UM Charles Regional Nurses Shellee Stine and Teri White Honored
UM Charles Regional nurses Teri White, left, a transitional nurse navigator, and Shellee Stine, coordinator clinical programs, earned Health Care Hero awards from The Daily Record. White was honored with a Community Outreach award and Stine earned Nurse of the Year.
Baltimore, Md., April 29, 2025 — The Daily Record has selected Shellee Stine, RN, coordinator clinical programs, and Teri White, RN, transition nurse navigator, of University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center as 2025 Health Care Heroes. Stine was honored as a Nurse of the Year and White earned a Community Outreach award.
As home to several renowned medical and federal institutions, Maryland is a national leader in health care research and development. The Daily Record's Health Care Heroes Awards honor those individuals and organizations who have made an impact on the quality of health care within the state. The winners were selected by the publisher and editors of The Daily Record.
Health Care Heroes are presented in the following categories: Lifetime Achievement, Advancements and Innovation in Health Care, Community Outreach (individual and organization) Mental Health Hero (individual and organization), Nurse of the Year, Nurse Practitioner of the Year, Physician of the Year, Volunteer of the Year and Workplace Wellness Program of the Year.
“The 2025 Health Care Heroes go above and beyond to improve the quality of health care in Maryland. They work tirelessly to make a difference in the lives of others and demonstrate strong empathy, compassion and listening skills,” said Suzanne Fischer-Huettner, managing director of BridgeTower Media/The Daily Record. “The accomplishments of this year’s honorees are incredibly noteworthy, and we at The Daily Record are honored to celebrate these outstanding health care leaders.”
Honorees will be recognized June 20 through an online video celebration at TheDailyRecord.com, on The Daily Record's social media channels and the daily email alert on that day. The video will be shared to an audience of more than 42,000 business and legal professionals.
Various sponsorship opportunities are available that include multimedia marketing in the video celebration, the right to use the Health Care Heroes logo, print and digital marketing, and much more. To secure a sponsorship, contact Suzanne Fischer-Huettner at shuettner@bridgetowermedia.com.
Winners will be profiled in a special magazine that will be inserted into the June 20 issue of The Daily Record and will be available online at www.TheDailyRecord.com.
The Event Partner is the Maryland Hospital Association. The Supporting Sponsor is Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital. For more information and updated sponsorship information about The Daily Record’s 2025 Health Care Heroes, visit thedailyrecord.com/event/health-care-heroes/.
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2025 Health Care Heroes
Lifetime Achievement
J. Michael Brooks, CalvertHealth
Paul Gurbel, Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research and Drug Development
Dawn Jacobs, Baltimore Medical System Inc.
Sherry Perkins, Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center
Advancements and Innovation in Health Care
CalvertHealth, Center for Digestive Diseases & Weight Management
Kaiser Permanente, Center for Healthy Weight and Lifestyle Medicine
LifeBridge Health, Stop The Iron Pipeline
MedStar Montgomery Medical Center, AvaSure Visual Remote Modeling and Aceso Interactive
University of Maryland Medical System, NEST Remote Fetal Monitoring
Community Outreach (Individual)
Christina Burke-Poland, Student Health Center
Maria Darby, Dwyer Workforce Development
Jessica Lee, University of Maryland Medical Center
Teri White, University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center
Community Outreach (Organization)
HealthCare Access Maryland (HCAM)
Junior League Prince George's County, SLK Annual Test for a Turkey
Maryland Public Television, Maryland State Ad Agency and the Maryland Department of Health, "Flex Your Protection" Vaccination Campaign
Sheppard Pratt, Sheppard Pratt Mental Health Training Camp
Mental Health Hero (Individual)
Scott Aaronson, Sheppard Pratt
Crimson Barocca, The Jill Fox Center for Hope
Christina Darwin, Ashley Addiction Treatment - Ashley Behavioral Health and Wellness
Sarah Gardner, Kennedy Krieger Institute
Kerry Graves, NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore
Christina Lee, Kaiser Permanente
Jacob Swartz, MedStar Montgomery Medical Center
Mental Health Hero (Organization)
Baltimore Medical System, Baltimore Medical System’s School-Based Behavioral Health Program
K&I Healthcare Services, Mental Health & SUD Treatment
Nurse of the Year
Lou Bartolo, Maryland Nurses Association
Nebiat Habtegabir, Luminis Health Doctors Community Hospital
John Lankford, CalvertHealth Medical Center
Caroline Mwangi, Tuerk House
Shellee Stine, University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center
Alma Ta'Asan, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Nurse Practitioner of the Year
Kimberly Davis, Northwest Hospital
Ashley Fenton, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing & The Collective NP Clinic
Jennifer Fisher, LifeBridge Health Heart Failure Clinic
Kelvinda Kamara, NP On Call
Agatha Ukaegbu, Tuerk House
Physician of the Year
Ajoke Ajayi-Akintade, Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital, M.D., M.O.H., F.A.A.P.
Kwame Akoto, Kaiser Permanente
Ramzi Alami, CalvertHealth
Marlene Mahipat, Mediquest LLC
Baltej Singh, ChristianaCare Union Hospital
Maurice Smith, Frederick Health
Carolyn Thangawng, Recovery Centers of America (Capital Region and Bracebridge Hall)
Hisham Valiuddin, Rohm AI
Vincent Van Acht, Northwest Hospital
Kate Viola, M.D., M.H.S., F.A.A.D., Dermatology Partners
Volunteer of the Year
Margaret Alexander, Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center
Dawn Goldberg, Sinai Children's Hospital
Valerie Nicholas, Luminis Health
Workplace Wellness Program of the Year
Roland Park Place, Roland Park Place Associate Wellness Program
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