EVENTS
An Evening with the STARS Gala Honors Leaders
LEXINGTON-THE 27th annual Evening
with the STARS Gala was held Saturday, November 7, 2015 in the Bluegrass Ballroom at the Lexington Convention Center, downtown Lexington. Nearly 350 guests attended to support KentuckyOne Health’s Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation raise over $95,000. STARS is an acronym for Saint Joseph Associates for Renowned Service. Physician of the Year winners were Mahmoud Moammar, MD, Saint Joseph East, and Charles Kennedy, MD, Saint Joseph Hospital. Nominated finalists also included Kal Jundi, MD, and Ketan Merchant, MD, for Saint Joseph East and Jeffrey Weaver, MD, and Timothy Adkins, MD, from Saint Joseph Hospital. Community Volunteer of the Year went to Larry Cowgill and Doug Hacker representing Congleton – Hacker Company. KentuckyOne Health Vice President of Development Leslie Buddeke Smart, CFRE, said, “I’m very grateful to the STARS Gala committee, who worked tirelessly to make this annual gala such a memorable evening. Over $1.3 million has been raised since its inception to help support our hospitals and patients. It was an inspiring evening to celebrate and honor our physicians and community leaders.” ◆
(l-r) Tim Adkins, MD, and wife Connie. Dr. Adkins was nominated for Physician of the Year at Saint Joseph Hospital. 30 MD-UPDATE
PHOTOS BY JOE OMIELAN
(l-r) Susan and Dr. David Blake, the 2014 Physician of the Year, attended Evening with the STARS to honor this year’s nominees.
(l-r) Andy Moore, MD, and wife Kathy were on hand to honor the Saint Joseph physicians.
(l-r) Saint Joseph East pulmonologist Dr. Mahmoud Moammar and his wife Sahar. Dr. Moammar was honored as the 2015 Physician of the Year at Saint Joseph East.
(l-r) John Sartini, MD, and wife Kathy came out to honor this year’s Evening with the STARS. Lexington Clinic has been a longtime supporter of the event.
(l-r) MD-UPDATE publisher Gil Dunn with nominee Dr. Magdalene Karon and her husband Dr. John Stewart.
(l-r) Elizabeth Killen, MD, and Derek Weiss, MD, joined the celebration at the Evening with the STARS.
(l-r) Gil Dunn, Elaine Duvall, and Amy and Rick Lozano, MD, were all smiles at the Evening with the STARS.
Dr. Charles Kennedy and wife Carrie celebrate Dr. Kennedy being named Physician of the Year at Saint Joseph Hospital. Dr. Kennedy is an infectious disease physician. PHOTO BY PAUL ATKINSON
KentuckyOne Health Cancer Care oncologist Dr. Jessica Croley and husband Matthew Croley, DMD, attended Evening with the STARS to support the Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation.
(l-r) Saint Joseph Hospital Medical Director Dr. Jeffrey Weaver (second from left) from Team Health was a finalist for Physician of the Year with wife Rebecca, KentuckyOne Vice President of Development Leslie Buddeke Smart, and Saint Joseph Hospital President Bruce Tassin and wife Hallie.
(l-r) KentuckyOne Vice President of Development Leslie Buddeke Smart with Ruth Brinkley, KentuckyOne Health president and CEO, and Dr. Pat Alagia, KentuckyOne Health chief medical officer.
(l-r) Physician of the Year nominee Dr. Kal Jundi and wife Burletta. Dr. Jundi is a neonatologist in the NICU at Women’s Hospital at Saint Joseph East.
(l-r) Dr. Courtney Markam-Abedi with husband Dr. Nick Abedi support the Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation.