<p>Denver, CO – October 4, 2010 One hundred and thirteen of the Rocky Mountain Region’s top hospital-based providers were recognized for their work at the 8th Annual Rocky Mountain Hospital Medicine Symposium (RMHMS) held in the Four Seasons Ballroom at the Colorado Convention Center on October 4, 2010. The Peak Performers Awards recognized clinical excellence among hospitalists, subspecialists, nurses, pharmacists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Online voting was made available to over 100,000 providers who were asked to vote for their colleagues that embodied the characteristics of “team-based care, professionalism and clinical excellence.” “The goal of the Peak Performers Awards,” explained Dr. Jeff Glasheen, RMHMS Course Director, “is to recognize excellence among those who work primarily in the hospital setting and do so much to enhance and ensure that quality care is delivered in the Rockies.” Peak Performers were honored in front of over 650 colleagues during a special ceremony at the RMHMS.</p><p>The following providers were recognized (* indicates two-time winner):</p><p>Aspen Valley Hospital: Mike Goralka, MD Hospital Medicine</p><p>Boulder Community Hospital: Daus Mahnke, MD Gastroenterology Hunter Smith, MD Hospital Medicine</p><p>Denver Health Medical Center: Kathryn Beauchamp, MD Neurosurgery Andrew Bjork, PharmD* Hospital Pharmacy Eugene Chu, MD* Hospital Medicine Michael Doody, PharmD Hospital Pharmacy Ivor Douglas, MD Intensive Care Medicine Zita Fenner, RN* Med-Surg Nursing Maria Frank, MD Hospital Medicine Jason Goodman, PA-C Hospital-Based Physician Assistant Kellie Horn, RN ICU Nursing Jeffrey Johnson, MD* General Surgery Kathleen Lester, RN* Med-Surg Nursing Fredrick Masoudi, MD Cardiology Steven Morgan, MD Orthopedics Gilbert Pineda, MD Emergency Medicine Connie Price, MD Infectious Diseases Jan Smith, RN ICU Nursing</p><p>Good Samaritan Medical Center: Andras Bodoni, MD* Intensive Care Medicine James Thompson, MD Emergency Medicine</p><p>Littleton Adventist Hospital: Jonathan Apfelbaum, MD* Emergency Medicine Lewis Oster, MD Orthopedics Megan Smercheck, RN Med-Surg Nursing</p><p>Longmont United Hospital: Kevin Berg, MD General Surgery</p><p>Lutheran Medical Center: Raechel O’Kelley, MD Hospital Medicine Anne Torkelson, NP* Hospital-Based Nurse Practitioner</p><p>Medical Center of Aurora: Mark Fitzgerald, MD Orthopedics Michelle Proctor-Torres, RN Med-Surg Nursing Anthony Scriver, PharmD Hospital Pharmacy</p><p>North Suburban Medical Center: Norman Fujita, MD* Infectious Diseases</p><p>Northern Colorado Medical Center: John Hurst, MD Emergency Medicine Julie Roth-Carter, RN ICU Nursing Jeffrey Siegel, MD Neurology Natalie Yount, PharmD Hospital Pharmacy</p><p>Parker Adventist Hospital: Joan Eldridge, MD* Cardiology Kate Hodgin, MD Intensive Care Medicine Margie Kubowicz, MD Hospital Medicine</p><p>Porter Adventist Hospital: Piper Rudel, NP* Hospital-Based Nurse Practitioner</p><p>Poudre Valley Hospitals: Timothy Allen, MD Neurology Rebecca Dunphy, MD Gastroenterology Christine Lum Lung, MD Hospital Medicine Suzanne Misoni, RN ICU Nursing Jacob Liao Ong, MD Infectious Diseases Kenneth Patrick, DO Emergency Medicine Charmaine Reghitto, MD Hospital Medicine</p><p>Presbyterian/St Luke’s: Raymond Blum, MD* Infectious Diseases Thomas Crisman, MD Cardiology Jeffrey Frank, MD* Gastroenterology Stephen Johnson, MD Neurosurgery Michele Kilbourne, RN* ICU Nursing Edie Lindeburg, NP Hospital-Based Nurse Practitioner Joan Oregeldinger, RPh Hospital Pharmacy Ted Parks, MD* Orthopedics Monica Schlatter, NP Hospital-Based Nurse Practitioner Jeffrey Schwartz, MD Intensive Care Medicine Julie Stewart, RN Med-Surg Nursing Matthew Terra, MD Infectious Diseases Thomas Trouillot, MD Gastroenterology</p><p>Rose Medical Center: Kenneth Greenberg, DO Infectious Diseases Andrew Ziller, MD Emergency Medicine</p><p>Sky Ridge Medical Center: Jen Camper, RN Med-Surg Nursing William Choi, MD Neurosurgery Jeanne Fleagle, CNS Hospital-Based CNS Jonathan Harte, MD Infectious Diseases Craig Loucks, MD Orthopedics Barry Molk, MD* Cardiology David Valdez, MD Hospital Medicine</p><p>St Anthony Hospitals: Mana Amir, MD Intensive Care Medicine Janet Dionne, RN Med-Surg Nursing Elijah Farquhar, RN ICU Nursing Crystal Gustafson, RN ICU Nursing Jeffrey Sippel, MD* Intensive Care Medicine</p><p>St Joseph Hospital: William Bentley, MD Neurology Georgia Calivas, RN Med-Surg Nursing Norman Kwong, PharmD Hospital Pharmacy Laurent Lewkowicz, MD Cardiology Clara Restrepo, MD Intensive Care Medicine Phillip Steininger, DO Hospital Medicine</p><p>St Mary Corwin: Robert Drake, MD Hospital Medicine Stephen Girard, MD General Surgery</p><p>Swedish Medical Center: Chris Fanale, MD Neurology Richard Tillquist, MD General Surgery John Woodward, MD Orthopedics</p><p>University of Colorado Hospital: Jean Abbott, MD Emergency Medicine Tracey Anderson, NP* Hospital-Based Nurse Practitioner Shannon Barone, RN Med-Surg Nursing Michelle Barron, MD* Infectious Diseases Kerry Brega, MD* Neurosurgery Todd Bull, MD* Intensive Care Medicine Dora Cheung, PharmD* Hospital Pharmacy Ethan Cumbler, MD* Hospital Medicine Gregory Everson, MD Gastroenterology Kristin Furfari, MD Hospital Medicine Jeffrey Glasheen, MD* Hospital Medicine Alex Graves, NP* Hospital-Based Nurse Practitioner Lawrence Hergott, MD Cardiology William Jones, MD* Neurology Ike Kim, PharmD Hospital Pharmacy Kevin Lillehei, MD Neurosurgery Robert McIntyre, MD* General Surgery Gregory Misky, MD Hospital Medicine Robert Neumann, MD* Intensive Care Medicine Kristen Nordenholz, MD Emergency Medicine Laura Rosenthal, ACNP* Hospital-Based Nurse Practitioner Lindsay Schmidt, RN Med-Surg Nursing Mark Yoder, RN ICU Nursing Jeanie Youngwerth, MD Hospital Medicine</p><p>Valley View Hospital: Randall Ross, MD General Surgery Alan Saliman, MD Hospital Medicine</p><p>Veterans Affairs Medical Center: Mel Anderson, MD Hospital Medicine Stacey Rice, PharmD Hospital Pharmacy Gregory Schwartz, MD Cardiology</p><p>All honorees were awarded a certificate commemorating their achievement. Voting for the 2011 Peak Performers Awards will commence in early summer and winners will be announced at the 9th Annual Rocky Mountain Hospital Medicine Symposium in Denver, CO.</p>