Professional Practice Model Award Nominees
*Award winner in bold
Helema Abdeljabar, 7 North Atrium
Lindsey Allen, 7 North Atrium
Erin Barton, Peri-op Prep
Jozel Bautista, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
Deven Bax, 7 Rubschlager Building, General Neurology
Meghan Bennett, Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Sara Beugen, Labor and Delivery
Rashiek Bland, Clinical Staffing Office
David Bracho, 7 North Atrium
Emily Casselbury, Substance Use Intervention Team
Alexandra Chakonas, 9 North Atrium
Brianne Clarin, Electrophysiology Lab
Samantha Cole, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Nikole Cruz, Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Patrycja Czarna, Clinical Staffing Office
Shaina Daniels, Access Center
Francesca Dazzo, Pediatric Primary Care
Alexandria De Roo Estrada, 13 Kellogg
Julianna DeWald, 14 East Tower
Patrick Driscoll, 5/9 Kellogg
Glenn Edburg, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Melody Fajardo, 13 West Tower
Joseph Fischmon, 7 North Atrium
Mckinze Flores, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center at Oak Park
Karsten Frigo, 14 East Tower
Amy Keleher, 14 East Tower
Vy Khuu, 13 West Tower
Tania Kiley-Rosiles, 11 East Tower
Emmanuelle Kinsella, 10 West Tower
Ace Lacson, Interventional Radiology
Brenna Langan, 14 East Tower
Katie Lattner, Clinical Staffing Office
Lindsey Lecomte, 7 North Atrium
Amanda Leever, 7 North Atrium
Danielle Lewis, 9 North Atrium
Ann Lieb, 7 North Atrium
Diana Maya, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center at Oak Park
Jeanne McCormick, ENT/Head Neck Surgery
Jen McGuire, 9 North Atrium
James Mielnikowski, 10 West Tower
Shunseen Nowlin, 10 East Tower
Mary O’Kane, 7 South Atrium
Monica Oliver, 7 North Atrium
Morgan O’Mara, Emergency Department
Sammiejo Oswalt, 7 North Atrium
Maryann Padolina-Ramirez, Pre-op Evaluations
Charlotte Page, 7 North Atrium
Mya Parks, Urology
Elizabeth Parrino, 9 South Atrium
Cristina Ponce, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Marisela Raso, 7 North Atrium
Alicia Ray, 13 Kellogg
Patricia Rodriguez, Rush Oak Park Oncology Office
Erin Rollag, 7 North Atrium
Adriana Rumoro, Professional Nursing Practice
Corina Saucedo, 7 North Atrium
Dori Schaer, 7 Rubschlager Building Neurology
Elise Schroeder, 9 Rubschlager Building, Oncology Infusion
Amber Simpson, Endoscopy
Amelia Sprong, 14 East Tower
Adrienne Squier, Obstetrics and Gynecology River North
Alma Sumale, Endoscopy
Maureen Tinley, 4 Tower Prep and Recovery
Amelia Torres, Radiation Oncology
Allison Ulmer, 10 West Adult Intensive Care Unit
Sandhya VanDiepenbos, 13 East Tower
Deya Vargas, Perioperative Nursing
Olivia Veker, Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Danielle Velasquez, 5/9 Kellogg
Danyelle Vicens,10 East Tower
Stephanie Watzke, Radiation Oncology
Cara Welch-Rubin, Medical Intensive Care Unit
Lauren Wetsch, 9 South Atrium
Loren White, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Emily Williams, 10 West Tower
Glorious Wilson, Hospital Operations Administrators
Madison Windham, Endoscopy
Hannah Witczak, General Pediatrics
Caroline Wolter, 7 North Atrium
Mary Zindrick, 10 Rubschalger Building, Oncology
Mae Bass,13 West Tower
Keeley Binion, 5/9 Kellogg
Ashley Boumgarden, Emergency Department
Kayla Brown, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Katherine Diaz, 9 North Atrium
Annamarie Geweniger, Interventional Radiology
Carolyn Grant, Endoscopy
Tracey Hosack-Bartnick, 14 East Tower
Sedona Jamerson, Labor and Delivery
Joanna Kane, 7 North Atrium
Zina Karana, 7 North Atrium
Kelly Kevil, 10 East Tower
Cori Lehman, 9 Rubschlager Building, Oncology Infusion
Danielle Lukowski, Clinical Staffing Office
Linda McClintock, 10 West Tower
Natalie Meil, Radiation Oncology
Sarah Oard, 14 East Tower
Colleen Russell, 13 East Tower
Melanie Seaton, 11 East Tower
Emily Sermersheim, Professional Nursing Practice
Madison Sheafe, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Pindai Stoecklin, 9 South Atrium
AnneMarie Tarpey, Rush Vascular Access Team
Priya Verma, Electrophysiology Lab / Device Clinic
Chloe Vose, 14 East Tower
