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Nominations are now being accepted for two recognition awards originating from the remembrance and impression of one of BWH’s most treasured leaders—the late Dennis Thomson, who was widely known by his peers as “the conscience of BWH.” The seventh annual Dennis Thomson Leadership Award and Compassionate Care Scholar Awards will be presented at an awards ceremony March 30, 4 p.m., in Bornstein Family Ampitheater. The nomination deadline for both the leadership award and scholarships is Jan. 6.
From 1991 to 1998, Thomson served as BWH’s director and then vice president of Public Affairs, overseeing all internal communications and external media outreach. Thomson died Nov. 10, 1998, following a battle with cancer. He was 49. Months later, hospital leadership and Thomson’s colleagues initiated a leadership award and scholarship program in his name with inaugural awards and scholarships given out in 2000. “Dennis had a rare combination of sincere compassion, true leadership and a pervasive humility that inspired everyone he met,” said Robert Goldszer, MD, MBA, associate chief medical officer.
The Leadership Award is presented to a staff member who exemplifies leadership as defined by Thomson, who set a strong example from which BWH’s current leadership commitment statement and competency model were derived. Awardees are recognized at the annual Thomson Leadership and Compassionate care event and receive up to $2,500 to attend a leadership program of their choice. Past Thomson Leadership Award winners are Maria Damiano, Nancy Hickey, Mary Lou Moore, Paula McNichols, Dot Goulart and Nawal Nour.
The Compassionate Care Scholar Awards recognize employees from any discipline who embody the principles of compassion in their daily work and exemplify it most at the bedside of patients. The scholarship awards provide $1,000 as seed money to support projects to benefit BWH patients.
To learn more about either of these awards or to place a nomination, visit www.bwhpikenotes.org/AwardsRecognition/thomsonawards.asp Nomination forms are available online in Spanish.