Thank you for everyone who attended the
2018 Health Care Heroes Awards.

Applications for 2019 will open mid-August.

 

Click here for photos from last year's event

 

Health Care Heroes Awards: 

Health Care Heroes 2018

Community Outreach - Jordan Appel
First Responder - Tom Collins
Health Care Executive - Ashley Miller
Health Care Professional - Rachel Birkenhauer
Innovation - Noah Miyazaki
Lifetime Achievement - Dr. Robert Andrews
Nurse Practitioner Physician Assistant - Rand Pennington
Nurse - Evalena Leonard
Physician - Dr. William Eakins
Scholarships
Volunteer
Community Achievement - James Fish
 

HEALTH CARE HEROES AWARDS - 2018 Honorees

---

Lifetime Achievement:
Dr. James Hundley, M.D., Orthopedic Surgeon, Retired
Dr. Robert Andrews, M.D., Retired
 
Community Achievement:
James Fish, President and CEO, Brunswick Senior Resources, Inc. 
Anne Rostan, Assistant Director/Alzheimer's Specialist, Home Instead Senior Care
New Hanover Regional Medical Center's Heart Failure Program Team
 
Community Outreach:
Jordyn Appel, Community Food Access Coordinator, Feast Down East
Joyce Messick, Certified Nursing Assistant, Lower Cape Fear Hospice
Hayley Sink, Executive Director, Access of Wilmington
 
Innovation in Health Care:
Sara Rose Harcus, Founder, Dmanna
Dr. Brian Lanier, Owner and Family Physician, Promina Health
Noah Miyazaki, Vice President of Business Development, Miyazaki Enterprises, LLC
 
Health Care Executive:
Wanda Coley, President and Chief Operating Officer, Well Care Health
Ashley Miller, Director of Development, American Heart and Stroke Association
James Rouse, Chief Administrative Officer, EmergeOrtho
 
Health Care Professional:
Sarah Bentley, Recreation Therapist, Rehabilitation Services, New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Rachael Birkenhauer, Certified Lactation Counselor, Lactation Counseling Services
Shannon Jordan, Admissions Coordinator, The Davis Community 

Physician:
Dr. Chris Cosgrove, Physician/ Internal Medicine Specialist, Intracoastal Internal Medicine
Dr. Toren Davis, M.D., NHRMC Physician Group-Coastal Family Midicine 
Dr. William Eakins, M.D., New Hanover Medical Group
 
Nurse:
Nina Kammerich, Community Outreach Nurse, New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Evalena Leonard, R.N., Cape Fear Community College
Jan Pahl, Manager, Willie Stargell Dialysis Center/Vascular Access Team, New Hanover Regional Medical Center
 
Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant:
Kathy Mann, Nurse Practitioner, Proactive Medicine
Tracy Moore, Nurse Practitioner, Lower Cape Fear Hospice
Rand Pennington, Family/Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, NHRMC Physician Group - New Hanover Medical Group 
 
First Responder: 
New Hanover Regional Medical Center's AirLink Blood Service Team
Tom Collins, Director of Emergency Management, Pender County
David Dudding, Battalion Chief Training Division, Pender EMS & Fire, Inc.
 
Volunteer: 
Fran Salone-Pelletier, Volunteer Chaplin, Novant Health
LeShonda Wallace, Executive Director, SEEDS of Healing
Corey Yingling, Lean Coach/Facilitator, New Hanover Regional Medical Center