2015 Bette Wallerstein's Story
Honorary Chairs:
Virginia State Senator Thomas Norment
State Senate Majority Leader, 3rd District
Jerome F. Strauss III, MD, PhD
Dean, VCU School of Medicine
Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, VCU Health System
Our Shining Knights:
FIRST | LAST | AFFILIATION | DISCIPLINE |
Caitlyn | Bailey | VCU Medical Center | Pastoral Care |
Martha | Bowers | VCU Medical Center | Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care Unit |
F Scott | Campbell | Tuckahoe Volunteer Rescue Squad | |
Alexandra | Clair | VCU Medical Center | Speech Pathology |
Lawrence | Cohen | VCU Medical Center | Department of Orthopaedic Surgery |
Frank | Coumes | VCU Medical Center | Respiratory Care Services |
Linda | Creasey | VCU Medical Center | Clinical Services |
Marirose | David | VCU Medical Center | Progressive Care Medicine |
William | Denney | VCU Medical Center | Internal Medicine |
Kristen | Doney | VCU Medical Center | Occupational Therapy, Acute Care |
Lauren | Doss | Westport Rehabilitation and Nursing Center | |
Alan | Dow | VCU Medical Center | Internal Medicine |
Seanna | Eggleston | VCU Medical Center | Wound Care Team |
Britley | Farmer | VCU Medical Center | Operating Room RN |
Joel | Gill | VCU Medical Center | Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care Unit |
Dawn | Glover | VCU Medical Center | Acute Physical Therapy |
Leslie | Grant | VCU Medical Center | Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care Unit |
Dan | Grinnan | VCU Medical Center | Internal Medicine, Pulmonary |
Catherine | Grossman | VCU Medical Center | Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease |
Robert | Groves | VCU Medical Center | Radiology |
Sheila | Hampton | VCU Medical Center | (Ambulatory) Operating Room |
Michael | Hanville | Tuckahoe Volunteer Rescue Squad | |
Robert | Hawkins | VCU Medical Center | Respiratory Care Services |
Sarah | Hobgood | VCU Medical Center | Geriatrics |
Melanie | Jacoby | VCU Medical Center | Trauma Program |
Sudha | Jayaraman | VCU Medical Center | Acute Care Surgical Services - Trauma |
Renee | Johnson | Westport Rehabilitation and Nursing Centers | |
Julie | Kacmarcik | VCU Medical Center | Emergency Department |
Diane | Kane | VCU Medical Center | Social Work |
Erin | Lewis | VCU Medical Center | Medical Respiratory Intensive Care Unit |
Nathan | Lewis | VCU Medical Center | Emergency Department, Attending |
Ronald | Luu | VCU Medical Center | Emergency Department |
Denise | Lynch | VCU Medical Center | Medicine Administration |
Rami | Maarouf | VCU Medical Center | Department of Surgery |
Julie | Mayglothling | VCU Medical Center | Emergency Medicine |
Bruce | Mercier | VCU Medical Center | Stony Point Admin Suite |
Jeanne | Michaels | Westport Rehabilitation and Nursing Center | |
Varatharaj | Mounasamy | VCU Medical Center | Department of Orthopaedic Surgery |
Tammy | Nguyen | VCU Medical Center | Clinical Pharmacist, Emergency Department |
LaTisha | Perry | VCU Medical Center | Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care Unit |
Andrea | Pozez | VCU Medical Center | Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery |
Steve | Rasmussen | VCU Medical Center | Clinical Administrators |
Rebekah | Rupp | VCU Medical Center | Medical Respiratory Intensive Care Unit |
Jagdip | Shah | VCU Medical Center | Anesthesiology - Main Operating Room |
Kearnie | Shell | VCU Medical Center | Progressive Care Medicine |
Andrew | Slater | Tuckahoe Volunteer Rescue Squad | |
Kelsey | Stone | VCU Medical Center | Clinical Services |
Jeffrey | Stromberg | VCU Medical Center | Department of Surgery |
John | Venuti | VCU Police Department | Office of the Chief of Police |
Jason | West | Westport Rehabilitation and Nursing Center | |
James | Whelan | VCU Medical Center | Acute Care Surgical Services - Trauma |
Trarell | White | VCU Medical Center | Medical Respiratory Intensive Care Unit |
Jasmine | Williams | Henrico County Police Division | |
Emily | Wilson | VCU Medical Center |
Progressive Care Medicine |
Tommy Norment
State Senate Majority Leader, 3rd District
A graduate of James Blair High School in Williamsburg, Tommy attended college at Virginia Military Institute before returning to Williamsburg to attend the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary. In 1987, Tommy was elected to the James City County Board of Supervisors. He served as Chairman of the Board in 1991 before being elected to the Senate of Virginia.
Tommy maintains an active role in the community. He is a member of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s Board of Trustees and the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation’s Board of Directors. He is on the Hampton Roads Board of Directors of TowneBank and he chairs the Williamsburg Board of TowneBank. Tommy is also a member of the Williamsburg Area Chamber of Commerce and the James City County Ruritan Club.
Professionally, Tommy is an attorney with Kaufman and Canoles, P.C., and a professor at the College of William and Mary. He and his wife, Mary Humelsine Norment, reside in James City County. They have two grown daughters and one grandson. Senator Norment's website
Jerome F. Strauss, III, MD, PhD
Dean, VCU School of Medicine
Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, VCU Health System
Dr. Strauss's honors include election to AOA (1971); the University of Pennsylvania’s Berwick Award for Teaching (1983); the Medical Student Government Award for Distinguished Teaching from the University of Pennsylvania (1983); the President's Achievement Award from the Society for Gynecologic Investigation (1990), of which he is past President (2004); the Society for the Study of Reproduction Research Award (1992); election to the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences (1994); the Transatlantic Medal of the British Endocrine Society (1994); the Beacon (2001), Pioneer (2004) and National Research Distinguished Service Awards (2007) for contributions to the reproductive sciences; the 2005 Distinguished Graduate Award from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the highest honor that the School of Medicine bestows upon an alumnus; the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society of Gynecologic Investigation (2006), the Society’s highest honor for contributions to the field of women’s health research; Chuenkong Scholar from the China Ministry of Education (2006); the Rector’s Medal from the University of Chile (2009) for contributions to research and research training; and honorary professor at Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China (2013).
Dr. Strauss's research interests are in the field of reproductive medicine focusing on the genetics of disorders affecting fertility and pregnancy outcome, and he has authored over 300 original scientific articles, and holds 12 issued U.S. patents for discoveries in diagnostics and therapeutics.
Currently, Dr. Strauss is Chair, Board of Scientific Counselors, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. VCU School of Medicine, Dean's Office