Maura Waldron, 7 North Atrium
Kristen Wong, 9 South Atrium
Julie Zyrkowski, Clinical Staffing Office
Ade Adeoye, 9 South Atrium
Deena Alaraj, 10 East Tower
Nicole Barens, Interventional Radiology
Olivia Bouchard, Labor and Delivery
Ivy Bui, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Shannon Butler, 5 Kellogg
Claire Campbell, Endoscopy
Sandra Carrillo, 9 Kellogg
Cliff Crosley, Professional Nursing Practice
Tracy Ceniceros, Emergency Department
Elise Deleon, 7 North
Hannah Elsman, Rush Pediatric Primary Care
Cassandra Farias, 10 West Tower
Karen Fisher-Doyle, 13 East Tower
Blair Hallgren, Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Cynthia Hansen, Critical Care Outreach Team
Dan Hurowitz, 9 South Atrium
Sandy Ibarra, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
Kathleen Kosmala, General Pediatrics
Alexandra Kott, Endoscopy
Hadley Landeryou, 11 East Tower
Leah Lowery, Rush Oak Park Hematology/ Oncology Infusion Center
Maureen Malinis, 10 East Tower
Phylicia Marciniak, 7 North Atrium
Kelly McCann, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
Sherry Mei, 14 East Tower
Liliana Mendose, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
Meredith Nutter, Colorectal Surgery
Amy Rogala, 14 East Tower
Katie Schipfer, 14 East Tower
Kathleen O'Neill, Hematology Oncology
Amy Schloss, Radiation Oncology
Amelia Sprong, 14 East Tower
Erin Stafford, 7 North Atrium
Cristine Tancredi, Pediatric Primary Care
Zack Taylor, 7 South Atrium
Heather Theaderman, Endoscopy
Kate Tijerina, Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Kelsey Troxel, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
Elizabeth Waclawik, 7 North Atrium
Jomana Abuhashish, 5K/9 Kellogg
Bethany Aikenhead, 10 East Tower
Julie Anderson, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Emily Asai, Radiation Oncology
Hilda Barba, Endoscopy
Colleen Beutel, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center at Rush Lisle
Aminah Brazier, Preoperative Care
Joane Buga-Ay, 14 East Tower
Anna Candoleza Muglia, Emergency Department
Kelli Castro, 10 West Tower
Kendra Cerqueira, 13 West Tower
Colleen Corcoran, Interventional Radiology
Jennifer Cranston, 14 East Tower
Jacqueline Cwiok, Operational Excellence
Osvaldo DeLaLuz, 14 East Tower
Lili Deleon, 7 North Atrium
Allison Elsey, 13 East Tower
Michelle Flaws, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Ioanna Gianopolous, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
Shelby Gross, 7 North Atrium
Kimberly Hausherr, Home Infusion
Joana Hidalgo, 10 East Tower
Sarah Hildago, 10 East Tower
David Jung, 11 East Tower
Susan Laadimi, Electrophysiology Lab
Vivien Joy Lamadrid, 10 East Tower
Sierra Maaske, 14 East Tower
Ashley Marenyi, Radiation Oncology
Cristy Medina, Outpatient Clinic General Pediatrics
Nikki Mikulski, 7 North Atrium
Kari Nugent, Labor and Delivery
Kathleen O’Malley, Radiation Oncology
Sammiejo Oswalt, 7 North Atrium
Ria Patel, Access Center
Pam Phipps, 4 Tower Prep/Recovery
Patrick Pietryla, 10 West Tower
Heather Price, 7 North Atrium
Rebecca Rochacz, 13 West Tower
Patricia Rodriguez, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center at Rush Oak Park
Melissa Santiago, 9 South Atrium
Vanessa Schilling, 14 East Tower
Rachel Shefchek, 9 North Atrium
Angie Slowik, 13 Kellogg
Janis Strand, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Tanya Suwannetr, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Josh Taber, General Pediatrics
Grace Tisdale, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
Taylor Tressel, 7 South Atrium
Nora Trybula, Perioperative Care
Ashley Wade, Radiation Oncology
Erin Woods, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Jakub Zubrzycki, 13 West Tower
Jennifer Altman, Radiation Oncology
Laura Avelar, Labor and Delivery
Marteen Barni, 10 West Tower
Beata Bednarczyk, 10 West Tower
Olivia Burd, Labor and Delivery
Amy Campbell, Substance Use Intervention Team
Leah Carroll, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
Angela Cooper, 5/9 Kellogg
Trina Cousins, 7 South Atrium
Edgar Allen Gonzalez-Caracheo, 7 North Atrium
Giovanni Guagliardo, 13 West Tower
