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. 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.
Dr. Narins was also involved in the creation and planning of many ASN educational programs during Renal Week and throughout the year, including: Board Review Course and Update, one and two day programs at Renal Week, Renal WeekEnds, and NephSAP. He also was instrumental in the decision to develop 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.
Lifetime Achievement Awards: Now Accepting Nominations
Deadlines and Criteria
These awards recognize individuals who have made great strides in kidney care, research, and education; and whose contributions have greatly impacted the field.
To nominate a candidate, submit one letter of nomination, the nominees current CV, and an online application by January 24, 2025.
Nomination Guidelines:
- ASN can only accept one nomination letter per candidate and these letters are limited to one nominator and two supporting nominators (included in the letter and not sent separately). All nominators must be current ASN members.
- Current members of the Award Selection Committee and ASN Council cannot sponsor or co-sponsor nominations.
- To ensure current information for all the candidates, ASN will not consider nominations submitted in previous years. If you wish to renominate a candidate, please submit a new nomination letter and an updated CV.
- ASN active, corresponding, and affiliate members are eligible for consideration for the society's awards. With the exception of the Donald W. Seldin Young Investigator Award, ASN members are only eligible to receive one Lifetime Achievement Award.
- ASN is committed to increasing diversity, inclusiveness, and equity – including career stage, ethnicity, and gender – at all levels of the society.
- Following tradition, ASN will present next year’s recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Awards during Kidney Week 2025. These celebrations will include acceptance speeches but not presentations, with the exception of the Donald W. Seldin Young Investigator Award winner who will present during ASN Kidney Week.
Take advantage of the opportunity to recognize a colleague for their work toward a world without kidney diseases!
Barbara T. Murphy Award Application
Belding H. Scribner Award Application
Donald W. Seldin Young Investigator Award Application
Homer W. Smith Award Application
John P. Peters Award Application
Robert G. Narins Award Application
If you have any questions about the award nomination process, please email ASN Senior Operations Coordinator Molly Harrison at operations@asn-online.org.
Award Winners
- 2024 Scott J. Gilbert, MD, FASN
- 2023 Michael Emmett, MD
- 2022 Mark A. Perazella, MD, MS, FASN
- 2021 Joanne M. Bargman, MD
- 2020 Ashita J. Tolwani, MD, MS, MSc
- 2019 Mitchell H. Rosner, MD, FASN
- 2018 Nancy Day Adams, MD
- 2017 Joel M. Topf, MD
- 2015 Mark L. Zeidel, MD, MS, FASN
- 2014 Stuart L. Linas, MD, FASN
- 2013 Mark E. Rosenberg, MD, FASN
- 2012 Donald E. Kohan, MD, PhD, FASN
- 2011 Agnes B. Fogo, MD
- 2010 Barry M. Brenner, MD
- 2009 Burton D. Rose, MD
- 2008 Mitchell L. Halperin, MD
- 2007 Richard J. Glassock, MD, FASN
- 2006 Robert G. Narins, MD, FASN