MEDISTAR HONOREES
2007
The Health Educator Award: Nancy Gordon Moore Kentucky Psychological Association Foundation
The Leadership in Healthcare Award: Gene Woods President and CEO of St. Joseph Healthcare
The Facility Design Award: Luckett & Farley / Ed Jerdonek, Jr.
The Health Communicator Award: Mayor's Healthy Hometown Movement Mayor Jerry Abramson
The Consumer First Award: Norton Healthcare Focus on the Patient Initiative Shelia Gold, RN
The Healthcare Advocacy Award: Carla Reagan Commonwealth Health Free Clinic
The Physician of the Year: Dr. Adewale Troutman Louisville Metro Department of Health & Wellness
The Health Innovation Award: Ray Zavada President of Innovative Productivity, Inc.
2008
The A. O. Sullivan Excellence in Education Award: Central Baptist Hospital / Diabetic Education Team
The Leadership in Healthcare Award: JoAnne DeLorenzo Maamry, President and CEO of Our Lady of Peace
The Healthcare Advocacy Award: Therese Moseley, RN Nurse Educator, Central Baptist Hospital
Facility Design Award: Frazier Rehab Institute designed by Arrasmith, Judd, Rapp, Chovan
Humanity Award: Sandra Brooks, MD, Norton Cancer Institute Prevention Early Detection Program
The Physician of the Year Award: William Brooks, MD, Central Baptist Hospital & the University of Kentucky
The Consumer First Award: Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital Side x Side Art Project
2009
A. O. Sullivan Excellence in Education Award: The Cardinal Hill Therapeutic Garden Program
The Leadership Award: Hieu Tran, PharmD, Sullivan University, College of Pharmacy
The Healthcare Advocacy Award: O'Tayo Lalude, MD
The Innovation Award: Center for Healthcare Reimbursement
Physician of the Year: Elizabeth Garcia-Gray, MD
The Governor's Dignity of Humanity Award: Seven Counties Services
The Facility Design Award: Fleming County Hospital Designed by Luckett & Farley
The Consumer First Award: Baptist Hospital East Cancer Care Center
2010
The A.O. Sullivan Award for Excellence in Education: Al Cornish, Norton University
The Hall Render Leadership in Healthcare Award: Owensboro Medical Health System
The Mountjoy Chilton Medley Innovation Award: Steve Gailar, MetaCyte
The Seven Counties Services Healthcare Advocacy Award: Anthony Dragun, MD, University of Louisville
The ARGI Financial Physician of the Year Award: Mark Slaughter, MD Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's Healthcare
The MedScapes by ORI Facility Design Award: Clinical and Translational Research Building at the University of Louisville, Designed by Arrasmith, Judd, Rapp, Chovan
The Passport Health Plan Governor's Dignity of Humanity Award: MedAssist, Incorporated & Firstsource Solutions USA, Inc.
The Consumer First Award: Passport Health Plan's Cultural and Linguistics Program
2011
The A.O. Sullivan Award for Excellence in Education: Norton Healthcare's Diversity and Inclusion Department
The Hall Render Leadership in Healthcare Award: Signature HealthCare
The Crowe Horwath Innovation Award: ApoVax, Inc.
