Innovation in Healthcare Award Mike Billinghurst Dr. Carl Clark Dr. Timothy Dudley Dr. Jeffrey Gerber PrIME Health Collaborative Dr. Melissa Krebs Dr. Lora Melnicoe Jean Moffett Dr. Huntington Potter Richard Rybicki Dr. Kevin Schewe Dr. Dan Theodorescu Lifetime Achievement in Healthcare Award Dr. Michael Bell Dr. Elizabeth Cyran Dr. James Hardee Dr. Steve Johnson Dr. Richard Krugman Dr. Kevin Lillehei Mary Snyder Dian Sparling Rulon Stacey Dr. Rick Tormohlen Dr. Camila Wright Community Outreach Award Red Rocks Oncology Center Senator Irene Aguilar Dr. Cory Campbell Dr. Andrew Freeman Linda Holloway Grant Jones Erich Kirshner Donna Marshall Senator Jeanne Nicholson Lidia Puga Dr. Kevin Schewe Colleen Tannish Physician’s Excellence in Healthcare Award Dr. Alan Aboaf Dr. Amrut Ambardekar Dr. Juhi Asad Dr. Julia Atkins Dr. Jason Barmore Dr. Mark Barter Dr. Werner Baumgartner Dr. Brian Bishop Dr. Wilson Bourg Dr. Patricia Brumbaugh Dr. Jeb Burchenal Dr. Ellen Burkett Dr. Thomas Cain Dr. Stan Carson Dr. Jennifer Caskey Dr. Dennis Chang Dr. Thomas Cherry Dr. William Choe Dr. Daniel Citron Dr. Kenneth Cohen Dr. Richard Collins Dr. Thomas Crisman Dr. Christoper J. D’Ambrosia Dr. Ira Dauber Dr. Boris Draznin Dr. Joan Eldridge Dr. Matthew Esson Dr. Lawrence Feinberg Dr. Darrel Fenton Dr. Kerry Fisher Dr. Raymond Garrett Dr. Jason Gien Dr. Sheldon Goldberg Dr. Alex Goldsmith Dr. Jeffrey Gori Dr. R. Scott Hammond Dr. Peter Hansen Dr. Richard Hathaway Dr. Teresa Heble Dr. Craig Hogan Dr. Alexander Jacobs Dr. Robert Jotte Dr. Dimitri Kaufman Dr. Karen Kelly Dr. Whitney Kennedy Dr. Thomas Kenney Dr. Chad Kesner Dr. Kim Kesner Dr. Catherine Klein Dr. Allan Koenig Dr. Jason Krutsch Dr. Jerome Landblom Dr. Mary Lansing Dr. Lorena Letkomiller Dr. Hal Levy Dr. Karen Locke Dr. Robert M. MacDonald Dr. Jeffrey Matous Dr. J. Trevor McNutt Dr. Isaac Melamed Dr. Wells Messersmith Dr. Michael Metros Dr. York Miller Dr. Jennifer Mix Dr. John Morris Dr. Don Murphy Dr. Han Myint Dr. Christine Neeley Dr. Lynda Nguyen Dr. Kyle Nickel Dr. Shawn Otteman Dr. George Pachello Dr. Julie Parsons Dr. Tom Perille Dr. Craig J. Perrinjaquet Dr. Nathan Persoff Dr. Timothy Podhajsky Dr. Mirtra Razzaghi Dr. John Reusch Dr. William Robinson Dr. Jeffrey Rubinstein Dr. Steve Ruyle Dr. Kevin Schewe Dr. Susan Schiff Dr. Leslie Schipper Dr. Harvey Schuchman Dr. Rajesh Sharma Dr. Mark Sheehan Dr. Steven A. Singer Dr. Jon Stuebner Dr. Michael Swanson Dr. Robert Thomas Dr. Kristina Tocce Dr. Christopher Trojanovich Dr. Tatiana Tsvetkova Dr. Jeffrey Turk Dr. Claudia Van Dijk Dr. Janna VerMiller Dr. Armando Vidal Dr. Kurt Walters Dr. Kim Warner Dr. Anna Wegleitner Dr. Robert Wester Dr. John Willard Dr. Michelle Wolcott Dr. Clark Zimmerman South Denver Cardiology Associates Dental Excellence in Healthcare Award Dr. Lisa Augustine Dr. Gerald Bauer Dr. Mary Blakeley Dr. Thomas Bonbright Dr. Russel Casement Dr. Nick Chiovitti Dr. Paul Corcoran Dr. Thomas Croghan Dr. Thomas A. Deal Dr. John Dildine Dr. Daniel Esposito Dr. Leana Grace Dr. Dan Hansen Dr. Douglas A. Heller Dr. Brie Hills Dr. Mike Huber Dr. Rebecca Huser Dr. Mark Iritani Dr. Dorienne Jabour Dr. Ted Johnson Dr. Ted Kawulok Dr. Brett Kessler Dr. Bret Lafonte Dr. Seung H. Lee Dr. James Makowski Dr. Robert McBride Dr. Katie McCann Dr. Paul Miyamoto Dr. Michael Parascand Dr. James Parfitt Dr. Derek Petersen Dr. Scott Pizer Dr. Richard Posnick Dr. Steven Rush Dr. Gerald Savory Dr. Timothy Schwartz Dr. Marc Schwartz Dr. Martha Skelton Dr. Jeffrey Stang Dr. Patrick C. Sweeney Dr. Kevin Theroux Dr. Christine Theroux Dr. Dominic Toriggino Dr. Walt Vogel Dr. Richard Wallace Dr. David L. Way Dr. Jon Whiteley Dr. Steven Wilk Dr. Ronald Yaros Dr. Daniel Zeppelin Nurse’s Excellence in Healthcare Award Bonnie Arritola Tammi Backer Heather Cope Fran Deleon Megan Foreman Robin Garcia Jill Groulx Vivian Heman Toni Montoya Laura Sullivan Mary Watkins Sandy Westbrook Danika Arce Michael Banh Kelly Bergstrom Mallory Brunel Rose Hamilton Dioni Leyba Yelena Lisser The ER Nurses at the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System Peter Prutch Sarah Schoeder Catherine Weltzer Administrative Excellence in Healthcare Award Susan Barnett Bob