Six members of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp.'s network were inducted into the Tenet Heroes 2018 Hall of Fame.
Selected based on nominations, Tenet Heroes are individuals who go beyond their daily responsibilities and embody Tenet's core values. Nearly 1,400 network members were inducted into the Tenet Heroes Hall of Fame over the past decade.
Here are Tenet's 2018 Hall of Fame Inductees and the reasons they were recognized:
1. Millicent Alexander, social worker at Detroit-based DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital: Working on Detroit Life is Valuable Everyday, a program dedicated to breaking the cycle of violence with local youth and young adults.
2. Michelle Hanzie, respiratory care practitioner at Tucson, Ariz.-based Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital: Donating her kidney to a 13-year-old patient.
3. Keith McClure, RN, assistant nursing manager at Saint Francis Hospital – Memphis (Tenn.): Providing food and clothing to the homeless, founding the nonprofit Merge Memphis and operating the city's only nonprofit food truck.
4. Robert W. Ready, RN, associate chief nursing officer at Worcester, Mass.-based Saint Vincent Hospital: Battling the opioid epidemic through advocacy and community education.
5. Elizabeth Vernon, RN, registered nurse at Birmingham, Ala.-based Brookwood Baptist Medical Center: Leading six medical mission trips to Haiti and collecting supplies.
6. Elizabeth Voyles, RN, nurse coordinator of palliative care at Detroit-based DMC Children's Hospital of Michigan: Organizing a "Princess and Superhero" party for young palliative care patients at the hospital for the past nine years.