Charcot Award winners
The winner of the 2025 Charcot Award is Professor Ludwig Kappos
Last updated: 23rd June 2025
The Charcot Award is given once every two years to recognise a lifetime of achievement in outstanding research into the understanding or treatment of MS.
The winner of the 2025 Charcot Award is Professor Ludwig Kappos
Past winners of the Charcot Award
2025: Professor Ludwig Kappos (Switzerland)
2023: Professor Xavier Montalban (Spain)
2021: Professor Alan Thompson (UK)
2019: Professor Catherine Lubetzki (France)
2017: Professor Per Soelberg Sørensen (Denmark)
2015: Professor Giancarlo Comi (Italy)
2013: Professor Stephen Hauser (USA)
2011: Prof Larry Steinman (USA)
2009: Prof John Prineas (Australia)
2007: Prof Alastair Compston (UK)
2005: Prof Hans Lassmann (Austria)
2003: Dr Henry McFarland (USA)
2001: Prof Hartmut Wekerle (Germany)
1999: Prof John Kurtzke (USA)
1995: Prof Donald Paty (Canada)
1993: Dr Byron Waksman (USA)
1991: Prof Ian McDonald (UK)
1988: Dr Yoshigoro Kuroiwa (Japan)
1985: Dr Richard T Johnson (USA)
1983: Dr Leonard T Kurland (USA)
1981: Dr Helmut Bauer (Germany)
1969: Dr Douglas McAlpine (UK)