A Special Way to Say “Thank You” During times of illness or injury, we all are dependent upon others to meet our needs, to calm our fears, or to heal our physical, spiritual, and emotional selves. Sometimes, one person stands out for anticipating those needs and being of special service. Finding the right way to honor that person can be difficult. After all, how do you thank a Guardian Angel?

McLaren Northern Michigan Foundation created the Guardian Angel Program in 2011, giving our grateful patients and their loved ones a special way to share their gratitude and honor someone who made a remarkable difference during their care.

The following have been recognized with a Guardian Angel Award. We wish to thank them for delivering outstanding care to our patients and congratulate each and every one of them for receiving a gift in their honor through the McLaren Northern Michigan Foundation.

Christine AdkinsonChris Akins, MDDenise Antonishen, BSN, RNMark Antonishen, MDJason Armfield, RNPeter Armstrong, MDMichael Bacon, DORita Balistreri, FNPTyler BarthelemyAmy Bartz, RT (T)Katy Baynham, RNDaniel Beard, BSN, RNJeffrey Beaudoin, MDAlicia Beebe, BSN, RNDawn Behling, RNLeslie Bennett, RT (R) (M)

(ARRT)Eileen BesterTheresa Blackman, OTBrooke Blanchard, RNPaul Blanchard, MDCheryl Blomberg, RNSandra Boettger, RNThomas Boike, MDMarcia BolhouseAmy Bolmer, DOJamie Booms, RNDoretta Brodin, RNLaura BuckinghamNicholas Burek, BSN, RNChristine Bushman, RNJustin Call, MDVern Campbell, MDPeggy Campeau, RNLouis Cannon, MDSally Cannon, PhDMichael Carmody, Jr., DPTJaimie Carter, RNWendy CasemierMichelle Champion, RNKathryn Chanda, RNRobin Chapman, RNThomas Charlton, MDKaren Ciccoretti, RN, CCRNSara CloneChaim Colen, MDHarry Colfer, MDCarrie CookVirginia Cormican, PCTDavid Corteville, MDMurray Cotter, MDTimothy Cox, MDMarvin Coy, DOKaren Craig, PCTJane Crain, RNAmber Cronk, RNHolly Cronkright, PA-CChristine CruzPaul Cunningham, PAKari Curtis, BSN, RNDanette Cutler, LPNShelly Dale, BSN, RNMissy DavisonKayLynn DeCarli, DOTodd Decker, MDH. Gunner Deery, II, MDPaula K. DeKeyser, DOMandy Deming, PCTMelissa DeSimone, BSN,

RN, OCN, CBCNStormy DickinsonJohn L. Diedrich, MDOksana DobrovytskaMonica Doctor, RNKaren Doherty, RN-BC Sara Dolmetsch, RT (T)James Doull, MDPaul Dowsett, MDAmanda Dratnol, RNMichelle A. Duffield, PCTCraig Duncan, DORobert Dunneback, RT (T)Claire Dupin, BSN, RNBrian Edsall, RT (R) (ARRT)Kim English, PCTJohn Everett, DOScott Farr, RNLee Anne Fate, RNMarc Feeley, MDLisa Fitzpatrick, BSN, RNMatthew Font, DOKristie Frank, PA-CTodd Funderburg, RN

J. Randy Galloway, DOLisa Galloway, DOMichelle Garms, RNDaniel Gerard, RPhMurphy Gillespie, BSN, RNPatricia Gillett, CTRPenny Givens, RNMary Gowell-Hansen, RDAlissa Gracy, BSN, RNJames Gracy, PA-CJae Green, PA-CLisa Gregory, LPNMark Gregory, RT (R) (CT)

(ARRT)William Gretzinger, DODwayne Griffin, DOAshley Grover, RNDebra GrulerAnn Gunderson, RNKristy Guymer, RDMSKristie Haalck, RNNella HagerSara Haley, RNBenjamin Hamel, RNSusan Hamilton, RNAhmed Hamoda, MDCory HamrickPeter Hartmann, PA-CAnne Heier, RNBonnie Heins, RT (R) (M)

