In the tradition of Nightingale, our 2017 Gala Reception will honour:

'Advocacy in Action' Awards

Exemplar — Excellence in Global Advocacy Leadership
• Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN-BD, FAAN, (LL-AAN), Founder/Director Watson Caring Science Institute;
          Distinguished Professor Emerita & Dean Emerita, University of Colorado, Denver, College of Nursing
• Julie Benbenisty, PhD(c), MS, RN: Founder, 'Nurses in the Middle East' Israel
• Naela Hayek. MS, RN: Founder, 'Nurses in the Middle East' Palestine

Exemplar — Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Nursing’s Future Leaders
• Joyce Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, RN, AAN2016 Living Legend, Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing at the
          Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Exemplar — Excellence in Scholarship
​• Maureen Shawn Kennedy, MA, RN, FAAN, Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Nursing (AJN)

Exemplar — Excellence in Education: Highest Ranked SON
• Jeannine Muldoon, PhD, RN, Dean of Nursing, Professor, Molloy College, Rockville Center, NY

Exemplar — Excellence in Innovation
•Kelly Reilly, PhD, RN-BC, Senior Director of Nursing Education, Research & Innovation 
          Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
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New York Academy of Medicine • 1216 5th Avenue • New York • NY • 10029

March 16, 2017 • 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

We look forward to meeting you there! 

Celebration Image Credit: Wikimedia / Dheera Venkatraman, 2013 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.