Our 2023 Heroes of the Year

We are excited to share news of awards for two dedicated professionals at North Sunflower Medical Center: Angela Lang is Clinical Hero of The Year, and Sylvia Clark is Non-Clinical Hero of The Year. We recently talked to both about their careers.

Angela Lang, 2023 Clinical Hero of The Year

Over the past 11 years, Angela has built a reputation for her compassion as a pharmacist at North Sunflower Medical Center Pharmacy.
 
“I love everything about my job. I love my customers and everybody I work with. We have the best staff: techs, cashiers, other pharmacists. They are wonderful,” she tells us. “We stay super busy, but we still get to know our customers so well. We take care of them like family.”
 
Angela’s path to the profession started with time spent in her small-town pharmacy as a girl. She says pharmacists are easily accessible.
 
When Angela found out about the honor, she was speechless.
 
“I was totally shocked. I was so honored that people think that much of me. When they told me, I said, `Are you sure you counted these ballots right? You must have counted wrong,'” she said. “It makes you feel appreciated by everyone you work with – within the whole hospital.”

Sylvia Clark, 2023 Non-Clinical Hero of The Year

Sylvia’s path to the North Sunflower Medical Center Dietary Department started with lessons she learned from her mom, a wonderful cook.
 
“My mother always made sure we started our day with a good breakfast and then a healthy lunch. Even though we didn’t have a lot, she made sure we had a small dessert, like rice pudding,” Sylvia recalls.
 
Sylvia’s mom turns 84 in March, and now Sylvia cooks for her and other family, including her husband and two children. She also makes sure things run smoothly at NSMC as a Dietary Supervisor. “I’ve found that food brings people together,” says Sylvia.
 
“North Sunflower Medical Center is a great place to work. I have a wonderful team, and I get to meet a lot of different people,” Sylvia says.
 
NSMC has been fortunate to have Sylvia on staff for 16 years, the entire time in dietary services. Her reaction to her honor was also one of surprise.
 
“I was so surprised. It was an amazing blessing to know so many people took time to vote for me,” she said.
 
Sylvia and Angela say they’re fortunate to have jobs that make a difference in the community.
 
“We go by the Sunflower Way. Everybody here is exemplary of that,” said Angela. “I love that the people at our hospital and clinic care so much about the patients we serve.”