Innovation in Healthcare Award

Mike BillinghurstDr. Carl ClarkDr. Timothy DudleyDr. Jeffrey GerberPrIME Health CollaborativeDr. Melissa KrebsDr. Lora MelnicoeJean MoffettDr. Huntington PotterRichard RybickiDr. Kevin ScheweDr. Dan Theodorescu

Lifetime Achievement in Healthcare Award

Dr. Michael BellDr. Elizabeth CyranDr. James HardeeDr. Steve JohnsonDr. Richard KrugmanDr. Kevin LilleheiMary SnyderDian SparlingRulon StaceyDr. Rick TormohlenDr. Camila Wright

Community Outreach Award

Red Rocks Oncology Center Senator Irene AguilarDr. Cory CampbellDr. Andrew FreemanLinda HollowayGrant JonesErich KirshnerDonna MarshallSenator Jeanne NicholsonLidia PugaDr. Kevin ScheweColleen Tannish

Physician’s Excellence in Healthcare Award

Dr. Alan AboafDr. Amrut AmbardekarDr. Juhi AsadDr. Julia AtkinsDr. Jason BarmoreDr. Mark BarterDr. Werner BaumgartnerDr. Brian BishopDr. Wilson Bourg

Dr. Patricia BrumbaughDr. Jeb BurchenalDr. Ellen BurkettDr. Thomas CainDr. Stan CarsonDr. Jennifer CaskeyDr. Dennis ChangDr. Thomas CherryDr. William ChoeDr. Daniel CitronDr. Kenneth CohenDr. Richard CollinsDr. Thomas CrismanDr. Christoper J. D’AmbrosiaDr. Ira DauberDr. Boris DrazninDr. Joan EldridgeDr. Matthew EssonDr. Lawrence FeinbergDr. Darrel FentonDr. Kerry FisherDr. Raymond GarrettDr. Jason GienDr. Sheldon GoldbergDr. Alex GoldsmithDr. Jeffrey GoriDr. R. Scott HammondDr. Peter HansenDr. Richard HathawayDr. Teresa HebleDr. Craig HoganDr. Alexander JacobsDr. Robert JotteDr. Dimitri KaufmanDr. Karen KellyDr. Whitney KennedyDr. Thomas KenneyDr. Chad KesnerDr. Kim KesnerDr. Catherine KleinDr. Allan KoenigDr. Jason KrutschDr. Jerome LandblomDr. Mary LansingDr. Lorena LetkomillerDr. Hal LevyDr. Karen LockeDr. Robert M. MacDonaldDr. Jeffrey MatousDr. J. Trevor McNuttDr. Isaac MelamedDr. Wells MessersmithDr. Michael MetrosDr. York MillerDr. Jennifer MixDr. John Morris

Dr. Don MurphyDr. Han MyintDr. Christine NeeleyDr. Lynda NguyenDr. Kyle NickelDr. Shawn OttemanDr. George PachelloDr. Julie ParsonsDr. Tom PerilleDr. Craig J. PerrinjaquetDr. Nathan PersoffDr. Timothy PodhajskyDr. Mirtra RazzaghiDr. John ReuschDr. William RobinsonDr. Jeffrey RubinsteinDr. Steve RuyleDr. Kevin ScheweDr. Susan SchiffDr. Leslie SchipperDr. Harvey SchuchmanDr. Rajesh SharmaDr. Mark SheehanDr. Steven A. SingerDr. Jon StuebnerDr. Michael SwansonDr. Robert ThomasDr. Kristina TocceDr. Christopher TrojanovichDr. Tatiana TsvetkovaDr. Jeffrey TurkDr. Claudia Van DijkDr. Janna VerMillerDr. Armando VidalDr. Kurt WaltersDr. Kim WarnerDr. Anna WegleitnerDr. Robert WesterDr. John WillardDr. Michelle WolcottDr. Clark ZimmermanSouth Denver Cardiology

Associates

Dental Excellence in Healthcare Award

Dr. Lisa AugustineDr. Gerald BauerDr. Mary BlakeleyDr. Thomas BonbrightDr. Russel CasementDr. Nick ChiovittiDr. Paul CorcoranDr. Thomas CroghanDr. Thomas A. Deal

Dr. John DildineDr. Daniel EspositoDr. Leana GraceDr. Dan HansenDr. Douglas A. HellerDr. Brie HillsDr. Mike HuberDr. Rebecca HuserDr. Mark IritaniDr. Dorienne JabourDr. Ted JohnsonDr. Ted KawulokDr. Brett KesslerDr. Bret LafonteDr. Seung H. LeeDr. James MakowskiDr. Robert McBrideDr. Katie McCannDr. Paul MiyamotoDr. Michael ParascandDr. James ParfittDr. Derek PetersenDr. Scott PizerDr. Richard PosnickDr. Steven RushDr. Gerald SavoryDr. Timothy SchwartzDr. Marc SchwartzDr. Martha SkeltonDr. Jeffrey StangDr. Patrick C. SweeneyDr. Kevin TherouxDr. Christine TherouxDr. Dominic TorigginoDr. Walt VogelDr. Richard WallaceDr. David L. WayDr. Jon WhiteleyDr. Steven WilkDr. Ronald YarosDr. Daniel Zeppelin

Nurse’s Excellence in Healthcare Award

Bonnie ArritolaTammi BackerHeather CopeFran DeleonMegan ForemanRobin GarciaJill GroulxVivian HemanToni MontoyaLaura SullivanMary Watkins

Sandy WestbrookDanika ArceMichael BanhKelly BergstromMallory BrunelRose HamiltonDioni LeybaYelena LisserThe ER Nurses at the VA

Eastern Colorado Health Care System

Peter PrutchSarah SchoederCatherine Weltzer

Administrative Excellence in Healthcare Award

Susan BarnettBob BongiovanniJanet HouserDr. Bennett MachanicDr. Chris Willard

Healthcare Professional Award

Dr. Raul AlvarezMary Jo AnleitnerJenni BartlesTami BlevinsDr. Susan CruseMark DilleRey EricksonDr. Thomas GottliebMegan GraeserDr. Daniel GrossmanTannen HelmersDenise KaweckiDr. Carl MoritzSue MorrisSusan NormanJanett PollmanDr. Gary PoteetEllen RobinsonDr. William RobinsonDr. Lila RosenthalCarol SaxingerDr. Kevin ScheweDr. Ahmad ShihabiShannon SpencerDr. Adele SykesShwu-Yar “Sue” TsaiNikki TurnerDr. Hilary VictoroffDr. 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

ebernberg@denverpost.com 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 ebernberg@denverpost.com 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 HealthAlikhan 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 HealthOver 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 HealthDenholm 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 PartnerDoucette 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, PhDDean of Colorado School of Public Health, Anschutz Medical SchoolGoff’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 MedicineJohnson 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 MarkensonChief Medical Officer, Skyridge Medical CenterMarkenson 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 GroupWoods 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.