Dr. Harry Rosenberg, Co-Founder and President Emeritus, and Dr. Ronald Fiscus, Vice President for Research, will be recognized as the Lifetime Achievement Healthcare Hero and Technology & Research Healthcare Hero, respectively, at the eighth annual Healthcare Heroes event for Southern Nevada on September 10 at Green Valley Ranch.
The awards dinner, sponsored by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Nevada Business Magazine, celebrates outstanding healthcare professionals across ten categories in Southern Nevada. A similar event will be held in Northern Nevada on the 12th. In addition to recognizing lifetime achievement and technology & research, the ceremony will recognize administration, care providing, education, community work, humanitarianism, innovation and non-profit work.
Dr. Rosenberg and Dr. Fiscus, along with other honorees, were selected out of hundreds of nominees by a diverse panel of judges, comprised of healthcare professionals.
Other Healthcare Heroes being honored at the Southern Nevada event include: Sam Kaufman of Desert Springs Hospital, Paul K. Treadwell, MD of 21st Century Oncology, Rhigel Jan Alforque Tan, DNP, RN, APN of University of Nevada, School of Nursing, Thomas Hunt, MD of University of Nevada, School of Medicine, Olya Banchik, DDS of Smiles for Survivors, Emelina Quisumbing, MD of FirstMed Health and Wellness Center, Sherif Abdou of Healthcare Partners Nevada, Carole Fisher of Nathan Adelson Hospice and Mary Guinan, PhD, MD of University of Nevada, Las Vegas.