Technicians who deliver home health equipment, physical therapists who get patients back on their feet, pharmacists and nurses and doctors and all of the administrators who make their jobs possible—living through a pandemic has given the staff of WV Living a fresh appreciation for the many thousands of people across the state who dedicate their days to keeping all of us healthy.
We asked our readers to tell us about their Health Care Heroes, then we talked with 60 of them to find out what makes them tick. Read their stories below.
Health care heroes
Honorable mentions
Bethany
Carol Borden Tyler
Retired Campus Nurse
Bethany College
Bridgeport
John Paul Nardelli
Executive Director
Healthy Harrison
Susan Beall DiPetta, D.C.
Chiropractor
Chiropractic Care Center
Stephanie Smart, MSN, RN
Vice President of Nursing
United Hospital Center
Charleston
Angie Settle, DNP, APRN, BC, FNP
CEO and Executive Director
West Virginia Health Right
Jacqueline Ranson, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Southern West Virginia
Health System Lincoln Primary Care System
Kimberly Bird, RN
COVID Tracer and Nurse
Kanawha–Charleston
Health Department
Mary Bennett, RN
Emergency Department
Charge Nurse
CAMC Memorial Hospital
Melissa Poulos, MD, MPH
Hospitalist Medical Director and Stroke Medical Director
Charleston Area Medical Center
Clarksburg
Rochelle Plywaczynski
Supervisor
WVU Medicine Hospice
Clendenin
Brandon Daniel
ACT and First Responder
Kanawha County Emergency
Ambulance Authority
Elkins
Craig Hyre
Optometrist
Family Eye Care Center and
Huttonsville Correctional Center
Glenville
Lea Ann Phares
Pharmacist
Walgreens
Huntington
Connie Priddy, RN
Compliance Officer
Cabell County EMS
Elizabeth Saunders, MD
Doctor
Erma Ora Byrd Center,
Marshall Health
Martinsburg
Sammi Johnson, BSN RN
Home-Based Primary Care Nurse
Department of Veterans Affairs and Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Morgantown
Alan Hess, MD
Primary Care Doctor
Mon Health Medical Center and Mon Health Primary Care
Anitra Hamilton
Orthopedic Clinical
Nursing Services
WVU Medicine
Cara Hawkins
Nursing Manager
WVU Medicine
Cathy Price, RN
Nurse
WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby
Memorial Hospital
Crissy Swanson Tennant
Certified Pharmacy Technician
Mon Health Medical Center
Denese Yeager, RN
Nurse Navigator
WVU Medicine
Ehab Akkary, MD, FACS,
FAACS, FASMBS
Bariatric, Cosmetic, and
General Surgeon
Akkary Surgery Center
Iqra Sheikh, MD
Resident Ob/Gyn Physician
WVU Medicine
Jennifer McAllister
Clinical Associate, WVU Medicine
J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital
Nursing Student, Fairmont
State University
Jerome Johnson, MD
Retired Doctor
Mon Health Systems
Joshua Dolin, DDS
Dentist
Morgantown Dental Group
Lana Credeur-Gammage
RRT, Adult ECMO Specialist
WVU Medical Center
Lisa Costello, MD, MPH, FAAP
Assistant Professor,
Co-Clerkship Director
Department of Pediatrics, WVU School of Medicine
Luwana Carr
Lead Insurance Claims
Representative
Mon Health Medical Center
Mark Johnson, MD, FACS
Surgeon
Mon Health Systems
MORGANTOWN
Matthew Brunner, MD
Primary Care Doctor
WVU Medicine
Samantha Shawley-Brzoska,
PhD, MPH
Research Assistant Professor,
Department of Social &
Behavioral Sciences
WVU School of Public Health
Shirlee Bonnell, RN
Nurse
Mon Health Medical Center
Shon Rowan, MD
Ob/Gyn and Infertility Medicine
WVU Medicine
Sidney Steeber, LPN
Nurse
Mon Health Heart and
Vascular Center
Skylar Pechart
Certified Pharmacy Technician
Mon Health Systems
Stephan Matt Akers, MD, BS,
Ph.D., FAAP
Neonatologist
WVU Medicine
Trish Kuis
Infusion Center Employee
Mon Health Systems
Vincent Kolanko, MD
Doctor
Mon Health Medical Center
and Mon Health Wedgewood
Primary Care
Parkersburg
Ellen Post-Brown, MD
Family Medicine Doctor
Marietta Memorial Hospital
Wardensville
Patricia Kimble
Direct Support Professional
ResCare
Various Locations
Pamela George
Vice President
Genesis HealthCare
Edward Paul Quarantillo, MD
Doctor
Pendleton Primary Care,
Martinsburg, and WVU Medicine, Berkeley Springs
Samantha Richards
Vice President, Patient Care
Services and Chief Nursing Officer WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical
Center, Martinsburg
WVU Medicine Jefferson Medical Center, Ranson
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