Rodman E. and Thomas G. Sheen Award Nomination Form |
Honors Committee
The American College of Surgeons' Honors Committee is seeking nominations for Rodman E. and Thomas G. Sheen Award.
How to Nominate
Fellows of the College are encouraged to submit nominations for individuals that fit the criteria associated with the specific award or honor for consideration by the Honors Committee and Board of Regents. Nominations are encouraged of women, people of color, and individuals of diverse backgrounds.
The Honors Committee meets three times a year. The names of three Sheen Award nominees are selected for the same calendar year during the January Honors Committee meeting and forwarded to the Bank of America Sheen Selection Committee. The award recipient is chosen by Sheen Selection Committee in July of the same year.
Note: Nominations do not automatically lead to selection and not all awards or honors are presented annually.
Process for Submitting Nominations
Nominations are accepted year-round. Completion of the Nomination Form will require the following:
· Contact information for the nominator and nominee.
· Uploading of a minimum of two letters of support which list accomplishments of the nominee and how they meet the criteria for the award or honor.
· Uploading of a current curriculum vitae of the nominee.
· Uploading of a short biography of the nominee.
NOTES
· Please review the current list of awardees before submitting a nomination to
ensure that you are not nominating someone who has already received the award.
· If the individual being nominated is a current Officer or Regent they may not be eligible for the award during this cycle.
· Please keep the nomination confidential from the proposed nominee.
The Rodman E. Sheen and Thomas G. Sheen Award Criteria:
Established in 1968, the Dr. Rodman E. Sheen and Thomas G. Sheen (Sheen) Award has been presented annually by the beneficiaries of a trust fund administered the Bank of America, N.A., in Providence, Rhode Island. As Trustee, they are responsible for administering a perpetual trust, with the income to be used to make an annual award “to further the study of medicine and the science of medicine and to compensate an outstanding Doctor of Medical Science in the United States each year.”
A local New Jersey committee known as the Sheen Advisory Committee, makes the final selection and the recipient is a featured speaker at the annual meeting of the ACS New Jersey Chapter. The Award is $25,000.
Nominees should be on the frontiers of medical science doing work that has great promise, should be currently involved in teaching and research in medicine, and should not be retired or semi-retired.
Please view our website for a complete listing of previous Sheen Award recipients.