Introducing the 2025 Healthcare Heroes
Since BusinessWest and the Healthcare News created the recognition program known as Healthcare Heroes in 2017, the initiative has more than succeeded in its quest to identify true leaders — not to mention inspiring stories — within the region’s large and vitally important healthcare sector.
The award was created to recognize those whose contributions to the health and well-being of this region, while known to some, needed to become known to all. And that is certainly true this year.
Go HERE to see the 2025 Healthcare Heroes Digital Flipbook
Click on the names below to read each story of this years Healthcare Heroes:
Collaboration in Healthcare
Andy Yee Palliative Care Unit at Mercy Medical Center
Lifetime Achievement
Dr. Thomas Lincoln
Physician And Associate Professor of Medicine,
Baystate Health
Community Health
Areliz Barbosa
Clinical Assistant Professor
and Senior Project Coordinator, Bay Path University
Healthcare Provider
Cindy Leonard
Infusion Manager,
Sister Caritas Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center
Healthcare Administrator
Dr. Yannis Raftopoulos
Director, Holyoke Medical Center Weight
Management Program
BusinessWest and the Healthcare News will celebrate this year’s honorees on Thursday, Oct. 22 at the Log Cabin in Holyoke. Tickets cost $95, and tables of 10 are available. To purchase tickets, GO HERE
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Partner Sponsors
