Notable Heroes in Health Care

BizTimes Milwaukee is proud to present the inaugural showcase of Notable Heroes in Health Care spotlighting accomplished professionals across the region. The providers profiled in the following pages were nominated by their peers at work and in the community and showcase the diversity of talent and dedication in our market. The work done by the individuals profiled here is setting an example to shape a better future for our region.

METHODOLOGY: The honorees did not pay to be included. Their profiles were drawn from nomination materials. This list features only individuals for whom nominations were submitted and accepted after a review by our editorial team. To qualify for the list, nominees must be based in southeast Wisconsin. They must be currently serving in a senior level role at their firm, must hold a leadership position in their industry outside of their own organization, have made a significant contribution to advancing workplace equality at their own workplace or beyond, and act as a role model or mentor.

Notable Heroes in Health Care: Mark Stevens

Mark Stevens, manager of children’s programs for the Centers for Independence, joined the organization in 2014 after serving two tours in Iraq as a...

Notable Heroes in Health Care: Alejandro Roldan

Working in several different roles has made Advocate Aurora Health nurse practitioner Alejandro Roldan even better at his current one, according to Advocate Aurora...

Notable Heroes in Health Care: Catrina Williams-Parker

Respiratory therapist Catrina Williams-Parker has worked in medicine for 21 years, spending most of those at Aurora West Allis Medical Center.  She’s cared for hundreds...

Notable Heroes in Health Care: Regina Cole

Regina Cole, clinical research coordinator for the Herma Heart Institute at Children’s Wisconsin, gives 110% to her work, engaging with patients and families while...

Notable Heroes in Health Care: Dr. Lyle Ignace

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Lyle Ignace, CEO of the Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center in Milwaukee, knew that clinic staff and...

Notable Heroes in Health Care: Erin O’Tool

Ascension Wisconsin physician Dr. Erin O’Tool created Wisconsin’s first post-acute COVID care clinic in October 2020. The Oak Creek clinic’s focus is on patients recovering...

Notable Heroes in Health Care: Terri Cohn

When Terri Cohn, MSN, RN, interviews potential nursing candidates, she always asks, “Why do you want to work in behavioral health?” “You have a story,...

Notable Heroes in Health Care: Crystal Cepican

Crystal Cepican, a bilingual RN case manager at the Lake Area Free Clinic, is known to patients for her compassion and to the medical...

Notable Heroes in Health Care: Reggie Moore

Reggie Moore works to find solutions to the growing violence epidemic in Wisconsin.  In his role at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Moore serves as...

Notable Heroes in Health Care: Jesse Ehrenfeld

As director of Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin, an endowment set up by the Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld directed nearly $5 million...

Notable Heroes in Health Care: Leonard E. Egede

Dr. Leonard Egede is professor of medicine, chief of the division of General Internal Medicine, director for the Center for Advancing Population Science and...

Notable Heroes in Health Care: Melissa Kersten

Melissa Kersten, an advanced practice nurse practitioner at Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Regional Burn Center in Milwaukee, has dedicated nearly two decades of her...

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