Loyola Medicine Names Spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2020 Awardees
February 6, 2020Categories: Loyola Medicine
MAYWOOD, IL – Each year, Loyola Medicine hospitals honor the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a series of events aimed at giving back to the community and honoring colleagues who go above and beyond in their line of work.
On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, colleagues had the opportunity to participate in a MLK Day of Service activity to give back to communities in need. A group of more than 35 clinicians, students, faculty and staff from Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC) and the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine volunteered with Project C.U.R.E., sorting medical supplies to be sent to over 130 countries in need.
Throughout the rest of the week, Loyola Medicine hospitals held commemorative services, which included naming the coveted Spirit of Dr. King Award. The award honors a colleague from each hospital who consistently demonstrates the virtues of peace and goodness, and inspirational service to and respect for others. In the broader community and throughout Loyola Medicine, these individual share Dr. King’s positive outlook on life and the belief that "together we can always change things for the better."
Spirit of Dr. King Awards were given to:
- Elsy Rubio, patient financial services, Loyola University Medical Center
- Victor Townsend, supply chain, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital
- Toyia Brown, a patient care services, MacNeal Hospital
The celebrations included performances by the Maywood Fine Arts dancers and the Stritch Health Sciences Campus community choir.
About Loyola Medicine
Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago's western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, MacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from nearly 2,000 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. LUMC is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, the John L. Keeley, MD, Emergency Department, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center, the Nancy W. Knowles Orthopaedic Institute, a certified comprehensive stroke center, transplant center and a children’s hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing.
Established in 1961, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital is a 247-licensed-bed community hospital in Melrose Park that includes the Judd A. Weinberg Emergency Department, the Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Care, Loyola Cancer Care & Research at the Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Center, acute rehabilitation, a transitional care center, childcare center and fitness center. Founded in 1919, MacNeal Hospital is a 374-licensed-bed teaching hospital in Berwyn with advanced medical, surgical and psychiatric services and a 68-bed behavioral health program.
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About Trinity Health
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 127,000 colleagues and more than 38,300 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 26 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 93 hospitals, 107 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 142 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. In fiscal year 2024, the Livonia, Michigan-based health system invested $1.3 billion in its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit us at www.trinity-health.org, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X (formerly known as Twitter).