Accolades and Milestones
Congratulations March work milestone anniversaries
Congratulations to the Michigan Medicine employees celebrating their work anniversaries in the month of March. Thank you for your continued dedication to your work, your colleagues and your patients. 45 YearsJill Edwards 40 YearsDaniel MontgomeryMarline Stephens 35 YearsKathleen BarnumKayleen CristmanRosamund FlornMary IngallsChristine LapointeRory MarksDebra McCloskeyMachelle RobinsonTeresa SpiegelbergElizabeth Varadi-Ginsberg 30 YearsAlison ElliotTammie LeckembyNicholas LukacsAllen ThompsonPatricia Ward 25 YearsCarrie AshtonSarah BallAmy CasedyMary DowneyMary EdwardsTanisha KennedyBonnie LambTodd MachesneyTressa McGuireBethany MooreThomas MooreVictoria RaymerDebra RidleyCatherine SieczkowskiBrandy SincoDeborah SuddethTheresa ThielanPamela WallaceRebecca Waterbury 20 YearsTamara BennettAllan BjorklundDenise BrennanShirley Carpenter-EvansRandal CifolelliKathy CreminSharyn DagherHermalinda DavisKatrina DawsonHeather DouglassJoetta DuBoisSahira FettouhiPenelope FosterRonald FrazierScott HadleyEthan HarrisRichard HerranEsmat HijaziMyra HufnagelWilliam KingYelena KleymanYihong LiuErica…
Nursing Information Services’ Sharon Sheets announces retirement
It is with a mixture of sadness and happiness that the team at Nursing Information Services announces the retirement of Sharon Sheets on Feb. 25, 2022. Sharon reached the milestone of 40 years with Michigan Medicine in February 2022. During her tenure she has positively impacted many staff and leaders, serving the University of Michigan Health System in a variety of roles including personnel/payroll clerk, office assistant, accountant, administrative assistant, nursing informatics support and consulting. In her early years with Michigan Medicine, she worked with University Health Service, the Department of Chemistry, and the College of Pharmacy. In 1994, she…
Congratulations February work milestone anniversaries
Congratulations to the Michigan Medicine employees celebrating their work anniversaries in the month of February. Thank you for your continued dedication to your work, your colleagues and your patients. 55 YearsEugene Napolitan 40 YearsThomas ChenevertColleen HuntmanScharlma JacksonHarvey KaplanHilary KingChen Kuo-VasherSharon SheetsDeborah Vogel 35 YearsAngela BishopLinda CharltonCatherine DohertyAli IssaAbishag JoubertPaula KartjeJanet KirklandGary McDanielAnthony PardingtonMary Rexer-BluhmLori SheltonBrian WilliamsSamuel Winston-Brown 30 YearsLindsey BurdetteJoseph DipzinskiKimberly GonzalezGuihua JiangRita McFarland-HintonTammie McGrawBarbara PetoJeanne StuckeyCarrie Wisok 25 YearsMichelle AndersonPrasanna BaragiChristine BurseAmy DalyAnn FrisingerDenise KirschnerSuzanne LichtSheryll MarshallOrest MykolenkoSarah NorrisAndrew ShaverLarry SmrckaSuhe WangDeborah WrightGuohua Xi 20 YearsTerri BarnoTammy BoyceLaura BromleyHelen BryantRebecca ButynskiClaire CasselmanDaniel ClauwLaurie ClaytonRon CouryDiana CrabtreeTiffany Craig-BuersSandra DavisMartha DavisonAltorian…
Congratulations to January work milestone anniversaries
Congratulations to the Michigan Medicine employees celebrating their work anniversaries in the month of January. Thank you for your continued dedication to your work, your colleagues and your patients. 50 YearsRoderick McDonald 45 YearsJane JucknoMark Konkle 40 YearsChris ChapmanRichard EakinMartha FunnellCherie HolodnickCarol Richmond 35 YearsDouglas ArmstrongSuzanne BradleyNancy BurkeStephen DorerKaren FacerBruno GiordaniAngela JohnsonBruce MeadsTraci MilesVirginia RogersNancy StephensonDeborah StoutCarol Welsch 30 YearsKaren AngellShannon ButcherDiane EberhartCassandra FarvarLawanda GarrettElizabeth GoodwinJill HasenJeffrey KezlarianShirley KocurFayette LewisSusan MannLaurie McCauleyJane Peters-ArnoldAlexander SackeyfioKaren SagherNeil TalonKenneth ThompsonPamela VanBurenDawn Willett 25 YearsAlex AdeLarry ArnoldNicole BaileyRobert BardJermaine BesterCynthia BrownNicole CampbellDaniel ChapmanAllison DrozdzewskiJennifer FreemanNicole HurleyAnne LeeNancy MantelLenore NaboychikJoshua ParselsSarah PoleySuresh RamnathDonna SnyderSusan TellJeanette…
Congratulations December work milestone anniversaries!
