Dr. Stephen A. Chartrand Outstanding Service to Children Award
Dr. Chartrand was the chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Medical Microbiology at Creighton University School of Medicine. He was also Director of the combined Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease at Creighton University and the University of Nebraska School of Medicine.
Dr. Chartrand conducted groundbreaking work in the clinical evaluation of new antibiotics for otitis media; in vitro, experimental and clinical evaluation of antimicrobials; the epidemiology and therapy of infections causedby penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae; and the clinical safety and efficacy of various new vaccines.
Dr. Chartrand was “a person who runs, rather than walks; who creates, rather than criticizes; who digs for answers, rather than cursing the questions.” He was a “person with boundless energy, a fastidious work ethic, an unpretentious intellect, a ready wit and an undying enthusiasm for teaching others so they may teach still others.”
Dr. Chartrand’s impact as a teacher, doctor and scholar will live on in the generations of pediatricians he trained and patients he treated.
This award is given by the Department of Pediatrics to a senior student for commitment and dedicated service.
- Not awarded, 2008
- Zebulon Timmons, 2007
- Malia Lam, 2006
- Brian M. Waters, 2004
