The Nashville Business Journal announced the winners of the 2012 Health Care Heroes awards. Winners were decided by a panel of health care judges. Winners from each of eight categories will be honored at an awards luncheon May 10 at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel. Winners will also be profiled in the May 18 edition of the Nashville Business Journal.
Congratulations to the nominees and winners alike!
Lifetime Achievement
• Dr. John Lamb, retired. Dr. Lamb has spent over 40 years treating numerous patients throughout his career as an orthopedic surgeon. In 2001, he co-founded Faith Family Medical Clinic to provide affordable health care for the working uninsured, and has helped over 20,000 uninsured patients receive quality medical care. He has served on Faith Family’s board of directors and as a volunteer specialist for the past 10 years. Dr. Lamb has volunteered monthly at the Nashville Rescue Mission and served on the board for over 20 years, and has served as chairman of the Nashville Academy of Medicine and the Arthritis Foundation.
Community Leader
• Craig Becker, President/CEO, Tennessee Hospital Association
• Juli Liske, Founder & Executive Director, The Brown Center for Autism
• Dr. Tom Starling, President and CEO, Mental Health America of Middle Tennessee
Company CEO or President
• Saad Ehtisham, CEO, University Medical Center
• Dennis Miller, Chief Executive Officer, Williamson Medical Center
• Dr. Wayne Riley, President and Chief Executive Officer, Meharry Medical College
• Dan Slipkovich, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board, Capella Healthcare
• Phil Wenk, President and CEO, Delta Dental of Tennessee
Company Executive
• Lola Clark, Practice Administrator, Tennessee Maternal Fetal Medicine PLC
• Wes Littrell, President & CEO, Saint Thomas Health Affiliates, and Chief Strategy Officer, Saint Thomas Health
Health Care Entrepreneur
• Frazer Buntin, President & CEO, Silvercare Solutions
• Elliott Holt, CEO, Medi-Copy Services Inc.
Health Care IT
• Jim Aylward, President & CEO, Sy.Med Development Inc.
• William Brown, CEO, Entrada
• Helen Lane, Vice President & Partner, C3 Consulting
• R. Stephen Richards, President & CEO, Richards & Richards Office Records Management Inc.
Health Care Professional Services
• Brian Browder, Partner and Healthcare Department Chair, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis
• John Casillas, Senior Vice President, HIMSS
• Paul Frankenberg, President, CEO and Founder, Focus Search Partners LLC
• Jonathan Morphett, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Avondale Partners LLC
• Anne Schmitt, Medical Social Worker, Vanderbilt University
• Evelyn Yeargin, Director of Advocacy, Mental Health Cooperative
Health Care Research
• Dr. Donald Alcendor, Assistant Professor, Meharry Medical College
• Dr. Jan Lewis Brandes, Neurologist, Director & Founder, Nashville Neuroscience Group, Saint Thomas Health
• Dr. Thomas Doub, CEO, Centerstone Research Institute
Physician or Nurse
• Dr. Steven Abram, Director, Saint Thomas Brain & Spinal Cord Tumor Center, Saint Thomas Hospital and Howell Allen
• Dr. G Patrick Maxwell, Director, Maxwell Aesthetics
• Dr. Robert Richie, Medical/Surgical Director, Tennessee Donor Services
• Dr. Paul Rosenblatt, Chief of Radiation Oncology at Saint Thomas Hospital Dan Rudy Cancer Center, Saint Thomas Hospital/Tennessee Oncology
• Dr. Cathy Stallworth, medical director of Life Therapies Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit at Baptist Hospital, and integrative medicine specialist, Nashville Medical Group