Nursing and Patient Care Services

Our Daisy Award Honorees

DAISY Honorees are chosen quarterly.

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2025 Nurse Honorees

Melissa Tognarelli, RN, BSN, Blake 7 MICU
Kate Camerano, RN, Bigelow 11 Medical
Kaitlyn Crespi, RN, BSN, Blake 10 NICU
Eleanor Giovanetti, RN, BSN, CCRN, Blake 8 Cardiac SICU
Jacqueline Holloway, RN, MSN, Ellison 8 Cardiac Surgery
Shauna Schwartzman, RN, BSN, White 12 TCRC
Veronica DeLane, RN, BSN, PACU
Julie Kasparian, RN, BSN, Lunder 9 Oncology
Sydney Schreier, RN, BSN, Ellison 12 Medical
Jenna Curnow, RN, BSN, CCRN, Ellison 9 CICU

2025 Nurse Leader Honorees

Melissa Jocelyn, RN, MSN, NE-BC, Nurse Director Ellison 12 Medicine
Kendra Connolly, RN, MSN, OCN, Nurse Director Bigelow 11 Medicine
Colleen Gonzalez, RN, DNP, NE-BC, Nurse Director Lunder 7 Neurology
Bridget Conly, RN, MSN, Nurse Manager Emergency Department Observation
Kerri Pagliuca, RN, BSN, RN-BC, Nurse Manager Revere Health Center, Broadway

2024 Nurse Honorees

Robert Maillet, RN, BSN Yawkey 8 Infusion
Angelina Sobon, RN, BSN Ellison 14 Burns/ Plastics
Sarah Martino, RN, MSN, CPNP-PC Ellison 18 Pediatrics
Stefanie Iannalfo, RN, BSN Lunder 9 Oncology
Anne Borden, RN, BSN, CHFN White 7 Surgery
Alisa Arakelian, RN, BSN, Electrophysiology Lab
Kristen Boyle, RN, BSN, Yawkey 8E Infusion
Tim Mizell, RN, BSN, Waltham Endoscopy
Kathleen Carey, RN, BSN, PACU
Paula Arrigg, RN, BSN, Lunder 7 Neurology
Gabrielle Canada, RN, BSN, Blake 7 MICU
Shallan Estrada, RN, BSN, Phillips House 21, Medical

Suzanne Christie, RN, BSN
Blake 14, Labor & Delivery
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Stephanie Strojny, RN, BSN
Ellison 16, Oncology/Medicine
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Jessica Hughes, RN, BSN, ONC
MGH Cancer Center, Emerson
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Sara Demello, RN, BSN
Phillips 21, Medical
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Sarah Cohen RN, MSN
Yawkey 7, Henri and Belinda Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies
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Lian Mcdonagh, RN, BSN
Lunder 1, Emergency Department
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Michael Hayes, RN, MedSurg-BC
White 11, Medicine
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Arielle Cedar, RN, BSN
Pediatric Infectious Disease, MGHfC
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Allison Woods, RN, BSN
Bigelow 6, Pediatric Intensive Care
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Vianis Raine, RN-BC, BSN
Ellison 12, Medicine
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John Pellerito, RN, BSN
White 12, Translational and Clinical Research Center
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Georgette Young, RN, BSN, IBCLC
White 12, Translational and Clinical Research Center
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2024 Nurse Leader Honorees

Patricia Fitzgerald RN, MSN, NE-BC
Bigelow 11, Medicine
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Vivian Donahue, RN, MS, NE-BC, ACNS-BC, CCRN
Blake 8, Cardiac Surgical ICU
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Simone Rinaldi, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN
Palliative Care
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Mary Larkin, MS, RN, CRN-BC
Diabetes Research Center
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Linda Kelly, DNP, NCMP, CNP, VA-BC
Vascular Access
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Stephanie Qualls, MSN,RN, ACCNS-AG, CNRN
Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit
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Elizabeth P. West, RNC-OB, MSN, WHCNP
Blake 14, Labor & Delivery
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2023 Nurse Honorees

Joanna Krawiecki, MSN, RN
MEDSURG-BC, Internal Medicine Associates
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Emily Sheehan, RN
Case Management
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Carol McMahon, RN
Post Anesthesia Care Unit
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Jean Johnson, BSN, RN
Ellison 17/18 Pediatrics
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Beth Savage, MSN, RN
Yawkey 5 Cardiovascular Medicine
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Diane Doe, RN, CCRN
Phillips House 21, Medicine
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Claire Clendenen, BSN, RN
White 8, Medicine
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Brittany Bent, MSN, RN
Revere Health Center
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Lisa Tufts, BSN, RN
Ellison 18, Pediatrics
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2022 Nurse Honorees