(ARRT)Vira Heise, MDWilliam Heise, MDDusti Henion, BS, RT (T)Sarah Henning, RNWilliam Henry, MDNatalie Hesselink, RNLaura Hill, BSN, RNErvin Hire, Jr., MDJanet Hobbs, RNRobin Hoffman, BSN, RN,

CCRNDeborah Holmgren, RNLeetrice Hopkins, RN, CENZachary Horton, MDScott Hotchkiss, MDDarlene Hubbard-RandallDawn HuesingEllen Hull, BSN, RNLiane Humphrey, RN, CHPNCatherine Ingalls, PT, DPT,

GCSGina Isard, RNTimothy Ismond, DOTerry Jackson, DOPenny James, RNJulie JaremaJeffrey Jarvis, RNCurtis Jeffers, Jr.Jack JocksDavid JohnsonMary Kafer, RNJulie Kamerman, BSN, RNIsaac Kaufman, MDChelsea Kaye, RNAndris Kazmers, MDChristian Kessler, BSN, RNKelli Ketzler, RT (T)Angela KingKaren Kirtley-Yundt, RRTChristopher Knickerbocker,

BSN, RNDavid Knitter, MDAndrew Kolp, DOSteven Konicki, DOFrank Koziara, MDKim Krieger, BSN, RNMark Kulbieda, MDRussell LaBeau, MDDiane Lagerstrom, MSN, RNMary Jo LaHaie, BSN, RNDebra LaLond, LPNJeanine Larsen, RN, CHPHGeorgia LarsonPeter Levanovich, MDRobert Levy, MDGary Lingaur, MDAlexander Lipman, MDLisa Lockwood, BSN, RNThomas Loomis, MDSusan Ludgin, RNMichelle Lydick, RNMelanie Manary, MD

Kevin Markham, MDNathan Martin, RN, CCRNJessica Matelski, BSN, RNWendy McCallum, RN, CDEAndrew McCoubrey, PA-CShelley McCullough, RNDaniel McDonnell, MDDonna McDougallShaunee McKenney, RNMcLaren Northern Michigan

Acute RehabilitationMcLaren Northern Michigan

Cardio and Pulmonary Rehabilitation

McLaren Northern Michigan Cardiac Department

McLaren Northern Michigan Cardiac Catheterization Staff

McLaren Northern Michigan Cardio Vascular Unit

McLaren Northern Michigan Emergency Department

McLaren Northern Michigan Intensive Care Unit

McLaren Northern Michigan Level 3 Staff

McLaren Northern Michigan Level 2 South Staff

McLaren Northern Michigan Level 2 Staff

McLaren Northern Michigan OB Department

McLaren Northern Michigan Radiation Therapy

Mark McMurray, MDLaura MedskerWilliam Meengs, MDJeanne Melton, RN, OCNMichelle Metzger, BSN, RNMichigan Heart & Vascular

SpecialistsHeidi Migda-Richter, RNStephanie MillsMilo (Pet Therapy Dog)Dalton Miranda, Jr., MDDavid Moody, BSN, RN,

CCRNKayla Moore, RNDavid Morris, MDTara Morrow, RNTavia Mulholland, BSWC. Michelle Murphy, RN,

CEN/TCRNKatelyn Murray, BSN, RN,

CNORLinda MurrayLauren MyersChristine Nance, BSN, RNMelissa Nathan, PCTAndrea Naylor, MDDerek Neumann, RNWilliam Nicholson, PhDStephanie Nivelt, RNAJ Nolan, FNPDuane Nolff, PA-CBevin NordmanDaniel O’Donnell, DOHeather O’Neill, PCTRoger Ostwald, BSN, RNNaomi Overton, MDKenneth Parada, MDKirk ParentSamantha Parrott, PCTLucinda Peebles, BSN, RNKasey Peltier, BSN, RN,

CCRNBrent Penfold, RNCalvin Penfold, EMT-PShawn Pertunen, DOLinda PitmanElaine Pressey, MAMarsha Price, BSN, RNTina Proctor, PCTJames Prokos, PAMary RabineJeffery Radle, EMT-PWhittney RatzR. Blaine Rawson, MDCraig Reynolds, DOJason Ricci, MDMark Richmond, MDEve Rider, DOJean Rittley, RNMelissa Robbins, BSN, RN

