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As the COVID-19 pandemic has evolved into a tripledemic and challenged the medical community in profound ways, it’s a particularly apt moment to applaud the inspiring efforts of nurses across the St. Louis region. They consistently exhibit selfless care, compassion, and service.
To recognize their remarkable efforts, St. Louis Magazine hosts its annual Excellence in Nursing Awards. Over more than a decade, we’ve recognized more than 500 outstanding nurses across a wide range of practice areas and levels of expertise, from emerging leaders to those with decades of experience. We couldn’t do it without the help of a distinguished selection committee, comprised of respected leaders across the nation.
We never cease to be moved by these nurses' inspiring work, from life-changing moments of life and death to kind, thoughtful gestures that make a lasting impression on patients and their loved ones.
So beyond recognizing the following honorees, we encourage you to reach out to nurses across the region with a simple message: Thank you.
Selection Committee
- Debra Harrison, executive coach, MEDI; former chief nursing officer, Mayo Clinic
- Lola Denise Jefferson, first vice president, National Black Nurses Association
- Brigit VanGraafeiland, Assistant professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
- Phyllis Zimmer, founder, Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation
- Carli Zegers, assistant professor, University of Kansas School of Nursing
Honorees
Congratulations to all of the honorees!
ACUTE CARE / FAMILY PRACTICE / GENERAL MEDICINE
- Brandy Holthaus, SIHF Healthcare
- Stacy Kuykendall, Rockwood School District
- Rosanna Tochtrop, Missouri Poison Center at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
ADMINISTRATION
- Emily Hazelton, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
- Dawn Strautmann, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
- Tiffany Taylor, SSM Health DePaul Hospital
ADVANCED PRACTICE
- Tania Roberts, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- Elizabeth Schappe, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- Stephanie Treon, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
CARDIOVASCULAR
- Colleen Tabaka, St. Louis Children's Hospital
- Kendra Wickline, Memorial Hospital Belleville
COMMUNITY CARE / AMBULATORY CARE
- Kathryn Harvath, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
- Elaine Ottenlips, SLUCare Cancer Center
- Heather Wade, Saint Louis University School of Nursing, iFM Community Medicine
EDUCATOR
- Karen Cuvar, Saint Louis University School of Nursing
- Lisa Merritt, Fontbonne University
- Bobbi Shatto, Saint Louis University School of Nursing
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
- Nina Arnold, Missouri Baptist Medical Center
- Michael Hartwick, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- Sara Pride, Missouri Baptist Medical Center
EMERGING LEADER
- Matt Hartnett, St. Luke’s Hospital
- Amalia Rueter, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital
- Jarred Silvia, Mercy Hospital St. Louis
HOSPICE / HOME HEALTH / PALLIATIVE CARE
- Eileen Hedrick, Martha's Hands Home Care Services
- Carol Massmann, St. Louis Children's Hospital
INTENSIVE CARE
- Claire Colbert, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
- Sarah Ferretti, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital
- Constance Owen, SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital
- Caitlin Sailor, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING
- Amy Hanson, St. Louis Children's Hospital
- Timothy Patrick, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- Judith Stenzel, St. Louis Children's Hospital
- Jennifer Turley-Nash, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital
NEUROLOGY / PSYCHOLOGY / BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
- Becky Hopfinger, Washington University School of Medicine
- Julie Luesse, Mercy Hospital St. Louis
- Amber Malcolm, Washington University School of Medicine
ONCOLOGY
- Sharidan Drake, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- Candace Love, SSM Health Cancer Care
- Toni Rachocki, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine
ORTHOPEDICS
- Becky Fister, Washington University School of Medicine
- Christopher Hemmer, Saint Louis University School of Nursing
- Michele Kielar, Mercy
PEDIATRICS: NEONATAL
- Daphne Clem, St. Luke's Hospital
- Mary Hope, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
- Julie Vertodoulos, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
PEDIATRICS: NON-NEONATAL
- Tori Boyer, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
- Sara Graves, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
- Jenna Jacobsen Banks, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
- Nichole Reichert, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
- Laura Walker, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
RESEARCH
- Tifuh Amba, SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
- Aleksandra Klim, Washington University School of Medicine
- Karen Moore, Saint Louis University School of Nursing
WOMEN'S HEALTH
- Thresa Michelle (Shelly) Sansoucie, Mercy
- Sarah Smith, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- Lori Stevenson, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
