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Celebrating Service: Staff Milestone Awards 2023

Each year, the Department of Surgery recognizes length-of-service milestones at intervals of five years and celebrates the continued dedication of our staff at Washington University. This year, over 100 staff members received commendations for their years of service, ranging from five years up to forty years of service.

Listed below are the honored staff members and their current positions held within the department:

Celebrating 40 Years of Service

Nancy Beth Myers – Surgical Oncology

Liz Nordike – Colon and Rectal Surgery

Mary Alice Quasebarth – Minimally Invasive Surgery

Celebrating 35 Years of Service

Nancy L. Bertelsman – Business Services Organization

John Mark Herndon – Surgical Oncology

Jody Knight Horn – Cardiothoracic Surgery

Annette Irving – Business Services Organization

Celebrating 30 Years of Service

Sue Maranan – Business Services Organization

Deborah Kay Osborne – Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Jamie L. Sauerburger – Department of Surgery

Celebrating 25 Years of Service

Michael E. Aug – Business Services Organization

Kirsten E. Cady – General Surgery

Sherri R. Davies – Surgical Oncology

Katrina R. Frazier – Pediatric Surgery

Tracey Johnson Guthrie – Business Services Organization

Aletha Paradis – Business Services Organization

Denise A. Scarborough – Business Services Organization

Celebrating 20 Years of Service

Shirley R. Coffey – Urology

Sherryl Ann DiLallo – Cardiothoracic Surgery

Laurie M. Doyle – Urology

Cristi R. King – Pediatric Surgery

Mirela Ndoni – Business Services Organization

Connie Jean Pliemling – Business Services Organization

Kaaren B. Quezada – Business Services Organization

Chunxiao Susan Shi – Pediatric Surgery

Suwanna Vangveravong – Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic and Gastrointestinal Surgery

Tina M. Wilson – Surgical Oncology

Celebrating 15 Years of Service

Trisha Marie Blue – Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Kelley Renee Chadwick-Mansker – Urology

Mary L. Darden – Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Circe W. Diggs – Department of Surgery

Julie L. Finocchiaro – Vascular Surgery

Shannon Kathryn Garner – Colon and Rectal Surgery

Crystal L. Jordan – Business Services Organization

Susie Schoen – Surgical Oncology

Emily S. Hixson Shepherd – Business Services Organization

Leona Nicole Stokes – Urology

Michelle D. Walker – Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Rosa Antionette Washington – Business Services Organization

Emily Beth Weinhaus – Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Ji hong Zhu – Cardiothoracic Surgery

Celebrating 10 Years of Service

Matthew W. Canter – Cardiothoracic Surgery

Mina Courtney – Vascular Surgery

Rodhika Dasi Cray – Business Services Organization

Michelle Alyson Cusumano – Minimally Invasive Surgery

Robin Nicole Geasley – Business Services Organization

Katherine Marie Henslee – Minimally Invasive Surgery

Paula Christina Herja – Business Services Organization

Linda Gail Hornbeck – Acute and Critical Care Surgery

Jameela Jones – Business Services Organization

Kelly Koogler – Business Services Organization

Casey Lindemann – Minimally Invasive Surgery

Corinne Marie Merrill – Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Christian James Diedrich Oncken – Business Services Organization

Heather Lynn Perniciaro – Vascular Surgery

Kelly Lynn Renfroe – Acute and Critical Care Surgery

Dawn Thaler Roethemeyer – Colon and Rectal Surgery

Lauren M Schellhardt – Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Aimee Elyse Solovic – Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Joel Vetter – Urology

Cheryl Diane Wright – Business Services Organization

Dequan Zhou – Cardiothoracic Surgery

Celebrating 5 Years of Service

Amy Ayala – Public Health Sciences

Moji Barzin – Vascular Surgery

Eula P. Blount – Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic and Gastrointestinal Surgery

Amy Castaneda – Vascular Surgery

Shane Douglas Chaffin – Business Services Organization

Jennifer Clayborne – Urology

Don Cointin – Cardiothoracic Surgery

Jessica Conway – Business Services Organization

Ashely N. Cosentino – General Surgery

Janel Marie Cummings – Education

Hank Dart – Public Health Sciences

Timeca Lanesh Davis – Cardiothoracic Surgery

Becky DeRousse – Business Services Organization

Vildana Dilberovic – Business Services Organization

Hao Dun – Cardiothoracic Surgery

Anna Hauss – Urology

Laura Huddleston – Business Services Organization

Kellie Hunter – Education

Maya Hutchinson – Vascular Surgery

Carissa Jarrard – Business Services Organization

Christina Noel Kasting – Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic and Gastrointestinal Surgery

Alex Kemper – Transplant Surgery

Ashley LeMarr – Vascular Surgery

Ashleigh D. Moore – Urology

Resa Osterholt – Business Services Organization

Cassi Page – Urology

Chantel Payne – Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic and Gastrointestinal Surgery

Daniel Rapp – Surgical Oncology

Stacey Reese – Acute and Critical Care Surgery

Danielle Schulte – Business Services Organization

Adrienne Smith – Colon and Rectal Surgery

Leigh Anne Spires – Urology

Betty Stallings – Business Services Organization

Emily Swiney – Business Services Organization

Tony Tran – Vascular Surgery

Hannah Jane Vance – Business Services Organization

Mei Wang – Public Health Sciences

Renee M. Warmbrodt – Urology

Scott Warren – Business Services Organization

Victoria Williams – Acute and Critical Care Surgery

Keisha Windham – Public Health Sciences

Maggie Wissler – Urology

Diana Wolff – Urology

Meg Zickus – Urology

Xiaoyu Zong – Public Health Science

The Department of Surgery congratulates each Milestone Award recipient and thanks each and every one of our faculty and staff for their continued commitment to our missions of applying knowledge, imparting knowledge, discovering knowledge and expanding knowledge.

To view the full list of 2023 Service Award recipients, please see the link below.