Below are those named to this month’s Internal Medicine Honor Roll—an employee recognition program where team members (providers, staff, etc.) can recognize other team members who are doing great things.
We are pleased to recognize their contributions!
Mahmoud Abou Alaiwa, Associate Professor
Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine
Anonymous nomination
Always being such a supportive colleague, selflessly offering help to others.
Denice Hodgson-Zingman, Professor
Cardiovascular Medicine
Nominated by Mallory
Dr. Zingman was gracious enough to adjust her vacation to help staff the lab during a shortage between the holidays. We truly appreciate all her efforts in willingness to go above and beyond to help the patients and team.
Guiling Tong, Nurse Practitioner
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Nominated by Collin Just
Dedication to patient care on weekends and during the week, works diligently to provide top quality care during the critical weekend service.
Alex Greiner, Second-Year Resident
Internal Medicine
Anonymous nomination
Dr. Greiner is an excellent clinician who takes ownership of his patients. As a consultant on service, taking care of a sick patient admitted to the MICU under his care, I was really impressed by how thorough, thoughtful, efficient, and compassionate he was. He has a very bright future ahead of him.
Alyssa Conrad, Administrative Services Coordinator
General Internal Medicine
Anonymous nomination
Aly goes above and beyond to make the office’s daily operations run smoothly. Her list of behind-the-scenes work is extensive, yet she exceeds expectations, never misses deadlines, and doesn’t hesitate to help out her coworkers. Her bubbly personality is infectious. She is a joy to work with, bringing dedication, positive energy and humor to the team.
Mackenzie Walhof, Third-Year Resident
General Internal Medicine
Anonymous nomination
Noticing an incidental finding on an after-the-fact radiology overread that was only resulted after a patient was discharged, Dr. Walhof contacted both the patient and the oncologist to arrange timely follow-up for this potential cancer recurrence.
Yumi Imai, Professor
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Anonymous nomination
An amazing mentor.
Lori Bassler, Administrative Services Director
Internal Medicine
Nominated by Sabrina Tan
Research in the Department would not be possible without Lori’s support. I am always impressed by her portfolio and how calmly she helped me meet all my grant submission deadlines.
Angie Hester, Research Support Specialist
Internal Medicine
Nominated by Sabrina Tan
Angie’s attention to detail and timely responses are essential in our grant submissions.
Mary Skafidas, Nurse Practitioner
Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation
Anonymous nomination
Mary consistently goes above and beyond to take care of our patients. She is a very strong patient advocate and is always looking for ways to make the lives of the patients better. It is not one thing she does but how every day that she comes to work she has such a positive attitude, which really benefits the oncology patient population.
Bailey McElligott, Research Assistant
Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation
Anonymous nomination
Bailey is an amazing team member who consistently goes above and beyond! She contributes to all aspects of our research program and makes the lab a welcoming place for all of our members and trainees.
Aaron Knaack, Financial Analyst
Immunology
Nominated by Ben Davis
Aaron has been crucial in helping our division understand our finances in fine detail.
Meenakshi Sambharia, Clinical Assistant Professor
Nephrology and Hypertension
Nominated by Tracy Bloebaum
A patient came to clinic on the wrong day of their appointment, a week early. He had driven 5 hours, so Dr. Sambharia made room in her clinic to see him.