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Home to several renowned medical and federal institutions, Maryland is a national leader of health care research and development. The Daily Record will be honoring those organizations and individuals who have made an impact on the quality of health care within our state.
Online Celebration
June 18, 2026
Return to this page at 10:00 AM on June 18 to watch the premiere of the Health Care Heroes Online Celebration. After the premiere, the celebration will remain available to view on demand on this page.
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Award Categories:
• Advancements & Innovation in Health Care (Organization)
• Community Outreach/Education Hero (Individual or Organization)
• Lifetime Achievement (Individual)
• Nurse of the Year (Individual)
• Nurse Practitioner of the Year (Individual)
• Physician Assistants of the Year (Individual)
• Physician of the Year (Individual)
• Volunteer of the Year (Individual)
• Workplace Wellness Program of the Year (Organization)
• Mental Health Heroes (Individual or Organization)
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Honorees
Lifetime Achievement
J. Michael Brooks
CalvertHealth
Paul Gurbel
Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research and Drug Development
Dawn Jacobs
Baltimore Medical System Inc.
Sherry Perkins
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center
Advancements & Innovation in Health Care
CalvertHealth
Center for Digestive Diseases & Weight Management
Kaiser Permanente
Center for Healthy Weight and Lifestyle Medicine
LifeBridge Health
Stop The Iron Pipeline
MedStar Montgomery Medical Center
Remote Visual Monitoring and Interactive Patient Care
University of Maryland Medical System
NEST Remote Fetal Monitoring
Community Outreach (Individual)
Christina Burke-Poland
Student Health Center
Maria Darby
Dwyer Workforce Development
Jessica Lee
University of Maryland Medical Center
Teri White
University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center
Community Outreach (Organization)
HealthCare Access Maryland (HCAM)
Junior League Prince George’s County
SLK Annual Test for a Turkey
Maryland Public Television’s, Maryland State Ad Agency and the Maryland Department of Health
“Flex Your Protection” Vaccination Campaign
Sheppard Pratt
Sheppard Pratt Mental Health Training Camp
Mental Health Hero (Individual)
Scott Aaronson
Sheppard Pratt
Crimson Barocca
The Jill Fox Center for Hope
Christina Darwin
Ashley Addiction Treatment- Ashley Behavioral Health and Wellness
Sarah Gardner
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Kerry Graves
NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore
Christina Lee
Kaiser Permanente
Jacob Swartz
MedStar Montgomery Medical Center
Mental Health Hero (Organization)
Baltimore Medical System
Baltimore Medical System’s School-Based Behavioral Health Program
K&I Healthcare Services
Mental Health & SUD Treatment
Nurse of the Year
Lou Bartolo
Maryland Nurses Association
Nebiat Habtegabir
Luminis Health Doctors Community Hospital
John Lankford
CalvertHealth Medical Center
Caroline Mwangi
Tuerk House
Shellee Stine
University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center
Alma Ta’Asan
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Nurse Practitioner of the Year
Kimberly Davis
Northwest Hospital
Ashley Fenton
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing & The Collective NP Clinic
Jennifer Fisher
LifeBridge Health Heart Failure Clinic
Kelvinda Kamara
NP On Call
Agatha Ukaegbu
Tuerk House
Physician of the Year
Ajoke Ajayi-Akintade, M.D., M.O.H., F.A.A.P.
Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital
Kwame Akoto
Kaiser Permanente
Ramzi Alami
CalvertHealth
Marlene Mahipat
Mediquest, LLC
Baltej Singh
ChristianaCare Union Hospital
Maurice Smith
Frederick Health
Carolyn Thangawng
Recovery Centers of America (Capital Region and Bracebridge Hall)
Hisham Valiuddin
Rohm AI
Vincent Van Acht
Northwest Hospital
Kate Viola, M.D., M.H.S., F.A.A.D.
Dermatology Partners
Volunteer of the Year
Margaret Alexander
Luminus Health Anne Arundel Medical Center
Dawn Goldberg
Sinai Children’s Hospital
Valerie Nicholas
Luminis Health
Workplace Wellness Program of the Year
Roland Park Place
Roland Park Place Associate Wellness Program
Past Honorees
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Videos
2025 Honoree Video
2024 Honoree Video
2023 Honoree Videos
June 19 – Advancements and Innovation, Lifetime Achievement and Volunteer of the Year
June 21 – COVID-19 Heroes and Workplace Wellness Program of the Year
June 22 – Nurse, Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant of the Year
2022 Honoree Videos
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