USAFE recently announced the following winners of the 2005 command-level Air Force Medical Service awards. The individuals and teams will represent USAFE at the Air Force-level competition.
Clinical Excellence Field Grade Officer of the Year: Lt. Col. Gina R. Dorlac, 435th Medical Group; Surgical Excellence Officer of the Year: Lt. Col. Warren C. Dorlac, 435th MDG; Outstanding Dental Junior Officer of the Year: Maj. Amar Kosaraju, 435th MDG; Company Grade Nurse of the Year: Capt. Kerry E. Castillo, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron; Outstanding Independent Duty Medical Technician Senior NCO of the Year: Master Sgt. Charles A. Cremeans, 786th Security Forces Squadron, Sembach; Field Grade Aerospace Physiologist of the Year: Maj. Oscar K. Gibbs, 435th MDG; Aerospace Physiology Senior NCO of the Year: Master Sgt. Douglas E. Schmidt, 435th MDG; Outstanding Civilian Bioenvironmental Engineering Professional of the Year: Heiko U. Welp, 435th MDG; Outstanding Entomologist of the Year: Capt. Stephen P. Wolf, HQ USAFE/A7CV; Outstanding Company Grade Dietitian of the Year: Capt. Angela L. Hester, 435th MDG; Chief Master Sgt. Harvey A. Cain Diet Therapy Airman of the Year: Senior Airman Tiffany R. Ruck, 435th MDG; The Colonel P. Timothy Ray Company Grade Optometrist of the Year: Capt. Vivianle B. Freeman, 435th MDG; Colonel Donald D. Dunton Ophthalmic Senior NCO of the Year: Master Sgt. Shawn W. Murphy, 435th MDG; Pharmacy of the Year award: 435th MDG; Civilian Pharmacy Technician of the Year award: Elizabeth N. Nazareno, 435th MDG; Lt. Col. George M. Prascsak Jr. Public Health Staff NCO of the Year: Senior Master Sgt. Brent C. Fenton, HQ USAFE/SGP; Outstanding Field Grade Social Worker of the Year: Maj. Susan B. Bowes, 435th MDG; Health Benefits Advisor of the Year: Mannuela Schenkel, 435th MDG; Outstanding Medical Materiel NCO of the Year: Tech. Sgt. Linda A. Scott, 435th MDG; Surgeon General’s Medical Information Systems Officer of the Year: Capt. Michael J. Stone, 435th MDG; Brigadier General Peter C. Bellisario Young Health Care Administrator of the Year: Capt. Michael J. Stone, 435th MDG; Commitment To Service Award: Lt. Col. John L. Flynn, 435th MDG; Cardiopulmonary Laboratory Airman of the Year: Senior Airman Jarod B. Barker, 435th MDG; John Saulstro Memorial Award for Cardiopulmonary Excellence: Staff Sgt. Michael L. Overton, 435th MDG; Cardiopulmonary Laboratory Senior NCO of the Year: Master Sgt. Chris E. Barnard, 435th MDG; Chief Master Sgt. Anton Zembrod Award for the Outstanding Air Force Diagnostic Imaging Technologist Airman of the Year: Senior Airman Shana R. Kau, 435th MDG; Chief Master Sgt. Anton Zembrod Award for the Outstanding Air Force Diagnostic Imaging Technologist NCO of the Year: Staff Sgt. Jessica J. Okroi, 435th MDG; Chief Master Sgt. Lewis W. Dunlap Outstanding NCO of the Year: Staff Sgt. Monica Snyder, 435th MDG; Olson/Wegner Outstanding Aerospace Medicine Airman of the Year: Airman 1st Class Wesley P. Arnold, 435th MDG; Olson/Wegner Outstanding Aerospace Medicine NCO of the Year: Staff Sgt. Willie L. Brown, 435th MDG; Outstanding Enlisted Health Services Management Airman of the Year: Senior Airman Soledad V. Stevenson, 86th AES; Team Aerospace Award: 435th MDG; Best Large Base Health Promotion Program Award: 435th MDG.