Awards and Recognitions: January 2025

Awards and Recognitions - January 2025

• Areté Living, Tigard, Oregon, wins exemplary awards for DEIB Program. Areté Living, a senior living management and development organization, won two Prism Awards from WTWH Healthcare for their Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) program. Areté Living earned the Social Stewardship Award, recognizing companies that have made significant achievements in social responsibility initiatives related to community engagement. Areté Living also sponsors Gifted Wishes, supporting their work in granting final wishes of individuals in hospice care.
  
  
• BAYADA Receives Award for LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion: BAYADA Home Health Care, an international nonprofit home health care provider, earned a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s (HRCF) 2025 corporate equality index (CEI), which intends to signify a company’s leadership in LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion. BAYADA will join 765 other U.S. businesses that will receive the HRCF’s Equality 100 Award for excellence in LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion. 
  
  
• Dr. Glenn Panzer was awarded the 2024 Doris A. Howell Award for Advancing Palliative Care, by the CSU Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care. The award includes a $25,000 gift in honor of Dr. Doris Howell, funded by The Shiley Foundation, Darlene Marcos Shiley, president. This year, on behalf of Panzer, the gift will benefit The Elizabeth Hospice's bereavement program [San Diego, CA].
  
  
• Heart of Marin Awards an inspiring reminder to honor community members making a difference, in Marin City, CA. The Heart of Marin Awards is an inspiring and heart-warming showcase of local people making a big difference in our community. ... The 2024 awards, presented by the Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership, were no different and the luncheon brought a crowd of more than 500 together to celebrate worthwhile accomplishments – from volunteers to those who provide longstanding leadership to local nonprofits.
• Editor's note: How do you recognize and honor your volunteers? Do you track and honor longevity, hours of service, notable stories? Validation and appreciation are core components for any volunteer program. What are you doing well and what can you improve?
  
  
• JAMA names ten academic physicians and nurses to 2025 Editorial Fellowship Program. Fellows were chosen based on their demonstrated interest in medical publishing, medical education or research, or a career in academic medicine, as well as their communication skills and knowledge of medical research and study design. The 2025 JAMA editorial fellows are:
  
• Hannah Decker, MD, MAS
• Leah Estrada, PhD, RN
• Robert Gallo, MD
• Adina Kern-Goldberger, MD, MPH, MSCE
• David-Dan Nguyen, MDCM, MPH
• Manan Pareek, MD, MSc, PhD
• Kathy Sliwinski, hD, MBE, RN,
• Francesca Sperotto, MD, PhD
• Rebecca Tsevat, MD, MS
• Lachelle Weeks, MD, PhD 
  
  
• Virginia’s top doctors 2025: Hospice and Palliative, Virginia Business; 12/31/24
• Dr. Joshua S. Barclay, UVA Health – Palliative Care Clinic, Charlottesville
• Dr. Leslie J. Blackhall, UVA Health – Palliative Care Clinic, Charlottesville
• Dr. Sarah A. DeWitt, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke
• Dr. Cara A. Jennings, Bon Secours Palliative Medicine, Richmond
• Dr. Ying Li, Sentara Palliative Care Specialists, Norfolk
• Dr. Mary Lucchesi, Bon Secours Palliative Medicine, Richmond
• Dr. Vishwas J. Patel, Bon Secours Palliative Care, Portsmouth
• Dr. Kimberly M. St. Jean, Sentara Palliative Care Specialists, Norfolk
• Dr. Christi A. Stewart, Carilion Clinic Center for Healthy Aging, Roanoke

• VITAS Healthcare received the 2024 DAISY Health Equity Award: The American Association for Men in Nursing (AAMN) has selected VITAS Healthcare as the first hospice organization to receive the coveted DAISY Health Equity Award in the 25-year history of the DAISY Foundation. AAMN, in conjunction with the DAISY Foundation, bestows this award to an individual or team that goes above and beyond in caring for patients and families from underserved populations most impacted by health disparities.
  
  
• WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media company announces the Frontline Honors Class of 2024, with nominations in the categories of Behavioral Health, Home Health & Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care, Senior Housing & Senior Living, and Skilled Nursing (SNF), the program showcases exemplary character and performance of frontline workers across the care continuum. [Click on the WTWH Healthcare title for the other categories.]
• Hospice & Palliative Care
• Theresa Arneson – RN Case Manager, Transitions Hospice
• Blair Burton – Registered Nursing, Elara Caring
• Eva Diaz – IPU Manager, OpusCare
• Michelle Garrett – Hospice RN Case Manager, APEX Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc.
• Melinda Herron – Registered Nurse, Headwaters Hospice and Palliative Care
• Nicole Ryder – Licensed Vocational Nurse, Huntington Hospice & Palliative Care
• Joseph Solien, PharmD, BCPP, BCGP – Vice President of Clinical Services, OnePoint Patient Care
• Taylor Tosto – Hospice Floor Registered Nurse, Friendship Village