AREA awards given to employees for going beyond

The individuals can either receive a $50 dinner at restaurant of their choice; a $50 gift certificate for either Citadel or Northwoods Mall or $50 in movie passes.

The employees were:

• Kelly Greene, Quality Services, was recognized by both an employee and a visitor to the Medical Center for providing help to a shooting victim in the St. Francis (now referred to as the Rutledge Medical Tower) parking lot.
• Sherry Kamenicky, Peds Cardiology, was recognized by a fellow employee for showing kindness and caring toward a transplant patient and his family by picking them up, taking them to dinner and including them in her family functions for the duration of their stay.
• Sandy Priester, Pharmacy, was recognized by fellow employees for always going out of her way to help patients and fellow employees. Lately she has gone beyond that by taking sick workers food and looking after their houses and animals while they are on vacation.
• Kathy Viglianco, Occupational Therapy, was recognized by a fellow employee for going to a patient's home on the day the patient was to be discharged and taking down the existing bed so that a hospital bed could be set up.
• Mohamed Ali, Surgery, was an intern for the Burn Unit during March. Ali was acknowledged for being extremely helpful, working well with the staff and being efficient while being fun to work with.
• Gloria Gantt Wilford, Neurology, was recognized for helping with grants and colloquium.
• Elaine Terry, Neurology, was recognized for helping with grants and colloquium.
• Jerry Viita, Physical Plant, was recognized for doing an excellent job in the renovation of Human Resources Office, first floor, Harborview Tower.
• Isaac Singleton, Physical Plant, was recognized for doing an outstanding job on the renovation of the Human Resources Office, first floor, Harborview Tower.