Faculty Awards for Excellence in Patient Care

The annual Faculty Awards for Excellence in Patient Care honor outstanding contributions by Baylor faculty members to the College’s clinical mission. Three categories of awards are available to recognize excellence from up-and-coming (Early Career), mid-career (Star) and senior (Master Clinician) faculty members.

Faculty members involved in the direct care of patients, and in clinical areas such as clinical or translational research, patient safety and quality, clinical diagnostics and healthcare leadership are eligible for nomination. Nominations are reviewed by a Selection Committee chaired by Senior Dean of Faculty Biykem Bozkurt, professor of medicine and medical care line executive at the DeBakey VA Medical Center.

Deadlines for applications are:

• Early Career - Monday, Sept. 21, 2026 at 8 a.m.
• Star Award - January 2027 - Date TBA.
• Master Clinician - February 2027 - Date TBA 

Awards will be presented at Baylor’s Annual Awards Day on May 20 2026.

Early Career Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care

• For full-time instructors or assistant professors with two to six years of clinical service at Baylor
• Candidates may self-nominate but must be approved and submitted to the selection committee
• Deadline: Monday, Sept. 21, 2026 by 8 a.m. 

• For full-time instructors to professors with at least 6 years of clinical service at Baylor
• Candidates may self-nominate but must be approved and submitted to the selection committee
• Deadline: January 2027 - Date TBA 

• For active associate professors with more than 20 years of clinical service, or professors who have more than 15 years of clinical service at Baylor
• Candidates must be nominated by their section chief, chair, medical director, or center director
• Deadline: February 2027 - Date TBA 

Years before completion of a fellowship or other advanced training should not be counted as part of the total number of years as a faculty member, even when the individual had a co-appointment as a fellow and an instructor or assistant professor during that time period.

If prior clinical faculty experience outside Baylor combined with faculty experience at Baylor (total faculty time at all institutions) equals or exceeds six or more years on the date of the portfolio due date, the faculty should be nominated for the STAR award, not the Early Career Faculty Award.