IBR announces Health Care Hero honorees

The Idaho Business Review has announced the recipients of its 2009 Idaho Health Care Heroes awards. Now in its fourth year, the Health Care Heroes program recognizes the invaluable contributions made by individuals and organizations in the health care field statewide.

Joining the IBR in this effort is longtime co-sponsor Idaho State University and new 2009 partner PacificSource Health Plans. Other program affiliates include the Idaho Hospital Association, Idaho Medical Association, Idaho Health Care Association, Idaho Alliance of Leaders in Nursing, and the Medical Group Management Association.

Awardees will be profiled in a Health Care Heroes magazine, which will publish in the Oct. 5 issue of the Idaho Business Review, and honored at a dinner event on Thursday, Oct. 1 at the Boise Centre at 850 W. Front St. in downtown Boise, beginning with a cocktail reception at 6 p.m. The event is open to the public. Individual tickets are $65. For reservations, contact Megan Wood at 208-639-3520 or megan.wood@idahobusiness.net.

A total of 30 honorees in 10 categories were selected for awards. Categories include: Community Outreach, Educator, Elder/Hospice Care, Emergency Services, Health Care Innovator, Health Care Professional, Nurse, Physician, Rehabilitation Care and Volunteer. All honorees will be given awards and one recipient in each of the categories will receive an additional “Top Honor,” which will be announced during the awards event.

Here is the list of this year’s honorees:

• Alisha Baithavong and Tracy Larsen, nurse manager, neonatal intensive care unit; obstetrics unit, St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center, Twin Falls.

• Gritman Medical Center/American Cancer Society Cancer Resource Center, Moscow.

• Regence BlueShield of Idaho, Boise.

• Dr. Linda Boyd, director and professor, Division of Graduate Studies, Department of Dental Hygiene, Idaho State University, Meridian.

• Dr. Galen Louis, associate professor, director of the Master of Public Health Program, Idaho State University Meridian Health Science Center, Meridian.

• Katie Schimmelpfennig, maternity services clinical instructor, St. Luke’s Health System, Boise.

• Dr. Sherri Brown, internal medicine physician, Saint Alphonsus Medical Group – Elm Clinic, Caldwell.

• Debra Hall, manager, Safe Haven Homes of Gooding, Gooding.

• Bonnie Lewis, registered nurse and case manager, Hearts for Hospice, Meridian.

• Marc DeJong, emergency medical technician and volunteer, Donnelly Fire Department, Donnelly.

• Jeffery Fletcher, firefighter and paramedic, Coeur d’Alene Fire Department, Coeur d’Alene.

• Troy Hagen, director, Ada County Paramedics, Boise.

• Ryan Canning, executive director, Main Street Mile, Boise.

• Denise Langston-Groves, executive director and CFO, Adams County Health Center, Council.

• Mark Niemeyer, EMS deputy chief, Meridian Fire Department, Meridian.

• Karen Donaldson, owner and registered/licensed dietitian, Excel Weight Loss Solutions, Pocatello.

• Mariya Ostermiller, physician assistant, Dermatology Clinic of Idaho, Boise.

• Dr. Matthew Smith, doctor of physical therapy/owner and president of operations, RehabAuthority Physical Therapy, Homedale.

• Marilyn Becker, registered nurse, St. Mary’s Hospital and Clinics, Cottonwood.

• Patricia Burley, licensed practical nurse and utilization management case manager, St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, Boise.

• Robert Thacker, director of emergency services and director of education, West Valley Medical Center, Caldwell.

• Dr. Matthew Brown, physician, Saint Alphonsus Medical Group Pediatrics, Caldwell.

• Dr. Fred Fender, physician, Saint Alphonsus Medical Group – Meridian Health Plaza, Meridian.

• Dr. Jerry Hirschfeld, administrator, St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital, Boise.

• George Hage, staff occupational therapist, Idaho Elks Rehabilitation Hospital, Boise.

• Russell Spearman, senior research associate, Idaho State University Meridian Health Science Center, Meridian.

• Val Stark, director of physical therapy, Bingham Memorial Hospital and Idaho Doctors Hospital, Blackfoot.

• Jennifer Clayton, registered dental hygienist, Mallard Family Dental, Boise; volunteer for Special Olympics Idaho, Boise.

• Martie Hawkins, enterostomal therapist nurse wound consultant, Horizon Home Health & Hospice, Meridian; volunteer for Genesis World Mission, Garden City.

• Dr. Jack Zarybnisky, optometric physician, Burley Eye Care, Burley; volunteer for Special Olympics Idaho, Boise.
  

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