UW News

December 6, 2007

Scribner Award nominations due Feb. 29

The Scribner Courage in Health Care Award is bestowed to a health care professional who has made an extraordinary contribution to the health of people in the Pacific Northwest through the exhibition of personal courage, within or outside of traditional systems. Emphasis is given to extraordinary service, innovation and professional courage over time that has resulted in meaningful change and improvement in health care. Any living health care professional doing his or her work primarily in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, or Montana is eligible for the award. The award event will take place on Sept. 24, 2008.


The award is named in honor of the kidney dialysis pioneer and bioethicist Dr. Belding Scribner. Scribner’s groundbreaking clinical research at the UW in the early 1960s changed terminal kidney failure into a survivable condition with the invention of the “Scribner Shunt.” This device made long-term dialysis a feasible treatment for kidney failure, and has since saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children the world over.


Nomination Process

Please submit your nomination(s) with a statement describing why the nominee deserves the Scribner Courage in Health Care Award to the address below. Please include contact information for yourself and the nominee. Further information may be requested about those individuals who are selected as finalist nominees.


The deadline for nominations is Feb. 29. Send nominations to: Scribner Courage in Health Care Awards, First Choice Health, Attn: Dr. Ze’ev Young, 600 University Street, Suite 1400, Seattle, WA 98101. For more information, please call 206-268-2430.