Healthcare Heroes to Be Celebrated at Gala on Oct. 22
SPRINGFIELD — The Healthcare Heroes class of 2025 has been announced by BusinessWest and the Healthcare News. The awards gala will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 22 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the Log Cabin in Holyoke. Tickets cost $95 per person, and tables of 10 are available. Click here to make a reservation.
The this year’s Healthcare Heroes, which were profiled in the Sept. 15 issue of BusinessWest and at businesswest.com and healthcarenews.com, are the Andy Yee Palliative Care Unit at Mercy Medical Center; Areliz Barbosa, clinical assistant professor and senior project coordinator at Bay Path University; Andrea Bertheaud, clinical assistant professor at Elms College; Chrissy Humason, nursing supervisor and stroke coordinator at Baystate Noble Hospital; Linda Koh, assistant professor in the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing at UMass Amherst; Cindy Leonard, infusion manager at Sister Caritas Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center; Dr. Thomas Lincoln, physician and associate professor of Medicine at Baystate Health; and Dr. Yannis Raftopoulos, director of the Holyoke Medical Center Weight Management Program.
The ninth annual Healthcare Heroes program is presented by Baystate Health & Health New England and Elms College and sponsored by Trinity Health Of New England/Mercy Medical Center and Holyoke Medical Center.
The Healthcare Heroes program was created in 2017 to honor the heroes working across the region’s wide, deep, and all-important healthcare and wellness sector. These leaders, innovators, and collaborators have devoted their careers to improving the quality of individual lives and the health of entire communities.
For more information, call Natasha Mercado-Santana, Marketing and Events Manager, at (413) 781-8600, ext. 100, or email mercado@businesswest.com.