Crain’s is proud to honor these dedicated heroes for their achievements and outstanding level of care that enriches everyday life.

Awards Luncheon: Tuesday, May 21 •  1:00am-1:30pm

2013 Health Care Heroes Award Recipients

•  Nursing: Catherine Koppelman, Chief Nursing  Officer; University Hospitals

•  Hospital:  Cynthia Moore-Hardy, FACHE, President & CEO; Lake Health

•  Long-term care:  Daniel Storey, Administrator; The Village at Marymount

•  Safetynet  provider: Lee  Elmore, Executive Director; North Coast Health Ministry

•  Meghann Featherstun MS RD LD, Clinical Dietician Coach; University  Hospitals

•  Company: Explorys, Inc.

•  Individual:  Dr. Goutham Narla, Cancer Geneticist; University Hospitals Accountable Care

•  Community  Outreach: Dr. Scott  Sedlacek, Optometrist; The Eye Place

•  Organization: MetroHealth  System

•  Advocacy  Impact: Janine  Janosky, VP & Head, Center for Community Health Improvement, Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron

•  Mental Health: Gary Mahoney, RN, Psychiatric  Registered Nurse; The Visiting Nurse Association of Ohio

•  Maternity: Pamela Hetrick, CNM, MSN; Nurse  Midwife, Program Director, Centering Pregnancy; University Hospitals

•  Lifetime Achievement: Mary DiDonato, Oncology RN; Medical  office of Dr. Sandra Hazra

•  Orthopedics:  Dr. Wael Barsoum, Vice Chair, Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery & Chair, Surgical Operations; Cleveland Clinic

•  Research: Dr.  Michael Lederman, Principal Investigator, AIDS Clinical Trials Unit; University  Hospitals Case Medical Center

•  Safteynet  provider: Dr. Philip  Tomsik, Medical Director; North Coast Health Ministry

•  Leadership:  Kevin Goodman, Managing Director; BlueBridge Networks

•  Palliative  care: Bob Juzenas; Hospice of the Western Reserve

•  Hospital  service: Barbara Ruhlman; University Hospitals

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