Sherry Campbell, a social worker with Hospice of Chattanooga, recently was named 2009 Social Worker of the Year by the Tennessee Society of Health Care Social Workers, Southeast Council.

Ms. Campbell has been a social worker with Hospice for six years.

She and her husband, Bob, have two children.

Parks chosen for Arts Academy

Monty Parks, music director at Orange Grove Center, recently participated in the 2009 Tennessee Arts Academy held on the campus of Belmont University. The Academy is a program of intensive teacher training in art, music, and drama/theater sponsored by the Arts Education Program of the Tennessee Department of Education.

Memorial wins advertising awards

Memorial Health Care System has been recognized with several national awards for excellence in advertising.

In the 2009 Aster Awards, Memorial received a bronze award for a weight-loss surgery promotion. The Advertising Federation of the Treasure Coast presented Memorial a Gold Addy for weight-management promotion and two Silver Addys for promotion pieces on the Orthopedic Sports Clinic and on robotic surgery for prostate cancer.

To learn more about Memorial Health Care System's programs, log onto www.memorial.org.

Four earn master's degrees

Seven students, including four from the Chattanooga area, received the Master of Business Administration degree from Bryan College.

Jason Finnell, Jeff Read III and Amy Shuff, all of Chattanooga, and Autumn Teska of Ooltewah were among 190 graduate and undergraduate students honored during commencement.

Youth participate in medical forum

Chattanooga and Hamilton County Medical Society and Medical Foundation of Chattanooga held the fourth Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine recently.

The program encourages high school juniors and seniors to consider careers in medicine. During the course of a week, students participate in roundtable discussions with physicians and shadow a different physician each day.

"This program is a great way to educate students on the realities of the field of medicine," said Dr. Ken Hayman, president of the Medical Society. "We aim to inspire these talented young people to pursue a career in the field."

2009 Participants:

* Center for Creative Arts: Mary Elizabeth Feely, Sarah Bass

* Central High School: Allison Case

* Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences: Arick Wong, Shari Balouchi

* David Brainerd Christian School: Remil Simon, Hayden Williams

* Girls Preparatory School: Anna Moravec, Saba Munir

n Gordon Lee High School: Sarah Vanhorn

* McCallie School: Skyler Powers, Michael Watkins

* Notre Dame High School: Wesley Conn, Jillian Stone

* Ooltewah High School: Rebecca McNabb, Jordan Patty

* Red Bank High School: Claire Turner

* Sequoyah High School: Katelyn Melton

* Signal Mountain High School: Marley Hartman

* Silverdale Baptist Academy: Ashley Reneau, Andrew Boring, Lauren Milligan

* Soddy-Daisy High School: Matthew Spreeman, Kayla Pelfrey, Marshall Harris

* Tyner Academy: Requel Gilmore

Philipose receives Memorial honor

Minu Philipose, RN, MSN of Memorial Hospital, was named the 2009 Memorial Health Care System Nurse of Excellence at a Nurses Week celebration. He was selected from 51 Nurse of Excellence unit winners.

The 2009 Nurse of Excellence award winner received gift certificates to a local mall, a premium parking space for one year, and a dozen long-stemmed roses.

Mr. Minu has served on the 400 South nursing unit at Memorial Hospital for the past four years.

Echocardiography units accredited

Memorial Hospital and Memorial North Park Hospital Echocardiography Departments were recently granted accreditation by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories.

Accreditation status signifies that the facility has been reviewed by an independent agency that recognizes the laboratory's commitment to quality testing for the diagnosis of heart disease.

Lancaster completes training

The Speech & Hearing Center announces that Dr. Shawn Lancaster has completed an advanced training course in Minneapolis, Minn., and can now fit a new hearing aid technology, Micro-Tech's Axio and Vector with Impulse Technology.

"This is the next generation of hearing aid technology," said Dr. Lancaster, director of audiology with The Speech & Hearing Center. "Our patients want hearing solutions that seem invisible and perform at the highest standard. Impulse technology allows it to do it all -- from eliminating the whistling that used to occur with hearing aids to providing the best performance in noisy situations and allowing wearers to use the phone comfortably."

Knights receive seven state awards

The Knights of Columbus Tennessee State Council's most prestigious award was one of seven awards won by Holy Family Council 6099 in Chattanooga. There are 82 Knights of Columbus councils in Tennessee, and only eight councils have received this award.

Other awards received by the council included the Vocations Activity Award and the Charitable Activity Award, for the council's success in raising nearly $11,000 for the Wheelchair Foundation.

The council placed second in the state for raising money for charities that support people with mental and physical disabilities, donating more than $15,000 to the MR Foundation.

Members of Knights of Columbus Holy Family Council 6099 contributed more than 8,000 volunteer hours and $75,000 to the community last year.

West attends leadership summit

Malia West of Hixson was among 50 young women from 12 countries to attend the Women2Women "Leadership in Action" summit held in Amman, Jordan, this summer.

The women, ages 15 to 22, participated in workshops exploring leadership, women's rights, government and politics and business and media. They also took part in cultural and community service events in Jordan.

A highlight of the conference was "1,000 Voices for the Future," a live 90-minute interactive discussion regarding the international status of women and girls. The discussion was led by Maha Khatib, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities in Jordan.

W2W is a program of Empower Peace, a Boston-based nonprofit.

Standridge earns national honor

Dr. John Standridge, CADAS Medical Director, has been named to the inaugural group of board-certified addiction-medicine specialists by the American Board of Addiction Medicine.

This accomplishment was achieved by 1,240 doctors nationwide and was awarded at the ABAM conference in New Orleans.

Dr. Standridge is also certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine.