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Home / Member Services / Member Opportunities / OHA Awards / Albert E. Dyckes Health Care Worker of the Year
Albert E. Dyckes Health Care Worker of the Year feature image (From left) OHA Board President Michael Canady, MD, joined Lindsey Mills of 10TV News to recognize the five finalists for the 2023 Health Care Worker of the Year award: Tina Kilburn-Stewart, Manager, Hope Foraker, Natalie Thomas, Thomas File and Burlin Sherrick. OHA's Mike Abrams, right, presented these honors, along with the OHA Leadership Awards.

Albert E. Dyckes Health Care Worker of the Year

OHA’s Albert E. Dyckes Health Care Worker of the Year Award is presented each year to one Ohio caregiver who personifies a leader, motivates colleagues, influences others, provides valuable service and contributes, personifies the mission, vision and values of the organization, and has an impact in their community.

2023 Honorees and Finalists

Congratulations to this year's Health Care Worker of the Year:

  • Hope Foraker, CCC-SLP, Speech Language Pathologist, Southeastern Ohio Medical Center, OhioHealth

2023 Finalists:

  • Tina Kilburn-Stewart, Manager, Clinical Nursing, Kettering Health Dayton
  • Natalie Thomas, RN, Human Resources Recruitment Specialist, Licking Memorial Hospital
  • Thomas File, MD, MSc, FIDSA, Chair of the Infectious Disease Division and Co-Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Summa Health
  • Burlin Sherrick, Executive Director of Executive Director of Ancillary Services, Lima Memorial Health System

All Nominees:

  • Click here to view all the 2023 Health Care Worker of the Year Nominees