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

2024 Health Care Worker of the Year Presentation 

Nominations for the 2024 Albert E. Dyckes Health Care Worker of the Year are closed. The award will be presented June 11 at OHA’s Recognition Dinner during OHA’s 109th Annual Meeting & Education Summit. Nominations open each year in January.

The OHA Annual Meeting & Education Summit, a premier educational forum for Ohio’s hospital leaders, will be held on June 10-12, 2024 at the Hilton Columbus at Easton.

(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.

2023 Honorees and Finalists

Congratulations to the 2023 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 Ancillary Services, Lima Memorial Health System

View all of the 2023 Health Care Worker of the Year Nominees