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WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT
SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 2023
THE NORTH PLATTE TELEGRAPH
2023 Women of Achievement nominees in medical Loretta Baca, M.D. Jovanka Vuksanovic, M.D.
Nominator: Dr. Todd Hlavaty Jovanka Vuksanovic is director of the hospitalist program at Great Plains Health and specializes in internal medicine. She serves on the GPH Board of Directors and the hospital’s Intensive Care Committee Compliance Committee. She studied at the University of Belgrade School of Medicine and served her residency at the Medical University of South Carolina. Hospitalists are physicians employed by GPH whose focus is on the care of hospitalized patients. Nominator Dr. Todd Hlavaty wrote:
Baca is board certified in internal medicine and specializes in family practice, according to the center’s website. She is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the American Academy for the Advancement of Medicine. She was an associate professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Before moving to North Platte in 1998, she was associate program director of the internal medicine residency program at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver and came to North Platte monthly as a rheumatology consultant.
“I feel that Dr. Vuksanovic is the heart of Great Plains Health. Her role as the director of the hospitalist program has saved innumerable lives in our community. Her role on the Board of Directors at Great Plains Health has helped to shape the overall success the hospital has experienced in the past several years. She should have been recognized many years prior to this award for the outstanding contribution to our hospital. Her role on the Board of Directors has helped shape the role of medicine and served as a role model for female physicians at Great Plains Hospital.”
Nominator: Laurie Soper Dr. Loretta Baca owns and operates The Center for Health in North Platte. Colleague Laurie Soper, who nominated Baca, wrote: “Dr. Baca has been at the forefront in bringing holistic care options to Nebraska. Opening her business The Center for Health gave her the opportunity to use integrative, functional, alternative medicine and traditional medicine for the best patient outcomes. To date thousands of patients around the country and indeed around the world have benefited from her care. For this life of service I nominate her for this award.”
We salute this year’s Women of Achievement nominees with a special congratulations to our very own GPHealth nominees. Megan McGown, chief development officer | Jovanka Vuksanovic, MD
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