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Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2021 H. Fleming Fuller Award. The Fuller Award recognizes members of the medical staff who demonstrate the qualities embodied in Dr. Fuller’s lifelong dedication to the highest standards of patient care, teaching and community. Please make your nomination by Friday, Dec. 10.


Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2021 H. Fleming Fuller Award. The Fuller Award recognizes members of the medical staff who demonstrate the qualities embodied in Dr. Fuller’s lifelong dedication to the highest standards of patient care, teaching and community.

This award is intended as a permanent memorial to Kinston physician H. Fleming Fuller, who died October 3, 1986. Dr. Fuller is best remembered by his patients as a caring physician who always listened and responded with compassion. An outstanding teacher, he left an indelible mark on many young physicians and medical students.

Any member of the University of North Carolina Hospitals attending medical staff is eligible for nomination. Nominations may be made by UNC Health Care employees and by members of the medical staff and housestaff.

Criteria adopted by the Board for the Fuller Award state that nominees should be selected on the basis of the following attributes:

  • Unwavering personal commitment to treating patients with compassion and respect;
  • Ongoing service as a staunch advocate for maintaining clinical excellence including the highest standards of patient safety, satisfaction and wellbeing both physical and emotional;
  • Effectiveness as a professional role model for the students and young physicians responsible for the care of future generations; and
  • Sense of civic responsibility through active participation in groups or organizations concerned with the health and well-being of North Carolina’s citizens.

Nominations

Nominations may be made by UNC Health Care employees and by members of the medical staff and housestaff. To make a nomination, please share the CV of your nominee and a brief letter outlining why your candidate meets the criteria outlined above to Jamie Williams. 

Please make your nomination by Friday, Dec. 10!