Employee Spotlight
2024 2Q Starfish Honoree/Nominees
Congrats to our Q2 Starfish Honoree Natasha.
| Sarai | Harperhawks | Care Assoc.-Care Tech/CTC |
| Sarah | Johnston | RT/Cardiac Rehab |
| Lakavyah | Smith | PA HC Assoc II/Outpatient Center |
| Tanya | Poulin | Lab Assist./Lab |
| Martha | Cornejo | Lab Assist./Lab |
| Jessica | Boyd | Occupational Therapist/Rehab |
| Rachel | Brazeau | MRI Technologist RT/Radiology |
| Jocelyn | Pacheco Alverado | Patient Care Sitter-CNA/Nursing Admin |
| Bernadine | Skaggs | Care Assoc./RMG Orthopedics |
| Amanda | Varnavas | PA Assoc II/Scheduling |
| Kati | Crouse | Polysomnographer Trainee/Sleep Lab |
| Tammy | Reeves | Customer Service II/Patient Accounts |
| Samantha | Osipavicius | Staffing Coordinator/Nursing Admin. |
| Martha | Cornejo | Lab Assistant/Lab |
| John | Solomon | EMS Community Paramedic/Ambulance Service |
| Maria | Gutierrez | Lab Assistant/Lab |
| Traci | DeBoer | Food & Nutrition Manager/Dietary |
| Michelle | Williams | Specialty Pharmacy Navigator/RM Specialty RX |
| Kaylee | Harrison | PA HC Assoc. II/Bour. Outpatient Center Radiology |
| Sky | Rivera | Care Assoc./Bourb. Primary Care |
| Seth | Peachey | Construction Project Engineer/Facilities Development |
| Katy | Lighthart | Ultrasound Tech/Radiology-Ultrasound |
| Amanda | Hall | Care Assoc./RMG Internal Medicine |
| Sarah | Lovelady | Care Assoc.-Care Tech/Neurosurgery Consultants |
| Roger | Hartline | Outpatient Clinician-Team Leader/Mental Health Outpatient |
| Jervonte | Moore | Housekeeper II/Housekeeping |
| Dwayne | Smart | Team Leader/Housekeeping |
| Jenny | Harvey | Radiology CT Tech II/Coal City |
| Alice | Randazzo | Ultrasound Tech/Radiology-Ultrasound |
| Randall | Fisher | AR Specialist Medicare II/Patients Accounts |
| Taylor | Georgeff | MRI Technologist RT/Radiology-MRI |
| Annette | Norton | MRI Technologist/Radiology |
| Sergio | PenaPacheco | Sitter/ED |
| Lakisa | Sturgis | Medical Assistant/RMG Women & Children |
| Andrea | Soto | Lab Assistant/Lab |
| Meghan | Hannig | PT/Frankfort |
| Jessica | Boyd | Occupational Therapist/Rehab OP |
| Thomas | Vent | PT/Home Health Care |
| Kaitlyn | Klenzak | Care Assoc.-Care Tech/CHC Manteno |
| Brantly | Fred | EMT-B/Ambulance Service- |
| Luke | Sluis | PA HC Assoc II/Outpatient Center |
| Fadi | Rim | Physical Therapist/Rehab Services OP |
| Carolyne | Wilkey | Physical Therapist/Rehab Services OP |
| Ted | Matichak | MRI Technologist RT/Radiology-MRI |
Starfish Award Recipient: Natasha
Congratulations to Natasha Farris, our newest Starfish Award Recipient! Natasha is a Clinical Exercise Physiologist in our Electrographics area.
The Starfish Award recognizes team members who fill vital roles outside of nursing. These “difference makers” provide direct and indirect services to Riverside patients and the community.
Her nomination read: “Two weeks after having visited the Cardio Neuro EKG department at Riverside Hospital in Kankakee in early April to have a 30-day Holter monitor test started, I began to experience extremely painful skin irritation at the site of the patch. After having very little sleep due to my extreme skin irritation, I decided to ask my daughter to drive me back from the University of Illinois Champaign Urbana campus, where she attends law school, to seek help from someone at Riverside who might be able to remove the patch and attach a new one. I was extremely relieved that our 7:45 am unscheduled arrival at the department was met by an employee at the window who told us that we could be seen by someone who could offer some help. Not only did that happen very quickly and very easily, we also were greeted by a truly wonderful Riverside employee named Natasha, who immediately set about listening to my concerns, allaying those concerns with a reassuring smile and what appeared to me to be genuine concern for my situation, and who immediately began working to nearly eradicate the pain I was feeling from the skin irritation. I cannot tell you how much Natasha’s positive attitude, calm, yet lively and assuring presence, combined with her unique ability to take charge in a way that gave me confidence in her ability to help me while still valuing me as a person. That allowed me to retain my own independence, meant to me on both that day and, literally a little over a week later, when we again returned from Champaign to have her put on the final patch of the 30-day test. Natasha’s ability to instantly put me at ease by simply listening to my concerns and by giving me the impression that I was neither a bother or an unnecessary interruption in her day greatly reduced my stress and anxiety. Natasha’s personality and innate skills allowed her to handle my care in a confident, professional, yet genuinely empathetic, manner, and is certainly cause for her to be recognized by the Riverside community as a highly valuable resource.”
