On June 11, UT Southwestern President Daniel K. Podolsky, M.D., announced the opening of nominations for the 2024 Leaders in Clinical Excellence Awards, designed to honor faculty who embody the very best in clinical and institutional excellence.

“These awards were established in 2018 to recognize clinical faculty across our many sites of service for their exceptional contributions to the care of our patients, to the education and training of the next generation of health care professionals, and to UT Southwestern overall,” Dr. Podolsky said in his announcement, which was co-signed by Jonathan Efron, M.D., Executive Vice President for Health System Affairs, and W. P. Andrew Lee, M.D., Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Provost, and Dean, UT Southwestern Medical School.

Every member of the UT Southwestern community is encouraged to nominate clinical faculty who merit special recognition for any of the awards, including the prestigious Patricia and William L. Watson Jr., M.D. Award for Excellence in Clinical Medicine.

The Watson Award, the institution’s highest honor for clinical excellence, was first presented in 2009 through a generous gift from Dr. and Mrs. Watson to create an annual opportunity to recognize a UT Southwestern faculty physician who exemplifies excellence in patient care and is a leader in advancing clinical innovations.

The Leaders in Clinical Excellence Awards are a great opportunity to acknowledge the expertise, commitment to innovation, and compassionate care delivered by UT Southwestern clinical faculty.

Leaders in Clinical Excellence Award categories are:

• The Patricia and William L. Watson Jr., M.D. Award for Excellence in Clinical Medicine
• Rising Star Award
• Institutional Service Award
• Mentoring Award
• Patient and Family Recognition Award
• Program Development Award
• The President’s Award for Diversity and Humanism in Clinical Care

Nominations will be accepted online through Tuesday, July 23.

The awards ceremony will be held Nov. 14 at the Tom and Lula Gooch Auditorium on South Campus.

Who can nominate?

• Every member of the UT Southwestern community is invited to nominate for all seven awards.
• For the Patient and Family Recognition Award, nominations also can be made by patients.

For more details and to submit a nomination, visit the Leaders in Clinical Excellence Awards website. If you have questions on the nomination process or eligibility, please reach out to the Health System Recognition team via HealthSystemRecognition@utsouthwestern.edu.