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