Congratulations to the Michigan Medicine employees celebrating their work anniversaries in the month of December. Thank you for your continued dedication to your work, your colleagues and your patients. 40 Years Susan BakerMary BarGlenda Foster 35 Years Rhonda Anderson-OliverRose BellKirk BrowerNancy HankeDebra HardenbrookBarbara KunzelmanWendy LamentolaNoreen MyricksTammy PerryJanella ReskeNancy RoeserGerald SerwerJane SingerCatherine Thompson 30 Years Sara EdwardsMary Joe GilpinDavid GordonLaura MannausaNorah NaughtonPatricia Sirois Amy Stheiner 25 Years Princesa AquinoDebra CampbellShauna GobleRobert HagbloomPamela KangasAmanda LouksKelly MosleyAudrey NewellLisa OrrisonTrupti PatelCarolyn PriessFrank RozsaYvette Washington 20 Years David AdamsChristine BacarellaShawn ChapmanFawzi El-ShafeiDee FennerJason FisanickKatherine GoldLi GuoLisa HelfenBrian HockleyLaura HopsonAmber HurdGary LaderachAnn LaidlawJames LintonJeniffer LongToni MorganReena…
Congratulations 2021 Service Award Honorees
Congratulations to Michigan Medicine’s 2021 Service Award Honorees. These staff members were recognized as part of this year’s annual program. Send a congratulations eCard through the Michigan Medicine recognition site to your colleagues to show appreciation for the many years of dedicated service they have provided the organization. 50 Year Honorees Ann Okkerse, UMH CW 11W 45 Year Honorees Kirby Billups, Lab Animal Medicine Unit Thomas Daly, Contracting Officer Kevin Doran, HITS Mary Earle, KEC OR/ PACU Douglas Gallup, Facilities Mark Gordon, UMH CW Respiratory Therapy Cynthia Vance, Michigan Neuroscience Institute Karen Williams, UMH CW 8ECP 40 Year Honorees Robert…
Brad Uren, M.D., reappointed by Gov. Whitmer to lead Michigan Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
On Nov. 10, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer reappointed Brad Uren, M.D., to serve as chair of the Michigan Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. Uren, an associate professor of emergency medicine at Michigan Medicine, was first appointed to the chair position in December 2020. “I am excited to continue the committee’s important work on behalf of the state of Michigan and our state’s Medicaid enrollees,” Uren said. According to the release, The Michigan Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee “advises the Department of Health and Human Services on issues affecting prescription drug coverage for its various health care programs, and [it] shall recommend to the…
Congratulations November milestone work anniversaries!
Congratulations to the Michigan Medicine employees celebrating their work anniversaries in the month of November. Thank you for your continued dedication to your work, your colleagues and your patients. 45 Years Kirby BillupsDian Johnson 40 Years P HolevinskiPatricia PaulinSusan Zeglevski 35 Years Michael AksamitCheri BuschlenStacey CookLisa EvansMasada HabhabVince HamiltonMary HaneyJennifer KimCherri MacklinJulie Rothermel-OsugiDiane ShoemakerKimberly Zapor 30 Years Gary DootzJulie EversSandra HackettMerideth HumeAlisa JonesMichael McGowanNguyet RichardsDonna RobardsMelvyn RubenfireSara ThompsonKaren WalkerNoel Wys 25 Years Priscilla ChamberlainFabiola ConstantinJulie De FilippoJanice FerchauJames HinerKathryn MayoAndrea PatriasThomas PreissSonya SambornRita Sanders 20 Years Meheret AberraAnuska Andjelkovic-ZochowskaTerri AsbellStephanie BarnettKathryn CastorenaJianyong ChenClifton DavisAnne DoleckiSheila FastJean-Marc FontaineKelly GibbsMelissa GriffithJason GroveBenjamin…
Michigan Medicine CIO named Michigan Healthcare CIO of the Year
Rosenberg in the clinic during the initial pandemic surge in spring 2020. Andrew Rosenberg, M.D., was named the Healthcare CIO of the Year by MichiganCIO. The CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards honor chief information officers who demonstrate excellence in technology leadership. Winners are selected by an independent peer-review process based on leadership effectiveness, the business value created by technology innovation, and engagement in industry and community endeavors. “Given that I was nominated by my peers, I am particularly honored to receive this award,” Rosenberg said. “I am thankful for the dedication, resilience, and grace of our Michigan Medicine IT staff. They support the organization’s productivity, collaboration, accessibility, security, and customer satisfaction — efforts that were especially evident in the demands brought on by the pandemic and our shift to Flexible First work throughout…