2017 Award Winners

Facility

Award Recipients

Allegheny Health Network
Allegheny General Hospital

Jodie Straughn

Allegheny Health Network
Allegheny Valley Hospital

Gwendolyn L. Talkish

Allegheny Health Network
Canonsburg Hospital

Katie Ferguson

Allegheny Health Network
Forbes Hospital

Rashko Dorosiev

Allegheny Health Network
Jefferson Hospital

Janice McDowell

Allegheny Health Network
Saint Vincent Hospital

Diane Boyd

Allegheny Health Network
West Penn Hospital

Neil Palmquist

Butler Health System

Lindsay R. Kimmel

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Christina Jockel

Excela Health

Nicole Komenda

Excela Health (Norwin Square)

Diane Montini

HealthSouth Harmarville Rehabilitation Hospital

Provina Hoffman

HealthSouth Rehabilition Hospital of Sewickley

Diane Metz

Heritage Valley Health System
Heritage Valley Beaver

Tia Boyd

Heritage Valley Health System
Heritage Valley Sewickley

Ann L. Sarachine

Indiana Regional Medical Center

Hayley Robson

LifeCare Hospital Behavioral Health

Eileen L. Felder

LifeCare Hospitals of Pittsburgh

Lisa Smith

Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC

Mary Steiner

Monongahela Valley Hospital

Gay Lynn Jannotta

Sharon Regional Health System

Jamie L. McNeish

St. Clair Hospital

Megan Rhoades

The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh

Jennifer Jarrell

Uniontown Hospital

Maryann E. Crawford

University of Pittsburgh Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology

Pam Norton

UPMC Altoona

Kim Morris

UPMC Bedford Memorial

Amy Josephine Frye

UPMC CancerCenter

Mary Reslink

UPMC Center for Nursing Excellence

Jordana Grodek

UPMC East

Jessica Weale

UPMC Hamot

Jeanne Burns

UPMC Horizon

Nicole Fenton

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

Michelangelo Caló

UPMC Jameson

Renee Jannetti

UPMC McKeesport

Julie Opferman

UPMC Mercy

Ian T. Cummins

UPMC Northwest

Barbara A. Graham

UPMC Passavant

David Bell

UPMC Presbyterian

Sara Maxcy

UPMC Rehabilitation Institute

Patricia Gibson

UPMC Senior Communities

Danielle M. Taylor

UPMC Shadyside

Erin A. Bartell

UPMC St. Margaret

Sarah Kunkle

UPMC Susquehanna

Joshua Pauling

UPMC Visiting Nurses Association

Basil Luciani

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Karen Wolfe

Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic

Kimberly Ramsey

Facility

Advanced Practice
Award Recipients

Allegheny Health Network
Allegheny General Hospital

Michaelle Callihan

Allegheny Health Network
West Penn Hospital

Kiley J. Linden-Felton

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Trishelle Himmelrick

University of Pittsburgh Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology

Richard Henker

UPMC CancerCenter

Lynne O'Connor

UPMC Center for Nursing Excellence

Lorraine M. Brock

UPMC Hamot

Robin Melvin

UPMC McKeesport

David Courson

UPMC Northwest

Beverly Lawton

UPMC Passavant

Susan Rolniak St. John

UPMC Susquehanna

Rosanne F. Mattiace

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Susan Byerly

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Brenda Shaffer

Facility

Case Manager
Award Recipients

Butler Health System

Lisa A. Johnson

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Beverly Boggio

Heritage Valley Health System
Heritage Valley Beaver

Shari Fritz

UPMC Hamot

Kimberly Halloran

UPMC Health Plan

Rebecca Cullen

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Kimberly Kozlowski

Facility

Donate Life
Award Recipients

Allegheny Health Network, Allegheny General Hospital

Mary Grace Hensell

UPMC McKeesport

Teresa Lucchetti

Facility

Quality &Safety
Award Recipients

Allegheny Health Network, Forbes Hospital

June Butterfield

Allegheny Health Network, West Penn Hospital

Julia Warner

UPMC Health Plan

Debra J. Zeh

UPMC Northwest

Kim Webb

UPMC Wolff Center

Judith A. Shovel

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Pamela L. Shearn

Facility

Nurse Educator
Award Recipients

Allegheny Health Network
Citizens School of Nursing

Melissa Adams

Allegheny Health Network
West Penn Hospital School of Nursing

Janis M. Sikora

Carlow University

Angela G. Kelly

Chatham University

Julie D. Slade

Duquesne University

Yvonne Weideman

Robert Morris University

Jessica Kamerer

University of Pittsburgh

Eileen Chasens

UPMC Schools of Nursing

Corie Marie Schultheis