Bongiovanni Janet Houser Dr. Bennett Machanic Dr. Chris Willard Healthcare Professional Award Dr. Raul Alvarez Mary Jo Anleitner Jenni Bartles Tami Blevins Dr. Susan Cruse Mark Dille Rey Erickson Dr. Thomas Gottlieb Megan Graeser Dr. Daniel Grossman Tannen Helmers Denise Kawecki Dr. Carl Moritz Sue Morris Susan Norman Janett Pollman Dr. Gary Poteet Ellen Robinson Dr. William Robinson Dr. Lila Rosenthal Carol Saxinger Dr. Kevin Schewe Dr. Ahmad Shihabi Shannon Spencer Dr. Adele Sykes Shwu-Yar “Sue” Tsai Nikki Turner Dr. Hilary Victoroff Dr. Chris Willard The Denver Post will be recognizing Colorado’s top healthcare professionals with our inaugural Strength In Health Awards on January 14. Nearly 300 people were nominated in eight categories for these prestigious awards. An independent panel of judges, made up of senior leadership from local hospitals and health organizations, will select a winner in each category. Celebrate Colorado’s Top Healthcare Professionals! RESERVE YOUR TICKETS AND TABLES TODAY! Tickets and table reservations are on sale now for the Strength in Health Awards Event on Jan. 14th. Visit DenverPost.com/ healthawards for details. For Strength in Health Event sponsorship opportunities contact Elizabeth Bernberg at [email protected] or 303-954-1030. RESERVE YOUR TICKETS AND TABLES TODAY! Tickets and table reservations are on sale now for the Strength in Health Awards Event on Jan. 14th. Visit DenverPost.com/healthawards for details. For Strength in Health Event sponsorship opportunities contact Elizabeth Bernberg at [email protected] or 303-954-1030. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE STRENGTH IN HEALTH AWARDS NOMINEES! MEET THE STRENGTH IN HEALTH JUDGES Lisa Alikhan Certified Health Coverage Guide, Connect for Health Colorado, Boomers Leading Change in Health Alikhan is a patient advocate and community outreach worker for Boomers Leading Change in Health, where she conducts workshops and education programs about health literacy and our state’s insurance exchange. James Corbett, J.D., M.Div. SVP, Community Health Improvement & Values Integration, Centura Health Over the course of his career, Corbett has worked in four different health systems pro- viding strategic and operational leadership for community and behavioral health, ethics, diver- sity, mission and global health. Erin Denholm SVP, Clinical Transformation, Centura Health Denholm is responsible for clinical programming for population health. She pioneered the use of telehealth technology in reducing emergency room visits and adverse outcomes among heart failure patients in Colorado. Diane Doucette Partner Doucette has more than 30 years of experience in clinical care and administrative leadership. She is currently the senior vice president of Clinical Services at Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital within the Trinity Health System. David C. Goff, Jr., MD, PhD Dean of Colorado School of Public Health, Anschutz Medical School Goff’s 20 years of research, teaching and com- munity outreach have earned him opportunities to serve on committees with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National In- stitutes of Health and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Lonnie Johnson Professor & Associate Dean of Clinical Operations & Patient Services at the CU School of Dental Medicine Johnson has a PhD in Biological Structure as well as a Certificate of Periodontics from the University of Washington School of Medicine. Lonnie is also serving as Interim Chair for the Department of Surgical Dentistry at CU Denver. Dr. David Markenson Chief Medical Officer, Skyridge Medical Center Markenson is a board certified Pediatrician with Fellowship training in both Pediatric Emergen- cy Medicine and Pediatric Critical Care. Prior to joining Sky Ridge, he was the Vice President and Medical Director of Regional Emergency Services and Disaster Medicine at the West- chester Medical Center. Ed Woods RVP & Publisher, New England Newspaper Group Woods is a senior executive for the New En- gland Newspaper Group. Until recently, he was also the Health Care Category Leader for Digital First Media corporate-wide focus on Health Care.