2018 Award Winners

Facility

Award Recipients

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
Award Recipients

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
Department 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
Award Recipients

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
Award Recipients

Allegheny Health Network
Canonsburg Hospital

Julie A. Ference

Allegheny Health Network
Forbes Hospital

Jill Direnzo

UPMC Hamot

Aimee Hagerty

Facility

Nurse Educator
Award Recipients

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
Award Recipients

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