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A look back at the celebration
HEALTHCARE
HEROES
OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
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The attendees gathered at the Log Cabin Banquet and Meeting House in Holyoke for the fifth annual Healthcare Heroes gala were treated to an evening of great food, lively networking, and some truly inspiring stories. These seven individuals and one collaboration were chosen to reflect the broad scope of the health and wellness sector in Western Mass., and the incredible work being done within it. Pictured, from left: Jessica Collins, executive director of the Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts, one of the organizations involved in Doorway to an Accessible, Safe and Healthy Home, or DASHH (honored in the Collaboration category); James Goodwin, president and CEO of the Center for Human Development (Lifetime Achievement); Richard Johnson, Counseling and Testing Prevention and Education Program director at New North Citizens Council Inc. (Community Health); Beth Cardillo, executive director of Armbrook Village (Community Health); Dr. Louis J. DeCaro, podiatrist and owner
of DeCaro Total Foot Care Center (Provider); J. Aleah Nesteby, nurse
practitioner and clinical educator at Transhealth Northampton (Innovation);
Colleen Loveless, president and CEO of Revitalize Community Development Corp., another member of the DASHH coalition; and Dr. Alicia Ross, medical director of Holyoke VNA Hospice Life Care (Administrator). Not pictured: Dr. Sarah Haessler, hospital epidemiologist at Baystate Medical Center and vice chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Medicine at Baystate Health (Emerging Leader).
Photos by Leah Martin Photography
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