Above and Beyond Doctor Of The Year Nominees
Doctor Of The Year Nomination
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Nominations end September 15, 2023.
ABOVE AND BEYOND DOCTOR OF THE YEAR 2023 Doctor Nominees
This annual award recognizes physicians whose dedication, talents, and skills have improved the lives of countless childhood patients. We proudly celebrate these doctors and their goodness and invite you to enjoy viewing their award’s evening video.
We will recognize ten outstanding pediatric physicians who are our Doctors of the Year at the 2023 Let's Dance for the Heart of It! Gala.
From those ten doctors, one Doctor will be selected as the Aubrey Rose Foundation “Above & Beyond” Doctor of the Year and will be announced at the Let’s Dance For The Heart Of It! Gala on November 11th at the Lawrenceburg Event Center.
The video on the left introduces the Seven Doctors Of The Year for 2022.
The 2022 Above And Beyond Doctor Of The Year was awarded to Dr. Veronica Busso and Dr. Pornswan Ngamprasertwong.
This was the first time the Award went to two doctors.
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Below are the Doctors Of The Year for Past Years.
* BOLD - Above & Beyond Doctor Of The Year
^ - Doctors Of The Year
| Dr. Kate Berz |
CCHMC Department of Pediatric Sports Medicine |
| Dr. Veronica Busso* |
CCHMC Department of Anesthesia |
| Dr. Russel Hirsch |
CCHMC - Heart Center - Department of Pulmonary Hypertension |
| Dr. Pornswan Ngamprasertwong* |
CCHMC Department of Anesthesia |
| Dr. Krishna Patel |
Northern Kentucky Pediatric Group |
| Dr. Denise Warrick |
Trihealth Group Health Anderson |
| Dr. Gwendolyn Welsh |
The Christ Hospital Physicians |
| *Dr. Michael Agenter | Shine Orthodontics |
| Dr Kelly Bennett | Trihealth Group Health-Finneytown |
| Dr. Emily Haas | Crossroads Health |
| Dr. Hazel Kanu | Millville Health Center @ CCHMC bldg |
| Dr Thomas Maloney | Trihealth Group Health-Western Hills |
| Dr. AnnMarie Matusak | CCHMC-Dentistry |
| Dr. Thomas McCann | CCHMC-Psychology-T3 |
| Dr. Ravi Ramachandran | Pediatrics of Fairfield |
| Dr. Denise Saker | Bobbie Sterne Health Center |
The 2020 Doctors of the Year Award was cancelled for 2020 due to COVID
| Dr. Michelle Burch ^ | Pediatric Associates of Fairfield |
| Dr. Thomas Catalanotto ^ | Pediatric Associates of Fairfield |
| Dr. Kristin Dinkelaker | Pediatric Associates of Fairfield |
| Dr. Nicole George | Private Practice |
| Dr. Richard Grossberg ^ | UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Center for Comprehensive Care – Solon, OH |
| Dr. Jennifer Haskell | Pediatric Associates of Fairfield |
| Dr. Joe Leanza^ | Springdale – Mason Pediatrics |
| Dr. Michelle B. Lierl ^ | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center – Allergy and Immunology |
| Dr. John McAuliffe ^ | Allergy |
| Dr. Deborah Mowery ^ | Dayton Children’s Hospital |
| Dr. Monica Oerther ^ | Pediatric Associates of Fairfield |
| Dr. Gilbert Sayeg | Memorial Hospital |
| Dr. Curtiss Sheldon | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center |
| Dr. Elizabeth Shely | Group Health Associates |
| Dr. Jodi Smith ^ | Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine – Indianapolis, IN |
| Dr. David T. Stamer | Caremount Medical – Fishkill, NY |
| Dr. Sarat Thikkurissy * | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center-Pediatric Dentistry |
| Dr. V. Wade Weatherington | Pediatric Associates of Fairfield |
| Dr. Gary Weisenberger | Group Health Associates – Western Hills |
| Group Health Associates – Western Hills | Dayton Children’s Hospital |
| Dr. Joseph Bailey | Queen City Pediatrics |
| Dr. Amy Benge | Queen City Pediatrics |
| Dr. Debbie Borchers | Crossroads Health Centers West |
| Dr. Hermine Brunner ^ | CCHMC-Pediatric Rheumatology |
| Dr. Stephen Church^ | East Louisville Pediatrics |
