JPS Excellence Award Winners

About the JPS Excellence Award

The John Peter Smith Excellence Award recognizes and rewards the leadership of JPS teammates who consistently exemplify the JPS core values of Trust, Mutual Respect, Excellence, Integrity, Accountability and Teamwork. The award is the highest recognition a team member may receive.

These twelve team members consistently go above and beyond in their daily work, showing acts of kindness and serving in their communities while living the JPS mission. Each year, honorees are recognized during a formal dinner, where they will receive an award, certificate of recognition, and cash award.

2017 JPS Excellence Winner	Position	Department
Raquel Armstrong, MBA, BSN, NE-BC, RNC-NIC	Clinical Manager	Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Infant Hearing Screen Program
Mary Ann Contreras, RN	Violence and Injury Prevention Manager	Trauma Services
Alicia Coomes, RN	DSRIP RN Health Coach	Care Connections
Ruth Lewis, LVN	LVN	JPS Health Center Northeast
Patrice Milton, RN	Clinical Manager	Surgical/Trauma Progressive Care Unit
Elice Ortega, PharmD	Associate Director	Clinical Pharmacy Services, Outpatient Pharmacy Administration
Harry Reedy	Senior Performance Improvement Consultant	Performance Excellence
Jesse Rodarte	Skilled Tradesman	Construction
Lauri Speirs, CNS	Stroke Coordinator	Nursing Administration
Thao Tran	Team Lead	Cardio Progressive Care Unit
Carlos Valladares	Supervisor, Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS)	Radiology
Brian Webb, MD	Interim Chair	Orthopedic Surgery, Acclaim Orthopedics