KEY TAKEAWAYS: CityBusiness announced its 2026 Health Care Heroes honorees across six health care categories. Awards recognize excellence in industry achievement and community involvement. Honorees will be celebrated Oct. 5 at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Profiles of all honorees will appear in the Oct. 15 print and online edition of CityBusiness.   Health Care Heroes honors healthcare professionals in the New Orleans area in the following categories: animal care, first responder, nursing, physicians, professionals and volunteers. Honorees are selected based on industry achievement and community involvement. This year’s honorees are: Animal care Dr. Leslie Pence Adrianna Smith First responder Willie Breaux Joseph Cancienne Joseph Giovingo Lonnie Necaise Kimberly Nguyen Eric Smith Nurse Julie Adkins Rebecca Brignac Lauren Estorge Amanda Evans Deon Guidroz Michelle Kline Kristi Lamarque Mark Orlic Tanya Sordelet-Jordan Alexandra Walters Patrice Wright-Domingue Bagneris Physician Ramsy Abdelghani Robert Douglas Bostick III Ari Cohen Meredith Collins Marquinn D. Duke Margie Kahn Lawrence Haber Rex Houser Stephen Jones Sunyoung Kim Charles C Smith III Ernesto Mejia Geraldine E. Ménard Ahmed Mohiuddin Patricia Molina Matthew Mutter R. Osvaldo Navia Eboni Price-Haywood Casey Steen Maria C. Velez Professional G. Scott Chapman Nicole Russo Mark Firmin Kelly Haynie Elizabeth Lacy Khanh Nguyen Philip Peavey Roy Salgado, Jr. Chanel Stewart-Mouring Michele K. Sutton Rani Vanlangendonck Beth E. Walker Anna Walter Lynn Winfield Volunteer and Volunteer Group Jeanne Burvant Marilee Hovet Fran Tosh Kathryn Jenkins Honorees will be celebrated at an in-person event from 4-6 p.m. Monday, October 5, at the New Orleans Museum of Art. The presentation will begin at 5 p.m. Click here to register for the event. A publication profiling the honorees will be inserted into the October 15 issue of CityBusiness in print and online. For more information contact Managing Editor Meghan Keen-Boehm at [email protected]. ...read more read less