| Dr. Kristin Dinkelaker | Pediatric Associates of Fairfield |
| Dr. Robert Engelhardt | Queen City Pediatrics |
| Dr. Craig Erickson ^ | CCHMC Hamilton Avenue |
| Dr. Bryan Goldstein | CCHMC-Pediatric Cardiology |
| Dr. Nancy Hagerman ^ | CCHMC-Pediatric Anesthesia |
| Dr. Kiti Ho | Pediatric Associates of Fairfield |
| Dr. Tom Kimball | CCHMC-Cardiology |
| Dr. Jennifer Lail ^ | CCHMC-Complex Care Clinic |
| Monica Leonard. CNP | Queen City Pediatrics |
| Dr. John Morehous | CCHMC-Fairfield Urgent Care |
| Dr. Kathryn O’Malley | Muddy Creek Pediatrics |
| Dr. Michael Rutter | CHMC-Otolaryngology |
| Dr. Ronna Schneider ^ | Suburban Pediatrics |
| Dr. Shelly Voet ^ | Pediatric Associates NKY |
| Dr. Denise Warrick | Group Health – Anderson |
| Dr. V. Wade Weatherington ^ | Pediatric Associates of Fairfield |
| Dr. Gary Weisenberger ^ | Group Health – Western Hills |
| Dr. Kenneth Zwergel * | Queen City Pediatrics |
| Dr. Libbey Spiess * | Queen City Physicians – Western Hills Pediatrics – TriHealth |
| Dr. John Bruns ^ | Queen City Physicians – Groesbeck Pediatrics – TriHealth |
| Dr. Joseph Gibbons ^ | Westside Pediatrics |
| Dr. Donald Gilbert ^ | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center |
| Dr. Todd Habel ^ | Muddy Creek Pediatrics |
| Dr. Paul Korn ^ | Landen Lakes Pediatrics |
| Dr. Michael Fiedler | Primary Pediatrics |
| Dr. Lisha Fieler | Group Health – Western Hills |
| Dr. Deborah Goodlander | Springdale Mason Peds |
| Dr. Daniel Lovell | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital |
| Dr. Jon Mumma | Group Health – Anderson |
| Dr. Wafa Nasser | The Whole Child Pediatrics |
| Dr. Kathryn O’Malley | Muddy Creek Pediatrics |
| Dr. Phillip Putnam | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital GI Eosinophilic Clinic |
| Dr. Keith Stowers | Pediatric Care of Kentucky |
| Dr. Kenneth Zwergel | Queen City Physicians – Western Hills Pediatrics – TriHealth |
| Dr. Paul Rupp * | Mercy Health – Monfort Heights Family Medicine |
| Dr. Parul Bawa ^ | Springdale – Mason Pediatrics |
| Dr. Ilias Illiopoulos ^ | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center |
| Dr. Marc Richardson ^ | Pediatric Associates of Harrison |
| Dr. Stephanie Ware ^ | Indiana University – Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research |
| Dr. Kenneth Zwergel ^ | Queen City Physicians – Western Hills Pediatrics – TriHealth |
| Dr. Kevin Kelly | Pediatric Care of Kentucky |
| Dr. Tim Knilans | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center |
| Dr. Christian Berkhahn | Metro Pediatric Associates |
| Dr. Libbey Spiess | Tri-Health – Queen City Physicians |
| Dr. Michael Rutter | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center |
| Dr. Sharon Harp * | Queen City Physicians – Western Hills Pediatrics – TriHealth |
| Dr. Janine Arruda ^ | Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital |
| Dr. Paul Breyer ^ | Dayton Children’s |
| Dr. Parinda Mehta ^ | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center |
| Dr. Jennifer Ringel ^ | Suburban Pediatrics Associates |
| Dr. Raouf S. Amin | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center |
| Dr. Richard Dammell | Western Hills Internal Medicine – TriHealth |
| Dr. Deborah Gerdes | Hyde Park Internists |
| Dr. Roger Herman | Anderson Hills Pediatrics |
| Dr. Jeanne James | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center |
| Dr. John Markovich | Group Health Associates – Anderson |
| Dr. Laurie Tsilianidis | Cleveland Clinic |
| Dr. Brenda Wong | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center |
| Dr. Raouf S. Amin * | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center |
| Dr. Joseph M. Bailey ^ | Queen City Pediatrics |
| Dr. Stephen G. Bird ^ | Group Health – Finneytown |
| Dr. Jeffrey S. Christian ^ | Dayton Children’s |
| Dr. Joseph E. Ross ^ | Dayton Children’s |