TOP
NURSES
2020
The List
Here are this year's Excellence
in Nursing winners.
Health & Wellness
Top Nurses 2020: The List
Getting their due: here are our 2020 excellence in nursing winners.
Photography by Christopher Myers
The List
Acute Care/Family Practice/General Medicine
PETER CORNELL
The Johns Hopkins Hospital Nurse Practitioner Department of Surgery
410-502-1072
CATHERINE (CASEY) MICHAELIS
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center Emergency Department
443-777-7068
GINA VICKERY
Johns Hopkins Bayview Surgical Unit
410-550-0485
Cardiovascular
KAITLIN WILLIAMS
Baltimore Washington Medical Center Progressive Care Unit
410-787-4487
ROSITA RAYE
MedStar Good Samaritan CCPC
443-444-4065
SALEH HADY
MedStar Harbor Hospital Telemetry
410-350-3200
MYLENE LECKNER
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital CCPC
443-444-4065
Case Management
EDIT MOLNAR
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Case Manager Women’s Oncology
410-601-5220
KELSEY AHLQUIST
Sheppard Pratt/Mosaic Community Services Health Homes Assistant Health Home Director
410-453-9553
“One of the most challenging aspects of my nursing career is finding adequate resources to meet the healthcare needs of underserved families who are undocumented and/or uninsured. Thankfully, in some cases, there are existing programs that cater to this population, but I do feel that as a society, we can do better.”
— Oluwatosin “Tosin” Olateju Pictured above
Anne Arundel County Department of Health Community Health Nurse Program Manager
Community Care/Ambulatory Care
MELANIE FLEMING
Community Northwest Hospital Center for Wound Care and Hyperbarics
410-521-8390
NATHASHA HAMLER
The Johns Hopkins Home Care Group Pharmacy Services Nursing Supervisor for the Mobile Vascular Access Team
410-288-8046
OLUWATOSIN OLATEJU
Anne Arundel Health Department Community Health Nurse Program Manager
410-222-0283
Educator
DAMION JENKINS
Levindale Hebrew Hospital and Nursing Center Clinical Practice Education Specialist
410-601-7183
KIMBERLY KLINE
Mercy Medical Centers for Clinical Excellence Nurse Educator
410-234-2571
WILMA BERENDS
Johns Hopkins Medicine International Clinical Quality and Safety Nurse Consultant
410-464-6829
LISA MALICK
University of Maryland Medical Center Clinical Practice and Development Coordinator Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
410-328-8609
Emergency Department
YVONNE BOLAR
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore RN II
410-601-6065
MELISSA CROSS
GBMC & St. Joseph Medical Center Clinical Program Manager GBMC SAFE Program and St. Joseph Medical Center Emergency Department
443-849-3323
MARTHA HILL
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Base Station Coordinator
410-601-6101
KRISTIN WOODARD
CNII Mercy Medical Center
410-332-9003
“My mother and aunt became registered nurses and it motivated me to follow in their footsteps. I watched them thrive in a profession that made a difference in people’s lives.”
— Derrick L. Wyatt
Health Scientist Administrator, U.S. Public Health Service
Hospice/Home Health/Palliative Care
JENNIFER BABCOCK
Gilchrist Inpatient Clinical Lead Nurse
667-217-3300
JENNIFER NICOLE CHEN
Gilchrist Inpatient Hospice Nurse
410-288-8046
KAREN WHITE
Johns Hopkins Home Care Group Home Health Services Case Manager
443-447-3054
LISA BRUNE
Johns Hopkins Homecare Infusion Nurse Case Manager
443-928-8008
Intensive Care
KERRY ANNE BROSIG
Northwest Hospital Intensive Care
410-521-5936
MESHONDRA COLLINS
Veterans Administration Maryland Health Care System Nurse Manager
410-605-7000
SARAH EDSINGER
Mercy Medical Center Critical Care Unit
410-332-9610
SARAH HOLLER
University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center Senior Clinical Nurse I MSICU
443-257-2047
EMILY MONROE
Saint Agnes Hospital CN II
667-234-2225
MICHELLE UPTON
Sinai Hospital Cardiac ICU RN II
410-601-6226
KIMBERLY WARNER
University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center Senior Critical Nurse II Clinical Coordinator
410-553-8067
Management/ Nurse Executives
OLUWATOSIN OLATEJU
Anne Arundel County Department of Health Community Health Nurse Program Manager
410-222-0283
SUSAN DAW
Sinai Hospital Pediatrics Patient Care Services Director Children’s Hospital & NICU
410-601-2012
CAROLYN KELLER
Greater Baltimore Medical Center Clinical Nurse Manager Integrative Care Unit
443-849-2101
“In nursing, you never stop learning and being a lifelong learner is a must, especially with all the new advances and therapies in the field of nursing. I enjoy having the opportunity to share knowledge with the clinical staff on my units and throughout the hospital.”
