Rockville Centre, N.Y.-based Catholic Health Services presented Maribeth McKeever with the Patrick J. Scollard Award for Leadership, the system's top staff leadership award.
Ms. McKeever, director of Farmingdale, N.Y.-based Good Shepherd Hospice, joined Good Shepherd in 2012. Since then, she has instituted many programs, including Gabriel's Courage, which connects social workers, nurses and bereavement specialists to families who received life-limiting diagnoses for their newborns during pregnancy.
"Maribeth's commitment to Catholic Health Services' mission is evident in her actions," said Alan Guerci, MD, president and CEO of CHS. "A leader dedicated to quality, she continually seeks new methods to enhance the delivery of care."