From the December 2014 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine


Medical Practice Executive of the Year Award
The award recognizes a medical group practice executive who has demonstrated a noteworthy achievement of exceptional leadership and management proficiency to enhance strategic and operational effectiveness of health care delivery in his or her practice and community within the last three years.This year’s recipient was Ilene Gilbert-Droge, FACMPE, EFPM, MA, chief operations officer, First Physicians Group of Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System, Fla.

Since joining First Physicians Group of Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System in 2010, Gilbert-Droge has increased system revenue, opened three new primary care offices, strengthened the system’s medical hospitalist program, enhanced its cardiac service program, helped the system obtain NCQA Patient- Centered Home Level III recognition, and redesigned various physician compensation plans. She also implemented the system’s EHR and new practice management system, resulting in improved front-end processes and revenue capture.
RSNA Gold Medals
In a tradition that originated in 1919, Gold Medals are presented each year to individuals who have rendered exemplary service to the science of radiology and who have received unanimous approval by the RSNA Board of Directors. Gold Medal awards are RSNA’s highest honor.


Gary J. Becker, M.D.
Over the course of his 36-year career in radiology, Becker’s contributions to the field were substantial. He was an early pioneer of transcatheter thrombolytic therapy and later of endografting for the treatment of aortic aneurysm. As a researcher, he developed new metallic stents for the treatment of coronary, peripheral and carotid arterial disease, a field in which he holds 10 patents.

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