Here’s your chance to have them recognized with a 2023 Inside Business Health Care Heroes Award. Honoring those who are improving health care in Southeast VA. Entries will be judged on documented accomplishments.
The honorees will be formally celebrated during a recognition event in June. Additionally, all honorees will be profiled in a special themed-edition of Inside Business, both in print and online.
Presented in partnership by
Brian Anderson
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare
John Baker, MD, PhD
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare
Phyllita Bolden
Bon Secours Hampton Roads
Anthony Cetrone, MD
Bayview Physician Group
Megan Powers
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Wilson File, MD
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
Ronald W. Flenner, MD, FACP
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Harriet Miller
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare
Michele Nedelka, MD
Bon Secours Hampton Roads
Robert J. Obermeyer
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
John K. Plemmons, MD
Medical Center Radiologists
Nichole Rice, MPA, PA-C
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare
Riverside Hospital Hand-in-Hand HVIP
Jennifer Rizzotti
Sentara Health
Safer Futures Program
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
Sentara Health Equity Team
Sentara Health
Sentara Therapy Centers ‘Sensitive Santa’ Program
Sentara Health
Marguerite “Meg” H. Shrader RN, BSN, CBCN
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare
John Snellings, MD
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Inside Business is accepting nominations for the 2026 Health Care Heroes Award, honoring individuals, companies and organizations for their contributions to improving health care in Southeast Virginia. Entries will be selected by a panel of healthcare professionals. They will judge each nominee based on documented accomplishments.
The honorees will be formally celebrated during a recognition event in March at the Westin Virginia Beach Town Center. Additionally, all honorees will be profiled in a special themed-edition of Inside Business, both in print and online.
Nomination Deadline: February 8, 2026
Each year, Inside Business recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations that are making a noteworthy difference in health care across Hampton Roads.
These awards epitomize the spirit embodied in the word “hero” in the delivery of health care to the community. The goals of the program are to recognize excellence, promote innovation, encourage emulation of successful programs, educate the general public, contribute to the enhancement of the value and quality of health care, and to give recognition to those deserving.
Entries will be judged on accomplishments in specific categories that you will find outlined later in the form. Nominees can only be submitted into one category.
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