DAISY Award
*Departmental winner
July 2019 - Colleen Beckler - 13 East
August 2019 - Maeve Cavanagh - 7 North Atrium
September 2019 - Jasmine Shannon - 9 North Atrium
October 2019 - Christina Ponce - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
November 2019 - Husan-Ling Liao - 9 South Atrium
December 2019 - Flor Cerda - 10 East Tower
January 2020 - Melissa Krueger - 14 East Tower
February 2020 - Lisa Maurer - 14 East Tower
March 2020 - Cathleen Maidlow - Cancer Center
April 2020 - Shunseen Nowlin - 10 East Tower
May 2020 - Chongyang Li - 13 West Tower
June 2020 - Sarah Grossman - 10 East Tower
Annual Nursing Week Awards – May 2020
*Departmental winner
Ambulatory (RUMG) & Emergency Department
*Joseph Anicich - Emergency Department
Lisa Bates - RUMG Infusion
Medicine, Oncology & Cardiology
Colleen Anderson - 14 West Tower
Kathleen Andrews - 9 North Atrium
Justin Erwin - 10 West Tower
*Connie Lemme - 14 East Tower
Ann Lieb - 7 North Atrium
Jessica Moreno - 9 Kellogg
Dawn Scheuber - 10 East Tower
Mental Health
*Joycelyn Arevalo - 4 Kellogg
Lilian Santos - 13 Kellogg
Nursing Finance
Samantha Aranda - Central Staffing Office
*Angela Boll - Central Staffing Office - Women’s & Children’s
Other Nursing Areas
*Angela Geschrey - Professional Nursing Practice
Perioperative/Interventional
*Carmen Avila - Perioperative
Surgical, Neurological, Musculoskeletal & Rehabilitation
Josephine Alvarado - 13 West Tower
Andrew Babochay - 13 East Tower
*Trina Cousins - 7 South Atrium
Katherine Dewald - 11 West Tower
Margie Par - Rehab
Janki Patel - 12 East Tower
Women’s & Children’s
*Cindy Beren - Labor & Delivery
Phillip Haynes - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Kelly Parker - Mother Baby Unit
Ambulatory (RUMG) & Emergency Department
*Susana Banda - Ambulatory
Kevin Hsu - Emergency Department
Jennifer Margolis - Ambulatory
Brittany Wilson - Ambulatory - Float Pool
Finance
AnneMarie Tarpey – RVAT
*Brittany Wells - CCOT
Brittany Wilson - CSO
Medicine, Oncology & Cardiology
Ortensia Bode - 9 South Atrium
*Angela Cooper - 9 Kellogg
Jean Flaws-Chervinko - 10 East Tower
Brendan Namoff - 10 West Tower
Jamie Schanz - 14 East Tower
Sara Young - 14 West Tower
Mental Health
*Eloy Diaz - 13 Kellogg
Jonemie Rodica - 4 Kellogg
Perioperative/Intervention
Heather Bolanos - PACU
Jeanie Murphy - EP
*Nora Trybula - Prep
Other Nursing Areas
*Emily Brey - Professional Nursing Practice
Surgical, Neurogical, Musculoskeletal & Rehabilitation
Donna Aziz - 12 West Tower
Amy Blackwood - 11 West Tower
Whitney Boyd - 12 East Tower
Carla Heffner - 13 East Tower
Lester Osano - 7 South Atrium
Sophia Schroff - Rehab
*Giovanna Zito - 13 West Tower
Women’s & Children’s
Nicole Albold - Mother Baby Unit
Maggie Heraty - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
*Emily Lynch - Labor & Delivery
Denise Banton - Labor & Delivery
Christine Benitez - RUMG - Peds
Mary Ellen Close - 7 North Atrium
Sandy Connoly - Clinical Staffing Office
Megan Creech - RUMG - OB
Candice Duarte - 12 West Tower
Kirsten Gidd-Hoffman - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Jilian Hanifin - EP Lab
Heather Guth - West - NSICU
Maria Holstead - 12 East Tower
Ray Ledda - Rush Rehab
Chase Lodico - Emergency Department
*Humberto Rodriguez - Endoscopy
Kydie Schriver - 12 East Tower
Blaine Stringer - Medical Intensive Care Unit
Critical Thinking
Rhonda Abdullah - RUMG
*Deborah Allen - 7 North Atrium
Margaret Coyle - CICU
Kendall Fox - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Nicole Gleisner - 7 North Atrium
Emily Gosner - 14 East Tower
Clarissa Gradilla - Labor & Delivery
Marieca Guzman - NICU
Philip Haynes - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Sarah Hehemann - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Samantha Herbert - 9 South Atrium
Maureen Kaiser - 12 East Tower
Arbuthnot Karasek - 7 North Atrium
Rosa Katz - 11 West Tower
