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FEATURED health care heroes

HEALTH CARE

HEROES Selfless. Courageous. Inspiring. Heroes. The annual event honors the stories of health care professionals like Steve Lorch (pictured), a nurse who has invented products used in surgery and created a nonprofit that helps provide clean water around the world.

Steve Lorch, Shriners Hospitals for Children nurse

“It’S gREat wHEn YOu Can aCtuaLLY makE a LIvIng DOIng SOmEtHIng LIkE wORkIng at SHRInER’S HOSPItaL anD helping these kids out, and it also changes you. YOu REaLIzE tHat tHIngS aRE nOt aS BaD aS SOmEtImES wE tHInk tHEY aRE. YOu SEE tHESE kIDS anD juSt tHInk ‘wOw.’ they are the inspiration.” SPOnSORED BY

vOLuntEER Sherry anderson — Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, Health Care Hero.... 13 Dorothy “Dot” Russell — Sterling Community Neighborhood Association, St. Francis Community Garden, Finalist.............................................................. 13 marilyn zeimet — Oconee Medical Center, Finalist ...................................... 13

PHYSICIan william taylor — Holly Tree Family Practice, Health Care Hero .................... 14 Patsy Sadler — Hospice of Laurens County, Finalist..................................... 14 Steven newman and vincent torres — Poinsett Family Practice, Finalist ..... 14

Marketing Goldmine: This multimedia marketing opportunity runs over several months and is a fully integrated marketing program. Your company will receive high visibility and branding exposure via your presence in GSA Business, the Book of Lists, the GSA Business website, various email campaigns and active event participation.

nuRSE Steve Lorch — Shriners Hospitals for Children, Health Care Hero ............... 15 Laura Saylors — AnMed Health, Finalist ..................................................... 15 Linda Rettew — Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center, Finalist ....15

fIRSt RESPOnDER Brandon ambrose, Benji Black and jeremy Duncan — Anderson Fire Department, Health Care Hero ...................................................................... 16 Ryan Sams, Brady norris, Stephen Eller and Luke Riddle — Belton Fire Department, Finalist ...................................................................................... 16 aaron Dix — Greenville County EMS, Finalist .............................................. 16

HEaLtH CaRE PROfESSIOnaL tracey jackson — Piedmont Care Inc., Health Care Hero .......................... 18 joseph anderson — Oconee Medical Center, Finalist ................................ 18 michael Riordan — Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center, Finalist...18

COmmunItY OutREaCH Top: Staff members at Bon Secours St. Francis Health System congratulate Dorothy “Dot” Russell, center, on being a finalist for a Health Care Hero award. Bottom: From left, Luke Riddle, Brady Norris, Ryan Sams and Stephen Eller of the Belton Fire Department.

melinda Hudson-gillispie — Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center, Health Care Hero .............................................................................. 18 jane Dean — Greenwood Genetic Center, Finalist ...................................... 18 johnny Payne — Upstate Prostate Cancer Alliance, Finalist........................ 18

MARKET FACTS Get your marketing message in front of decision makers in our business community. Market Facts includes charts, graphs, tables, numbers and statistics critical to commerce in our region. Seven sections will cover employment, business resources, demographics, education, financial services, real estate and medical/health. Business leaders across the Upstate read, analyze and keep the comprehensive information this annual reference publication provides.

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