gabriel A. Sara, MD

Kaley Clavell

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2014

Jonathan Batiste 

Aimee Telsey, MD 

Ann Marie Dassler, NP, RN 

Gweneviere Mann 

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