On behalf of the Lotte & John Hecht Memorial Foundation, we are excited to announce our name change from Dr. Rogers Prize for Excellence in Complementary & Alternative Medicine to Dr. Rogers Prize for Advancing Health, Medicine & Healing and an increase of the award amount to $300,000.
As has been the case with other like-minded organizations, our original name no longer reflected the dynamic changes occurring within the field of healthcare. By emphasizing the importance of “advancing health, medicine, and healing” we embrace a wider range of approaches within the spectrum of fields that support human health and treat disease. This name change continues to honour our founders’ wishes to promote and support alternate methods of healing and treatment; and celebrates the important legacy of Dr. Roger Rogers, a Vancouver physician who put disease prevention, innovation, and the individual’s freedom of choice ahead of medical establishment orthodoxy in patient care.
