caring begins with Physician Awards • Roof Family Certification Award • Patient Engagement Duc Khong Nurse of the Year Award • Exceptional MD of the Year Awards Mat Ilasin Albin Gritsch, MD • John Henry Sandbrook Annual Ira Lesser, MD Staff Appreciation Award • Disseminator of Practice Excellence Scott Worswick, MD Lindsay Brant Nurse of the Year Award Merry Tetef, MD • Virginia Frances Sandbrook Annual Nestor-Neil Peig • Outstanding Physician Colleague Staff Appreciation Award Scientist of the Year Award Cecilia Hechanova • Evidence-based Practice Andranik Madikians, MD • Cathy Rodgers Ward Nursing Project of the Year Award Leadership Scholarship Fund Award 7ICU Donor Awards Petra Fritz • Innovator of the Year Award • Devra & Dr. Lester Breslow Care Marisa Hallare Nursing Awards Partner Scholarship Fund Award • Nurse Scientist of the Year Award Elisa Corona Leader Anthony Salimbangon • Muriel D. Casselman • Clinical Leadership Relationship-based Care (RBC) Humanism Award Nurse of the Year Award • Patient Advocate Mei Lani Renger Camilla Kodama Nurse of the Year Award Practitioner • Jackie Colleran Compassion Janine LeRoy and Caring Award • Clinical Excellence Advanced • Unit Practice Abby Lockhart Practice Nurse of the Year Award Laurie Reyen Council of the Year Award • JoAnne Conflenti 8ICU Scholarship Fund Award • Clinical Excellence • Partner in Care of the Year Award Katherine Hurley Clinical Nurse of the Year Award Fremy Ramos Nery Soto • Heidi Crooks Visionary & • Healthy Work Environment Transformational Leadership Award • Nurse Resident of the Year Award (Team) Award Barbara Anderson Benjamin Hughes 8ICU • Mary Erbeznik Scholarship Award Transferor of Knowledge Sabrina Smulders • Clinical Educator Nurse of the Year Award Jennifer Osborne List of Nominees Meredith Howland, 3/5W Claudia Rosendahl, Outpatient Scott Hu, MD, Pulm MICU Marilyn Rossi, 5ICU Yvonne Abad, ER Jeanne Huchting, Cath Lab Tracy Rowland, Float/Resource Sharonna Allahyar, Care Coordination Benjamin Hughes, 6ICU Sammy Saab, MD, Hepatology Barbara Anderson, 6ICU Katherine Hurley, ER Rajan Saggar, MD, ICU Ashley Asberry, Float/Resource Mat Ilasin, 7W Anthony Salimbangon, Transplant Services Erwin Azurdia, ER Graciela Jimenez, Gonda Observation Bruce Santos, 8N Ashley Barbee, RNPH 4W Mo Keckeisen, 8ICU Agnes Sarmenta, 6ICU Elsie Blais, 4ICU Duc Khong, 4ICU Albert Seng, Outpatient Jose Bolanos, 7W Char Khumprasert, Gonda Observation Alyssa Simonsen, 5ICU Lindsay Brant, 7ICU Jon Kleinman, MD, 6ICU Megan Sitrin, Float/Resource Terra Buselt, 6ICU Camilla Kodama, MPU Sabrina Smulders, Clin Labs Rachel Byers, 8ICU Kristie Kwiecien, 7ICU Nery Soto, 3/5W Barbara Carter, Ambulatory - CTRC Eun-Mi Lee, 8ICU Shanel Stadheim, NICU Steven Chang, MD, Pulm. MICU