Deadline Is Today for Purchasing Tickets to Healthcare Heroes Gala

SPRINGFIELD — Today, Oct. 17, is the deadline to purchase tickets for the ninth annual Healthcare Heroes awards gala, hosted by BusinessWest and HealthcareNews.com. The event will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 22 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the Log Cabin in Holyoke. Tickets cost $95 per person, and tables of 10 are available. Click here to purchase tickets.

The Healthcare Heroes class of 2025 were introduced in the Sept. 15 issue of BusinessWest, and their profiles can be read at businesswest.com and healthcarenews.com. This year’s honorees are:

• The Andy Yee Palliative Care Unit at Mercy Medical Center;

• Areliz Barbosa, clinical assistant professor and senior project coordinator at Bay Path University;

• Andrea Bertheaud, clinical assistant professor at Elms College;

• Chrissy Humason, Nursing supervisor and Stroke coordinator at Baystate Noble Hospital;

• Linda Koh, assistant professor in the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing at UMass Amherst;

• Cindy Leonard, Infusion manager at the Sister Caritas Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center;

• Dr. Thomas Lincoln, physician and associate professor of Medicine at Baystate Health; and

• Dr. Yannis Raftopoulos, director of the Holyoke Medical Center Weight Management Program.

The ninth annual Healthcare Heroes program is presented by Baystate Health & Health New England and Elms College and sponsored by Trinity Health Of New England/Mercy Medical Center and Holyoke Medical Center.

The Healthcare Heroes program was created in 2017 to honor the heroes working across the region’s wide, deep, and all-important healthcare and wellness sector. These leaders, innovators, and collaborators have devoted their careers to improving the quality of individual lives and the health of entire communities.

For more information, call Natasha Mercado-Santana, Marketing and Events Manager, at (413) 781-8600, ext. 100, or email [email protected].