The Seven Counties Services Healthcare Advocacy Award: Kentucky Voices for Health
The Facility Design Award: Baptist Crestwood, Designed by Luckett & Farley
The Governor's Dignity of Humanity Award: Hosparus
The ARGI Financial Physician of the Year Award: Kupper Wintergerst, MD, University of Louisville
The Consumer First Award: Brain Injury University, Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital
2012
The A.O. Sullivan Award for Excellence in Education: UofL Pediatrics Forensic Medicine
The Hall Render Leadership in Healthcare Award: Michael Bukosky, University of Louisville Physicians
The Crowe Horwath Innovation Award: Kentucky Health Information Exchange
The ARGI Financial Physician of the Year Award: Scott Hedges, MD, Seven Counties Services
The Seven Counties Services Healthcare Advocacy Award: Vasti Broadstone, MD, Floyd Memorial Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate
The Frost Brown Todd Facility Design Award: Kosair Children's Medical Center - Brownsboro, Designed by LMH Architecture
The Governor's Dignity of Humanity Award: Kelly Gunning, NAMI Lexington
The Consumer First Award: Mobile Mammography Unit, James Graham Brown Cancer Center
2013
The A.O. Sullivan Award for Excellence in Education: Kim Tharp-Barrie, DNP, Norton Healthcare
The Hall Render Leadership in Healthcare Award: Diane Hague, Seven Counties Services
The Crowe Horwath Healthcare Innovation Award: Cardiovascular Innovation Institute
The Middleton Reutlinger Facility Design Award: Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, Designed by Arrasmith, Judd, Rapp, Chovan
The Seven Counties Services Healthcare Advocacy Award: Dr. Goetz Kloecker with patient Nancy Alvey, James Graham Brown Cancer Center
The Passport Health Plan Dignity of Humanity Award: Virtual Primary Care Clinics in Powell and Wolfe Counties, Saint Joseph Health System
The XLerateHealth Physician of the Year Award: Steven Hester, Norton Healthcare
The Medical News for You Consumer First Award: UK Arts in Healthcare
The KAHCF Legislator of the Year Award: Senator Julie Denton
2014
The A.O. Sullivan Award for Excellence in Education: Floyd Memorial Hospital & Health Services Associate Education
The Hall Render Leadership in Healthcare Award: Carol Steltenkamp, MD, UK HealthCare
The Seven Counties Services Healthcare Advocacy Award: Mark Birdwhistell, UK Medical Center
The BOK Financial Aging Care Award: Nazareth Home
The Facility Design Award: Norton Women’s and Kosair Children’s Hospital, Designed by LMH Architecture
The Healthcare Innovation Award: UofL Institute of Molecular Cardiology
The Middleton Reutlinger Nurse of the Year Award: Tracy Williams, RN, Norton Healthcare
The XLerateHealth Physician of the Year Award: Donald Miller, MD, PhD, JGBCC, part of KentuckyOne Health
The Passport Health Plan Champion in Health Award: Steve Johnson, Owensboro Health
2015
The A.O. Sullivan Award for Excellence in Education: Kentucky Regional Extension Center
The Hall Render Leadership in Healthcare Award: Tony Zipple, Seven Counties Services
The Seven Counties Services Healthcare Advocacy Award: Melissa Currie, MD, Kosair Charities Division of Pediatric Forensic Medicine
The BOK Financial Aging Care Award: Hospice of the Bluegrass
The Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities Nurse of the Year Award: Kim Hobson, Nazareth Home
The Harshaw Trane Facility Design Award: Owensboro Health Regional Hospital, Designed by HGA
The Physician of the Year Award: Neal Richmond, MD, Louisville Metro EMS
The Kentucky Life Sciences Council Healthcare Innovation Award: Percutaneous Valve Program
2016
The A.O. Sullivan Award for Excellence in Education: UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health
The Hall Render Leadership Award: Susan Starling, Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital
The Hospice of the Bluegrass Aging Care Award: Owensboro Health
The Nurse of the Year Award: Sandy Mathis, Hospice of the Bluegrass
The Physician of the Year Award: LaTonia Sweet, MD, Bluegrass.org
The Seven Counties Services Healthcare Advocacy Award: Mark Bolton, Louisville Metro Department of Corrections
The KLSC Healthcare Innovation Award: Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kentucky
2017
The A.O. Sullivan Award for Excellence in Education: Kentucky Health Career Center
The Extract Wellness Physician of the Year Award: Senator Ralph Alvarado, MD
The Centerstone Healthcare Advocacy Award: Rob Edwards, UK Healthcare
The Bingham Greenebaum Doll Leadership in Healthcare Award: Mark Carter, Passport Health
The KLSC Healthcare Innovation Award: Inscope Medical
The Dickinson Wright Nurse of the Year Award: Liz Edghill, Family Health Centers
2018
The A.O. Sullivan Award for Excellence in Education: Kentucky Physicians Leadership Institute
The Bingham Greenebaum Doll Leadership in Healthcare Award: Phil Marshall, Hosparus Health
The Hosparus Health Innovation Award: Kentucky Homeplace
The Bluegrass Care Navigators Aging Care Award: The UofL Institute for Sustainable Health and Optimal Aging
The Centerstone Healthcare Advocacy Award: Sarah Moyer, MD, and Bryan Loy, MD, Co-Chairs, Louisville Health Advisory Board
The Dickinson Wright Nurse of the Year Award: Leslie Scott, PhD, University of Kentucky School of Nursing
The Dean Dorton Physician of the Year Award: Sandy Shuffett, MD, Baptist Health Medical Group
The Health Educator Award: Nancy Gordon Moore Kentucky Psychological Association Foundation
The Leadership in Healthcare Award: Gene Woods President and CEO of St. Joseph Healthcare
The Facility Design Award: Luckett & Farley / Ed Jerdonek, Jr.
