Health Care Heroes with their awards
With 11 affiliated individuals and organizations honored, EVMS again dominated Inside Business’ annual Health Care Hero awards.

Faculty, alumni, donors hailed as “Health Care Heroes” by Inside Business

EVMS faculty, alumni and a loyal donor to the school were honored Feb. 23 at the annual Health Care Heroes awards ceremony sponsored by the Hampton Roads publication Inside Business.

In all, EVMS-affiliated individuals and organizations claimed 11 of the 20 awards presented at the breakfast ceremony. EVMS has received more than 50 Health Care Hero awards since Inside Business launched the program in 2010. Read more about our heroes.

EVMS honorees were:

  • Richard Bikowski, MD (MD ’79), Professor of Clinical Family and Community Medicine, received the award for Family Physician.
  • Michelle Brenner, MD (Pediatrics Residency ’98), Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, received the award for Pediatrician.
  • LD Britt, MD, MPH, the Edward J. Brickhouse Chair in Surgery, the Henry Ford Professor of Surgery and Professor and Chair of Surgery, received the award for Leadership.
  • Robert Kelly, MD, Professor of Clinical Surgery, received the award for Pediatric Surgeon.
  • Charles Kessler, MD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, received the award for Internal Medicine.
  • Douglas Mitchell, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, received the award for Pediatrician.
  • Stephanie Moody Antonio, MD, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, received the award for Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist.
  • Reuben Rohn, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, who recently completed 40 years on the EVMS faculty, received the award for Endocrinology Specialist.
  • Sharon Sheffield, MD (MD ’92, Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency ’97), Instructor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, received the award for Obstetrics and Gynecology Physician.
  • Cosmopolitan Club of Norfolk received the award for Volunteer Group for its role as a founding donor and loyal supporter of the EVMS Strelitz Diabetes Center.
  • EVMS Leroy T. Canoles Jr. Cancer Research Center, an interdisciplinary center, and its affiliated physicians and scientists received the award for Advancements in Research.