Tracey Freeman, RN
Blake 10 Neonatal ICU
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Melanie Andrade, BSN,RN
Phillips House 21 Medicine
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Kathleen Schipelliti, BSN, RN
Revere Health Center
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Jessica O’Neil, BSN, RN, CPN
Ellison 17/18 Pediatrics
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Kathleen Toto, RN
IV Therapy
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Christine Suffredini, BSN, RN, CCRN
Blake 7 Medical ICU
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Courtney Burke, BSN, RN
Beacon Hill Primary Care
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Michelle Ng, BSN, RN
Blake 11 Psychiatry
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Christine Kenneally, BSN, RN
Bulfinch Medical Group
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Suzanne Boucher, BSN, RN
Ellison 11 Cardiology
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Kim Jennett, BSN, RN
Blake 14 Labor & Delivery
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Samantha Walker, BSN, RN
Ellison 19 Thoracics & Vascular
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Tina Ward, RN
Lunder 6 Neuroscience ICU
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Kathleen Heinzelmann, BSN, RN
Primary Care 101 Merrimac Street
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Jennifer Wilson, BSN, RN
Post Anesthesia Care Units
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Jennifer Maloney, RN
Post Anesthesia Care Units
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Jessica Blasikiewicz, BSN, RN
Ellison 12, Medicine
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Carly Frazier, BSN, RN
Lunder 9 Oncology
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Joanne Karanja, BSN, RN
Lunder 6 Neuro ICU
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Lisa Whelan, BSN, RN
Danvers Cancer Centerr
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Brenna Zak, BSN, RN
Lunder 10 Oncology
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Kristen Kenniston, RN
Internal Medicine Associates
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Alexandra Bergstrom, BSN, RN
Yawkey 8 Infusion
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Riley Callahan Mayo, BSN, RN
Lunder 9 Oncology
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Michael Sills, BSN, RN
Yawkey 8 Infusion
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Miriam Swartzentruber, BSN, RN
Ellison 7 Surgery
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Loretta Edmonds, BSN, RN
Interventional Radiology
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2021 Nurse Honorees

Karen Branch, RN
White 12, Research
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Missy Albert, RN
Ellison 13, Obstetrics
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Tess D’Angelo, RN
Bigelow 6, Pediatric ICU
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Jill Scarry, RN
Blake 14, Labor & Delivery
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Catherine “Skeeter” Welder, RN
Blake 7, Medical ICU
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Martha Namatende, RN
Ellison 12, Medicine
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Alyssa Baldino, RN
Ellison 9, Cardiac ICU
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Olivia DaRocha, RN
Ellison 18, Pediatrics
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Kathy O’Gara, RN
Bigelow 6, Pediatric ICU
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Christine Pontuso, RN
Yawkey 4 GYN
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Karen Tierno, RN
Phillips House 22 GYN/Surgery
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Kristen Benoit, RN
Phillips House 21 Medicine
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Mackenzie Rogers, RN
Ellison 12 Medicine
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Kyra White, RN
Lunder 9 Oncology
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Marcy Rumrill, RN
Blake 10 Neonatal ICU
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Lauren Buckley, RN
Blake 13 Newborn
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Lucy Shippee, RN
Lunder 9 Oncology
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Robert Giannasca, RN
Chelsea Health Center
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Alison Mouradian, RN
Yawkey 8, Outpatient Infusion
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Michael Anne Kyle, RN
Ellison 9, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
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Mary Beth Metelenis, RN
Waltham Cancer Center
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Kristen Breem, RN
Lunder 7, Neuroscience Unit
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Rona Earl, RN
Yawkey 9E, Bone Marrow Clinic
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2020 Nurse Honorees

Emily Lloyd, RN
Bigelow 6, Pediatric ICU
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Amanda Norton, RN
Bulfinch Medical Group, Outpatient Medicine
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Kayla Gordon, RN
Bigelow 7, Medicine
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Nicolette Sweet, RN
Wang 3, Center for Perioperative Care
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Kristina LeVasseur, RN
Blake 8, Cardiac Surgical ICU
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Jennifer McMullen, RN
White 8, Medicine
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Dianne Johnson, RN
Yawkey 8, Outpatient Infusion
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Robert Maillet, RN
Yawkey 8, Outpatient Infusion
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Angela Reddington, RN
Lunder 6, Neuro ICU
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Richard Piccuito, RN
Ellison 14, Burns and Plastics
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George Lillie, RN
Yawkey 8, Outpatient Infusion
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Elyse Loving, RN
Blake 8, Cardiac Surgical ICU
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Abigail Shaughnessy, RN
Outpatient Epilepsy Service
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Rebecca Faulks, RN
Ellison 8, Cardiac Stepdown Unit
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Marysa Duffy, RN
Blake 7, Medical ICU
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Daria Gusakova, RN
Ellison 7 Surgery
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Devin Chaves, RN
Bigelow 6 Pediatric ICU
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Barbara Rosen, RN
Yawkey 8 Infusion
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Leah Kemp, RN
Lunder 6 Neuroscience ICU
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Zhor Namer, RN
Phillips House 20 Medicine
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Elizabeth Aggott, RN
Lunder 9 Oncology
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Abigail Kinens, RN
Lunder 7 Neurology
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Brianna Meade, RN
Blake 12, ICU
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Kate Anastasi, RN
Ellison 14, Burn ICU & Plastics
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Ryan Keogh, RN
Blake 11, Psychiatry
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