Awards and Recognitions

Nurses’ Week Award Winners 
As a way to recognize their fellow nurses, support personnel, and physicians, the nurses at University Community Hospital created these awards. The nominees are presented and the winners are announced at an annual reception held during Nurses’ Week.

University Community Hospital
2007 Nurse of the Year: Dottie Chilcutt, RN, Float Nursing
2007 Physician Friend of Nursing: Marian Menezes, MD, Internal Medicine
2007 Friend of Nursing: Betty Johnson, Central Supply

University Community Hospital-Carrollwood
2007 Nurse of the Year:  Aurora Dela Cruz, RN, 2 East
2007 Physician Friend of Nursing: Charles Cavaliere, MD, Ansesthesia
2007 Friend of Nursing: Chris Morris, Tech, PCU

Pepin Heart Hospital & Dr. Kiran C. Patel Research Institute
2007 Nurse of the Year:  Jennifer Clark, RN, CIU
2007 Physician Friend of Nursing: Richard Morrison, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgery
2007 Friend of Nursing: Connie White, Unit Secretary, CCU

The Women's Center
2007 Nurse of the Year:  Patricia Walton, RN, LDR
2007 Physician Friend of Nursing: Henry Hyatt, MD, GYN
2007 Friend of Nursing: Suzie Khune, Security