This award is named for Henry Harrison Wilson Jr., MD ’49, a plastics and reconstructive surgeon, who was well known for being an advocate for humanism and compassion in medicine. Dr. Wilson died in 2016 and his family established a fund to promote compassion and humanism in physicians to honor his memory.

This award is aimed at appreciating and applauding positive examples of compassion and humanism in the clinical setting, and cultivates a culture where students, residents, fellows, and attendings exhibit compassion in day-to-day interactions. What we choose to shine the light on in our culture is important. Recognizing acts of compassion and humanism helps to establish a culture in which those actions take root and grow, and become “who we are” every day. We want to recognize those daily acts of compassion and humanism that occur all over UVA Health. This award provides us with an opportunity to do just that: to shine a light on the residents, fellows, and attendings whom students consider to be day-to-day exemplars of compassion and humanism.

M3 students are invited to nominate a deserving resident, fellow and/or attending for this award. If you have any questions, please contact us.