Clark County Medical Society Announces 2015 Winged Heart Award and Student Rising Star Award Winners

LAS VEGAS - June 30, 2015 - PRLog -- The Clark County Medical Society (CCMS (http://www.clarkcountymedical.org/)) announced the 2015 recipients of the Third Annual Winged Heart Award and the Student Rising Star Award.  Local nurse Tammy Wert, RN and the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation, a local nonprofit, received the 2015 Winged Heart Award. This year’s recipients of the Student Rising Star Award are Robert Wills from Touro University Nevada College of Medicine and Lindsey Murphy from University of Nevada School of Medicine.

Recipients were honored at the 61^st Annual President’s Installation & Awards Ceremony on June 27, 2015 at the World Market Center – World View on Sixteen & Sky View Terrace (495 S. Grand Central Pkwy). The President’s Committee reviewed all nominations and selected finalists and winners. The committee includes Dr. Michael Edwards, CCMS’ 2014-15 president; Dr. George Alexander, past president; Dr. Keith Brill, immediate past president and Dr. Andrew Eisen, president-elect.

2015 Winged Heart Award Recipients

Nursing Category Winner:

Tammy Wert, RN is an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) trauma nurse atUniversity Medical Center (UMC). An ICU trauma nurse for 20 years, she takes time out of her busy schedule to mentor other fellow nurses. A compassionate and selfless caregiver, Wert purchased televisions and radios at her own expense for all 14 ICU rooms at UMC in order to help patients retain some autonomy while recovering from traumatic injuries.

Other 2015 nominees were Linda Rittenburg, RNand director of specialty care and imaging services at Southwest Medical Associates (SMA) and Maxine Spatt, a registered nurse working on a medical/surgical floor with heart monitoring at Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center.

Non-profit Category Winner:

Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation offers support and services for families of children diagnosed with cancer from birth to 21 years of age. The foundation assists families while their children afflicted with cancer pass through the different stages of the disease, treatment and, in certain cases, death.

Other 2015 nominees included Miracle Flights for Kids thatprovides financial assistance for medical flights that help seriously ill children receive life-saving medical care from specialists throughout the United States, and Foundation for Positively Kids, a community-based nonprofit designed to serve children ranging in age from birth to 18 who suffer from cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, cancer, heart and lung disease, and any other number of conditions that threaten their ability to survive without proper medical care.

“Nurses and nonprofits are extremely dedicated to their profession, but these nominees have successfully raised the bar in the Clark County medical community,” said Dr. Alexander, who established the Winged Heart Award and served as CCMS’ past president. “Past recipients have expressed how this award has excited their entire staff and how their peers have become more dedicated to working with patients and in other areas at work. On behalf of the Clark County Medical Society, I would like to congratulate this year’s winners and nominees.”

Rising Star Award Recipients

Lindsey Murphy is a third-year medical student at the University of Nevada School of Medicine (UNSOM). She has studied internationally in London, Argentina, and Australia. Upon her return to the U.S. Murphy worked as a clinical research assistant at the Cleveland Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas and has earned top honors such as Clerkship Honors in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, OB/GYN, and Psychiatry, and Outstanding First Year Medical Student from UNSOM.

Robert Wills is a third-year osteopathic medical student at Touro University Nevada College of Medicine. He has served on the executive board of the Council of Osteopathic Student Government Presidents and as the president of TUNCOM’s Osteopathic Medicine Student Government Association. Wills is also a member of the Sigma Sigma Phi Honor Society.
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For more information on award recipients and finalists, please visit www.clarkcountymedical.org.

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Established in 1955, the Clark County Medical Society is a professional organization of more than 1,100 physicians. The organization advocates for physicians and their patients in Southern Nevada, encouraging the delivery of quality health care within the community. For more information, visit www.clarkcountymedical.orgor call 702-739-9989. Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/CCMedSociety