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    2008 Humanism in Healthcare Awards 

    The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey held its signature Humanism in Healthcare Awards Ceremony on Monday, July 21, at the Hamilton Park Conference Center, in Florham Park.

    Now in its 11th year, the Humanism Awards program recognizes individuals in the trenches of patient care who have consistently demonstrated the principles of caring and compassion in their work in hospitals and in nursing education programs in the Essex, Union and Morris region served by The Foundation. This year, 36 individuals from 16 institutions received awards of $500 each.


    “These are individuals –  who may be in food service, technicians, in housekeeping, therapists, nurse managers, physicians, along with nursing students and faculty – who each day practice caring as much as they provide skilled care,” noted Executive Director Robert Hyfler. 

    Theresa M. Redling, D.O., F.A.C.P., and Hospice Medical Director at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center , received The Foundation’s 2008 Community Humanism in Healthcare Award. She also heads the hospital’s prestigious Center for Geriatric Health Care.
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        Dr. Theresa Redling, Beth Levithan











            (Left to right) HFNJ Board Chair Lester Lieberman, with Dr. Theresa Redling and HFNJ First Vice Chair Beth Levithan.


            UMDNJ President Dr. William F. Owen, Jr., M.D., was this year’s keynote speaker. Dr. Owen, who was inaugurated at the University on July 1, 2007, spoke about humanistic care from his perspective as leader of the nation’s largest stand-alone health sciences university. Dr. Owen also discussed care from the patient perspective after his brief hospitalization at University Hospital following a mild stroke.  
            Congratulations to these caring and compassionate healthcare professionals!

            2008 HUMANISM IN HEALTHCARE  AWARDEES

            Bloomfield College Presbyterian Division of Nursing
            Ajay Kapoor
            Stephanie Konrad
            Neddie V. Serra

            Broadway House for Continuing Care
            Jernell Barbour
            Beverly Salley

            Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
            Sonia Banaag
            Twanda Brown

            Clara Maass Continuing Care Center at Belleville
            Andrea Small
            Belinda Smith

            Clara Maass Medical Center
            Tom K. Jose
            Herminia Malgapo

            Daughters of Israel
            Evelyne Charles
            Susan Jurado

            Morristown Memorial Hospital
            Kristen Luttenberger
            Renee Trambert

            New Community Corporation
            Nora Branch
            Denise Dent
            Barbara O’Connor

            Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
            Marc Borenstein
            Mattie Cohen

            Overlook Hospital
            Jeanne Kerwin
            Wendy Poucher-Catalano

            Saint Barnabas Medical Center
            Margie Heller
            Linda Santos

            Seton  Hall University – College of Nursing
            Gloria Essoka
            Larry Payano
            Adrienne Sumallo

            Trinitas Hospital
            Veronica Flores
            Diane Reehil

            Trinitas Hospital School of Nursing
            Sandra Fonseca
            Karen Joho
            Kelly Switzer

            UMDNJ - School of Nursing
            Oladeji Babalola
            Michelle Kaulback
            Susan Pepe

            UMDNJ – University Hospital
            Linda McGinnis
           
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