The Health Communicator Award: Mayor's Healthy Hometown Movement Mayor Jerry Abramson
The Consumer First Award: Norton Healthcare Focus on the Patient Initiative Shelia Gold, RN
The Healthcare Advocacy Award: Carla Reagan Commonwealth Health Free Clinic
The Physician of the Year: Dr. Adewale Troutman Louisville Metro Department of Health & Wellness
The Health Innovation Award: Ray Zavada President of Innovative Productivity, Inc.
2008
The A. O. Sullivan Excellence in Education Award: Central Baptist Hospital / Diabetic Education Team
The Leadership in Healthcare Award: JoAnne DeLorenzo Maamry, President and CEO of Our Lady of Peace
The Healthcare Advocacy Award: Therese Moseley, RN Nurse Educator, Central Baptist Hospital
Facility Design Award: Frazier Rehab Institute designed by Arrasmith, Judd, Rapp, Chovan
Humanity Award: Sandra Brooks, MD, Norton Cancer Institute Prevention Early Detection Program
The Physician of the Year Award: William Brooks, MD, Central Baptist Hospital & the University of Kentucky
The Consumer First Award: Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital Side x Side Art Project
2009
A. O. Sullivan Excellence in Education Award: The Cardinal Hill Therapeutic Garden Program
The Leadership Award: Hieu Tran, PharmD, Sullivan University, College of Pharmacy
The Healthcare Advocacy Award: O'Tayo Lalude, MD
The Innovation Award: Center for Healthcare Reimbursement
Physician of the Year: Elizabeth Garcia-Gray, MD
The Governor's Dignity of Humanity Award: Seven Counties Services
The Facility Design Award: Fleming County Hospital Designed by Luckett & Farley
The Consumer First Award: Baptist Hospital East Cancer Care Center
2010
The A.O. Sullivan Award for Excellence in Education: Al Cornish, Norton University
The Hall Render Leadership in Healthcare Award: Owensboro Medical Health System
The Mountjoy Chilton Medley Innovation Award: Steve Gailar, MetaCyte
The Seven Counties Services Healthcare Advocacy Award: Anthony Dragun, MD, University of Louisville
The ARGI Financial Physician of the Year Award: Mark Slaughter, MD Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's Healthcare
The MedScapes by ORI Facility Design Award: Clinical and Translational Research Building at the University of Louisville, Designed by Arrasmith, Judd, Rapp, Chovan
The Passport Health Plan Governor's Dignity of Humanity Award: MedAssist, Incorporated & Firstsource Solutions USA, Inc.
The Consumer First Award: Passport Health Plan's Cultural and Linguistics Program
2011
The A.O. Sullivan Award for Excellence in Education: Norton Healthcare's Diversity and Inclusion Department
The Hall Render Leadership in Healthcare Award: Signature HealthCare
The Crowe Horwath Innovation Award: ApoVax, Inc.
