2024 Award Recipients

Cameos of Caring® award recipients are recognized as role models within their facility and beyond. Each facility selects their 2024 award recipient. Individuals recognized within the specialty categories (Advanced Practice, Case Manager, Donate Life, Quality & Safety, Research & Scholarship) are nominated by their facility, then designated committees select a limited number of award recipients for these areas.

The 2024 honorees represent a variety of health systems/hospitals and schools of nursing. They also span a great number of specialty areas including: anesthesia, oncology, education, intensive care, pediatrics, emergency nursing and many more areas.

The 2024 award recipients are:

Facilities Honorees Award Category
AHN Allegheny General Hospital Alana Jaye Coleman Advanced Practice
AHN Allegheny General Hospital Leelyn R. A. Hollowell Advanced Practice
AHN Allegheny General Hospital Jennifer Karoffa Quality & Safety
AHN Allegheny General Hospital Marcia Wolbert Honoree
AHN Allegheny General Hospital Jennifer R. Zurn Case Manager
AHN Allegheny Valley Hospital Chelsea Kristophel Honoree
AHN Canonsburg Hospital Richelle Tobias Honoree
AHN Citizens School of Nursing Amy Arduino Nurse Educator
AHN Forbes Hospital Luella Alcorn Advanced Practice
AHN Forbes Hospital Seth Thompson Honoree
AHN Forbes Hospital Janine Valko Quality & Safety
AHN Jefferson Hospital Lindsay Blasko Honoree
AHN Saint Vincent Hospital Suzy DiSanza Honoree
AHN West Penn Hospital Michael Greer Quality & Safety
AHN West Penn Hospital Marjorie Love Leslie Advanced Practice
AHN West Penn Hospital Becki Okopal Honoree
AHN West Penn Hospital School of Nursing Margaret Filtz Leicht Nurse Educator
AHN Wexford Hospital Sharon Michelle Undereiner Advanced Practice
AHN Wexford Hospital Elizabeth Higley Honoree
AHN Wexford Hospital Kristen N. Ronosky Donate Life
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital Philip Green Honoree
Duquesne University Alison Colbert Research & Scholarship
Duquesne University Mary Ellen Smith Glasgow Lifetime Achievement
Duquesne University Frank Kosnosky, Jr. Nurse Educator
Heritage Valley Beaver Maria Hendershot Honoree
Heritage Valley Sewickley Leah DeLuca Honoree
Indiana Regional Medical Center Chelsea Tunney Honoree
Robert Morris University Janice Sarasnick Nurse Educator
St. Clair Health Carol Abel Honoree
University of Pittsburgh Brayden Kameg Nurse Educator
University of Pittsburgh Jennifer Lingler Research & Scholarship
University of Pittsburgh Physicians
Department of Anesthesiology
Sara Fauls Honoree
UPMC Altoona Chelsey Williams Honoree
UPMC Bedford Heather Johnson Honoree
UPMC Chautauqua Jennifer Kier Honoree
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Kristin Clarkson Advanced Practice
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Marci Czachowski Honoree
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Rachel Lott Quality & Safety
UPMC Clinical Care Coordination Ashleigh Hunter Case Manager
UPMC Community Osteopathic Hospital Shelley Heinbaugh Honoree
UPMC East Kimberly Botti Honoree
UPMC Hamot Reid Grapes Honoree
UPMC Hamot Theresa Kisiel Advanced Practice
UPMC Hamot Donald Larmon Advanced Practice
UPMC Hamot Beth Wilbert Case Manager
UPMC Hanover Clarissa Eller Honoree
UPMC Harrisburg Shelby Witmer Honoree
UPMC Health Plan Alicia Beattie Honoree
UPMC Health Plan Lauren Tomporoski Case Manager
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Sarah Harmon Honoree
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Outpatient Network Michele Pellecchia Honoree
UPMC Home Healthcare Laura Pisoni Honoree
UPMC Horizon Abigail Schuster Honoree
UPMC Italy ISMETT, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione Marcella Cascio Honoree
UPMC Jameson Paul Fedorchak Honoree
UPMC Lititz Amanda Koop Honoree
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Angela De Felice Honoree
UPMC McKeesport Danielle Anthony Honoree
UPMC Mercy Breanna Bagwell Advanced Practice
UPMC Mercy Erin Capets Honoree
UPMC Northwest Lacy Shorts Honoree
UPMC Passavant Sherry Gardner Honoree
UPMC Passavant Susan Edgar Hoolahan Lifetime Achievement
UPMC Passavant Sandra Treser Donate Life
UPMC Presbyterian Anita Fetzick Advanced Practice
UPMC Presbyterian Heather Rizza Honoree
UPMC Rehabilitation Institute Nichole Lively Honoree
UPMC Salvator Mundi International Hospital  Stefania Schisa Honoree
UPMC Schools of Nursing Karen P. Larkin Nurse Educator
UPMC Shadyside Christine Kramer Case Manager
UPMC Shadyside Alexandra Mueller Honoree
UPMC Somerset Brianna N. Tallentire Honoree
UPMC St. Margaret Monica Kolencik Honoree
UPMC Travel Staffing Holly Docter Honoree
UPMC West Shore Brian Lucente Honoree
UPMC Western Maryland Amy Hansel Honoree
UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Irether Carter Honoree
UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Joseph M. Zimmerman Quality & Safety
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Lynn M. Baniak Research & Scholarship
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Kaley Bowman Honoree
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Bridget L. Urda Case Manager
Wolff Center at UPMC Janice M. Donis Quality & Safety