March 14, 2019 by Natalie Chandler, Editor
Started in 2007, Health Care Heroes honors health care professionals in the New Orleans area in the following categories: animal care, first responders, nursing, physicians, professionals and volunteers. Honorees are selected based on industry achievement and community involvement.
This year’s honorees are:
Animal Care
Robert A. MacLean, Audubon Nature Institute
Ashley Tahir, Fur De Lis Mobile Veterinary Services, LLC
First Responder
Edison Avila, Acadian Ambulance
Cedric Palmisano, City of New Orleans Emergency Medical Services
Heather Scianneaux, Tulane University Campus Health
Nurses
Benita N. Chatmon, LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing
Suzanne Hoffpauir, Touro Infirmary
Jeremy Landry, University Medical Center New Orleans
Jessica Landry, LSU Health Sciences Center- School of Nursing
John MacMahon, University Medical Center New Orleans
Je’na` Wells Matthews, Ochsner Health System
Demetrius J. Porche, LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing
Barbara Tarjan, St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Physicans
Nathan R. Brown, Northlake Oral & Facial Surgery
José Calderón-Abbo, Optum/UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Louisiana
Aaron Dumont, Tulane University
Shelly Gupta, Humana
Jeremy R. James, Disc of Louisiana
Robert J. Jeanfreau, Medpharmics
Meredith L. Maxwell, Touro Infirmary
Richard V. Milani, Ochsner Health System
Anil S. Paramesh, LOPA and Tulane University School of Medicine
K. Samer Shamieh, Avala Health and DISC of Louisiana
Nicholas Van Sickels, Crescent Care
Eugene A. Woltering, LSU Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
Professionals
Sam Caruso, Jr., Slidell Memorial Hospital
Ragan P. Collins, Healthcare for the Homeless
Takeisha C. Davis, New Orleans East Hospital
Ayame Nagatani Dinkler, LCMC Health
Jeffery H. Edge, West Jefferson Medical Center
Henry A. Gremillion, LSUHSC School of Dentistry – LSU Health New Orleans
Alfred Jordan, Daughters of Charity Health Centers – Metairie Center
Kim Keene, St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Laura Kerns, University Medical Center New Orleans
Frances Lawless, City of New Orleans Health Department
Bert Lindsey, St. Tammany Parish Hospital
William Lunn, Tulane University School of Medicine
Bill Masterton, LCMC Health
Christen L. Mayer, Tulane Health System
John R Nickens IV, Children’s Hospital of New Orleans & LCMC Health Maternal and Child Health Services
Hiral Patel, Lakeview Regional Medical Center
Alyana Samai, West Jefferson Medical Center
Deborah Spiers, Oceans Behavioral Hospital Greater New Orleans
Paula Cassimere Stewart, Health Guardians – Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans
Noel Twilbeck, CrescentCare
Vindell Washington, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana
Elizabeth Marcell Williams, Center for Resilience
Volunteers
Rickey Jackson, Tulane Medical Center
Art Lentini, Children’s Hospital
Eric Rotts, Children’s Hospital
The 2019 Health Care Heroes will be honored at 5 pm Monday, May 13, at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Register for the event here. For more information contact Marilyn Miller at 504-293-9201 or [email protected] or Web Editor/Event Coordinator Meghan Keen at 504-293-9253 or [email protected].