The Courageous Provider Awards have recognized individuals or teams advancing the impact of pediatric palliative care through their work and collaboration with others. Courageous Parents Network is grateful to our funders — the Ilene Beal Foundation and the Margaret Stewart Lindsay Foundation — whose generosity has made it possible to honor and celebrate these leaders, and to the providers, patients and families that nominated them.
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2024
Ilene Beal Courageous Provider Award
Carol May, RN, MSN, MBA, CHPNN
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Margaret Stewart Lindsay Courageous Provider Award
Zeena Audi-Saba, MD
Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital, NYU Langone Health
2023
Ilene Beal Courageous Provider Award
Ken Pituch, MD
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
Frances McCarthy, MS, RNC-NIC
Columbia University Irving Medical Center/ New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital New York, NY
Margaret Stewart Lindsay Courageous Provider Award
Daniel Le, Therapeutic Musician
Coastal Kids Home Care, Salinas CA
Marjorie Curran, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, MA
2022
Ilene Beal Courageous Provider Award
Erin Flanagan, MD
Advocate Children’s Hospital, Park Ridge, IL
Sara Perszyk, RN, BSN, CHPN
Empath Health, Clearwater, FL
Margaret Stewart Lindsay Courageous Provider Award
Anne Anderson, RN, CHPPN
Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA
David Sine, MD
Hinds Hospice, Hoffman Hospice, Kaweah Delta Hospice, CA
2021
Ilene Beal Courageous Provider Award
Hanna Epstein, DNP, CPNP
Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital, Charleston, SC
Carly D. Levy, MD
Nemours/AI duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE
Margaret Stewart Lindsay Courageous Provider Award
Monica Holland, PNP-BC, MSN, CHPPN
Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Portland, OR
2020
Ilene Beal Courageous Provider Award
Kim Juanico, RN, BSN, CHPPN
Holtz Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL
2019
Patricia J. (Pat) O’Malley, MD
MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston, MA
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About the Ilene Beal Charitable Foundation
Ilene Beal achieved great success and had a major impact in the Boston banking world. She was a dedicated and meticulous banker with a big heart, who did everything she could to help, mentor, and encourage other women to follow their dreams and passions. She often said that women can and should do whatever they want professionally. She died in 2015 after a valiant battle against cancer.
The Ilene Beal Charitable Foundation’s goal is to maintain her legacy by supporting those fighting health issues, increasing the ability of hospitals to provide high quality care, mentoring and supporting women and disadvantaged people in underrepresented fields, and lending support to innovative people striving to improve our community.
About the Margaret S. Lindsay Foundation of 1989
Margaret Stewart Lindsay was a Midwesterner who spent most of her adult life in Massachusetts. An educator by profession, she had a big heart and strong attraction to those who might need extra support in order to thrive and who did not give up in the face of challenges, but rather worked to overcome them. Margaret was always ready to offer her support and inspiration in such cases.
The Margaret Stewart Lindsay Foundation of 1989’s goal is to honor her memory by supporting an eclectic array of causes, many of which will reflect her desire to ensure that the most challenging of issues are made more manageable, and that the beneficiaries of grantee organizations find hope and comfort.