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HHS Medal of Honor Recipients

The Medal of Honor, established in 2005, is awarded annually by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to hospitals who have exhibited exemplary leadership and commitment to organ donors, donor families and the nearly 100,000 patients on the national transplant waiting list.

 

To be eligible for the Medal of Honor, hospitals must have at least eight (8) eligible donors in a single, continuous 12-month to 24-month period and successfully collaborate with their Organ Procurement Organization to convert at least 75 percent of those eligible donors to actual donors.

 

List of Honorees (Organizations)

 

2005

  • Gundersen Lutheran – LaCrosse
  • Marquette General Hospital – Marquette, Michigan
  • OSF St. Anthony Medical Center – Rockford, Illinois
  • St. Joseph’s Hospital – Marshfield
  • St. Vincent Hospital – Green Bay
  • Theda Clark Regional Medical Center – Neenah
  • University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics – Madison

2006

  • Aspirus Wausau – Wausau (2nd-year winner)
  • Aurora BayCare – Green Bay
  • Gundersen Lutheran – LaCrosse (2nd-year winner)
  • OSF St. Anthony Medical Center – Rockford Ill. (2nd-year winner)
  • St. Joseph’s Hospital – Marshfield (2nd-year winner)
  • St. Vincent Hospital – Green Bay (2nd-year winner)
  • Theda Clark Regional Medical Center – Neenah (2nd-year winner)
  • University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics – Madison (2nd-year winner)

2007

  • Aspirus Wausau – Wausau (3rd-year winner)
  • Aurora BayCare – Green Bay (2nd-year winner)
  • Gundersen Lutheran – LaCrosse (3rd-year winner)
  • Luther Hospital – Eau Claire
  • Meriter Hospital - Madison
  • OSF St. Anthony Medical Center – Rockford,Illinois (3rd-year winner)
  • Sacred Heart Hospital – Eau Claire
  • St. Joseph’s Hospital – Marshfield (3rd-year winner)
  • St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center - Madison
  • St. Vincent Hospital – Green Bay (3rd-year winner)
  • Theda Clark Regional Medical Center – Neenah (3rd-year winner)
  • University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics – Madison (3rd-year winner)

2008

  • Aspirus Wausau – Wausau (4th-year winner)
  • Aurora BayCare – Green Bay (3rd-year winner)
  • Gundersen Lutheran – LaCrosse (4th-year winner)
  • Luther Hospital – Eau Claire (2nd-year winner)
  • Marquette General Hospital – Marquette, Michigan
  • OSF St. Anthony Medical Center – Rockford, Illinois (4th-year winner)
  • St. Joseph’s Hospital – Marshfield (4th-year winner)
  • St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center – Madison (2nd-year winner)
  • St. Vincent Hospital – Green Bay (4th-year winner)
  • Swediah American – Rockford. Ill.
  • Theda Clark Regional Medical Center – Neenah (4th-year winner)
  • University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics – Madison (4th-year winner)