Megan McMahon - 14 East Tower
Molly Moran - RUMG
Colleen Russell - 13 East Tower
Janis Strand - NICU
Kellie Tuley - 7 North Atrium
Jessica Vargas - 14 East Tower
Ned Villanueva - 9 North Atrium
Giovanna Zito - 13 West Tower
Evidence-Based Practice
Michelle Beaudry - Labor & Delivery
Angelica Fierro - IR
Kristen Fisher - 11 West Tower
Gretchen Ganther - 13 West Tower
Nicole Gleisner - 7 North Atrium
Imani Gordon - 14 East Tower
*Megan Gross - IR
Brogan Hanzel - 12 West Tower
Arianne Jamison - 7 North Atrium
Tiffany Kucharo - 14 East Tower
Jenna Maloney - 9 South Atrium
Anne McDonald - NICU
Kelly McKissick - NICU
Maria Mietus - 9 South Atrium
Melanie Pugh - 14 East Tower
Leslie Radz - 14 East Tower
Jennifer Sunquist - 14 East Tower
Dominika Zmuda - 13 East Tower
Michelle Zolfo-Cyze - NICU
Leadership
Mayra Barragan - 13 West Tower
Juliana Bartel - 12 West Tower
Maeve Bognanno - 14 East Tower
Karla Cavazos - RUMG - Cancer Center
Jessica Chakos - 12 East Tower
Colleen Corcoran - Emergency Department
Jennifer Cranston - 14 East Tower
Ashley Defelice - 9 South Atrium
Susana Diaz - 12 West Tower
Daine Doran - RUMG
Abigal Drogosz - 7 North Atrium
Melissa Gerona - 7 North Atrium
Jilian Hanifin - EP Lab
Karen Herbst - 12 West Tower
Laura Hernandez - Professional Nursing Practice
Stacey Hibler - 14 East Tower
Angela Hurley - 7 North Atrium
Carley King - 12 East Tower
Amela Kremic - 12 East Tower
Patricia Last - 7 North Atrium
Rachel Leis - 13 East Tower
Timothy McVeigh - 9 North Atrium
Elizabeth Meyerson - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Caitlin Murphy - Rush University Cancer Clinic
Stacey Pappas - OR
*Melanie Pugh - 14 East Tower
Karyn Dionne Quiros - RUMG Primary Care
Hailey Reis - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Christin Scott - Labor & Delivery
Amanda Simo - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Janis Strand - Neonatal Intensive Care
Rachel Valentino - 13 West Tower
Urszula Walaszek - 13 West Tower
Relationships and Caring
Julie Anderson - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Jessica Arenson - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Cathleen Byrne - Prep and Recovery
Amy Campbell - Emergency Department
Breana Fulmer - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Jennifer Fulmer - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Tangana Garcia - Emergency Department
Ian Hamilton - 12 East Tower
Sarah Hehemann - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Christine Hull - 9 North Atrium
Abigail Hyatt - 11 West Tower
Patrice Johnson - RUMG - Colorectal Surgery
Pamela Katzv - 14 East Tower
Aimee Kosinski - OR
Hayley Lesnik - 14 East Tower
Orlando Maldonado - Cardiac Cath Lab
Jennifer Manson - 13 West Tower
Alexandra Marcus - 12 East Tower
*Ashley Marenyi - RUMG - Radiation Oncology
Alexandra McNeely - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Matt Miller - Interventional Radiology
Jessica Morton - 14 East Tower
Meghan Muir - Ambulatory - South Loop Clinic
Molly Nora - Emergency Department
Stephany Pawling - 13 East Tower
Stephanie Rancich - 9 South Atrium
Katherine Rosemeyer - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Lauren Smith - 7 North Atrium
Tiajuana Tubb - Labor & Delivery
Elizabeth Vo - 7 North Atrium
Maura Waldron - 7 North Atrium
Hannah Webber - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Erin Woods - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Jessica Young - CCOT
Technical Expertise
Lourenz Balayan - 12 West Tower
Lynn Cabe – ED
Jessica Cozzi - NICU
Claribel Delatorre - RUMG Float Pool
Liliosa DeLeon - 7 North Atrium
Mary Doerr - Radiation Oncology
Taylor Frahm - 9 North Atrium
Jennifer Hattan - CSO
*Ian Jeong - 13 East Tower
Maura Johnson - PICU
Lynna LaMann - 14 East Tower
Fiona Lane - 7 South Atrium
Donna Lang - CSO
Osvaldo Lucio - 14 East Tower
Catherine Hall Markarewicz - Labor & Delivery
