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highest honour. It goes to a doctor who personifies "the highest values of the medical profession, a practitioner of peerless expertise, wise mentor and valued participant in the life of the institution". Fazio was judged to be a "physician whose selfless dedication, boundless compassion and tireless work has made the most profound and singular contribution to the good of humankind." He earned The
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