2018 Award Winners

Facility

Honorees

Allegheny Health Network, Allegheny General Hospital

Myra Taylor

Allegheny Health Network, Allegheny Valley Hospital

Ann Barrett

Allegheny Health Network, Canonsburg Hospital

Keelye D. Hoffman

Allegheny Health Network, Forbes Hospital

Amanda Seidling

Allegheny Health Network, Jefferson Hospital

Sara Stein

Allegheny Health Network, Saint Vincent Hospital

Emily Belz

Allegheny Health Network, West Penn Hospital

Becky DeLucia

Armstrong County Memorial Hospital 

Kristin Brison

Butler Health System

Anne Marie Waller

Excela Health, Home Care & Hospice

Amber Mauck

Excela Health, Westmoreland Hospital

Lori Zajdel

HealthSouth Harmarville Rehabilitation Hospital

Patti K. Helsel

HealthSouth Rehabilition Hospital of Sewickley

Rheanna Krull

Heritage Valley Health System, Heritage Valley Beaver

Misty Burton

Heritage Valley Health System, Heritage Valley Sewickley

Jill L. Hrynda

Indiana Regional Medical Center

Amanda Templeton
LifeCare Hospital Behavioral Health

Kewanna Ferguson

LifeCare Hospitals of Pittsburgh

Angela Collins

Monongahela Valley Hospital

Joseph Muntan

St. Clair Hospital

Jesse Gaefke

Uniontown Hospital

Linda Stoots

University of Pittsburgh Physicians,
Department of Anesthesiology

Mary Beth Czerniak

UPMC Altoona

Sarah Rickabaugh

UPMC Bedford 

Paul Fedorchak, Jr.

UPMC Center for Nursing Excellence

Tony Lagania
UPMC Chautauqua Elaine Hoglin
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Jeffrey A. Beveridge

UPMC East

Gina M. Klobucher

UPMC Hamot

Susan Wheeler

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Phyllis Marie Wilson
UPMC Home Healthcare Holly Hughes-Nicol

UPMC Horizon

Carole L. Yudt

UPMC Italy, Istituto Mediterraneo
per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione

Giuseppe Matranga

UPMC Jameson Mary Beth Weis
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Cathy Harger

UPMC McKeesport

Rhonda Rahman

UPMC Mercy

Shawn Alston

UPMC Northwest

Rachel Janosik

UPMC Passavant

Jodi Boory

UPMC Pinnacle Kimberly Tanner-Tetkoskie

UPMC Presbyterian

Elaine Phillips

UPMC Rehabilitation Institute

Rose M. Altmire

UPMC Senior Communities

Amanda Klobuchar

UPMC Shadyside

Bryan McKelvey

UPMC St. Margaret

Holly Jensen
UPMC Susquehanna

Pamela Crouse

UPMC Susquehanna, Lock Haven Hospital

Karen Watson

UPMC Susquehanna, Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital Lauren Scheetz

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Miranda M. Lazic

Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic

Laurie Christy

   

Facility

Advanced Practice Honorees

Allegheny Health Network, Jefferson Hospital Jamie D. Yaroscak
Allegheny Health Network, West Penn Hospital Ruth Anne Lovitz

Allegheny Health Network, West Penn Hospital

Abigail C. Schmidt

University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Dept. of Anesthesiology

Bettina A. Dixon

UPMC Center for Nursing Excellence

Denise M. Petras

UPMC Hamot

Marci Bradley

UPMC Hamot Karin Anne Wickwire
UPMC Passavant Sarah M. Sakaluk
UPMC Shadyside Wendy S. Lucas
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Mary Frances Pilarski
   

Facility

Case Manager Honorees

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Gloria Slavonic
UPMC Hamot Jennifer A. Devon
UPMC Health Plan Nadine Tomaino
UPMC Passavant Anne Morris
UPMC Shadyside Mary Jo Roberts
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Cecilia Mary Pruszynski
   

Facility

Donate Life Honorees

Allegheny Health Network, Canonsburg Hospital

Julie A. Ference

Allegheny Health Network, Forbes Hospital

Jill Direnzo

UPMC Hamot

Aimee Hagerty
   

Facility

Nurse Educator Honorees

Allegheny Health Network, West Penn Hospital School of Nursing Brenda L. Smith

Carlow University

Diana Kozlina-Peretic

Chatham University

Meigan Robb
Clarion University Deborah Kelly

Duquesne University

Sr. Rosemary Donley

Robert Morris University

Luann Richardson

University of Pittsburgh

Elizabeth A. Schlenk

UPMC Schools of Nursing

Janet Skees
   
Facility Quality & Safety Honorees
Allegheny Health Network, Forbes Hospital Kathleen A. Sankovich
Allegheny Health Network, West Penn Hospital Edward C. Schatz, V.
Excela Health Kathleen Rosatti
UPMC Hamot Selena Laufenberg
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Elisa Malek
Wolff Center at UPMC Deborah A. Pesanka