At its annual meeting in May, the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) presented its annual awards to outstanding members of the industry. The awards are as follows:
-- Cardinal Healthcare/IAHCSMM annual representative to the board:
Drew Harter, CRCST
Cox Health Systems
Springfield, Mo.
-- IAHCSMM/Purdue University Scholarship Award:
Aqua Wiltz
Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital
Houston, Texas
Norma Knox
North Bronx Healthcare
Bronx, N.Y.
Rodolfo Panuelos
King Adbulaziz University Hospital
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Kim Huges
Good Samaritan Hospital
Vincennes, Ind.
-- STERIS Chapter Recognition Award:
Linda Clement
Florida Central Service Association
Special Recognition for Runners-up
California Central Service Association Chapter & CSSD Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Chapter
-- 3M Health Care, Bertha Y. Litsky, Ph.D. Educator of the Year Award:
Kathi O Shaughnessy
Carthage, N.C.
-- IAHCSMM Cost Savers Award:
Joyce Dickerson, CRCST, CST, FCS
HCA Woman's Hospital of Texas
Houston, Texas
-- Golden Slipper Award for Service Excellence:
Claudia Bray, CRCST, CHL
Morton Plant Mease Countryside Hospital
Safety Harbor, Fla.
Leaving the IAHCSMMs executive board are:
Lori Patterson, CRCST, FCS
Morton Plant Mease Countryside Hospital
Safety Harbor, Fla.
Edward Baker, CRCST
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
Glendale, Ariz.
Award of Honor
Charles Hughes
SPS Medical Supply Corporation
Rush, N.Y/
The IAHCSMM also announced the following new chapters that have been formed: Magnolia State Chapter of (Mississippi) Central Service Professionals and the Maryland Association Sterile Processing Professionals.
The new president for 2005-2007 is Don Gordon, CRCST, FCS, of Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, N.Y. The outgoing president is Sybil Williams, CRCST, ACE, CHL, CST, BS, of Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital in Houston, Texas.
Winners of the Presidents Special Awards are as follows:
IAHCSMM Premium Partners 2004-2005
3M Health Care
John Slavsky, Marketing Manager
SPSmedical
Charles Hughes, General Manager
IAHCSMM Professional Partner 2004-2005
AESCULAP, Inc.
John Cox, Surgical Marketing Business Director
IAHCSMM Sustaining Partner 2004-2005
Case Medical, Inc
Marcia Frieze, CEO
IAHCSMM Sustaining Members
Advanced Sterilization Products
Shirley Welsh, Marketing Manager
Ecolab Healthcare
Dede Cooke, Marketing Manager
Kimberly-Clark
Sandy Buhler, Manager
Materials Management Microsystems, Inc.
Ed Becker, President
STERIS Corporation
Linda Clement, Consulting Services Manager
Source: IAHCSMM
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