Image of 2016 Health Care Heroes Awards, From left to right: Kelli England Will, PhD, Christine Matson, MD, Hamid Okhravi, MD, BTWHS Principal, Joseph Han, MD, Cynthia Romero, MD, Ian Chen, MD, MPH, Deborah Morris, MD.
From left to right: Kelli England Will, PhD; Christine Matson, MD; Hamid Okhravi, MD; Booker T. Washington High School Principal Adrian Dey; Joseph Han, MD; Cynthia Romero, MD; Ian Chen, MD, MPH; Deborah Morris, MD; Margarita de Veciana Haugh, MD, MS.

EVMS dominates 2016 Health Care Heroes Awards

The Booker T. Washington Student Care Center, led by the EVMS M. Foscue Brock Institute for Community and Global Health, along with 10 EVMS faculty members are among the 2016 Health Care Heroes awarded by “Inside Business.”

The Brock Institute established the student care center at the high school through a partnership with Norfolk Public Schools, United Way of South Hampton Roads, United for Children, Optima Health and EVMS Family and Community Medicine. The Brock Institute established the student care center at the high school through a partnership with Norfolk Public Schools, United Way of South Hampton Roads, United for Children, Optima Health and EVMS Family and Community Medicine.

The 10 faculty members named 2016 Health Care Heroes are listed below by category:

  • Physician-Internal Medicine:
    Ian Chen, MD, MPH
    (Internal Medicine Residency '96, MPH '05), Professor of Internal Medicine
  • Specialist-Ear, Nose and Throat:
    Joseph Han, MD
    Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
  • Physician-Obstetrics and Gynecology:
    Margarita de Veciana Haugh, MD, MS
    Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Physician-Dermatology:
    Antoinette Hood, MD
    Professor of Dermatology
  • Physician-Leadership:
    Christine Matson, MD
    The Glenn R. Mitchell Chair in Generalist Medicine and Chair and Professor of Family and Community Medicine
  • Physician-Palliative Care:
    Deborah Morris, MD
    Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
  • Physician-Gerontology:
    Hamid Okhravi, MD
    The Rosemary Fenton and Garnett Jordan Professor in Geriatrics and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
  • Physician-Neonatology:
    Brett Siegfried, MD
    Associate Professor of Pediatrics
  • Specialist-Radiation Oncology:
    Mark Sinesi, MD, PhD
    Assistant Professor of Radiaion Oncology and Biophysics
  • Public-Health:
    Kelli England Will, PhD
    Associate Professor of Pediatrics