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Accolades Accolades Accolades Accolades

Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center Brumback Clinics Honored as a Leader
Names Employee of the Quarter in Colorectal Cancer Prevention

C. L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics’ medical and dental providers and support staff
The C. L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics are one of six honorees from across the
country that received an “80% by 2018 National Achievement Award” from the
(l-r) Howard Brown Chief Financial Officer, Dave O’Brien Chief Nursing Officer, Melissa
National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (NCCRT), an organization co-founded by the
Dacunha, RN, Roy Warden, Employee of the Quarter, Jeff Welch, Chief Executive Officer,
American Cancer Society and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The
Teresa Urquhart, Chief Operating Officer, Tim Howard Chief Human Resources Officer,
Countdown to 2018 event aims to celebrate and accelerate progress on the 80% by
Chris Dinolfo, Director of Business Development, Alex Masmela, Assistant Administrator
2018 campaign – a nationwide effort to regularly screen 80% of eligible adults for col-
orectal cancer by the year 2018.
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center congratulates Roy Warden as Employee of the
Quarter. Roy is a nursing aide who has been on staff at the hospital for 19 years. His
enthusiasm for life, great attitude and attentiveness to the patients he serves makes Founder of Cancer Treatment Centers
him a difference maker in his department. Roy is known for keeping patients spirits
up by singing, telling jokes and keeping them in a good mood while they are recov- of America® Receives Award
ering. One co-worker who nominated Roy wrote, “I have never seen him have a bad
day, or if he has, he has never shown it. He always goes above and beyond, and the Richard J. Stephenson, founder and chairman of Boca Raton-
word “no” does not exist in his vocabulary. I truly feel blessed to have Roy as a part based Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA) was hon-
of my team!”
ored by the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished
Americans, Inc., a nonprofit educational organization that hon-
Pompano Beach Fire Rescue Receives Awards ors the achievements of outstanding individuals and encourages
youth to pursue their dreams through higher education. Selected Richard J. Stephenson
for membership in the 2017 Class, Stephenson is widely recog-
nized for his philanthropic efforts, global business leadership, and establishment of a
new standard in personalized cancer care.

North Shore
Medical Center

Recognizes
Exemplary

Employee
Broward Health North recently presented an award for excellent trauma care to 16
members of Pompano Beach Fire Rescue at the Rotary Club of Pompano Beach. The Chief Executive Officer
Firefighter/Paramedics were nominated for this award after helping Broward Health Manny Linares of North
North’s Trauma Medical Director, Igor Nichiporenko, M.D., pull a trapped pedestrian Shore Medical Center rec-
from beneath a train. Because of the outstanding team work between the paramedics ognized Pattie Kissoon,
and Dr. Nichiporenko the pedestrian was freed without any complications. BSN, RN, Nurse Manager,
A special thank you goes out to Dr. Nichiporenko and Robert Bugg, Interim CEO Telemetry for her outstand-
of Broward Health North, for presenting the case and great job Pompano Beach Fire ing work and accomplish-
Rescue. We are honored to work among the best! ments at the hospital’s most
recent Board Meeting.
She is dedicated to the
Broward needs of her patients and
their families at North
Health Shore Medical Center and is Trey Abshier, Manny Linares,
an advocate for the educa- Pattie Kissoon and Dr. Isaacson
Imperial Point tion of healthy lifestyle
Honors changes once a patient leaves the hospital.
Pattie has been a nurse for almost 13 years. She started as a LPN, then advanced to
DAISY Award RN, and worked as a Telemetry and ICU nurse manager. She is currently pursuing her
MSN/MBA. Pattie is also involved in multiple committees at North Shore and has
Winners been a shining example of North Shore’s core values since her arrival.

Broward Health Im -
perial Point (BHIP) celebrates an extraordinary nurse every month with The DAISY
Award. Recently Sharon Mathieu, R.N., and Melissa Bonasera, R.N., were nominated E-mail Your Editorial Submissions to
by both patients and peers for their dedication to providing lifesaving care. Both
nurses were able to identify critical warning signs and help patients who would have editorial@southfloridahospitalnews.com
otherwise lost their lives. BHIP is honored to have them as part of the team!

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