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On August 16, 2007, the San Diego Business Journal presented its first ever Health Care Champions Award, recognizing individuals and organizations that have made a significant impact on the quality of health care in San Diego county.

From a pool of nominees, an independent panel of judges selected 94 finalists and from those finalists, 17 honorees.

Congratulations to the 7 Health Care Champion Honorees from UCSD

Patrick Lyden, M.D.; Dorothy Brown, R.N.; Richard Liekweg; Ellen Beck, M.D.; David Harders; and Irving "Jake" Jacoby, M.D. (Jody Corey-Bloom, M.D. was honored but not pictured)

Congratulations to all the UCSD Finalists

• Ellen Beck, MD
  Clinical Professor
  Family and Preventive Medicine
• Barbara L. Brody, MPH
  Clinical Professor
  Director, Division of Community Ophthalmology
  Ophthalmology
• Dorothy Brown, RN
  Clinical Nurse
  Senior Behavioral Health Program
• Colleen Buono, MD
  Assistant Clinical Professor
  Emergency Medicine
• Lee Cantrell, PharmD
  Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
  Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
  Director, California Poison Control System
  San Diego Division at UCSD Medical Center
• Jody Corey-Bloom, MD, PhD
  Clinical Professor of Medicine
  Director, UCSD Multiple Sclerosis Center
  Director, UCSD Huntington’s Disease Center of Excellence (HDSA)
  Neurosciences
• Richard M. Ford, RRT, FAARC
  Director, Respiratory Services
• Steven R. Garfin, MD
  Professor and Chairman
  Chief, Spine Surgery Program
  Orthopaedic Surgery
• Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, PhD
  Professor
  Cellular and Molecular Medicine
• David Harders
  Prinicipal Electronics Technician
  Respiratory Care
• Allison G. Helm, MOT, OTR/L
  Occupational Therapy Supervisor
  Rehabilitation Services
• Irving Jake Jacoby, MD
  Clinical Professor
  Emergency Medicine
• Joshua Lee, MD
  Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
  Hospital Medicine
  Medical Director of Information Systems
  Information Systems
• Richard J. Liekweg
  Chief Executive Officer
  UCSD Medical Center
• Trina Limberg, BS, RRT, FAARC, FAACVPR
  Program Director, Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Patrick D. Lyden, MD
  Professor
  Director of UCSD Stroke Center
  Neurosciences
• Edward Mariano, MD
  Assistant Clinical Professor
  Division Chief of Regional Anesthesia
  Anesthesiology
• Beverly A. Morris, RN, NP
  Nurse Educator, Researcher
  Nursing Education Development and Research
• Phillip Panzarella, RRT
  Respiratory Therapist
  Respiratory Care
• Lisa Stocks, RN, MSN, FNP
  Executive Director
  Lifesharing- A Donate Life Organization
  Division of UCSD Medical Center
• Palmer Taylor, PhD
  Dean, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Phamaceutical Sciences
  Associate Vice Chancellor of Health Sciences
  Sandra and Monroe Trout Chair in Pharmacology
• Gary M.Vilke, MD
  Professor of Medicine
  Director, Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine
  Emergency Medicine
• UCSD Division of Community Pediatrics