Maricela Guzman, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Ofelia Jaczko,13 East Tower
Hsu Kevin, Emergency Department
Catherine King, 7 North Atrium
Liza Kunovsky, Gastroenterology Team
Janice Lara, 10 East Tower
Stephanie Lucakm, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
Tegan McCarten, Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Naomi Ngadiman, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Anysa Nunez, 14 East Tower
Natalie Nystrom, Endoscopy
Nina Palmer, Radiation Oncology
Ria Patel, Access Center
Barbara Piechowska, 7 North Atrium
Meredith Russell, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Brigid Salh, 10 West Tower
Paige Skelly, ENT Clinic
Samantha Styne, Rush University Medical Group, Quality
Jennifer Sunquist, 14 East Tower
Donna Vainisi, 11 East Tower
Elsie Vasquez, 9 South Atrium
Ned Villanueva, 9 North Atrium
Drew Wallace, 14 East Tower
Mary Zack, Rush Pediatric Vascular Access Team
Lauren Zednick, Professional Nursing Practice
Jane Llewellyn Transformational Leadership Award
*Award winner in bold
Cindy Beren, Labor and Delivery
Carri Feith, Adult Intensive Care Unit
Annamarie Geweniger, Interventional Radiology
Agnieszka Hedberg, 7 South Atrium
Lindsey Heffron, Clinical Staffing Office, Women's and Children
Joanna Kane, 7 North Atrium
Afenya Montgomery, Rush South Loop
Susan Nelson, Professional Nursing Practice
Amie Porcelli, Emergency Department
Judy Sy-Alido, 9 South Atrium
Kelly Thompson, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Whitney Willis, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
Angie Muday Nurse Engagement Award
*Award winner in bold
Jessica Chakos, 12 East Tower
Jean Flaws-Chervinko, Medical Intensive Care Unit
Taylor Frahm, 9 North Atrium
Josh Taber, 6 Kellogg Pediatrics
Tresca Wilson, Interventional Services
Giovanna Zito, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
Excellence in Nursing Management Award
*Award winner in bold
Mary Close, 7 North Atrium
Kelly Dressel, Electrophysiology Lab
Carline Guerrier, 9 North Atrium
Laura Johnson, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
Katie Kean, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
Meg McClard, Rush University Medical Group
Afenya Montgomery, Rush South Loop Multispecialty Clinic
Candace Moore, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
Karin Pierre-Louis, 9 South Atrium
Ashley Prentice, Rush Health Care Management
Kydie Shriver, 13 East Tower
Daniel Slutsky, Endoscopy
Amanda Veneris, Access Center
PNS Research Grant Award
*Award winner in bold
Monica Linares, Rush Access Center, Primary Care
Justin Meyer, 13 East and West Tower
Voice of the Professional Nursing Staff Award
Rachael Simoneau, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Beth Joksimovic Oncology Professional Development Scholarship
*Award winner in bold
Amy Keleher, 14 East Tower
Jennifer Margolis, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
Giovanna Zito, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
Gayle Fewer Ambulatory Nursing Award
*Award winner in bold
Jennifer Altman, Radiation Oncology
Leah Carroll, Cancer Center RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
Diane Doran, Primary Care Pediatrics
Julie Eggert, Access Center
Nina Franco, Rush South Loop
Ruth Hufana, Ambulatory Care Management
Elyse Killarney, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
Lidia Koma-Junsay, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
McKenna Landis, Rush University Medical Group
Jennise Matta, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
Katie Mellady, Pediatric Neurology
Alexis Munoz, Gastroenterology
Molly Narrod Pediatric, Primary Care Westgate
Maria Patino, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Reyna Ramirez, ENT/ Head and Neck Surgery
Marlene Roman, Ambulatory Care Management Department
Lauryn Streid, Pediatric Primary Care
Kathryn Wautlet, Rush Lincoln Park
Hope A. Clarke Award for Operating Room Nursing
*Award winner in bold
Maggie Carlson, Operating Room
Solithia Cole, Operating Room
Abagail Crabtree, Operating Room
Courtney Dowdell, Operating Room
Elaine Scorza Excellence in Therapeutic Engagement Award
