BizTimes Milwaukee has selected the winners for its 2017 Health Care Heroes Awards.
The winners were selected from nominations submitted by readers. The judges included Heidi Mayer, executive director of the Lutheran Home Foundation; Phyllis King, associate vice chancellor of academic affairs for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Karen Ordinans, executive director of the Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin and BizTimes staff.
The 2017 Health Care Heroes Award winners are:
Advancements in Health Care
- Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
- Johnny Hong, Medical College of Wisconsin
Behavioral Health
- Christina Wichman, Medical College of Wisconsin
- Lutheran Social Services
Community Service
- Khalid Nzinga, Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division
- Andy Anderson, Aurora Health Care
- Zeno Franco, Medical College of Wisconsin
- Peter Havens, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
Corporate Achievement
- Team Connect, Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division
- Lisa Froemming, Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s
- Aurora Health Care
Executive Leadership
- Mary Gavinski, Community Care Inc.
Health Care Staff
- Shiela Bentson-Webster, Sisters of St. Francis Assisi
- Lisa Hass-Peters, Froedtert Hospital
Nurse
- Kristie Brooke, UWM College of Nursing/Silver Spring Community Nursing Center
- Lauren Hubbard, Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex
Physician
- Kenneth Lee, Medical College of Wisconsin and Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center
The winners of the 2017 Health Care Heroes Awards will be recognized in a special report in a December issue of BizTimes Milwaukee.
