Terrebonne General Health named Bedford Nieves-Cruz, MD, as the recipient of the Golden Stethoscope Award. Nieves-Cruz has been a neonatologist at Terrebonne General for 26 years and is board-certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.
Nieves-Cruz graduated from medical school at the Universidad Nordestana, Dominican Republic. He then completed an internship at Guayama Regional Hospital in Puerto Rico and a residency at Caguas Regional Hospital in Puerto Rico. Following this, he pursued a fellowship in neonatology at San Juan Hospital in Monticello, Utah.
The Golden Stethoscope Award publicly recognizes a Terrebonne General physician for “professionalism, integrity, and teamwork” in caring for patients and families and interacting with hospital staff members and other physicians. Physicians, employees, patients, and volunteers can make nominations. Two physicians are recognized with this award each year.