The Seven Counties Services Healthcare Advocacy Award: Kentucky Voices for Health
The Facility Design Award: Baptist Crestwood, Designed by Luckett & Farley
The Governor's Dignity of Humanity Award: Hosparus
The ARGI Financial Physician of the Year Award: Kupper Wintergerst, MD, University of Louisville
The Consumer First Award: Brain Injury University, Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital
2012
The A.O. Sullivan Award for Excellence in Education: UofL Pediatrics Forensic Medicine
The Hall Render Leadership in Healthcare Award: Michael Bukosky, University of Louisville Physicians
The Crowe Horwath Innovation Award: Kentucky Health Information Exchange
The ARGI Financial Physician of the Year Award: Scott Hedges, MD, Seven Counties Services
The Seven Counties Services Healthcare Advocacy Award: Vasti Broadstone, MD, Floyd Memorial Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate
The Frost Brown Todd Facility Design Award: Kosair Children's Medical Center - Brownsboro, Designed by LMH Architecture
The Governor's Dignity of Humanity Award: Kelly Gunning, NAMI Lexington
The Consumer First Award: Mobile Mammography Unit, James Graham Brown Cancer Center
2013
The A.O. Sullivan Award for Excellence in Education: Kim Tharp-Barrie, DNP, Norton Healthcare
The Hall Render Leadership in Healthcare Award: Diane Hague, Seven Counties Services
The Crowe Horwath Healthcare Innovation Award: Cardiovascular Innovation Institute
The Middleton Reutlinger Facility Design Award: Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, Designed by Arrasmith, Judd, Rapp, Chovan
The Seven Counties Services Healthcare Advocacy Award: Dr. Goetz Kloecker with patient Nancy Alvey, James Graham Brown Cancer Center
The Passport Health Plan Dignity of Humanity Award: Virtual Primary Care Clinics in Powell and Wolfe Counties, Saint Joseph Health System
The XLerateHealth Physician of the Year Award: Steven Hester, Norton Healthcare
The Medical News for You Consumer First Award: UK Arts in Healthcare
The KAHCF Legislator of the Year Award: Senator Julie Denton
2014
The A.O. Sullivan Award for Excellence in Education: Floyd Memorial Hospital & Health Services Associate Education
The Hall Render Leadership in Healthcare Award: Carol Steltenkamp, MD, UK HealthCare
The Seven Counties Services Healthcare Advocacy Award: Mark Birdwhistell, UK Medical Center
The BOK Financial Aging Care Award: Nazareth Home
The Facility Design Award: Norton Women’s and Kosair Children’s Hospital, Designed by LMH Architecture
The Healthcare Innovation Award: UofL Institute of Molecular Cardiology
The Middleton Reutlinger Nurse of the Year Award: Tracy Williams, RN, Norton Healthcare
The XLerateHealth Physician of the Year Award: Donald Miller, MD, PhD, JGBCC, part of KentuckyOne Health
The Passport Health Plan Champion in Health Award: Steve Johnson, Owensboro Health
2015
The A.O. Sullivan Award for Excellence in Education: Kentucky Regional Extension Center
The Hall Render Leadership in Healthcare Award: Tony Zipple, Seven Counties Services
The Seven Counties Services Healthcare Advocacy Award: Melissa Currie, MD, Kosair Charities Division of Pediatric Forensic Medicine
The BOK Financial Aging Care Award: Hospice of the Bluegrass
The Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities Nurse of the Year Award: Kim Hobson, Nazareth Home
The Harshaw Trane Facility Design Award: Owensboro Health Regional Hospital, Designed by HGA
The Physician of the Year Award: Neal Richmond, MD, Louisville Metro EMS
The Kentucky Life Sciences Council Healthcare Innovation Award: Percutaneous Valve Program
2016
The A.O. Sullivan Award for Excellence in Education: UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health
The Hall Render Leadership Award: Susan Starling, Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital
The Hospice of the Bluegrass Aging Care Award: Owensboro Health
The Nurse of the Year Award: Sandy Mathis, Hospice of the Bluegrass
The Physician of the Year Award: LaTonia Sweet, MD, Bluegrass.org
The Seven Counties Services Healthcare Advocacy Award: Mark Bolton, Louisville Metro Department of Corrections
The KLSC Healthcare Innovation Award: Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kentucky
2017
The A.O. Sullivan Award for Excellence in Education: Kentucky Health Career Center
The Extract Wellness Physician of the Year Award: Senator Ralph Alvarado, MD
The Centerstone Healthcare Advocacy Award: Rob Edwards, UK Healthcare
The Bingham Greenebaum Doll Leadership in Healthcare Award: Mark Carter, Passport Health
The KLSC Healthcare Innovation Award: Inscope Medical
The Dickinson Wright Nurse of the Year Award: Liz Edghill, Family Health Centers
2018
The A.O. Sullivan Award for Excellence in Education: Kentucky Physicians Leadership Institute
The Bingham Greenebaum Doll Leadership in Healthcare Award: Phil Marshall, Hosparus Health
The Hosparus Health Innovation Award: Kentucky Homeplace
The Bluegrass Care Navigators Aging Care Award: The UofL Institute for Sustainable Health and Optimal Aging
The Centerstone Healthcare Advocacy Award: Sarah Moyer, MD, and Bryan Loy, MD, Co-Chairs, Louisville Health Advisory Board
The Dickinson Wright Nurse of the Year Award: Leslie Scott, PhD, University of Kentucky School of Nursing
The Dean Dorton Physician of the Year Award: Sandy Shuffett, MD, Baptist Health Medical Group