Past President's Excellence Award Recipients

President's Excellence Awards Recipients for 2018

Outstanding Achievement in Patient- and Family-Centred Care (video: Profiles in Excellence)

• Bassano Health Centre
• Edmonton Early Psychosis Intervention Clinic Team
• No One Dies Alone

Outstanding Achievement in People Excellence (video: Profiles in Excellence)

• Community Engagement and Communications
• EMS Psychological Health and Safety Committee
• Young Medical Minds Educational Institute (Camrose)

Outstanding Achievement in Service Excellence (video: Profiles in Excellence)

• Clinical Support Rural Applications Team
• Edmonton Zone Form 10 Improvement Team
• Rockyview General Hospital Replacement of Sugar Sweetened Beverages Initiative

Outstanding Achievement in Innovation and Research Excellence (video: Profiles in Excellence)

• Alberta Children's Hospital Bone Marrow Transplant Program
• Alberta Provincial Pediatric EnTeric Infection TEam (APPETITE)
• Alberta's Fracture Liaison Service Team

Outstanding Achievement in Quality Improvement (video: Profiles in Excellence)

• Addiction & Mental Health School-Based Services Team
• Commitment to Comfort QI Collaborative Team
• Starting Dialysis on Time at Home on the Right Therapy (START)

Lifetime Achievement (AHS staff or physician) (video: Profiles in Excellence)

• Dr. Cledwyn Lewis
• Fred Stegmeier
• Mildred Colter

Lifetime Achievement (volunteer) (video: Profiles in Excellence)

• Alice Babb
• Linda Campbell
• Roberta Saltvold

President's Excellence Awards Recipients for 2017

Outstanding Achievement in Patient- and Family-Centred Care

• Team recipient: CoACT
• Individual recipient: Laura Devereaux, Social worker, Sheldon M. Chumir Urgent Care Center
• Video: Profiles in Excellence

Outstanding Achievement in People Excellence

• Team recipient: Alberta Children’s Hospital Critical Incidence Stress Management Team
• Individual recipient: Kathryn Leyerzapf, Manager, Outpatient Department, Cross Cancer Institute
• Video: Profiles in Excellence

Outstanding Achievement in Innovation and Research Excellence

• Recipient: Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Team
• Video: Profiles in Excellence

Outstanding Achievement in Quality Improvement

• Co-recipient: South Health Campus Unit 58
• Co-recipient – Falls Management Collaborative
• Co-recipient: Stollery (at Royal Alexandra Hospital) NICU Baby’s Journey
• Video: Profiles in Excellence

Distinguished Service

• Co-recipient: Isabel Henderson, Senior Operating Officer, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital
• Co-recipient: Mary Muir, PCAT Site Lead, Stollery Children's Hospital
• Video: Profiles in Excellence

The President’s Excellence Awards recognize and celebrate the dedication and accomplishments of AHS staff, physicians and teams.

Award recipients demonstrate exceptional collaboration, innovation and a commitment to quality improvement. They also exemplify the AHS values of compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and safety.

Visit the main President’s Excellence Award page to make a nomination for the current year.