2008 Laboratory Public Service National Leadership Award

Award Objective

The Laboratory Public Service National Leadership Award is presented by Washington G-2 Reports annually to recognize and honor an individual who has made a significant contribution to the public interest through accomplishments which directly enhance patient care and the laboratory profession.

This award recognizes singular accomplishments relative to diverse laboratory industry/professional endeavors in one or more of the following areas: professional advancement, basic or applied research, business creativity and innovations, education/training programs, public policy lifetime achievement, or performance of a special service, task, or project benefiting the laboratory community.

Previous Award Recipients

• 1993 Shirley Ann Pohl, posthumous (lifetime achievement in advancing clinical laboratory science & the education & training of medical technologists)
• 1994 Helen & Alfred Free (lifetime achievements in scientific & professional advances)
• 1995 Elizabeth Dragon, Ph.D. (basic/applied research)
• 1996 Hon. William Cohen (public policy)
• 1997 William H. Hamlin, MD (professional achievement)
• 1998 John Bernard Henry, MD (professional achievement)
• 1999 Harvey J. Alter, MD (lifetime achievements in laboratory science & public health)
• 2000 Elissa Passiment (professional achievement)
• 2001 J. Stephen Kroger, MD, FACP (professional achievement)
• 2002 John M. Matsen, MD (lifetime achievement)
• 2003 Arthur Karmen, MD (lifetime achievement)
• 2004 James O. Westgard, Ph.D. (lifetime achievement)
• 2005 Joan Logue (lifetime achievement)
• 2006 Michael Laposata, MD, PhD (lifetime achievement)
• 2007 Dennis W. Weissman (lifetime achievement)

Nomination & Selection Process

All written entries must include the name, title, organization, address & telephone of both the nominee and nominator, along with a narrative of 300 words maximum in support of the nomination. Members of the 2006 Selection Board (as of 3/27/06) are:

• Joanne Gianndrea (Chair)
  VP, Operations
  Our Lady of Lourdes Health Systems
• Jack Finn
  President/CEO
  Centrex Clinical Laboratories, Inc.
• Robert DeCresce, MD
  Chairman of Pathology & Director
  Rush University Medical Center
• James Root, MBA
  Laboratory Services Associates
• Susan Reardon
  Director, Federal Affairs
  OrthoClinical Diagnostics
  Johnson & Johnson
• Priscilla Cherry
  Director, Laboratory Consulting
  Premier, Inc.
• Dennis Weissman (advisor to Board)
  President
  Dennis Weissman & Associates
  & Executive Editor, Washington, G-2 Reports

Nominations may be submitted using either an official form available from Washington G-2 Reports or in a letter format containing the above information. Complete nomination forms must be mailed to Washington G-2, 3 Park Ave., 30th fl., NY, NY 10016 or faxed to (212) 564-0465 no later than June 15th, 2008, and the winner will be announced during the Lab Institute 2008 program September 18, 2008 in Arlington, VA.