In April 2007, Dr. John Adams, a past Chief of Pathology, brought The Schwartz Center Rounds to GBMC. The rounds were created by Kenneth Schwartz who died of lung cancer in September 1995. Shortly before his death, he founded the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, which is dedicated to strengthening the human connection at the heart of healthcare. In 2014, GBMC renamed the rounds in honor of Dr. John Adams.
The intention of the rounds continues as it was first envisioned by Kenneth Schwartz and Dr. Adams – to bring together professional caregivers and offer sessions designed to support, validate, provide guidance, and educate those who are presented with difficult social and emotional issues in patient care.
At the annual Compassionate Caregiver ceremony, we honor GBMC employees who have brought our vision to life by representing the care envisioned by Kenneth Schwartz and Dr. Adams. We choose staff members throughout our organization who embody what it means to be an advocate for patients, an example for their colleagues, and someone who shows true empathy and caring through their interactions. True compassion is the ability to relate, empathize, listen, and care for a person in need.
This year’s winner of the Nancy J. Petrarca Compassionate Caregiver Award was Kimberly Blay, DNP, CRNP-PC, a Neonatal Advanced Practitioner. This award is named for and in honor of a close friend of Dr. Adams. Thank you, Kimberly for all that you do for babies, their families, and your peers.
We are fortunate that in the GBMC family we have so many colleagues who inspire us and remind us of the innate goodness in people. I would also like to congratulate and thank those individuals nominated for this year’s Compassionate Caregiver Award including:
Andrea Carson, LPN – Gilchrist
Olivia Constantino, CNA – Unit 38
Meg Craun, OTR/L – Acute Care and Rehab
Patricia Flanagan, LCSW-C – Gilchrist
Evette Matthews, BSN – SAFE & DV Program
Nihkolle McGirt – GBMC Health Partners Owings Mills
Samantha Morquecho, BSN – Emergency Department
Cate O’Connor-Devlin, BSN – Patient Experience
Kelly Riddle, RT(T) – Radiation Oncology
Laurence Ross, MD – General Surgery
Kelly Truax – SAFE & DV Program
You can view the event here.
Thank you all for demonstrating the kind of expert, compassionate care that we would want for our own loved ones.
I want to congratulate JoAnn Ioannou, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, for being presented with the Distinguished Alumni Award from Stevenson University. The award is presented to a graduate who “demonstrates the Stevenson tradition of excellence through personal accomplishment, professional achievement, and humanitarian service.”
Congrats Dr. Ioannou on this well-deserved recognition!
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