Health Care
Leaders in Health Care Finalists for Lifetime Achievement Award
By Seattle Business Magazine February 9, 2011
Lifetime Achievement Award finalilsts
(In alphabetic order)
Leo Greenawalt
President and CEO, Washington State Hospital Association
As the president and CEO of the Washington State Hospital Association, Leo Greenawalt has been in the forefront of resolving heated conflicts over health care costs, reimbursements and availability. In his 30 years at the helm of the nonprofit trade association, he brought health care leaders together to find ways to expand Medicaid, worked with hospitals and unions to help create the states Basic Health Plan, established enhanced programs for children and pregnant women and pushed for comprehensive state health care reform.
Professor of orthopedics and sports medicine, University of Washington
Often facing down skeptical colleagues, Sigvard Hansen Jr. transformed the science of orthopedic medicine, from pioneering the now-standard practice of stabilizing fractures with internal hardware to surgically repairing foot and ankle anomalies that other surgeons declared inoperable. A member of the team that developed the modern practice of emergency medicine at the University of Washingtons Harborview Medical Center, he was honored with an endowed chair in his name in traumatology at UW Medicine.
Stanley Stamm
Cardiologist, Seattle Childrens Hospital
Stanley Stamm devoted nearly 60 years to treating children with serious conditions at Seattle Childrens Hospital. And when families in remote, rural communities couldnt come to him, he filled his van with supplies and brought cardiac care to them. In 1967, he founded a summer camp near Mount Rainier to provide life-affirming experiences of the outdoors to children with complex illnesses. Recently retired, Stamm will be missed by colleagues who call him the heart and soul of the hospital.
Read about last year’s winners here. Finalists will be recognized at an awards banquet on February 24th at the W Hotel in Seattle. Click here for details.
Finalists were chosen by our panel of judges:
Mary McWilliams, Executive director, Puget Sound Health Alliance
Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, CEO, UW Medicine; dean, School of Medicine
Chris Rivera, President, Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association
Dr. Roger Stark, Health care policy analyst, Washington Policy Center
Linda Tieman, Executive director, Washington Center for Nursing
Greg Vigdor, President and CEO, Washington Health Foundation