ANN WEINACKER, associate director of Intensive Care at SHC and vice chair for clinical affairs in the Department of Medicine, was awarded the 2008 Denise O’Leary Award for Clinical Excellence, named in honor of a former board of directors chair. Shown from left are Martha Marsh, SHC President and CEO, Medical School Dean Philip A. Pizzo, Weinacker, O’Leary, and current SHC Board Chair Mariann Byerwalter. The award was presented at the board’s annual dinner in June, where Byerwalter called Weinacker, once a registered nurse who later went to medical school, “an outstanding physician, superb educator and a role model for young physicians.” In addition, the Hospital’s director of Aging Adult Services, Rita Ghatak, received the 2008 Isaac Stein Award for Compassionate Care, which also honors a former board member.