About the My SoCal Hospital Heroes Awards
HASC’s My SoCal Hospital Heroes Awards aim to highlight the outstanding work of hospital staff, day in and day out. These awards recognize standout employees from our member hospitals in LA, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
Hospital Heroes receive their honors at the annual My SoCal Hospital Heroes Awards Gala. This year’s event is set for Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, in Los Angeles. Details will be posted in the coming months.
Nominations
We’re thrilled to open nominations for the 2025 awards! Use the green button to visit our nomination site, create a login and submit your hero’s name and information. Tell us in detail who they are, what makes them a remarkable hospital employee and how they go above and beyond in their work.
Meet the 2024 Winners
The HASC staff was thrilled to honor these amazing employees as our 2024 Hospital Heroes:
- Angeli Mancuso, Workforce Development Manager – Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
- Anthony Quarles, Director of Emergency Services – PIH Good Samaritan Hospital
- Bernard Essiful, Occupational Therapist – San Antonio Regional Hospital
- Brittney Anderson, Director, Clinical Quality – CHOC Children’s
- Clarissa Cabil, NICU Clinical Nurse – UCLA Health
- Crystal Solis, Acute Care RN – Providence Little Company of Mary, San Pedro
- Edward Lord, Director of Plant Operations – Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
- Esperanza Salazar, Director, Infection Prevention – College Medical Center
- Mindi Burfield, Stroke Navigator – Providence St. Mary Medical Center
- Olga Taylor, Project Manager, Community Affairs – Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
- Parien Greenall, Manager of Patient Safety – Dignity Health Marian Regional Medical Center
- Patty Nogueda, Community Outreach Health Practitioner – Huntington Health
- Peter Goco, Clinical Nurse II – Cedars-Sinai
- Tony Marcelli, Interim Chief Nursing Officer – Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center
- Vickie Dao, Medical Support Specialist – City of Hope, Seacliff
To our heroes: Thank you for all that you do in your day-to-day work, and for touching and inspiring so many around you — patients, colleagues, your family and friends, and your community. We’re so proud to count you as part of the HASC membership!
More Information
To learn about sponsoring the 2025 My SoCal Hospital Heroes Awards Gala, please view our sponsor brochure or contact Rafael De La Rosa, Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships, [email protected], (213) 538-0792.
Many thanks to everyone who joined us Nov. 2 to celebrate the 2024 My SoCal Hospital Heroes! This year, HASC also had the great pleasure of adding three special award categories: Lifetime Achievement, Humanitarian and Legislator of the Year.
As the evening led into the awards ceremony, emcee Camilla Rambaldi, a reporter with NBC4 LA, introduced George Greene, who shared some background on the Hospital Heroes awards. Then the long-awaited moment arrived.
The awards began with the three special honorees: Supervisor Hilda Solis, Legislator of the Year; Dr. Asif Mahmood, Huntington Health, the Humanitarian Award; and Dr. Nathalie Orloff, Providence Saint John’s Medical Center, the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Supervisor Solis couldn’t attend in person but shared a video message of thanks. Then Dr. Mahmood and Dr. Orloff came up to receive their awards. Emotion swelled high as they both shared moving and heartfelt words of gratitude. As Dr. Orloff, 95 years young, described her journey from refugee to health professional caring for those in need, there wasn’t a dry eye in the room.
At long last, each of the 15 Hospital Heroes came up for their well-deserved honors. As their coworkers gave shoutouts on screen, Greene handed each hero an award to thunderous applause from family, friends and the entire audience.
We hope it was truly a night to remember for each of our remarkable 2024 honorees. View the highlight reel and photo gallery to recapture the magic, and read on to learn more about the awardees.
Thank You to Our 2024 Sponsors
Many thanks to these generous partners for helping make the inaugural My SoCal Hospital Heroes Awards Gala possible!
Meet the 2023 Heroes
In the awards’ first year, HASC had the pleasure of naming 13 Hospital Heroes from our member organizations. The selection committee had a hard time narrowing down the finalists from among so many outstanding employees. But at long last, they selected these awardees:
- Amelia Grover, Dignity Health Marian Regional Medical Center
- Aziz Zaouadi, Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance
- Chico Manning, PIH Health
- Cindy Baker-Fox, Children’s Hospital Orange County
- Judy Bravo, Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
- Kirk Hylton, City of Hope
- Lorenz Sumbong, Kaiser Permanente Orange County
- Lydia Kreil, Dignity Health St. John’s Regional Medical Center
- Michael Majich, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
- Minah Jackson, Loma Linda University Health
- Paul Cancio, Cedars-Sinai
- Rachel Villanueva, MLK Community Healthcare
- Tierra Mallory-Sanchez, Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs Hospital
Learn more about these remarkable employees in the event tribute journal. We’re so proud to have you all within the HASC membership. Your dedication, innovation and compassion set a shining example for all of us.