Dr. Haryani Presented with Lifetime Achievement Award
During the Full Medical Staff meeting on Tuesday, September 3rd, Dr. Vijay Haryani was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Medical Staff Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes a member of the Riverside Medical Staff who has made an outstanding contribution to the quality of healthcare delivered in this community, the growth and development of the clinical services provided at Riverside, demonstrated leadership amongst the physician’s peers, and/or provided outstanding mentoring of colleagues or clinical trainees.
It is a celebration of the accomplishments and career of Riverside’s distinguished physicians.
Dr. Haryani has been instrumental in the development of cardiology services at Riverside and in the community as a whole since 1990 when he first joined the medical staff. He is a visionary who executes on his vision to improve the outcomes of our patients and our community as a whole.
He supported the creation of cardiac cath labs at Riverside bringing to Kankakee a much-needed cardiology service that improved the quality of patient care and outcomes for those patients previously being transferred up north for urgent cardiac care.
He was instrumental in bringing cardiovascular surgery to Riverside, pushing back against skepticism that such high level of care could not be offered in a community setting. This service has saved many lives and has allowed patients to stay in their hometown community being cared for by physicians they know and trust.
He has served on numerous medical staff committees in the past 35 years and held leadership positions in Cardiology both for Riverside’s medical staff and Riverside Medical Group. He is a well sought-after speaker, lecturing to other physicians on developments in cardiac care.
Dr. Haryani is described as a high energy performer; he is always at the hospital providing services to our patients. He is an excellent and highly valued teacher for our residents and cardiology fellows. Everyone working with him boasts about how much they have learned from him. And he freely shares his knowledge and experiences with all healthcare professionals.
Dr. Haryani has impacted directly and indirectly the lives of so many in the community. There is no slowing him down. We are taking a few minutes tonight to celebrate his achievements up to this point and look forward to his future contributions to the healthcare of our community.
Let’s Celebrate September Birthdays
Melanie Adcock
Fatima Alba
Jahni Allen
Neil Allen Angeles
Jessica Alston
Monica Alvarado
Stephanie Alvarado
Andrea Ambriz Soto
Lizbeth Anaya
Genevieve Anderson
Michelle Arp
Kathleen Arrington
Mary Arrington
Carrie Arseneau
Ruth Arseneau
Kelce Ayala
Hamzeh Badwan
Andrea Baldwin
Alaina Banaszak
Shaun Barnes
Tara Barnes-Cherry
Rachel Baugh
Cynthia Beall
Michelle Bednarczyk
Micaelyn Benson
Abhimanyu Beri
Tyan Berry
Juquan Bibbs
Kara Billadeau
Karen Block
Allie Bonzani
Ann Brazinsky
Shelly Brentham
Deann Brinkmann
Laura Bucher-Bailey
Paula Byrd
Jeana Carrico
Cindy Charbonneau
Allan Chase
Gabrielle Cinnamon
Margaret Clark
Sara Cleveland
Melissa Coleman-Hawes
Najee Comer
Amanda Cook
Sheryl Cordes
Aydee Cossyleon
Cynthia Croyle
Alyshia Daily
Colleen Dalsanto
Helen Dandurand
Shaun Darrah
Deandre Davis
Meghan Davis
Meghan Davis
Holly Dinello
Kiley Dolliger
Aubree Donnelly
Robert Drell
Traci Drell
Robert Eades
Kyle Ehrich
