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Health Care Professional Finalists
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Pictured left to right:
Sir Gaetano Ciancio, MD, MBA, FACS
Chief Medical Officer & Chief Academic Officer, Miami Transplant Institute/Jackson Memorial Hospital; Brandon and Kyle Simonsen Professor of Surgery & Urology, UM Miller School of Medicine
Armen Henderson, MD, MBA
Founder, Dade County Street Response
General Internal Medicine Faculty Member, UM Miller School of Medicine
Ali Mandsourwala
Chief Executive Officer / Owner
Accessible Home Health Care of Aventura
Nurse Finalists
Pictured left to right:
Ademola “Ayo” Akinkunmi, BSN, MHA, PMP, FACHE
Director, Patient Care Services of Medical-Surgical and Telemetry Division
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Gus Castillo, BSN, RN
Nurse Manager, Neurosciences & Epilepsy Stepdown Unit
UHealth-University of Miami Health System
Jorge A. Valdes, DNP, CRNA, APRN, FAANA, FAAAN
Dean & Fellow, Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health Sciences: Professor, Department of Nurse Anesthesiology, Florida International University
Individual of Merit Finalists
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Pictured left to right:
Carolyn W. Domina, MSN, ARNP, CNOR, CAN-BC
RN Advisor, Griffin Surgical Tower Project / RN Wisdom Program
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Juliette Fabien, MBA, RN
Chief Programs Officer
The Children’s Trust
Jose Perdomo
Vice President, Administration & Special Projects
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Organization/Program Finalists
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First Responder Finalists
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Pictured left to right:
James " Mike" Adams
Lieutenant/Fire Investigator
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department
Carlos Eguiluz
Instructor
Miami Dade College Medical Campus
Maria Ortiz
Lieutenant
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue
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