Distinguished Nurse Awards

Distinguished Nurse Awardees

• Abigail Speckman, RN, Emergency Services, UH Cleveland Medical Center
• Angelia Candelario, BSN, RN, Labor and Delivery, UH MacDonald Women’s Hospital at UH St. John Medical Center
• Carys Wooldridge, RN, ICU Assistant Nurse Manager, UH Cleveland Medical Center
• Doron Bennett, BSN, RN, CICU, UH Cleveland Medical Center
• Elizabeth Stratton, BSN, RN, Radiation Oncology, UH Avon Health Center
• Emily Jakovina, RN, CICU, UH Cleveland Medical Center
• Emma DuPerow, BSN, RN, Labor and Delivery, UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital at UH Ahuja Medical Center
• Eric Drvenkar, BSN, RN, MICU, UH Cleveland Medical Center
• Gianna DiPippo, BSN, RN, Labor and Delivery, UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital at UH Ahuja Medical Center
• Heather Hicks, BSN, RN, Rapid Response Team, UH Cleveland Medical Center
• Larisa Rebello, BSN, RN, Mather OR, UH Cleveland Medical Center
• Melissa Loop, RN, UH Seidman Cancer Center
• Michelle Ingram, BSN, RN, NICU, UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
• Michelle Janas, BSN, RN, Care Coordination Pediatrics, UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
• Nicole Elam, BSN, RN, Emergency Services, Pediatrics, UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
• Topaz Golan, BSN, BSN, TSICU, UH Cleveland Medical Center
• Tracy Kustra, BSN, RN, Medical Oncology, UH Seidman Cancer at UH St. John Medical Center

Distinguished Nurse Leader

• Deborah Prusak, MSN, RN, Nurse Manager, Pediatrics, UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
• Jennifer Carpenter, DNP, RN, CENP, Chief Nursing Officer, UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s and UH MacDonald Women’s Hospitals and UH Chief Nursing Informatics Officer

Distinguished Nurse Researcher

• Julia Blanchette, PhD, RN, Nurse Scientist Lead, Diabetes Care and Education, UH Cleveland Medical Center