- Kimberly Kline
Nurse Educator, Mercy Medical Centers for Clinical Excellence
Medical-Surgical Nursing
GISELLA ALVAREZ
Mercy Medical Center Lead Charge Nurse Medical/Post Surgical Specialty Unit
410-332-9569
CARRIE PETERSON
University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center Surgery Center
410-787-4611
ANGELA M. LEPPERT
Johns Hopkins Hospital Nurse Clinical Leader Department of Surgery
410-614-4777
Neurology/Psychology/Behavioral Health
MOIRA BAYNES
Johns Hopkins Neurology Multiple Sclerosis Center Nurse
410-614-1522
JANE MILTO
Sheppard Pratt Health System
410-938-3485
LORRAINE NEWBORN-PALMER
Lifebridge Health Sandra and Malcolm Berman Brain and Spine Institute Clinical Program Manager
410-601-8554
Orthopedics
MELISSA GRUBB
St. Joseph Medical Center Orthopedics
410-337-1410
COLBIE ODEN
Mercy Medical Center
410-332-9575
JESSICA HANCOCK
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital Orthopedics Clinical Ladder RNIV
410-554-6459
“We have long lengths of stay, which allow us to develop deep relationships with the patients and residents, as well as their family and friends.”
- Shanae Williams McLean
Director of Nursing, Levindale Hospital
Oncology
CATHY KARSKA
University of Maryland Medical Center Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit
410-328-3866
ALISON MCGONIGAL
UM Upper Chesapeake Medical Center Adult Oncology Nurse Practitioner Kaufman Cancer Center Medical Oncology
443-643-3072
Pediatrics: Neonatal
KERI ACREE
Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital Center for Infant Specialty Care
410-578-8600
MICHELLE DAVIS
University of Maryland Medical Center NICU
410-328-6716
CORIN MAULDIN
Greater Baltimore Medical Center NICU
443-849-2591
KELLY SHANAHAN
Mercy Medical Center NICU
410-332-9568
Pediatrics: Non-neonatal
THERESA BREITENBACH
Greater Baltimore Medical Center NICU and Pediatric Emergency Department
443-849-2591
LAURA CLARY
Greater Baltimore Medical Center Forensic Nurse Examiner/Program Manager SAFE & Domestic Violence Program GBMC Child Protection Program
443-849-3323
LAN (LONI) MILLER
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore RN 4 LifeBridge Health Pediatric ICU
410-601-6444
“I work with the best team in the world. Every day, I am proud to walk into work and bring compassion, love, and energy to bear against the challenges of the day.”
- Peter Cornell
Nurse Practitioner, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Surgery
Psychiatric Nurse
EMILY DAUSES
Sheppard Pratt Health System Trauma Disorders Program Charge Nurse
410-938-3459
HAL HUMBERT
Sheppard Pratt Health System RN-PCC
410-938-3503
TONYA BRADLEY
JHH/BMC Creative Alternatives RN Clinical-Outpatient Psychiatric
410-631-6150
MONICA BUTLER
Sheppard Pratt Health System Outpatient Services Pediatric Nurse Program Coordinator
410-938-4479
Rehabilitation
MELANIE ACHEAMPONG
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Clinical Nurse 3
410-601-5620
MICHELLE ANDERSON
University of Maryland Midtown Campus 5 North Post Acute
410-225-8185
NAIMA HOLLAND
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital RN II
443-444-4050
KATHLEEN LEVERING
Lifebridge Health Northwest Hospital Hyperbaric Wound Care
410-521-8390
Research
DEBORAH GROSS
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Professor
410-614-5311
PAWLA WENGA
Johns Hopkins University Upper Aerodigestive Department Senior Research Nurse
443-287-6122
DERRICK L. WYATT
U.S. Public Health Service Informaticist Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the University of Maryland School of Nursing
301-427-1171
“I love when patients come back to say thanks to our team. Sometimes we don’t recognize them because they appear so well. To quote Emerson, ‘To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded.”
- Catherine “Casey” Michaelis
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center Emergency Department
School
NAAQUAN ALLEEM
Sheppard Pratt Health System School Nurse
240-667-1423
Senior Services
ATINUKE AWOSIKA
Northwest Hospital Director of Nursing, Sub-acute Unit
410-601-7343
SHANAE MCLEAN
Levindale Hospital Director of Nursing
410-610-9921
Women’s Health
AMY BROWN
Johns Hopkins Medicine Gynecology and Oncology Nurse Manager
410-502-1136
KELLY LUCAS
Greater Baltimore Medical Center Labor and Delivery
443-849-2577
DANIELLE SILLDORFF
Sinai Hospital Women and Children’s Department
410-601-5195
“The growing unmet needs of the mental-health population are a direct reflection of the lack of resources we have for these patients. We see this on a day-to-day basis as patients sit in our emergency rooms or in inpatient units waiting sometimes days or weeks for a bed.”
- Carolyn Keller
Clinical Nurse Manager, Integrative Care Unit Greater Baltimore Medical Center
