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2012 winners announced
(SIOUX FALLS, SD) – Twenty-eight individuals comprise the 2012 Sanford Health Employee of the Year list, which honors model employees from the organization.
First awarded in 1987, Employee of the Year recognitions are handed out annually. These awards were established to recognize Sanford employees who consistently demonstrate exceptional performance and show a relentless pursuit of perfection through the following Sanford Values:
• Courage – The strength to persevere, use our voices and take action.
• Passion – The enthusiasm for patients and work commitment to the organization.
• Resolve – The adherence to the systems that align actions to excellence, efficiency and purpose.
• Advancement – The pursuit of individual and organizational growth and development.
• Family – The connection and commitment we have to each other through it all.
Fargo, ND Region
Mitel DataNet Information Technology Employee of the Year
Judy Erickson, Moorhead, MN, 9 Years
Executive Assistant
Information Technology
Sanford Support Services Employee of the Year
Elizabeth Rangel, Moorhead, MN, 11 Years
Service Area Assistant Lead
Patient Access – Moorhead Clinic
Sanford Clinical Employee of the Year
Jill Kruta, LPN/Mental Health Practitioner, Thief River Falls, MN, 4 Years
Community Mental Health Specialist
Mental Health - Thief River Falls
Sanford Management Employee of the Year
Rita Cowie, RN, Pelican Rapids, 31 Years
Clinical Manager
Pelican Rapids Clinic
Sanford Physician of the Year
Greg Bjerke, MD, Fargo, ND, 30 Years
Physician
Emergency Center
Sioux Falls, SD Region
Sanford Clinic Support Services Employee of the Year
Tammi Krause-Watertown SD, 25 years
Clerical Specialist
Sanford Clinic Watertown
Sanford Clinic Clinical Employee of the Year (2 winners)
Jason D Flanagan, MS, CGC-Sioux Falls SD, 7 years
Genetics Counselor
Sanford Clinic Women’s Maternal-Fetal Medicine
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Laura Torkildson, RN-Sioux Falls, SD, 20 years
Special Procedures Registered Nurse
Sanford Children’s Specialty Clinic
Sanford Clinic Management Employee of the Year
Diana Bigge, RN-Sioux Falls, SD, 34 Years
Director
Sanford Home Medical Equipment
Sanford Clinic Physician of the Year
Keith Hansen, MD-Sioux Falls, SD, 14 Years
Physician
Sanford Clinic Women’s Reproductive Endocrinology
Sanford USD Medical Center President’s Leadership Award
Bill Roberts, RRT-Sioux Falls, SD, 27 Years
Director
Respiratory Care
Birkeland Administrative Innovation Employee of the Year
Angela Heibult, MS-Dell Rapids, SD, 10 Years
Instructional Design Coordinator
Center for Learning
Carlson Family Outstanding Pediatric Oncology Employee of the Year
Sarah Antonson, RN, CPON-Beresford, SD, 15 Years
Special Procedures Registered Nurse
Sanford Children’s Specialty Clinic
Outstanding Surgical Services Employee of the Year
Kristi Lloyd, RN-Inwood, IA, 13 Years
Registered Nurse
Surgery
Patricia K. Van Wyhe Nurse of the Year
Renee Quanbeck, RN-Sioux Falls, SD, 13 Years
Registered Nurse
Medical Oncology
Excellence in Obstetrics & Gynecology Employee of the Year
Darla Grotewold, RN-Larchwood, IA, 16 Years
Clinical Care Coordinator
Birthplace
Conradi Family Intensive Care Nursery Employee of the Year
Gloria L. Reurink, RNC-Sioux Falls, SD, 30 Years
Clinical Care Coordinator
Boekelheide Intensive Care Nursery
Egger Family Employee of the Year Award
Kris Denevan-Sioux Falls, SD, 7 Years
Project Manager-Heart Hospital
Sanford USD Medical Center Administration
Eide Bailly Business Employee of the Year
Rita Von Holtum, CPC H-Adrian MN, 20 Years
Lead Coder-Health Information Management
Sanford Luverne Medical Center
Electric Supply Company Award for Sanford Health Network Employee of the Year
Terry L. Jones-Rock Rapids, IA, 2 Years
Maintenance
Sanford Rock Rapids Medical Center
Birkeland Clinical Innovation Employee of the Year
Susan Nygaard, R Ph-Sioux Falls, SD, 33 Years
Pharmacy Project Coordinator
Pharmaceutical Services
Dr. Ben Perryman Sanford Research Employee of the Year
Jennifer Prasek-Vermillion, SD, 4 Years
Project Manager
Disparities Research
Sweetman Family Employee of the Year
Brittany Montecuollo, RN, MS, CSHA-Sioux Falls, SD, 3 Years
Accreditation Regulation Compliance Coordinator
Accreditation
Sanford USD Medical Center Service Excellence Doctor of the Year (2 winners)
John Lee, MD-Sioux Falls SD, 4 Years
Physician
Sanford Clinic Ear, Nose & Throat
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John Yu, MD, 11 Years
Physician
Sanford Clinic Pulmonary
Bemidji, MN Region
Sanford Clinic Employee of the Year
Loretta Swanson, Bemidji, MN, 14 Years
RN Ambulatory
Medical Oncology
Sanford Medical Center Employee of the Year
James Gildersleeve, Bemidji, MN, 12 Years
Nursing Assistant
Medical Surgery
Sanford Physician of the Year
Benjamin Roy MD, Bemidji, MN, 3 Years
Physician
General Surgery
A formal presentation was held for these recipients in August in Sioux Falls, SD, Fargo, ND and Bemidji, MN.
About Sanford Health
Sanford Health is an integrated health system headquartered in Fargo, ND and Sioux Falls, SD and consists of two long-standing organizations that merged in 2009. Sanford is now the largest, rural, not-for-profit health care system in the nation with locations in 126 communities in seven states. In addition, Sanford Health is in the process of developing international clinics in Ireland, Ghana, Israel and Mexico.
Sanford Health includes 35 hospitals, 140 clinic locations and nearly 1,200 physicians in 70 specialty areas of medicine. With more than 25,000 employees, Sanford Health is the largest employer in North and South Dakota. The system is experiencing dynamic growth and development in conjunction with Denny Sanford's $400 million gift in 2007, the largest gift ever to a health care organization in America, and then a $100 million gift in 2010. These gifts are making possible the implementation of the several initiatives including global children's clinics, multiple research centers and finding a cure for type 1 diabetes and breast cancer. For more information, please visit sanfordhealth.org.
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