2015 Award Recipients
The following SUNA members and SUNA chapters were recognized with awards at SUNA's 46th Annual Conference in Las Vegas, NV, in October 2015.
President's Trophies
In Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to the Specialty of Urologic Nursing
Katherine Marchese, ANP, CWOCN, CUNP
In Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to SUNA
Katy Bortel, MS, RN, CPNP
Chapter Awards
Chapter of the Year
MIssissippi Valley
Little Chapter with a Big Heart
Metropolitan Baltimore
Chapter With Best Communication
Upper Midwest
Chapter with Exceptional Educational Programs
Syracuse
Chapter with Exceptional Community Activities
Alamo
Chapter with Exceptional Contribution to SUNA
Chicago Metro
Chapter Enhancement Scholarships
Chicago Metro
Syracuse
North Central Regional Members of the Year
Charlene Vollmer, BSN-BC, RN
Ardeth Hale Leadership Award
Valre Welch, MSN, CPNP
Ron Brady Career Mobility Scholarship
Kathleen Hinterlong, RN, CURN
Macfarlane Award
Julie Wells, CURN
Suszette McKay Memorial Excellence in Urologic Nursing Award
Vic Senese, BSN, RN, CURN
Annual Conference Scholarships
Cheryl Bothwell, RN, CURN
Anne Federico, MA, RN, CCRN, FNP-BC
Tasha Perry, LPN
Lectureships Awards
Vance Caselman Lectureship
Sponsored by the Northern California Chapter of SUNA
Elizabeth Schroeder, RN, FNP, CUNP - Vaginal Estrogen: Is it Safe? How Should it be Used
Arthur T. Evans Lectureship
Sponsored by the American Urological Association
Debbie Hensley, BSN, RN, CURN - Intravesical Administration of Therapeutic Medication: A Standard Operating Procedure
Ruth Hughes Memorial Lectureship
Sponsored by the Greater Houston Chapter of SUNA
Michelle Lajiness, FNP-BC - Managing Urinary Tract Infections and Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
Wyland Leadbetter Lectureship
Sponsored by the Kentucky Bluegrass Chapter of SUNA
Cheryl LeCroy, MSN, RN, and Valre Welch, MSN, RN, CPNP - Childhood Sexual Abuse and Its Urologic Legacy
Patricia Putetti Memorial Lectureship
Sponsored by the Mississippi Valley Chapter of SUNA
Shelley King, MSN, RN, CPN - Grown Up But Not Forgotten: Implementation and Management of an Adult Spina Bifida Transition Clinic Within a Pediatric Urology Clinic
Ian Murchie Thompson Memorial Lectureship
Sponsored by the Columbia/Presbyterian Chapter of SUNA
Leanne Schimke, MSN, CRNP, CUNP - Urologic Care for the Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Past Presidents’ Lectureship
Sponsored by the Past Presidents of SUNA
Valre Welch, MSN, RN, CPNP - Cryptorchidism: Evaluation and Treatment
Urologic Nursing Writer's Awards
Urologic Nursing Catherine-Ann Lawrence Literary Excellence Award
Mary H. Wilde, PhD, RN; Eileen Fairbanks, MS, RN, PNP; Robert Parshall; Feng Zhang, BSN, RN; Sarah Miner, MSN, RN; Deborah Thayer; Brian Harrington, BS; Judith Brasch, MS, RN; Dan Schneiderman; and James M. McMahon, PhD
"A Web-Based Self-Management Intervention for Intermittent Catheter Users" (published May/June 2015)
Urologic Nursing Outstanding Reviewer Award
Gwendolyn Hooper, PhD, APRN, CUNP