Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Nursing Excellence Awards
Summary:
SickKids celebrates the accomplishments of our 2024 Nursing Excellence award recipients who lead from where they care.
The Nursing Excellence Awards recognize SickKids nurses who have demonstrated dedication, distinction and commitment to their profession, and to our patients and families.
This year there were a total of 24 awards handed out to individual staff members and nursing teams, allowing SickKids to honour many of our outstanding nurses in a variety of categories.
The theme of Nursing Week 2024 was lead from where you care, and the awards aptly recognized that this kind of leadership happens no matter how experienced you are and no matter where you are in your career journey.
The Nursing Excellence Awards and the Elizabeth McMaster Inspiration Award are made possible thanks to generous endowments from the families and friends of Grace Evelyn Simpson Reeves, Maria Györössy-Csepreghy Kluge and Iris Weiss.
Meet the winners of this year's Nursing Excellence Awards!
Grace Evelyn Simpson Reeves Awards
Advanced practice nursing
Nurse Practitioner, Neurology
Lyndsey McRae
Career achievement
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Lynda Vanvliet
Interprofessional Education Specialist, Cardiac Critical Care
Cecilia St. George-Hyslop
Clinical extern
Clinical Extern, Haematology/Oncology
Aarabi Sivamohan
Clinical Extern, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
Samantha Gillen
Nursing education
Interprofessional Education Specialist, Pre-Operative Care Unit
Leigh Cassils
Interprofessional Education Specialist, Clinical Informatics
Peter Su
Nursing innovation
Simulation Education, Learning Institute
Alison Dodds
Nursing team in Paediatric Consultation Clinics
Including: ABILITY Program (Adaptive, Behavioural, Intellectual & Developmental Disability, Integrated Tertiary care for Youth & Children), Feeding Program, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Neurofibromatosis and Down Syndrome.
- Julie Gardner, Registered Nurse
- Chantal St Jules, Registered Nurse
- Susan Davidson, Registered Nurse
Nursing leadership
Clinical Co-ordinator, Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
Wendy Padilla
Nursing practice
Registered Nurse, Nephrology/Transplant/Chest/GI/Nutrition
Lindsay Chapman
Registered Nurse, Nephrology/Transplant/Chest/GI/Nutrition
Daniel Rowland
Nursing research
Clinical Research Nurse Co-ordinator, Bone Marrow Transplant/Cellular Therapy
Deborah Tomlinson
Nursing team
Clinical Extern Leadership Team, Collaborative for Professional Practice
- Tiffany Yam, Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Chowmiya Premakumar, Adminstrative Co-ordinator
- Amanda Ellenberger, Registered Nurse
- Susan Hu, Interprofessional Education Specialist
Newborn Screening Program
- Nicole Yang, Genetic Counsellor
- Julia Meilach-Gould, Social Worker
- Sara Elliot, Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Samantha Lotti, Registered Nurse
- Areeba Siddiqui, Patient Care Information Co-ordinator
- Andreas Schulze, Staff Physician
- Meghan Fraser, Registered Nurse
- Lisa Feitelberg, Social Worker
- Stacey Trumata, Patient Care Information Co-ordinator
Nursing team
Unit 7D, Inpatient Paediatric Medicine
Nursing team
Unit 4C, Medical Short Stay
Nursing team
Unit 8B, CSN Team, Inpatient Bone Marrow and Cellular Therapy
Elizabeth McMaster Inspiration Award
Interprofessional Education Specialist, Heart Centre
Carrie Morgan
Maria Gyorossy-Csepreghy Kluge Award
Registered Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Rachel Rauws
Registered Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Audrey Kim
Iris Weiss Memorial Award for Excellence in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Registered Nurse, Inpatient Adolescent Medicine and Psychiatry
Isabelle Mantes
The Bresler Family Neurosurgical Nursing Award
Registered Nurse, Neurosurgery Clinic
Rheanna Glombitza
Amrita Naipaul “Joy in Work” Nursing Award
Registered Nurse, Inpatient Haematology/Oncology
Eric Dodwell
Learn more about the Nursing Excellence Awards categories and how we're recognizing SickKids nurses all year round.