The Daily Record celebrates 2019 Health Care Heroe

Daily Record Staff//July 5, 2019//

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From left, Shamonda Braithwaite, Traci La Valle, Brian Sims and Erin Cunningham of the Maryland Hospital Association pose for a photo at the 2019 Health Care Heroes event. The MHA was this year’s event partner. (Photo by Maximilian Franz)

Western Maryland Health System was honored as a winner in the Community Outreach/Education Hero (organization) category. Attending the event were, from left, Kristin Wilkins, Melody Linder, Geoff Thorne, Jo Wilson, Brenda Ridgway, Mary Jo Layton and Ronald Rice. (Photo by Maximilian Franz)

A group from Gilchrist gather during the event to celebrate the company’s award in Advancement and Innovation in Health Care category for its elder and hospice care. (Photo by Maximilian Franz)

LifeBridge Health was honored as an organization in the Advancement and Innovation in Health Care for its BioIncubator. Two individuals associated with LifeBridge were honored in the Nurse of the Year and Physician of the Year categories and they were also a Thank You sponsor of the event. LifeBridge Health’s Adam Rosenberg, executive director of the Baltimore Child Abuse Center; Joyce Lombardi, director of government relations and legal services at Baltimore Child Abuse Center; and Neil Meltzer, president and CEO, stand with Jack Lewin, a group vice president with M&T Bank, during the event. (Photo by Maximilian Franz)

A group from M&T Bank gathers for a photo at the 2019 Health Care Heroes event. M&T Bank was a table sponsor at the event. (Photo by Maximilian Franz)

From left, Ron Diegelman, co-founder and chief financial officer of SameGrain and a member of the board of directors of Keswick; Ken Ferrara, vice president and executive director of The University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health; Maria Johnson Darby, senior vice president of communications and external relations at Keswick, and Carmel Roques, president and CEO of Keswick enjoy the 2019 Health Care Heroes event. Keswick was honored in the Community Outreach/Education Hero organization category. (Photo by Maximilian Franz)

Traci La Valle, senior vice president of quality and health improvement at the Maryland Hospital Association, welcomes attendees to the event. (Photo by Maximilian Franz)

Community Outreach/Education Hero winner Panagis Galiatsatos, a Fellow in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, receives his award from Thomas Baden Jr., editor of The Daily Record, and Destiny-Semone Ramjohn, director of Community Health for Kaiser Permanente.

Community Outreach/Education Hero winner Asma Inge-Hanif, vice president of Inge Benevolemt Ministries and the Muslimat Al Nisaa Shelter, receives her 2019 Health Care Heroes award from Thomas Baden Jr., editor of The Daily Record, and Destiny-Semone Ramjohn, director of Community Health for Kaiser Permanente. (Photo by Maximilian Franz)

Robin Luxon, center, senior vice president of corporate planning, marketing and business development with the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health, receives her Lifetime Achievement award from Destiny-Semone Ramjohn, director of Community Health for Kaiser Permanente, and Thomas Baden Jr., editor of The Daily Record. (Photo by Maximilian Franz)

Dr. William Regine, center, Isadore & Fannie Schneider Foxman chair of the department of radiation oncology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, receives his Lifetime Achievement award from Destiny-Semone Ramjohn, director of Community Health for Kaiser Permanente, and Thomas Baden Jr., editor of The Daily Record. (Photo by Maximilian Franz)

The 2019 Health Care Heroes were honored at a breakfast event at the Radisson Hotel Baltimore Downtown June 27. Twenty-six individuals and organizations were honored at the event. (Photo by Maximilian Franz)

More than 200 people gathered June 27 at the Radisson Hotel Baltimore Downtown to celebrate The Daily Record’s 2019 Health Care Heroes, which recognizes individuals and organizations that have had an impact on health care across Maryland.

Twenty-six people and organizations were honored in six different categories. Individual winners were honored for Lifetime Achievement; Community Outreach/Education Hero; Nurse of the Year and Physician of the Year. Organizations were honored in Advancement and Innovation in Health Care and Community Outreach/Education Hero categories.

In the Lifetime Achievement category, two individuals were recognized for their lifetime of dedication to the health care community. Those honored were Robin Luxon, University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health, and Dr. William Regine, University of Maryland School of Medicine.

The Maryland Hospital Association was the event partner. Kaiser Permanente was the awards sponsor and Keswick and LifeBridge Health were Thank You sponsors. Epsilon Registration, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Lorien Health Services, Maryland Proton Treatment Center, Meritus Medical Center, M&T Bank, Sheppard Pratt Health System, University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health, VPC Inc. and Western Maryland Health System were table sponsors.

For more photos from the event, go to thedailyrecord.com/health-care-heroes/.

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