TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE: 2024 Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility Dinner
From a highly competitive list of nominees, Dr. Lilia Cervantes has been selected as the winner of the 2024 Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility (BLASR) for her exceptional work advancing health equity and expanding access to care for undocumented immigrants. Dr. Cervantes is the Director of Immigrant Health and a professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
We will be sharing more about our winner in the following weeks, but you should act now to secure your tickets for the BLASR Award Dinner taking place on the evening of June 6th. We will be returning to the Branch Line Restaurant in Watertown, MA which features an elegant outdoor space for our cocktail hour and dinner program. Space is limited.
2024 BLASR Ceremony & Dinner
Cocktail Reception, Dinner, and Award Presentation
(smart casual attire)
Thursday, June 6, 2024
6-9 PM EST
Branch Line Restaurant
Watertown, MA 02472
This is an inspiring and uplifting event that allows you to connect with other leaders in support of compassionate healthcare, social justice, and humanitarian values.
*member of selection committee
Vikas Saini, MD*
President, Lown Institute
Patricia Gabow, MD*
Chairperson, Lown Institute Board of Directors
Zachary Lown*
Lown Family Representative
David Bor
Board Member, Lown Institute
Theodore Calianos, MD
Immediate Past President, Massachusetts Medical Society
Brian Campbell
Executive Director, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Jeff Carter
Executive Director, Clean Water Action
Harry Hayman
Trustee, Hayman Family Foundation
Yolanda Lawson, MD, FACOG
Chair, Board of Trustees, National Medical Association
Aletha Maybank
Chief Equity Officer, American Medical Association
Cassandra McCullough
Chief Executive Officer, Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc.
Darilyn V. Moyer, MD
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians
Susan Rogers
President, Physicians for a National Health Program
Altaf Saadi, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 2023 BLASR Winner
Annelisa Silva, EdM
President, American Medical Student Association (starting May 2024)
Rohini Siva
President, American Medical Student Association
SPONSORS
VISIONARY:
CHANGEMAKER:
David Bor, MD
Breck Eagle
James L. Joslin
Vikas Saini, MD
PARTNER:
Nassib & Maureen Chamoun
ENTHUSIAST:
American College of Physicians
Minority Health Institute
Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility
Physicians for a National Health Program
Learn more about sponsorship opportunities (pdf). For sponsorship or other questions, contact lownaward@lowninstitute.org or (617) 992-9361.