{{short description|Award branch of the Wolf Prize}}
The '''Wolf Prize in Medicine''' is awarded once a yearannually by the [[Wolf Foundation]] in [[Israel]].<ref name="Gurdon">{{cite book|last1=Gurdon|first1=John|title=Wolf prize in medicine 1978–2008|date=2012|publisher=World Scientific|location=Singapore|isbn=978-981-4291-73-6|volume=1}}</ref> It is one of the six [[Wolf Prize]]s established by the Foundation and awarded since 1978; the others are in [[Wolf Prize in Agriculture|Agriculture]], [[Wolf Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]], [[Wolf Prize in Mathematics|Mathematics]], [[Wolf Prize in Physics|Physics]] and [[Wolf Prize in Arts|Arts]]. The Prize has been stated to be the second most prestigious award in [[science]], and a significant predictor of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]].<ref name="Siegel-Itzkovich">{{cite news|last1=Siegel-Itzkovich|first1=Judy|title=Wolf Prizes in the sciences and arts presented to nine North Americans|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Health/Wolf-Prizes-in-the-sciences-and-arts-presented-to-nine-North-Americans-389466|access-date=5 May 2016|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=29 January 2015}}</ref>
