The Daily Record has selected Barb Clapp, Jack and Nancy Dwyer Workforce Development, Inc. CEO, as a 2024 Health Care Hero.
As home to several renowned medical and federal institutions, Maryland is a national leader in health care research and development. The Daily Record’s Health Care Heroes Awards honor those individuals and organizations who have made an impact on the quality of health care within the state. The winners were selected by the publisher and editors of The Daily Record.
Health Care Heroes are presented in the following categories: Advancements and Innovation in Health Care, Community Outreach (organization and individual), Lifetime Achievement, Mental Health Hero (organization and individual), Nurse of the Year, Nurse Practitioner of the Year, Physician Assistant of the Year, Physician of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
“This year’s Health Care Heroes really are heroes. They dedicate their lives to making a positive impact on others. When it comes to meeting the needs of their patients, nothing else matters,” said Suzanne Fischer-Huettner, managing director of BridgeTower Media/The Daily Record. “They provide exceptional care to all. We at The Daily Record are honored to recognize their accomplishments.”
Honorees will be recognized June 21 through an online video celebration at TheDailyRecord.com, on The Daily Record’s social media channels and the daily email alert on that day. The video will be shared to an audience of more than 42,000 business and legal professionals.
Various sponsorship opportunities are available that include multimedia marketing in the video celebration, the right to use the Health Care Heroes logo, print and digital marketing, and much more. To secure a sponsorship, please contact Suzanne Fischer-Huettner at [email protected].
Winners will be profiled in a special magazine that will be inserted into the June 21 issue of The Daily Record and will be available online at www.TheDailyRecord.com.
The Event Partner is the Maryland Hospital Association. For more information and updated sponsorship information about The Daily Record’s 2024 Health Care Heroes, visit https://thedailyrecord.com/event/health-care-heroes/.
2024 Health Care Heroes
Advancements and Innovation in Health Care
The Center for Breast Health at Carroll Hospital
The Comprehensive Diabetes Program at Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States
Comprehensive Stroke Center at MedStar Health Franklin Square
Continental Clinical Solutions
The Institute for Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics at Sheppard Pratt
Luminis Health
Community Outreach (Organization)
The Family Tree
GKV
Maryland Apprenticeship Connector
Tuerk House
Community Outreach (Individual)
Barb Clapp, Jack and Nancy Dwyer Workforce Development Inc.
Derek T. Dangerfield II, George Washington University School of Public Health
Maria Fernandez, Baltimore Medical System
Freedom Jones, Center for Hope
Jessica K. Lee, University of Maryland Medical Center
Natalie Spicyn, M.D., MHS, AAHIVS, The JACQUES Initiative at University of Maryland, Baltimore
Kelly Truax, GBMC SAFE, DV and Child Protection Program
Lifetime Achievement
Sharon Gladfelter, RHIT, Brook Lane Behavioral Health
Leslie S. Matthews, M.D., MBA, MS, MedStar Health
Ursula McClymont, M.D., F.A.A.F.P., Baltimore Medical System
Aziza T. Shad, M.D., Herman & Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital at Sinai
Carol Ann Sperry, RN, MS, CEN, UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center
Mental Health Hero (Organization)
Sheppard Pratt
Mental Health Hero (Individual)
Sarah Kattakuzhy, M.D., MPH, Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine
MaryJane Martz, LCSW-C, Ashley Addiction Treatment
Joanne Awuor Oport, Africans for Mental Health
Daniel Watkins, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Luminis Health
Nurse of the Year
Nicole Noga, BSN, RN, TNCC, ENPC, MedStar Health Franklin Square
Angela G. Wheeler, Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center
Gail Zephyr, MSN, RN, OCN, MedStar Health Franklin Square
Nurse Practitioner of the Year
Katherine Sturiano, MedStar Medical Group Cardiology
Physician Assistant of the Year
Erica Stoner PA-C, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
Physician of the Year
Reginald Brown, M.D., Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center
Dr. Eddye Bullock, Kaiser Permanente
Kritis Dasgupta, M.D., MBA, MSc, FACHE, MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital
Dr. Luis Ruiz, M.D., Kaiser Permanente
Asha Thomas, M.D., Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
John C. Wang, M.D., MSc, MedStar Health
Volunteer of the Year
Margaret Motsuk, Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center