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Nominations are available 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.”
From 1991 to 1998, Thomson served as BWH’s director and then vice president of Public Affairs, overseeing internal communications and external media outreach. He 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.
The Thomson Leadership Award is presented annually to a staff member who exemplifies leadership as defined by Thomson, who set a strong example from which BWH’s leadership commitment statement and competency model are derived. Awardees receive up to $2,500 to attend a leadership program of their choice.
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 scholarships provide $1,000 as seed money to support projects that benefit BWH patients.
The recipients of this year’s Leadership Award and Compassionate Care Scholar Awards will be honored at a ceremony on Wednesday, March 26, at 4 p.m., in the Bornstein Amphitheater. This year’s guest speaker is John Auerbach, the commissioner for the state Department of Public Heath, and formerly executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission.