awards
The Robert G. Narins Award
The Robert G. Narins Award honors individuals who have made substantial and meritorious contributions in education and teaching. This award is named for Robert G. Narins, who is also the first recipient of the award.
Dr. Narins' contributions to education and teaching started in 1967 when he was appointed to the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania , and have since spanned a 39-year career. At Penn, and on the faculties of UCLA, Harvard, Temple and Henry Ford Hospital, he taught and mentored many residents and fellows. For eight years he chaired the ABIM's Nephrology Board and also worked on the ACP's Annual Program Committee. His contributions to education in the fields of fluid-electrolyte and acid-base physiology are prodigious and well-recognized.
Since 1994, Dr. Narins has led the creation and planning of ASN's educational programs. Initially recruited to develop a board review course, chair the Postgraduate Education Committee and sustain the Clinical Short Courses (now the Clinical Nephrology Conferences), Dr. Narins has consistently and tirelessly worked to expand ASN's educational programs during Renal Week and throughout the year. Proposals that he initiated and in most cases carried out include:
1) Establishment of the Annual Board Review Course and Update
2) Creation of the Renal Week one- and two-day Postgraduate Educational Programs
3) Enhancement and expansion of the Clinical Nephrology Conferences at Renal Week
4) Development of Renal Week's breakfast, lunch and dinner Symposia
5) Creation of the now worldwide Renal WeekEnd Meetings (formerly the Renal Week Highlights)
6) Development of ASN's Nephrology Self-Assessment Program (NephSAP)
He also proposed and was instrumental in the decision to develop ASN's newest journal, the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN), the establishment of the Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (FASN) program, and negotiated the successful partnership agreements with HDCN and UpToDate. Dr. Narins has been at the forefront of collaborative efforts with the American College of Physicians to increase the exposure of nephrologists to relevant updates in Internal Medicine and internists to chronic kidney disease. Collaborative educational programs with societies in Europe and Asia have helped to spread education and teaching in nephrology on a global scale.
Award Winners
- 2007 Richard Glassock
- 2006 Robert G. Narins