Celebrating the moments that make Augusta Health stronger — one recognition at a time.
At Augusta Health, we believe in celebrating each other — because every act of care, kindness, and teamwork makes a difference.
When team members go above and beyond for our patients, our community, and each other, we make sure it doesn’t go unnoticed. Recognizing those who live out the Augusta Health Way and embody our values is one way we continue to support, encourage, and lift up one another every day.
Here is a list of our most recent Values Award Winners. Join us in celebrating these outstanding team members!
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Let’s give a huge round of applause and celebrate these extraordinary team members for earning the highest, pinnacle award at Augusta Health! You inspire us all, truly embodying The Augusta Health Way and making an incredible impact on everyone around you!
Join us in celebrating these outstanding team members that continue to live out our Augusta Health values daily. You inspire us as you continue to rise to the occasion: embracing change, staying resilient and focusing on how we together can help our patients, our community and each other.
Join us as we honor and celebrate our Augusta Health Values Award recipients during the Q2 2026 Values Celebration!
You are invited to attend in person or join virtually as we recognize team members who continue to live out our values through compassion, teamwork, excellence, and care.
We hope you’ll join us as we celebrate the incredible people who make healing happen here!
Miranda Landrum has had a remarkable impact on the patient’s experience in Interventional Radiology through her compassion, initiative, and unwavering commitment to patient-centered care. Inspired by a personal family experience, she transformed that experience into meaningful change by identifying gaps in patient education and post-discharge support and creating solutions that ensure patients and families feel informed, confident, and cared for. Miranda independently redesigned patient education materials, secured high-quality resources at no cost to Augusta Health, implemented hands-on teach-back education for drain care, and established stronger follow-up support for patients and caregivers. Her work has reduced anxiety, improved patient confidence, and enhanced the quality of care for some of our most vulnerable patients. Miranda's leadership, empathy, and dedication have created lasting improvements that extend beyond individual patients, influencing her colleagues and strengthening the culture of compassionate care across the department. She truly exemplifies Patient and Community Centeredness by ensuring every patient and family feels supported, respected, and empowered throughout their care journey.
Katrina Knight exemplifies the highest standards of professionalism and serves as a trusted role model for integrity, leadership, and clinical excellence. As a Charge Nurse, she consistently goes above and beyond to support her team, ensure exceptional patient care, and uphold evidence-based practice, policies, and quality standards. Katrina willingly steps into whatever role is needed to keep the unit running smoothly, from leading quality and patient satisfaction initiatives to serving as the annual respiratory fit tester and providing critical support during the Expanse implementation. Her commitment to nursing excellence is reflected in her national Progressive Care certification, dedication to continuous learning, and ability to foster collaboration across the interdisciplinary team. Through her unwavering work ethic, positive attitude, and inspiring leadership, Katrina creates an environment where patients receive outstanding care and colleagues feel supported and empowered. She truly sets the standard for professionalism at Augusta Health.
Crystal played an indispensable role in the success of Augusta Health's Expanse implementation through her exceptional expertise, innovation, and unwavering commitment to excellence. Her deep knowledge of medication management, pharmacy workflows, and system design enabled her to solve some of the project's most complex challenges, including identifying and resolving a critical medication billing issue that ensured a successful go-live and protected the organization's revenue stream. Working collaboratively with internal teams, MEDITECH, and Omnicell, Crystal optimized medication workflows, pharmacy automation, and oncology treatment plans to ensure safe, accurate, and efficient medication prescribing, dispensing, and billing. Time and again, she found solutions where others could not, making her an invaluable resource throughout the implementation. Crystal's expertise, perseverance, and commitment to delivering the highest quality outcomes were instrumental to the success of one of Augusta Health's largest initiatives. Her lasting contributions continue to strengthen patient care, operational excellence, and the organization's future.
Casey is an exceptional leader who leads by example through her compassion, teamwork, and unwavering commitment to supporting both patients and colleagues. She consistently steps in wherever she is needed, willingly shares her knowledge, and creates an environment where others feel welcomed, valued, and empowered to succeed. As a mentor and trusted resource, Casey takes the time to guide, teach, and encourage those around her. Her patient-centered approach extends beyond the bedside, fostering confidence and collaboration among her team members while ensuring the highest quality of care. Through her kindness, professionalism, and dedication to excellence, Casey has made a lasting impact on her colleagues and the Cancer Center. She exemplifies the spirit of teamwork and servant leadership, inspiring those around her every day.
I would like to nominate the teams involved in the response to the recent Harrisonburg Primary Care flooding for their exceptional teamwork, collaboration, and commitment to patient care. When Harrisonburg Primary Care unexpectedly closed due to flooding on April 25, team members across seven departments quickly came together to ensure more than 2,000 patient visits continued with minimal disruption. The Harrisonburg Primary Care team remained positive, flexible, and focused, working together to relocate patients, adjust workflows, and maintain access to care. Special recognition goes to AC Carson, whose leadership and coordination were essential throughout the response. She quickly brought teams together, ensuring patients, staff, and operations remained the priority. Neighboring offices stepped up with compassion and professionalism, adjusting schedules and workflows to support additional patient needs. Mitch Lawson and the Facilities team immediately began recovery efforts to help restore the office, while Michelle Hanger Gee, Lavonne Fitzgerald, and the Coding team worked behind the scenes to ensure billing remained accurate despite changes in patient locations. This effort was even more remarkable because the office remained closed until June 22 while teams were also navigating the Expanse EMR transition. Despite these challenges, employees across the organization stepped outside their usual roles, supported one another, and stayed focused on providing excellent patient care. While several teams and individuals are recognized, this was truly a collective effort. The dedication, adaptability, and teamwork demonstrated throughout this challenge reflect Augusta Health’s values of excellence, professionalism, and Patient and Community Centeredness.
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This award is given to nurses who demonstrate qualities of compassion, teamwork, knowledge and excellence. These nurses exhibit high levels of professionalism, clinical expertise, excellence in patient care, fosters patient-centered care, leads by example, and acts as a mentor and role model to other staff. RNs and LPNs are eligible for the Nurse of the Year award.
This award is given to individuals who are registered nurse leaders. They role model caring behavior, display professionalism at all times and have a passion for nursing excellence. These individuals exhibit a strong leadership image that focuses on providing patient-centered care. These leaders ensure a healthy dynamic environment that is healing and support empowered professional practice, which improves quality patient care. Clinical coordinators, nurse managers, nurse educators, nursing directors, RN office managers, and those in nursing leadership roles are eligible for the Nurse Leader of the Year award.
Recipients of this award must be dependable and patient focused, and work well with the team while advocating for their patients. They must be invested in Augusta Health’s core values. They might also be involved in unit improvement measures that promote patient satisfaction and increase unit morale. PCTs, CNAs, EMTs, MHWs, CMAs and clerical roles are eligible for this award.
Several awards are presented to hospital team members who support the nursing mission at Augusta Health. Hospital team members outside of the nursing division are eligible for this award.
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