Every month, PPMC staff members who embody Service, Teamwork, Achievement, and Respect, are named Presby STARs. In addition to earning recognition from their colleagues, these outstanding all-stars also receive a certificate from CEO Michele Volpe and a $100 award.
One recent STAR was PAC 4’s Stacey Collazzo, RN, whose empathy and willingness to go above and beyond not only for her patients, but for their loved ones – especially in times of great stress – are well known by her peers. When a patient who had been in the Heart and Vascular Intensive Care Unit for a number of weeks was transferred to the Trauma Surgical Intensive Care Unit, the patient’s daughter expressed anxieties about the move. Rather than just assuring her everything would be fine and brushing off any concerns, Callazzo sought to lift her spirits.
While the patient was being settled into her new room, Callazzo invited her daughter to join the nurses in ordering and sharing a meal. This simple, but meaningful gesture immediately put her mind at ease, and she expressed her gratitude for the kind welcome that both she and her mother received.
Congratulations to newest STARs lineup – we are so grateful for the dedication and compassion that you show the PPMC community!
DECEMBER 2017
- Alexis Hess – CUPP 5 East
- Dominique Baker – Security Receptionist
- Kimberly Miller – Neuro Intensive Care Unit
- Akaira Brown-Wilson – PMUC Periop Surgical Tech
- Jenna Byorek – Inpatient Neuro Intensive Care Unit
JANUARY 2018
- Jose Jaugan – CUPP 5 East
- Jazmin Rios – CUPP 5 East
- Jim Kurtz – CUPP 3 East
- Francoise Eberhardt – CUPP 3 East
- Mary Powell – Psych Unit Mental Health Tech
FEBRUARY 2018
- Eric Williams – PAC 4
- Theresa Edelman – CUPP 3 South
- Charles Epps – CUPP 5 South
- Matt Gillespie – Emergency Department
- Christina Cleaver – CUPP 3 South
MARCH 2018
- Vernon Davis – Environmental Services
- Vincent Cantagallo – Emergency Department
- Stacey Collazzo – PAC 4
- Eric Hopson – CUPP 5 South
- Leon Washington – CUPP 5 East
APRIL 2018
- Lydia Kim – CUPP 5 South
- Jennifer Bolger – PAC 5
- Kimi Mondair – CUPP 5 South
- Christina Altieri – CUPP 3 South
- Aly Hinkle – PAC 4
MAY 2018
- Casey Ayers – CUPP 3 South
- April Gilliland – Security
- Denise Hawkins – CUPP 5 South
- Jacqueline Fleetwood – PRN Patient Care
- Patrice Keyes – Environmental Services