Ronald Ronquist, MDMarie Rosen, RN, CHPHMark Rothman, CRNAVianney Ruhumuliza, BSN,

RN, MNADavid Rynbrandt, MDLauren Salopek, RNDavid Sanderson, RNGwendolyn Sangeorzan, RNJoseph Sawasky, BSN, RNCorey Schaedig, PA-CKimberly Schwartz, CRNAShaney Scott, MDMindy Sears, BSN, RNRebecca Sewell, RNAnton Sharapov, MDKatherine Sharp, BSN, RN,

CENJane Shaw, MSN, RN, CCRNSheriff Sheriff, PTMelanie ShermanAlison Sibbald, BSN, RNAllison SkibaKendra Slivinski, PCTJennifer Smith, RNMargaret Sova, RT, (R) (CT)

(MRI) (ARRT)Marie Spiewak, RNThomas Spooner, MDKimberly SpychalskiLisa Stabile, MSN, RN,

FNP-BCShauna Stark, BSN, RNJoAnn SteeleLyon Stephens, EMT-PSandra Stevens, PCTTy Streeting, RT (R) (CT)

(ARRT)Michele Sturt, NPLeighAnne SwiftAnthonyTabone, PA-CJD Talbott, DOAndrew Teklinski, MDRuth Theaker-WaltersThomas Tietjen, MDJoan TiihonenJulie Tillotson, PCTPatricia Traynham, PCTDavid TuggleRuth Ann Turner, RNKara Twichel, PCTRobert Urman, RNRonald VandenBrink, MDJoan Vargo, RNRenae Vaughn, MSN, RN,

NPSherri Vazales, MDJosephine Vincent, BSN, RNPatricia Vincent, BSN, RNVitalCare Adult Day Center VitalCare Cheboygan

Hospice House TeamVitalCare Hiland Cottage

TeamVitalCare Home Health

TeamVitalCare Hospice of Little

Traverse Bay TeamWendy WagnerRyan Waldron, BSN, RNWendy Walker, MDAllison Wallin, RNDaniel Wandrie, RNJerry Warren, RT (R) (CT)Valerie Waterson, RNSuzanne Wehrenberg, MDBrandon Weir, BS, RT (T)Heather Welch, MAChristina Whippo, RNTerry Whitmore, EPcLaura Willey, RNDianna WilliamsCindy Wilson, LPNStacy Wilson, RNKristie Wiltse, PCTLisa Jo WoiderskiSheree Wollard, PCTKristin Wren, MS, OTR\L,

CLT-LANAAlfred Wroblewski, Jr., MDLinda Young, RNCatherine Zimmerman, DOPatricia ZmiklyNathan Zowada

“I do my very best to take care of every patient but it feels very good when a

patient recognizes and acknowledges

that effort. I will wear my

Guardian Angel pin with pride!”

James Doull, MDGastroenterologist

Some kind words from patients honoring their Guardian Angels:

“He saved my life!!! I survived throat cancer and I believe it’s because he never gave up on me!”

“Her persistent attention and care through 35 OT appointments, giving me back full range of motion and the very kind follow up 4 months later to see how I was doing...“

“Many thanks to all of the ICU staff for their hard work, compassion and kindness in their care of my husband. We will forever be grateful.”

“She is kind, compassionate and friendly. She always puts patient care first. She is part of a wonderful team.”

“I will be forever grateful for the love you have given during this stressful time. All of you will be my friends forever.”

“My first day I had an overwhelming moment and began to cry. He was kind and compassionate that day. He is always positive and smiling and the knowledge of his job is superior.”

By making a donation of any size to the McLaren Northern Michigan Foundation your Guardian Angel will: • Be recognized publicly

among their peers for exemplary care

• Receive your message of thanks

• Be presented with a certificate and a lapel pin to wear proudly

Call (231) 487-3500 today to honor your Guardian Angel or go on-line to nmh-foundation.org/angel

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GUARDIAN ANGEL?

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