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32 Hartford Business Journal • December 5, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com HEALTH CARE HEROES 2016 FINALISTS Nominee Organization Title ADVANCEMENT IN HEALTHCARE — INNOVATION Christine Finck Connecticut Children's Medical Center Surgeon-in-Chief Tulio Valdez Connecticut Children's Medical Center Pediatric Otolaryngologist Louis Daniels Call A Doctor Plus Chief Executive Officer Paige McCullough-Casciano Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital Recreation Therapist ADVANCEMENET IN HEALTHCARE — PREVENTION Jenifer Ash Hartford HealthCare Advanced Practice Registered Nurse COMMUNITY SERVICE — ADVOCACY/POLICY Brian Savo Hospital for Special Care ALS Patient Anita Cotto ConnectiCare Community Outreach Coordinator Prasad Srinivasan Connecticut General Assembly/Allergy Associates of Hartford State Rep./MD Jonas Steiner Hebrew HealthCare Vice President Karlos Boghosian SoVita Chiropractic CEO Kelsea Fortner Connecticut Children's Medical Center Family Education and Resource Coordinator Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Harvard Pilgrim Health Care CORPORATE ACHIEVEMENT — INNOVATION Mark Finkelstein Hughes Health & Rehabilitation Administrator, Vice President ProHealth Physicians ProHealth Physicians HEALTH CARE STAFF Patricia Verde St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center Clinical Social Worker Rachel Slater Hospital of Central Connecticut Speech Language Pathologist Kathleen Schiessl CHR (Community Health Resources) Senior Vice President for Child and Family Services Tracey Decker InterCommunity VP of Integrated Health Services Patti Bouchard Windham Hospital MRI Tech Tess Dagenais West Hartford Public Schools Physical Therapist Tobye Karl St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center Director of Volunteer Services NURSE Heather Hancort Gaylord Specialty Healthcare Unit Manager Rehabilitation Division, Nursing Cathy Roy St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center Nurse Manager for MSICU Christine Rodriguez Masonicare Partners Hospice Clinical Supervisor PHYSICIAN David Rosenblum Gaylord Specialty Healthcare Medical Director, Outpatient Medical Services Catherine Ferentini Visual Perceptions LLC Owner/Optometrist Jeffrey Hyams Connecticut Children's Medical Center Division Head, Gastroenterology Richard Miller Wheeler Clinic Medical Director, Access Mental Health CT Brian Grosberg Hartford HealthCare Director, Hartford HealthCare Headache Program VOLUNTEER Mary Alsing Johnson Memorial Hospital Volunteer Mary Guglielmo Johnson Memorial Hospital Volunteer Lori Rodden The Hartford VP Human Resources, Large Commercial, Middle Market