Aventura Hospital and Medical Center recently honored three outstanding individuals with the 2008 HCA Frist Humanitarian Awards. Established in 1971, the awards honor outstanding individuals for their humanitarian and volunteer activities.

Dolores and Bernard Gordon have lived in South Florida for forty-five years and have contributed more than two thousand volunteer hours to the Volunteer Services Program at Aventura Hospital and Medical Center. Their charitable work began early in their 63 years of marriage, when Dolores became president of an organization at the University of Chicago that raised money for Cancer Research. After moving to South Florida they became involved in the Guardian, Ad Litem Program, caring for more than 30 foster children. They also volunteer at the Aventura Police Department and are active with the Students Helping Achieve Philanthropic Excellence (SHAPE) program.

(l-r) Judy Newman, Bernard Gordon, Dolores Gordon and Heather Rohan, CEO of Aventura Hospital and Medical Center

Judy Newman has been a valuable member of the Aventura Hospital and Medical Center Leadership Team for the past four years. Judy has spent her 33 years as a registered nurses spear-heading countless educational and philanthropic programs to promote Diabetes education, her true passion. She is a founding and active member of the South Florida Association of Diabetes Educators and also supports the American Academy of Wound Management, the American Diabetes Association and serves on the committee that reviews applications for certification of Wound Care professionals.