2016 Award Recipients

Facility

Award Recipients

Allegheny Health Network
Allegheny General Hospital

Jean L. Hall

Allegheny Health Network
Allegheny Valley Hospital

Brian D. Check

Allegheny Health Network
Canonsburg Hospital

Dana L. Minor

Allegheny Health Network
Forbes Hospital

Linda K. Ricci

Allegheny Health Network
Jefferson Hospital

Allison Zelinsky

Allegheny Health Network
Saint Vincent Hospital

Judy Beck-Pardee

Allegheny Health Network
West Penn Hospital

Kari Phelan Smith

Butler Health System

Katrina R. Kelly

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Lauren Riordan Smith

Excela Health, Home Care & Hospice

Tammie K. Hoke

Excela Health Latrobe Hospital

Bernadette Wallace

HealthSouth Harmarville Rehabilitation Hospital

Jennifer Pelaia

HealthSouth Rehabilition Hospital of Sewickley

Katie Hogue

Heritage Valley Health System
Heritage Valley Beaver

Mary Kilhof

Heritage Valley Health System
Heritage Valley Sewickley

William Allen Penney

Indiana Regional Medical Center

Jeremiah Fox

Kindred Hospital Heritage Valley

Yvette Simoni

Kindred Hospital Pittsburgh

Merri Conway

LifeCare Hospitals of Pittsburgh

Theresa C. Santillan

Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC

Cami Bakow

Monongahela Valley Hospital

John Spencer

Ohio Valley Hospital

Laura Linberg

Sharon Regional Health System

Patricia J. LaRocca

St. Clair Hospital

Amanda Lynn Walk

The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh

Bob Herrle

Uniontown Hospital

Marcia Lynn Shepard

University of Pittsburgh Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology

Lynette Sikora

UPMC

Lynn Kosar

UPMC Altoona

Jared Pufka

UPMC Bedford Memorial

Tiffany Bence

UPMC CancerCenter

Georgia Colangelo

UPMC East

Jason Seilhamer

UPMC Hamot

Donald Madden

UPMC Horizon

Christi Bolt

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

Rosa Sangiorgi

UPMC Jameson

Shelley Mae Hudson

UPMC McKeesport

Becky Monaghan

UPMC Mercy

Kathleen Seiler

UPMC Northwest

Leslie Graybill

UPMC Passavant

Jolene Kroll

UPMC Presbyterian

Kristie Glemba

UPMC Rehabilitation Institute

Linda M. Yaroszewski

UPMC Senior Communities

Theresa N. Murillo

UPMC Shadyside

Beth Bennethum

UPMC St. Margaret

Krystin Dabney

UPMC Visiting Nurses Association

Carolina D. Frantz

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Jannine Olszewski

Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic

Justyn Hanks

Facility

Advanced Practice
Award Recipients

Allegheny Health Network, Forbes Hospital

Jane A. Miller

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Beverly Kosmach-Park

Excela Health

Raymond P. Paronish

University of Pittsburgh Physicians,
Department of Anesthesia

Chad R. Artman

UPMC Hamot

Debra Ann Weismiller

UPMC Passavant

Lisa A. Manni

UPMC Presbyterian

Cecilia A. Zamarripa

UPMC Shadyside

Andrew W. Thomas

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Christin M. Durham

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Jeanne W. Green

Facility

Case Manager
Award Recipients

Allegheny Health Network, Allegheny General Hospital

Christine Markovich

UPMC Hamot

Julie Connolly Maloney

UPMC Health Plan

Linda J. Kelley

UPMC McKeesport

Kathleen Jasek

UPMC Passavant

Cynthia M. Bartoszewicz

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Shirley Warren

Facility

Donate Life Honorees

UPMC Shadyside

Chibugo N. Uwazie

UPMC Presbyterian

Karen Nigra

Facility

Quality & Safety
Award Recipients

Allegheny Health Network
Allegheny General Hospital

Jason L. Yaglowski

Allegheny Health Network
West Penn Hospital

Lisa Graper

UPMC

Linda Waddell

UPMC Hamot

Nellann Nipper

UPMC McKeesport

Doris Gaudy

Facility

Nurse Educator
Award Recipients

Allegheny Health Network
Citizens School of Nursing

Grace Kamer

Allegheny Health Network
West Penn Hospital School of Nursing

Heather Geyer

Carlow University

P. Maria Flavin

Chatham University

Kathleen C. Spadaro

Duquesne University

Cherith Simmer

Robert Morris University

Janene Luther Szpak

University of Pittsburgh

Rose L. Hoffmann

UPMC Schools of Nursing

Diane R. Kondas