2013 Award Recipients

Facility

Award Recipients

Allegheny Health Network
Allegheny General Hospital

Johnna Resek

Allegheny Health Network
Allegheny Valley Hospital

Alicia D. Gidos

Allegheny Health Network
Canonsburg General Hospital

Lisa Ketter

Allegheny Health Network
Forbes Regional Hospital

Pietro Mangialardi

Allegheny Health Network
Jefferson Regional Medical Center

Michele Jackson-Cramer

Allegheny Health Network
The Western Pennsylvania Hospital

Lisa Marie Sarnowski

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Michelle Kamnikar

Conemaugh Health System
Memorial Medical Center

Mary Kay Bolam

Excela Health
Frick Hospital

Jeanie Thomas

Excela Health
Home Care & Hospice

Shawn Ditch

Excela Health
Latrobe Hospital

Kayla M. Ellis

Excela Health
Westmoreland Hospital

Karen Lynn Kettering

HealthSouth Harmarville Rehabilitation Hospital

Kathleen Valasek

HealthSouth Sewickley

Joanne Altobello

Heritage Valley Beaver

Rhonda Brightwell

Heritage Valley Sewickley

Faith Beegle

Indiana Regional Medical Center

Ann Greczek

Kindred Hospital Heritage Valley

Linda Krancevic

Kindred Hospital North Shore

Mary Ann Petras Gardner

Kindred Hospital Pittsburgh

Kerry Clevenger

LifeCare Hospitals of Pittsburgh

Tracey Grab

Magee Womens Hospital of UPMC

Stephanie Bobby

Monongahela Valley Hospital

Anthony Cintron

Ohio Valley General Hospital

Sharon L. Mesisca

St. Clair Hospital

Tracy Cook

The Children's Institute

Carol Stonebraker

The Uniontown Hospital

Judy Brooks

University of Pittsburgh Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology

Jeffrey Alan Blackhurst

UPMC Bedford Memorial

D. Joseph Zelem

UPMC Cancer Centers

Ann Hilda Welsch

UPMC East

Amber Bugajski

UPMC Hamot

Linda Caputo

UPMC Home Health
Visiting Nurses Association

Diane L. Petty

UPMC Horizon

Jessica L. Dudzenski

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

Rocco Nicosia

UPMC McKeesport

Nancy C. Wetsler

UPMC Mercy

Gwendolyn L. Talkish

UPMC Northwest

Kris Turner-Reedy

UPMC Passavant

Arlene Gestler

UPMC Presbyterian

Anne-Marie Byerly

UPMC Rehabilitation Institute

Judith Ann Tinelli

UPMC Senior Communities

Todd Cagni
(posthumous)

UPMC Shadyside

Joy Hopper Tsounos

UPMC St. Margaret

Deborah E. Ryan

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Heinz Division

Tammy Rosenberger

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Highland Drive Division

Lori Clark

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
University Drive Division

Karen Kovach

VNA, Western Pennsylvania

Carla Lowrie

Weirton Medical Center

Joann Stanley

Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic

Gloria A. Wells

Facility

Donate Life Award Recipient

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Cynthia A. Valenta

Facility

Advanced Practice Award Recipients

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Stefanie DiSilvio

University of Pittsburgh Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology

John W. Jones IIII

UPMC Hamot

Mary M. Mascaro

UPMC Hamot

Donald H. Bucher

UPMC Presbyterian

Therese M. Dawson

UPMC Shadyside

Leeanna R. McKibben

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
University Drive Division

Kelly Garbelotti

Facility

Case Manager Award Recipients

Allegheny Health Network
The Western Pennsylvania Hospital

Barbara Stemmerich

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield

Anita Yvonne Tutek

UPMC Hamot

Ann Yaworsky

UPMC Health Plan

Marie A. Nichols

UPMC Passavant

Patricia Jozwiak

UPMC Presbyterian

Deborah Bowers

UPMC St. Margaret

Isabel MacKinney-Smith

Facility

Nurse Educator Award Recipients

Allegheny Health Network
Allegheny Valley Hospital
Citizens School of Nursing

Merlyn Slater

Carlow University

Mary Lou Bost

Duquesne University

Leah Vota Cunningham

Mercy Hospital School of Nursing of UPMC

Mary Pat Sullivan

Robert Morris University

Lisa Locasto

St. Margaret School of Nursing of UPMC

Kathleen Zozak

University of Pittsburgh

Margaret Hannan

UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing

Susan E. Moore