Healthcare Heroes 2021
Healthcare Heroes Class of 2021
Since BusinessWest and its sister publication, the Healthcare News, launched 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 this region’s large and very 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.
They are leaders. In some cases innovators or collaborators. In all cases, inspirations — people and organizations that have devoted their lives to improving the quality of individual lives and the health of entire communities. We find these stories to be compelling and inspirational, and we’re sure you will as well.
Overall, everyone who was nominated this year is a hero, but in the minds of our judges — the writers and editors at BusinessWest — eight of these stories stood out among the others. The Healthcare Heroes for 2021 are:
Lifetime Achievement:
James Goodwin, President and CEO, Center for Human Development
Emerging Leader:
Dr. Sarah Haessler, Hospital Epidemiologist, Baystate Medical Center Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Medicine, Baystate Health
Health / Wellness Administrator:
Dr. Alicia Ross, Medical Director,
Holyoke VNA Hospice Life Care
Innovation in Health / Wellness:
J. Aleah Nesteby, Director of LGBTQ Services, Cooley Dickinson Hospital
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