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Nov. 21, Children’s honored two employees with the 2002 David
S. Weiner Award for Leadership and Innovation in Child Health. Grace
Peters, manager of Interpreter Services, and David DeMaso, MD, associate
psychiatrist-in-chief, were selected from a field of 32 nominees
for the impact they have made at Children’s and their commitment
to child health. Both winners received a $20,000 grant for a Children’s
program that they selected.
Peters was nominated for leading Children’s Interpreter Services
Department in an expansion that improved its staffing, nearly doubled
its patient encounters and extended its services to include 43 languages.
As noted in her nomination, Peters is widely admired “for her
commitment to fostering team spirit within the department”
as well as “establishing wonderful relationships with other
departments.”
Peters’ grant will fund an Interpreter Skills Training pilot
project that she and her staff have developed to train bilingual
Children’s employees in medical interpretation.
 DeMaso
was nominated for attending to the emotional and psychological needs
of physically ill children, for the development of acclaimed “prevention
interventions,” for his mentorship of younger clinicians and
for developing mental health programs for staff and the community.
DeMaso’s grant will fund an outcomes study evaluating his Experience
Journal project, a Web-based interventional tool that allows patients
and families to share their personal experiences with childhood
depression and other illnesses.
According to M. Laurie Camissa, Esq., vice president of Child Advocacy
and chair of the award selection committee, the DSW award was originally
intended for a single recipient. “Choosing a winner was very
difficult for the selection committee because every one of the nominees
was extraordinarily deserving,” says Camissa. “After extensive
discussion and numerous ballots, the committee was evenly divided
between the final two candidates, and it only made sense to honor
two employees this year.”
Camissa notes that there were sufficient funds to award two $20,000
grants this year because an award was not made in 2001. If the same
situation comes up in the future, the awardees will split a single
$20,000 grant. —CM
The selection process for the David S. Weiner Award was not easy.
Congratulations to all the DSW Award nominees!
Lisa Albers, MD
Irina Anselm, MD
Kimberly Barbas, BSN
Charles Berde, MD, PhD
Patricia Branowicki, MSN, RN
John Costello, CCC
Alan Crocker, MD
Emily Davidson, MD
Lynne Ferrari, MD
Doris Fina, RN
Eric Fleegler, MD
Sister Carlotta Gilarde, CSJ
Laurie Glader, MD
Harvey Levy, MD
Yuan-Chi Lin, MD, MPH |
Kristen McGee
Kenneth McIntosh, MD
Kathryn Norinkavich, RN
Judith Palfrey, MD
Stephen Porter, MD, MPH
Maryanne Quinn, MD
Reverend Mary Robinson
Lynda Schneider, MD
Kitty Scott, RN
Howard Shane, PhD
Jean Solodiuk, NP
Janet Spellman, MS, RN, CEN
Phaedra Thomas, RN, BSN
Susan Waisbren, PhD
Rosanne Wetmore, RN |
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