The award was presented to the many employees and departments who rallied quickly to support a family that experienced a tragic event. The Emergency Department made the bereavement room available; Protective Services escorted the parents and other personnel to the bereavement room; and Social Work and the chaplain provided support to the family and staff. Child Life staff members were integral in organizing services with urgency, ensuring compassionate post-mortem care and providing the calmest, best space for the parents to be with their child.
York Street Campus
When a family’s last wish for their life-support-dependent infant was to extubate him in the peaceful setting of the Healing Garden, staff members from many departments worked to grant the family’s request. PEACE honorees were Ashley Blanco, MD; Juliana DaFonseca, RN; John Giuliano, MD; Richard Pierce, MD; David Pyle, MD; Mary Szondy, RN; Alyssa Thomas; and Leah Yazmer, Child Life, from the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; Mitchell Burks, Respiratory Care; Stephanie McGuire, Nicholas Proto and other Protective Services team members; the Smilow and Engineering staffs; and David Vinas, Smilow Operations.
