PAST HOPE AWARD WINNERS
2009 HOPE Award Winners
MITSS is proud to recognize Patty Skolnik as the Co-Recipient of the Second Annual HOPE Award. Ms. Skolnik was rewarded for her work with the Colorado Citizens for Accountability (CCA). She founded this organization along with her husband, David, in 2005 following a 32-month medical nightmare which resulted in the death of her only son, Michael. When asked about the most important thing she has learned over the past four years, Ms. Skolnik replied, “You can suffer a great loss, but you have a choice as to how to handle it. Anger and grief has a place, but taking that and transforming it into a solution is the best healer and the best reward for everyone.”
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2009 HOPE Award Winners
MITSS congratulates the forYOU Team from the University of Missouri Health System in Columbia, Missouri, as our Co-Recipient of the Second Annual HOPE Award. The fourYOU Team is a peer to peer support network designed to address the unique needs of health care second victims experiencing the emotional aftermath of adverse medical events......(Read more)
2008 Hope Award Winner
The First Annual MITSS HOPE Award was presented on November 6th to representatives of the Mt. Auburn Hospital – Dr. Susan Abookire; Jeanette Clough; Nick DiIeso; Margaret Martello; Dr. Deb Shapiro; and Dr. Linda Temte. “I want to thank MITSS and the members of the Award Committee for their confidence in and recognition of our work. We are truly honored to be the first recipients of the HOPE Award. We will proudly display our beautiful award, but more importantly we will carry on the work for which we were recognized,” said Jeanette Clough, Mt. Auburn President & CEO... (Read more)
