2016 Faculty & Staff Awards
Sep. 29, 2016
A cheerful buzz spilled into the hallway, making it easy to find the location for the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences’ Faculty Staff Awards program. In Hollywood, awards shows stretch across prime time; in healthcare, they’re shoehorned between the first and second cup of morning coffee. The early hour couldn’t dampen the excitement of the faculty, technologists, nurses, administrators, and programmatic and administrative staff used to being on the job before the sun is. On this morning, they filled the EUH second-floor auditorium to capacity, striping the room with exuberant rows of pink, teal, grey, white, and black.
Deb Smith, MBA, director of the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences’ Office of Strategic Integration kicked off the third annual combined Faculty and Staff Awards program with a warm welcome and recognition for her awards committee co-chair, Dr. Amit Saindane. Together, they introduced Dr. Courtney Moreno and Willie Arnold, incoming co-chairs for 2017.
Dr. Carolyn Meltzer, department chair, and Dr. Chuck Powell, the department’s vice chair and executive administrator, also offered words of welcome.
“You bring grace, determination, and skill to your work,” Chuck Powell said. “There’s no better part of my job than to get a call from a patient or family member grateful for one of our team members going above and beyond.”
The award winning then got underway. Dr. Christopher Ho briefly recognized the Faculty Teaching Awards which were given out at the resident graduation celebration in June (see Farewell to Residents and Fellows).
The next honorees were those Caught in the Act of Service Excellence during the past year The “Caught in the Act” program recognizes noticeable acts of service excellence for which an individual or a team goes out of their way to exceed the expectations of a customer (internal or external). The following six employees and one team were recognized for going above and beyond in support of service excellence:
Ursula Jean-Baptist Allison Jordan
Kevin Makowski Victor Njoka
Richard Porcher Larry Turner
The Breast Imaging Team at Winship Cancer Institute
For the main awards, each member of a committee of ten staff for staff awards and ten faculty for faculty awards scored the nomination letters in each award category against specific criteria. The scores were averaged to create a composite score for each nominee; the highest score secured the award. In cases of a tie, both top-scoring nominees received the award.
The following are the nominees and awardees (in bold) for the faculty and staff awards:
The following are the nominees and awardees (in bold) for the faculty and staff awards:
Outstanding Service Junior (Faculty):
Gayatri Joshi Sarah Milla
Janice Newsome Aarti Sekhar
Kush Singh
Outstanding Service Senior (Faculty):
James Galt
Outstanding Care Provider (Staff):
Higewongel Derseh Erin O’Connell
Ann West Marianne Wheeler
Outstanding Mentor (Staff)
Bertukin Kedir Adam Walston
Outstanding Mentor (Faculty)
Elizabeth Krupinski Pardeep Mittal
Aarti Sekhar
Outstanding Leader (Staff)
Debra Carter Brian Malcolm
Robin Sark
Rising Star (Faculty)
C. Matthew Hawkins
Marina Piccinelli
Face of Excellence (Staff)
Lynn Cooper Carol Dowdle
Rebecca Neill Pratik Rachh
Outstanding Patient Care Junior (Faculty)
Charles Gilliland
Matthew Zygmont
Outstanding Patient Care Senior (Faculty)
Omari Johnson
Kelley Marshall
Outstanding Service in Support of Mission (Staff) - TIE
Michael Buadoo Camille Dingle
Harold Glenn, Jr. Lonnie Gorby
Outstanding Researcher (Junior)
Falgun Chokshi Tarek Hanna
Deqiang Qiu
Outstanding Researcher (Senior)
Mark Goodman
John Oshinski
Outstanding Team (Faculty/Staff) - TIE
Advanced Practice Providers at ESJH
Breast Imaging Center Team at EJCH
Breast Imaging Center Team at EUHM
Breast Imaging Center Team at Winship Cancer Institute
CT Technologists at MOT 8th Floor (EUHM)
Decision Support Team
MRI Team at EUH
Radiology Nursing Team at EUH
Technologists at MOT 8th Floor (EUHM)
Weekend Diagnostic Radiology Team at EUHM
Congratulations to all nominees and winners!