Kate Lennon, Gonda Observation Marina Stanley, 7W Acer Chen, 4ICU Janine LeRoy, 5ICU Katrina Tavakkoli, 6ICU Wei Ting Chen, 7ICU Ira Lesser, MD, Psychr & Biobehav Science Merry Tetef, MD, Hem Onc Kristen Chin, 8ICU Abby Lockhart, 8ICU Areti Tillou, MD, Trauma Surgery Erik Coll, ER Rex Lopez, 8ICU Kimsa Truong, 5ICU Ivonne Colon, 7ICU Diana Lopez, Blood and Platelet Center Hang Tsan, 7W Kevin Cornett, 6ICU Joanna Macalalad, 7ICU Geraldine Uy, Gonda Observation Elisa Corona, 3/5W Andranik Madikians, MD, PICU Susan Valentine, 7ICU Anna Cowan, 5ICU Marian Mancanes, 7W Ada Van den Vlekkert, Outpatient Katherin Daily, 5ICU Jeffrey Manimbao, 7W William (Jason) Van Winkle, 5ICU Joy (Eusonne) De Los Lado, Float/Resource Brittany Marmion, Float/Resource Vanita Varma, Outpatient Sandra Dewar, 6W Joy Martinez, 7ICU Ashley Villanueva, 6ICU Anahat Dhillon, MD, Anesthesiologist Mary “Kathy” McCloy, 4ICU Suzanne (Suzie) Walton, 7W Sunnie Dishman, 4E Jenea McNair, 6ICU Dawn Ward, MD, Path & Lab Erica Djen, 7ICU Karla Menjivar, 5ICU Amelework Wodajo, Gonda Observation Jennifer Do, 8ICU Ashley Mitchell, 7ICU Melissa Wong, MD, Liver transplant Ani Dounamalian, 7ICU Sabrina Mone, 7W Scott Worswick, MD, Dermatology Mark Dunn, 8ICU Melissa Morales, Float/Resource Iab Xiong, 6E Alex Edwards, MD, CTICU Intensivist Katrine Murray, 7ICU ELisa Yam, 6ICU Dawn Eliashiv, MD, RNPH Neuro Julie Ngo, Outpatient Lauren Yamamoto, 6ICU Julie Fahndrick, OR Jennifer Nichols, 8W Nadia Yanni, ER Kat Figuracion, 6ICU Malila Noorali, 7W Jenifer Zapien, 7ICU Petra Fritz, Administration Bridget Olson, 3/5W 7ICU ICU Liberation Bundle Project Team Dora Garcia, 8ICU Stephanie Omoth, Outpatient 5W Pediatrics Kristen Geraghty, Outpatient Maria Ortega, RNPH 4E 8ICU Liver Transplant/Surgical Specialties Shayna-Anne Gerhardt, 4ICU Jennifer Osborne, 6ICU 7ICU Urban Zen Team Liza Gonzales, ER Donna O’Toole, 5ICU Frontline Leadership of 6ICU Dennis Gonzales, 3/5W Eunmi Park, 7ICU 8ICU Adult Critical Care Armineh Gorkian, PTU/PACU/SOU Nestor-Neil Peig, Administration 6ICU UPC Eileen Gorman, 7E/5E Susanne Polka, Float/Resource 6ICU Adult Critical Care Kristie Greene, 6E Jorie Pope, 7ICU PTU/PACU/SOU Albin Gritsch, MD, Urology Naftali Presser, MD, Surgery-Liver 4ICU Adult Critical Care Hai Guan, Gonda Observation Jane Pressman, RNPH 4E 7W Med-Surg/Telemetry Tracey Guardian, OR Samantha Ramirez Sr. LVN, Outpatient 7ICU Adult Critical Care Vadim Gudzenko, MD, 7ICU Fremy Ramos, 7W UCLA Blood & Platelet Center Pedro Guillermo, 7W Brittny Randolph, 8ICU Bethany Hale-Durbin, Administration Kevin Rauchut, 8ICU Marisa Hallare, 7W Bethany Reichard, Float/Resource Lisa Hauck, 6W Mei Lani Renger, 6ICU Cecilia Hechanova, 4ICU Laurie Reyen, TPN Sileena Hernandez, 7ICU Betty Rodman, 7ICU.