CPBJ Healthcare Heroes 2023 | BridgeTower Media | 7 January 2023 | TBA

Each year the Central Penn Business Journal recognizes excellence, promotes innovation and honors the efforts of individuals and organizations making significant positive impacts on the quality of health care in the midstate.

Award Categories
• Advancement in Innovation and Health care
• Allied Health Hero
• Community Outreach/Education Hero
• COVID-19 Hero
• First Responder Hero
• Health Professional Hero
• Lifetime Achievement Hero
• Mental Health Caregiver Hero
• Nurse Hero
• Pediatric and Pediatric Specialties Hero
• Physician Hero
• Senior Care Hero
• Special Needs Advocate
• Therapeutic Care Provider Hero
• Volunteer Hero
• Women’s Health and Wellness Hero
• Workplace Wellness Program Hero

2022 Honorees

Advancements in Innovation and Health Care
• UPMC Central PA ICU lead team for CGM
• Wellspan Health Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine

Allied Health Hero
• Carla E. Pielmeier, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital

Community Outreach
• Penn State Health
• Dr. Oralia G. Dominic, Highmark, Inc.
• Sadler Health Center Community Health Team

COVID -19 Hero
• George M. Fernandez, Latino Connection
• Asceline Go, M.D., Family First Health
• Teri Jakob, UPMC Pinnacle Foundation
• Amit M. Sharma M.D., M.P.H., Geisinger Clinic

Lifetime Achievement
• John Porter Jr., WellSpan Health

Mental Health Hero
• Molly Ashcroft, Innovo Detox
• Zeeshan Faruqui M.D., Keystone Behavioral Health

Nurse Hero
• Rayna Dormer, Jewish Home of Greater Harrisburg
• Joye Gingrich, UPMC Carlisle

Physician Assistant of the Year
• Sarah S. Sweigart PA-C, Penn State Health Hershey Medical Center

Senior Care Hero
• Jody Smith L.P.N, The Campus of the Jewish Home of Greater Harrisburg