HJNO May/Jun 2022

HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF NEW ORLEANS I  MAY / JUN 2022 65 For weekly eNews updates and to read the journal online, visit HealthcareJournalNO.com Kunkel earned both a master’s in business administration and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of South Dakota. Children’s Hospital NORaises $1M through SugarplumBall A total of $1 million was raised for Children’s Hospital New Orleans through the hospital’s 40th annual Sugarplum Ball, presented by LEMOINE and co-chaired by Sarah Feirn and Marye Nickens. The co-chairs led a group of more than 100 com- mittee members in executing the fundraiser, which raised the most funds in the history of the event. More than 1,000 Children’s Hospital supporters and friends attended the March 19 event, Held at Mardi Gras World’s River City ballroom. “The continued generosity of our Sugarplum Ball sponsors and patrons has made a lasting impact for our hospital and the patients and fam- ilies we serve,” said Children’s Hospital President and CEO John R. Nickens IV. “It was extraordi- nary to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the ball after two years of managing through the COVID- 19 pandemic. And we welcomed the ball back with record-breaking funds raised thanks to our hard-working Co-Chairs, and steadfast commu- nity of supporters.” 16 Ochsner Researchers Rank Among the Top 2 % in Their FieldsWorldwide Sixteen Ochsner Health researchers have earned the honor of being labeled in the top two percent of their fields worldwide, according to a Stanford University study that ranks academics based on the impact of their publications. The ranking measures academic achievement based on bibliometric information and includes more than 160,000 researchers from the more than 8 million scientists considered to be active around the globe. Altogether, 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields are considered in the list. The Stanford database is divided into two cat- egories: career-long citation impact and single- year impact, based on the 2021 ranking. The first is based on the number of times a scholar’s work is cited throughout their career. Fourteen Ochsner researchers fromOchsner Health System, Ochsner Medical Center, Ochsner Baptist Medical Cen- ter, and Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute were included in this category, for work that dates back to 1954. For the single-year impact, nine Ochsner faculty were recognized. Earning a place among the world’s top two per- cent of scientists ranked in their subfields over 20 years are the following Ochsner researchers: • Carl “Chip” Lavie, MD. • Edward Frohlich, MD (now deceased). • David Gellinger Kline, MD. • Richard Milani, MD. • Lawrence Blonde, MD. • Richard Re, MD. • Richard Eugene Ramsay, MD. • George Pankey, MD. • Stephen Fortunato, MD. • Armin Schubert, MD. • Juan Ochoa, MD, Director. • Edward Bluth, MD. • S.B. Deitelzweig, MD. • Gabriel Uwaifo, MD. Earning a place among the world’s top two per- cent of scientists ranked for 2021 are the following Ochsner researchers: • Carl “Chip” Lavie. • Richard Milani, MD. • Lawrence Blonde, MD. • Edward Frohlich, MD (now deceased). • George Pankey, MD. • Edward McCoul, MD. • J.R. Biggio, MD. • S.B. Deitelzweig, MD. • Gabriel Uwaifo, MD. 40-Year Veteran Nurse Executive KerryMilton Lauded Nationally Two weeks after St. Tammany Health System officially introduced the Daisy recognition pro- gram for nurses, STHS Chief Nursing Officer Kerry Milton – a 40-year employee of STHS – earned the system’s first Daisy Award, a special Lifetime Achievement Daisy Award. Daisy is emblematic of Diseases Attacking the Immune SYstem and is an international recogni- tion award program through which colleagues or patients can honor or celebrate the skillful, com- passionate care provided by nurses. “I can’t say enough about how it feels to be rec- ognized,” Milton said upon being surprised with her award in the lobby of the health system’s new patient care addition. “It’s hard to say you love every single minute of your job, but I do – and I thank every one of you for this recognition.” The special Lifetime Achievement Daisy Award is reserved for those nurses who have 25 or more years of service and are recognized by the nursing community as a transformational nursing leader, role model, mentor, and patient advocate. n STHS Chief Nursing Officer Kerry Milton – a 40-year employee of STHS – earned the system’s first Daisy Award, a special Lifetime Achievement Daisy Award.