20 Metro Detroit Nurses Named as Finalists for Hour Detroit’s Nurse of the Year Award

Hour Detroit, long known for honoring outstanding health care professionals, is proud to introduce the finalists for our inaugural Nurse of the Year Award.
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Hour Detroit, long known for honoring outstanding health care professionals, is proud to introduce the finalists for our inaugural Nurse of the Year Award, which celebrates the exceptional contributions of nursing professionals in metro Detroit.

Nominated by their supervisors in an online ballot, the finalists were selected by a distinguished panel of judges, composed of deans of nursing schools at Michigan universities and colleges.

The following nurses — who all showed a track record of providing exemplary patient care, demonstrating excellence across all areas of health care, and going above and beyond the call of duty — will be honored at the Oct. 23 Excellence in Care Soirée at The Colony Club in Detroit, where the recipient of the Nurse of the Year Award will be announced.

Interviews with the Nurse of the Year and the finalists will be published in the December issue of Hour Detroit.

Samantha Anderson
Corewell Health, Corewell Health Dearborn

Kathleen Bajorek
Corewell Health, Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital

Kristy Bartlett
Detroit Medical Center, Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Michael Burton
Trinity Health, Trinity Health Oakland

Tracey Connolly
DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center

Tammy Cotey
Corewell Health, Corewell Health Beaumont Grosse Pointe

Maria DeBruyne
Corewell Health, Corewell Health Taylor

Andrea Del Vecchio
Trinity Health, Trinity Health Livingston

Edith English
Henry Ford Health, Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital

Jeri Howard
Henry Ford Health

Patricia Klassa
Henry Ford Health, Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital

Ashley Lamb
RegenCen

LeAnn Lauer
Trinity Health, Trinity Health Livingston Hospital

Sherry McConnell
Corewell Health, Corewell Health Farmington Hills Hospital

Amanda Mata
New Oakland Family Centers

Matthew Mimnaugh
Henry Ford Health, Henry Ford Health – Southfield Campus

Reema Rahal
Henry Ford Health System, Henry Ford Hospital

Sheryl Smolarek
Karmanos Cancer Institute

Dawn Stone
Henry Ford Health – Henry Ford at Home

Kathryn Thiel
Corewell Health, Corewell Health Trenton Hospital