Thank you for your nominations!
Thank you to everyone who submitted entries for the 2025 My SoCal Hospital Heroes Awards! The HASC staff truly appreciate your help in celebrating the health care stars among us. Results will be announced soon — stay tuned!
The awards will highlight outstanding staff at HASC member hospitals in LA, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. These health care stars will be honored at the annual My SoCal Hospital Heroes Awards Gala. This year’s event is set for Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, at the Sheraton Grand, Los Angeles. Details will be posted in the coming months.
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!
