Congratulations to Our 2025 Shine Award Recipients

We celebrated our Shine Awards during a ceremony on Monday, Nov. 10. Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Carilion Clinic Spark Awards, Quality Awards, Medical Excellence Awards, Values Awards and Nancy Howell Agee Award for Distinguished Service! And thank you to all of our employees for the hard work that you put into serving our patients and community each day.

The award recipients are listed below. To see a full list of award recipients and finalists, visit the Shine hub. 

Nancy Howell Agee Award for Distinguished Service

This award—formerly known as the President's Award—recognizes individuals for a career of extraordinary accomplishments. This year's recipients were:

• Lee Jones, DMD, Chief of Dentistry.
• Carolyn Wilson, Retail Food Operations. 

Spark Awards

The Spark Award recognizes individuals or teams who consistently provide that “spark” of innovation that carries our organization forward. They drive positive change to processes, tools and community in order to help our patients. Those who are recognized with this award innovate so often, they’re known for it.

• Katherine Coffey-Vega, MD, Geriatric Medicine
• Billy Schwartz, RN, Resource Pool Nursing

Medical Excellence Awards

These awards recognize physicians and APPs for their clinical skills, as well as their leadership and dedication to their patients, colleagues and communities.  

• Award for Residents and Fellows: Lauren Hennis, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Award for Advanced Practice Providers: Sydney Garst, PA, Otolaryngology
• Awards for Physicians, Podiatrists, Dentists and Oral Surgeons: Caleb Cutherell, MD, Surgery

Quality Awards

The Carilion Clinic Quality Awards highlight individuals and teams who have identified and implemented ways to improve the care and services we provide. For a full list of Quality Award winner and finalist teams, as well as links to view the winning application forms, visit the Shine hub.

• Pioneer Award: Wake. Breathe. Liberate: Aligning Spontaneous Awakening Trials and Spontaneous Breathing Trials Coordination Within the A2F ICU Framework
• Community Distinction Award: Occupied Timer Reduction for Admissions out of the ED
• Ambulatory Quality Award: Grow-Our-Own Medical Assistant-Certified Program
• Excellence in Advancing Care Delivery Award: Increased Access to Care by Reduction in Capped Beds Due to Staffing
• Enterprise Award: Turning the Tide on Mortality Outcomes
• Hold the Gains Award: Internalizing Skilled Nursing Facility Authorizations and Reducing Avoidable Delay Days
• MVP Award: Improving Sepsis Outcomes

Values Awards

The Carilion Clinic Values Awards recognize individuals and teams who go above and beyond in their work each day. For a full list of Values Award recipients and nominees, visit the Shine hub.

• Curiosity Team Award: Curiosity at the Doorstep: Investigating Impacts of Social Determinants of Health
• Curiosity Individual Award: Tim Beirne, MD, Family and Community Medicine, and Amber Harris, Education and Organizational Development
• Compassion Team Award: Patient K Team
• Compassion Individual Award: Aaron Rivers, Radiation Oncology
• Commitment Team Award: Brain Injury Center
• Commitment Individual Award: Hannah Curtis, Communications, Marketing and Planning
• Collaboration Team Award: Children’s Miracle Network Market Alignment
• Collaboration Individual Award: Brent Lorton, Enterprise Project Management Office
• Courage Team Award: Violent Injury Recovery and Support Program
• Courage Individual Award: Sarah McCambridge, RN, Resource Pool Nursing, CRMH

Congratulations to all of our Shine recipients!