Justin Eickstaedt
Nakia Elliott
Marsha Ellis
Ashequa Epps
Morgan Essington
Casaundra Farrell
Kimberly Faulkner
Randall Fisher
Christina Fitzpatrick
Janine Formenti
Brittyn Franklin
Andrea Fuentes
Molli Fuller
Shirley Gagliardo
Luis Gamino
Mary Ann Garcia
Kristen Gasik
Natalie Graddy
Mary Grant
Shannon Greenquist
Tracey Griffin
Karen Grube
Emily Guillen
Genelle Habedank
Alicia Hahs
Trisha Haines
Kaily Halford
Dakota Hamende
Lorene Handley
Michele Hanson
Shelley Hartman
Margaret Haverstock
Latrisse Hayward
Angela Heldt
Alyssa Henderson
Kaylyn Hendricks
Trishelle Henson
Joscelyn Hernandez
Oscar Hernandez
Renee Hess
Colten Hesterberg
Catherine Hilgeman
Tecoma Hill
Hailey Hirsch
Krystal Hiser
Stacey Honeycutt
Samantha Hovel
Erika Howisen
Ryan Hull
Susan Iverson
Lanesha Jackson
Kandy Janssen
Ashley Jarvis
Mandy Jensen
Molly Jessen
Colleen Johnston
Bridget Joiner
Anna Jones
Jamisha Jones
Riley Jones
Deserea Jordan
Kathleen Kallend
Alyssa Karrick
Kelley Kelley
Ashley Kelly
Maryann Kelly
Amanda Kemnetz
Dawn Kinstner
Anita Kirk
Tara Kitchens
Lauren Kroll
Lanie Krutsinger
Rachel Lagesse
Laura Lalumendier
Darla Lamore
Gayle Landeck
James Langer
Melissa Lareau
Danita Larocque
Stephen Latawiec
Neva Jean Lauvina
Jeanne Leveque
Cashay Lewis
Taylor Lewis
Enaluz Lima
Tara Little
Seban Liu
Elizabeth Lohmar
Meva Loiselle
Kristin Lowery
Katherine Mailhiot
Shannon Male
Linda Manley
Neil Mann
Chynna Maricle
Tiffanie Markle
Michelle Marquardt
Haylie Marrs
Tamara Martinez
Kaylyn Mausehund
Victoria May
Susan Mazza
Morgan Mccormick
Kendall Mcintyre
Madison Mckee
Erik Mcmillin
Kayla Mctear
Elsa Medina
Ashley Meier
Jeannie Meyer
Kimberly Meyer
Jeffrey Mikols
Amber Miller
Jeanna Miller
Teresa Mondy-Holley
Douglas Mossman
Suchitra Muralidharan
Lisa Murphy
Ashley Murray
Jaclyn Murray
Karen Neukomm
Brynn Nicholls
Samantha Nolan
Robyn Nolte
Jennifer Obazee
Tanya Obenland
Lindsay O’Connor
Kathy O’Grady
Cali Olshefski
Sherry Onsen
Connie O’Reel
Denise Owen
Siya Patel
Kylie Patnaude
Katlyn Paul
Abigail Paynter
Whitney Pelletier
Krysten Perkins
Michael Phelps
Lily Pierce
Kelcie Pomaranski
Amber Porter
Deja Portis
Tanya Poulin
Ericka Prairie
Julie Pranger
Tracey Reddy
Sarah Regnier
Megan Rieder-Doris
Macaella Robinson
Rohan Robinson
Lucille Rodgers
Erika Rodriguez
Fermin Rodriguez
Rebecca Romania
Walter Rooney
Rene Ruiz
Molly Saathoff
Miguel Salgado
Maribel Sanchez
Odalis Sandoval
Karen Santos
Anna Santoyo
Leonard Schaller
Jaimie Schneider
Barbara Schuch
Lynette Schulz
Reyna Sconyers
Yecenia Serna-Flores
Patricia Shegog
Edward Shepard
Firas Sibai
Ranjeet Singhmoon
Reta Smolkovich
Sean Spilsbury
Sandra Staples
Kristina Stewart
Molly Sthay
Makenna Switzer
Jada Taylor
Andrea Thomas
Tyler Thomas
Michelle Thoms
Reagan Trevino
Kate Truetner
Lajuene Tucker
Elizabeth Unruh
Erin Uphoff
Samantha Urban
Sarah Van Landuyt
Kaylee Vanswol
Amanda Varnavas
Annabelle Veerapaneni
Abby Waide
Amy Warburton
Tracy Warmbir
Meagan Washington-Sims
Paula Webb
Cassandra Weisensee
Amy Wheeler
Gretchen Williams
Julie Williams
Marissa Williams
Shayla Williams
Stewart Williams
Cristy Wilson
Koy Wilson
Madelyn Wojciechowski
Heather Woods
Lauren Zell
Congrats to Dawn Willbarger and Jen Kokos for being named Women in Business
Dawn Willbarger, Riverside VP of RMG, and Jen Kokos, Riverside Practice Manager for the Heart & Vascular Institute were named to The Daily Journal’s Women in Business list.
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