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.

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.

2024 NOMINATING COMMITTEE

*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

Learn more about sponsorship opportunities (pdf). For sponsorship or other questions, contact lownaward@lowninstitute.org or (617) 992-9361.