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WakeMed Recognizes 46 Employees for Outstanding Performance
RALEIGH, N.C. (October 31, 2008) – WakeMed Health & Hospitals today announced the recipients of the annual Circle of Excellence Award. The 46 winners were nominated by fellow employees for outstanding performance in five categories that are directly linked to WakeMed’s strategic plan.
The Circle of Excellence is the highest level of honor that WakeMed bestows upon a select group of employees each year who demonstrate outstanding performance in achieving Quality Outcomes, Unsurpassed Service, Workforce Excellence, Market Development and Fiscal Responsibility.
The following employees were honored this year with Circle of Excellence Awards:
Quality Outcomes
Rick Andrews, RN
Patient Access
Avirl Hines, BS, RT(R)(CT)
Imaging Services – North Healthplex
Dianna Knight, RN, BSN
6A Cardiac Intermediate Care
Lou Ann McLamb, RN, BSN
Medical Intensive Care Unit
Jeannie Moore, RB, BSN, CCRN, NE-BC
Heart Center Administration
Debra Petrarca, CSTR
Trauma Services
Shawn Van Steen, MS, CCC-A
Hearing Screening Newborns
Jill Whade, RB, BSN
Nursing Administration
Unsurpassed Service
David Allsbrook, RN
Emergency Department – North Healthplex
Stephanie S. Baker, PT
Therapy Services
Dora Carter
Corporate Planning
Judith Castranio, MPH, OTRL
Occupational Therapy – Home Health
Michelle Clements, RN
Intensive Care Nursery
Laurie Cook, RN, CEN
Children’s Emergency Department
Anthony Crowley
Clinical Engineering
Patsy Davis, RN, BA, CNOR
Surgical Services
Joseph Demeule
Food & Nutrition Services
Nelson Ennis
Property Management
Sandy Everette, RN
2 West Telemetry – Cary
Benjie Fowler, RN, CNOR
Surgical Services
Lynda Greene, PT
Outpatient Rehab
Cassandra Hall
WakeMed OneCall
Todd Hatlem, MPH, MT (ASCP) SM
Clinical Analysis
Debbie Hillman, MSEd, RHEd
Corporate & Community Health
Schauren Hinson, RN, BSN
5B Neurosciences
Liz Parris, LPN, IBCLC
5B Neurosciences
Bonnie Parsons, RB, BSN
Patient Access
Jane Simpson
Cardiopulmonary Services
Pauline Stillman, RN-BC
5A Medicine
Carol Tarpey, RN, WCC
Nursing Staff, Fuquay-Varina Skilled Nursing Facility
John Tuman, III
Information Services
Woody Wood
Facility Services
Workforce Excellence
Tina Dennis, Neuro CNS, APRN
Adult Acute Care Nusing Services
Susan Faircloth, BSW
Medical Social Work – Home Health
Christopher Horton, CHAA, CHAM
Emergency Department – North Healthplex
Rebecca Bernhagen Jones, RN, MSN
Case Management
Sandy Jowdy
Outpatient rehab – Kraft Family YMCA
Mandy Joyner, RN, BSN
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Dale Lake, BSRT, RT (R)(CT)
Imaging Services – Cary Hospital
Robin Loughlin, RN
Clinical Education – Cary Hospital
Amy Brantley Mole, RT (R)
Imaging Services – Apex Healthplex
Barbara Plunkett, RN
Emergency Department – North Healthplex
Michele Pro, ASCP
Pathology Labs
Mike Ross, RPh
Pharmacy – Cary Hospital
Vicki Whitley, RN, MHA
Emergency Department – North Healthplex
Fiscal Responsibility
William Phillips
Surgical Services
Market Development
Janis Hansen, RN, MS
Home Health
Tony Simeone, LCAS, CCS
Case Management
Winners were recognized at a hospital reception and a formal banquet ceremony on Tuesday, October 21. They receive a statuette, lapel pin, one paid day off and are featured in WakeMed’s employee publication, Microscope.
About WakeMed Health & Hospitals
WakeMed Health & Hospitals, one of the first hospital systems in the country, is a private, not-for-profit health care organization based in Raleigh, N.C. The 870-bed system comprises a network of health care facilities throughout Wake and Johnston Counties, including: a Level I Trauma Center and tertiary referral hospital and rehabilitation hospital in Raleigh, a community hospital in Cary, two comprehensive outpatient centers and freestanding emergency departments in North Raleigh and Apex, seven outpatient rehabilitation sites, two skilled-nursing and outpatient facilities, a 100+-physician multispecialty practice, and home health services. The system includes two accredited Chest Pain Centers and four Joint Commission-certified Stroke Centers. Throughout the system, there are an additional 118 beds under construction. WakeMed also provides management services for Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital in Dunn, NC. Centers of excellence include cardiac and vascular care, women’s and children’s services, physical rehab, emergency and trauma, orthopaedics, neurosciences, home care and numerous wellness and community outreach programs. WakeMed’s team of 7,000 nurses, technologists and medical support staff and more than 1,000 affiliated physicians serve the residents of North Carolina using the most advanced technologies and facilities to ensure the finest in health care.
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