The Harper Avery Award is a fictional, famous medical award. It was created by physician Harper Avery to make surgeons who already are on the top of their game try to take it to an even higher level. Every year, the five nominees receive a call to inform them about their nomination on the same Friday of the same month at 8 am East Coast time (5 am in Seattle). The Harper Avery Award is completely detached from the Harper Avery Foundation, so members of the Foundation have no say in who will win the award, nor do they have more information about who will be elected as the winner.