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Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Honors Staff for Heroic Efforts

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Staff · April 28, 2021
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Honors Staff for Heroic Efforts
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Recipients of Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center’s employee recognition event, from left: Dr. Rajinder Bajwa, Doctor of the Year; Dr. Milind Chaudhari, Care Team of the Year; Dr. Zubair Shaikh, Care Team of the Year; Rasheed Rivers, Non-Clinical Team Member of the Quarter; Michelle Lewis, Clinical Team Member of the Quarter; and Alicia Scott, DNP, Care Team of the Year. Those not pictured include Dr. John Blundell, Care Team of the Year and Educator of the Year; and Dr. Neils Gothgen, Dr. Ryan Mikac, Melissa Owens, and Erin DeMarco, all recipients of the Care Team of the Year award.

 

By: Staff Reporter

Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center joined together Tuesday to celebrate and recognize staff for all their heroic efforts set forth throughout the pandemic, including the important role in Niagara County’s mass vaccination effort.

Tuesday’s program acknowledged and awarded non-clinical team member of the quarter, Rasheed Rivers; clinical team member of the quarter, Michelle Lewis, PharmD, MHA, BCACP; Educator of the Year, Dr. John Blundell, Care Team of the Year, Memorial’s hospitalists, and Doctor of the Year to chief of infectious disease. Dr. Rajinder Bajwa. Memorial’s hospitalists, which were awarded Care Team of the Year, include Dr. Zubair Shaikh, Alicia Scott, DNP, Dr. John Blundell, Dr. Milind Chaudhari, Dr. Niels Gothgen, Dr. Ryan Mikac, Melissa Owens, FNP and Erin DeMarco, FNP.

These individuals were selected by their peers for their continued passion and excellence in serving our community. Memorial Medical Center will proudly display this year’s recipients on Memorial’s wall of excellence located in the medical center’s main lobby.

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