Kristen Mortimore - RUMG
Markie Rearick - RUCC
Samantha Reedy - OR
Ben Schutz - NICU
Katie Shipfer - 14 East Tower
Adrienne Snaer - NSICU
Marissa Stratelak - CCOT
Amanda Young - Radiation Oncology
Cindy Beren - Labor & Delivery
Maeve Bognanno - 14 East Tower
Kim Carmignani - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Flor Cerda - 10 East Tower
Anna Condoleza - Emergency Department
Samantha Gatewood - RUMG
Dana Goodin - 9 North Atrium
Megan Gross - IR
Janet Haw – IR
Cherie Hopkins - Labor & Delivery
Jackie Hoskins - CSO
Angela Hurley - 7 North Atrium
Tiffany Rose King - 11 East Tower
Sharon Manson – RUMG - Cancer Clinic
Tara Mitchell - 9 South Atrium
Molly Moran - RUMG
Terri O’Brien - RUMG- Cancer Clinic
Mary Carol Racelis - 13 East Tower
Marites Gonzaga Reardon - Emergency Department
Christin Scott - Labor & Delivery
Amanda Simo - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
*Janet Stifter - Professional Nursing Practice
Anarose Whigan - Rehab
Laura Williams- Periop
*Deborah Pach – RUCC
Brittany Hohoff - UTP
Amelia Mercer- RUCC
Taylor Szatkowski - RUMG
Laura Dixon - RUCC
Erin Dowding - 14 West Tower
*Allison Szudrowic - Radiation Oncology
Colleen Bruen – RUCC
Lauren Gross – Emergency Department
Brye Harbert – Rush Rehab
Vivian Joy Lamadrid – MICU
Holly Losurdo – CCOT
*Christin Scott – Labor & Delivery
Provided by Jackie Hoskins, PNS President
*Melissa Browning (R), Magnet Program Director, Professional Nursing Practice
2020 Founders Day Awards
Rosa Katz, BSN RN, CSO
Christine Murphy, BSN, RN, Clinical Operations, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and Colorectal Surgery
L. to R.
- Donna Vainisi, BSN, RN, CCRN
- Kathryn O’Shea, BSN, RN, CSC, CCRN
- Lauren Michalak, PA-C
- Erica Bak, BSN, RN
- Jennifer Turk, BSN, RN
- Emily O’Connor, BSN, RN
- Joan Salomon-Sales, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNML
Jennise Matta, BSN, RN, OCN, Infusion Coordinator
Donna Wrenn, BSN, RN, CEN - Emergency Department
Additional Awards
August, 2019
Individual Winner: Stephanie Pearson BSN, RN, CCRN - 10 East Tower
Team Winner: 12 East Employee Recognition Program
L. to R.
- Laurie Bui, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CNL
- Maureen Tinley, BSN, RN, PCCN
- Stephanie Dolan, DNP, RN, MSN, RN, CNL
- Elizabeth Meyerson, BSN, RN, CMSRN
- Theo Cantu, PCT
- Janki Patel, BSN, CMSRN
- Whitney Boyd BSN, CMSRN
February, 2020
Individual Winner: Mackenzie Bauhs, BSN, RN, CMSRN, CWOC - General Surgery
Team Winner: Rush Vascular Access Team
L. to R.
- Shonda Morrow, JD, MS, RN, CENP
- Guadalupe Ordaz-Nielsen, BSN, RN, VA-BC
- Leo DeGuzman, BSN, RN, VA-BC, CPUI
- Lizette Bolanos, BSN, RN
- AnneMarie Tarpey, MSN, MBA, RN, CCRN, CNL
- Deb Lunt, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CNL
- Samantha Aranda, MSN, APN, ACCNS-AG, CCRN
- Tina Miller, BSN, RN
Katherine J. McArdle, MSN, BSN, RN, CNL - College of Nursing
Kathryn Perticone, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-B, NE-BC - SUIT Team
Nicole Wynn, DNP, RN-BC - 13 West Tower
Stephanie Yohannan, DNP, MBA, RN, NE-BC - 11 West Tower
November 2019
Sarah Anzevino, APRN - Oncology
Samantha Aranda, APRN - Clinical Staffing Office
Naira Arellano, APRN - NICU
Jean (Slana) Caddick, APRN - NSICU
Elizabeth Day, APRN - CICU
Erin Dowding, APRN - 14E/14W Tower
Kristen Fisher, APRN - 11 West Tower
Therese Gallagher, APRN - College of Nursing
Barbara Gulczynski, APRN - MICU
Matt Jackson, APRN - CVICU/ SICU
Megan Jones, APRN - NICU
Nichole Jones APRN - Internal Medicine
Francis Lee, APRN - Surgery
Elizabeth Legorreta, APRN - Internal Medicine
Marci Lovett, APRN - Surgical Oncology
*Deborah Lynch, APRN - Comprehensive Stroke Program
Cally McKinney, APRN - Psychiatry
Kathryn Petricone, APRN - Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
Kelly Rimawi, APRN - NSICU
Lynne T. Braun, PhD, CNP, FAHA, FAANP, FPCNA, FNLA, FAAN - College of Nursing