“Everyday Heroes” Honored by UM Memorial Hospital Foundation

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Three physicians — Salvatore Verteramo, MD, Frank Ciocci, MD, and Ramesh Kolli, MD– and two nurses — Brittany Russell, RN and Stella Hubbard, RN –are the latest  team members to be honored as Everyday Heroes by the University of Maryland Memorial Hospital Foundation.

Graham Lee, vice president for philanthropy, UM Memorial Hospital Foundation, is shown with Everyday Hero honorees Salvatore Verteramo, MD, emergency department physician, and Frank Ciocci, MD, medical director, Emergency Services, UM Shore Medical Center at Easton.
Graham Lee, vice president for philanthropy, UM Memorial Hospital Foundation, is shown with Everyday Hero honorees Salvatore Verteramo, MD, emergency department physician, and Frank Ciocci, MD, medical director, Emergency Services, UM Shore Medical Center at Easton.

Dr. Ciocci and Dr. Verteramo were recognized as Everyday Heroes in December by the grateful wife of a patient who appreciated her husband’s care in the Emergency Department of UM Shore Medical Center at Easton and the doctor’s referral to a specialist who could address his particular medical issue.
Pictured are: Graham Lee, vice president for philanthropy, Ruth Ann Jones, director of acute care and emergency services, Pam Pardun, RN, nurse manager, ICU/Telemetry, Stella Hubbard, RN, Ramesh Kolli, MD, and Pat O'Shea, director of fund development, UM Memorial Hospital Foundation. Hubbard and Kolli were recently honored as Everyday Heroes.
Pictured are: Graham Lee, vice president for philanthropy, Ruth Ann Jones, director of acute care and emergency services, Pam Pardun, RN, nurse manager, ICU/Telemetry, Stella Hubbard, RN, Ramesh Kolli, MD, and Pat O’Shea, director of fund development, UM Memorial Hospital Foundation. Hubbard and Kolli were recently honored as Everyday Heroes.

Ramesh Kolli, MD and Stella Hubbard, RN, both serving on the Telemetry Unit at UM Shore Medical Center at Easton, were recognized as Everyday Heroes by an appreciative patient who cited the difference they made in the quality of his care during a recent hospital stay.
Shown are Graham Lee, vice president for philanthropy, Penny Pink, director of surgical and ambulatory services, Brittni Russell, RN, Sydney Milligan, nurse manager, ambulatory care, and Pat O'Shea, director of fund development for UM Memorial Hospital Foundation.
Shown are Graham Lee, vice president for philanthropy, Penny Pink, director of surgical and ambulatory services, Everyday Hero honoree Brittany Russell, RN, Sydney Milligan, nurse manager, ambulatory care, and Pat O’Shea, director of fund development for UM Memorial Hospital Foundation.

Brittany Russell, RN was recognized as an Everyday Hero by a grateful patient while giving exceptional care in Same Day Surgery at UM Shore Medical Center at Easton.
The Everyday Hero program provides patients, visitors and staff members with the opportunity to recognize and thank any UM Shore Regional Health team members who made a positive difference in a hospital visit or stay, by making a financial contribution of any size to the appropriate foundation.  Funds received are used for equipment, capital improvements and staff education in the departments in which the honored team member/s work.
For more information about the Everyday Hero program, call 410-810-5661 (Chestertown) or 410-822-1000, ext. 5763 (Dorchester and Easton).