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The 2021 Robert Kemper Award for Professionalism in Medicine

The 2021 Robert Kemper Award for Professionalism in Medicine will be held on Thursday, April 22, 2021, and is presented by the Key Biscayne Community Foundation & the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University.

This year’s recipient is David Dorcius

David Dorcius graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from University of Miami and received his Doctor in Medicine degree from the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine / Florida International University, class of 2021. During his childhood and adolescence in Haiti, David witnessed firsthand how a lack of healthcare can aect a patient’s health outcomes and decided to pursue a career that would address the solution.

He will continue on to specialize in Internal Medicine at Emory University in Atlanta with the hopes of working in a large, academic safety-net hospital that serves a diverse population. In the long term, David would like to return to Haiti and develop health centers, including renal dialysis clinics to provide adordable, quality health care to underprivileged patients.

The Robert Kemper M.D., PhD. Award for Professionalism in Medicine is named in memory of Dr. Robert Kemper, who exemplified the highest qualities of medical professionalism until his life was cut short by Cancer. This award is presented to a recipient who has demonstrated:

  • Respect for patients, faculty, sta members, and peers.
  • Altruism, compassion and empathy towards patients.
  • A sense of commitment, duty, responsibility and dedications to the ethical practice of the medical profession.
  • Comportment, courtesy and exemplary personal demeanor becoming of a physician.
  • An ability to convey hope and be a healer of patients, to be a team builder and foster harmony in the group and in the workplace.

The award is underwritten by the Key Biscayne Community Foundation and made possible thanks to contributions made by Dr. Kemper’s grateful patients, friends, and family.