Award Winners 2011

2011 Nursing Excellence Clinical Awards

Laura Vento, MSN, RN, CNL - 2011 UC San Diego Health System Nurse of the Year

The following awardees are recognized as unit Nurse of the Year.

Award Recipient


Rosaleeh Alayon, BSN, RN 
Eva Bariuan, MPH, RN-BC, OCN 
Aida Bautista, RN, CMSRN 
Chris Baylis, BSN, RN, CCRN 
Zenaida Belardo, RN 
Loida Castro, BSN, RN, CNOR 
Anne Dahlerup, BSN, RN 
Marianne Delos Santos, BSN, RN 
Becky Dodd-Sullivan, RN, BS, CPTC 
Melvin Ersando, BSN, RN 
Emily Golden, MSN, RN, PNP-BC 
Hilda Gonzales, LVN 
Janet Hofer, BSN, RN 
Crystal Hsiao, RN, BS 
Mona Jaime, RN 
Muhammad Junaid, MPH, RN 
Maria Leupold, RN, NP, AOCN 
Ursula Linne-McLaren, RN, OCN 
Josephine Lubanga, BSN, RN 
Cynthia Marquez, BSN, RN-BC, CCRN 
Jhun Marquez, BSN, RN 
Catherine Meathe, BSN, RN, CEN 
Joan Millan, BSN, RN 
Evelyn Morano, BSN, RN 
Evelyn Mosley, BSN, RN, CDE 
Lorelei Nodalo, RN 
Cheryl Nooris, BSN, RN 
Eunice Ong, BSN, RN 
Cheryl Osolio, BSN, RN 
Jennifer Pavone, BSN, RN, OCN 
Sandy Poonoosamy, RN 
Ayelet Ruppin, MSN, RN 
Georgiena Santiago, RN 
Susan Shaw, LVN 
Connie Sherwood, RN 
Bettina Shilling, BSN, RN, ONC 
Jennifer Storch, BSN, CCRN, CNRN 
Patricia Sumita, BSN, CEN 
Josie Tayaba, BSN, RN, ONC 
Marilyn Yambao, RN

Unit


Hillcrest PACU 
Moores Cancer Center, Radiation Oncology
6 West Med Surg
Thornton ICU
11 West Med Surg 
Thornton OR 
Thornton PACU
Thornton IMU
Lifesharing 
Care Initiation Unit 
Infant Special Care Center 
Preoperative Care Center
Hillcrest Main OR
Family Maternity Care Center
Acute Hemodialysis 
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services 
Moores Cancer Center Infusion Center
Moores Cancer Center BMT
10 East Med Surg Tele 
10 ICU
Apheresis
Hillcrest Emergency 
Interventional Radiology 
Burn Special Care 
Women’s Health Services, Ambulatory Care
Neuro Behavioral Medicine 
Birth Center 
11 East PCU 
Special Procedures
Thornton 3 West BMT/Oncology
Surgical ICU 
Education, Development and Research 
Senior Behavioral Health
Pre-Op Admissions 
Thornton 2 West Telemetry
8th Floor Med Surg
Burn ICU
Thornton Emergency
Thornton 3 East Med Surg
Labor and Delivery 


Award Recipient Doner Award
Cassia Chevillon, BSN, RN, CCRN Marguerite Jackson The Marguerite Jackson Award
for Professional Nursing Excellence
Elvie Sevilla, BSN, RN Sonya Healy Fund Sonya Healy Nursing
Management Award
Michele Carson, MSN, RNC Patrons of Nursing Nurse Leader of the Year
Rhonda Martin, MS, RN,
CCRN/ACNP-C
Patrons of Nursing Advanced Practice Nurse of the Year