Nurse manager Gina Szymanski of the John Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center has received the Linda Arenth Excellence in Cancer Nursing Management Award from the Oncology Nursing Society. The award pays tribute to individuals who work in cancer nursing administrations and who mentor others in the field.
The award is named after Arenth, a former vice president of nursing and patient services at Hopkins who died of cancer in 1982 at age 59. Arenth served as the cancer center's first director of nursing when it was known as the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center. Arenth started what is now a nationally known system to assign nursing services for different categories of cancer patients.
Monica Williams is part of the physicians relations team at Union Memorial Hospital.
Williams previously worked for five years in physician relations at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Her new job will require that she build relationships and foster communication with physicians, and also work in strategic planning, business development and marketing.
Cyndi L. Nidiffer is the new vice president of strategic planning and business development at Bon Secours Health System.
Nidiffer is the founder and former principal of HCO Strategies LLC in Dallas. She has a master's degree from Texas Woman's University, Houston, in health care administration and a bachelor's from Stephens College in Missouri in business administration and marketing.
Nidiffer, who has more than 20 years' experience in the field, is a founding member of Health Executives Forum, a national group of health care strategists.