*Award winner in bold
Amy Campbell, Rush University Medical Group, Psychiatry Clinic
Schindler Chavadiyil, 4 Kellogg, Affective Disorder
Rebekah Cole, Rush University Medical Group, Psychiatry Clinic
Nora Kennelly, 13 Kellogg, Adult Psychiatry
Margaret Vissering, Emergency Department Psychiatry
Nursing Team Excellence Award
*Award winner in bold
10E Medical Intensive Care Unit, The Fall Committee
Access Center, Salesforce Center Go live Project
RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center, Urgent Care Hematology Support and Use of ESI Tool
RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center, Hematology, Implementation of a Heme New Patient Intake Nurse Coordinator
Clinical Staffing Office, Clinical Staffing Office Education Committee
Department of Surgery 818 Clinic, Patient Engagement
Emergency Department, Rush Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Program
Electrophysiology, EP Quality Committee
Interventional Services Recognition, Recruitment, Retention Committee
Medicine Behavioral Emergency Project AIM: Access in Medicine
Medical Intensive Care Unit, Fall and Safety Committee
Medical Intensive Care Unit, Medical Intensive Care Unit Wellness Committee
Professional Nursing Practice, Rush University System for Health Nursing and Assistive Personnel System Orientation
Rush Vascular Access Team, Vascular Access in Non-Traditional Patient Care Areas
Mary Beth O’Holleran Nurse Mentorship Award
*Award winner in bold
Lisa Beveridge, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Marianne Corrieri-Alaniz, Labor and Delivery
Melissa Keller, General Pediatrics
Rachel Mancuso, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Vy Khuu, 13 West Tower
Lorraine Koh, 13 East Tower
Miranda McCoy, 12 East Tower
Taylor Tressel, 7 South Atrium
Mallarie Domke, Prep/Recovery
Jenna McNeel, Endoscopy
Jeanine Murphy, Electrophysiology Lab
Lynn Cabe, Emergency Department
Melissa Dudenhofer, 9 North Atrium
Megan Guzman, 14 West Tower
Susan John, 9 South Atrium
Mahogany Jones, 4 Kellogg
Catherine King, 7 North Atrium
Lilian Santos, 13 Kellogg
Rebecca Schnitzius, 9 Kellogg
Eric Zack, 14 East Tower
Hailee Higgins, 10 East Tower
Mireya Lerma, 11 West Tower
Erin O'Leary, 10 West Tower
Erin Pearson, 11 East Tower
Grace Choi, Clinical Staffing Office
Pheonix Silverlight, Professional Nursing Practice
Susan Barnett, General Surgery Oncology
Sylvia Buh, Rush Oak Park Hematology/ Oncology Infusion
Rebekah Cole, Substance Use Intervention Team, Psychiatry
Shaina Daniels, Access Center
Jennifer Margolis, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
Alexis Munoz, Interventional Gastroenterology
Luther Christman Clinical Excellence Award
*Award winner in bold
Emily Beaty, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Christina Hernandez, General Ped
Megan Presutti, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Maggie Quinn, Labor and Delivery
Andrew Brandt, 13 East Tower
Maureen Fleming, 13 West Tower
Hannah George, 7 South Atrium
Lauren Mason, 12 East Tower
Latisha Edwards, 4 Tower Prep and Recovery
Felicia Pautsch, Endoscopy
Lauren Wolniakowski, Prep/Recovery
Sara Alvarez-Ruiz, Emergency Department
Ethan Beaty, 13 Kellogg
Alex Glodic, 9 South Atrium
Dana Goodin, 9 North Atrium
Maria Malalis, 4 Kellogg
Meliana Martinez, 14 West Tower
Kathleen O'Neill, 14 East Tower
Heather Price, 7 North Atrium
Maria Rusnaczyk, Emergency Department
Danielle Velasquez, 9 Kellogg
Allie Comes, 10 West Tower
Heather Cook, Critical Care Outreach Team
Kathryn O'Shea, 11 East Tower
Dawn Scheuber, 10 East Tower
Leon Surrao, Rush Vascular Access Team
Donna Lang, Clinical Staffing Office
Allison (Szudrowicz) Garbacz, Radiation Oncology
Lisa Boudreau, Professional Nursing Practice
Colleen Bruen, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center
Amy Campbell, Substance Use Intervention Team, Psychiatry
Maria (Cristy) Medina, Pediatric Primary Care
Carla Reyes, Access Center
Julia Shurtleff, Infectious Disease
The Marica Pencak Murphy Presidential Mentorship Award
Stephanie Yohannan, AVP Adult Critical Care Nursing
Friend of Nursing Award
Daniel Ratko, Director of Facilities Management
