The Clinical Care Award is given to an individual or team for implementation of an innovative new program or process that improves service to patients.

2022 Winner

Sara Kraus, ARNP, DNP, FNP-BC

Sara supports the complex pulmonary clinics including interstitial lung disease, COPD and lung cancer screening clinic. She single-handedly runs the bulk of the lung cancer screening clinic using nuances of complex decision-making process. Sara also has made it possible for this clinic to provide advanced therapies in the treatment of patients with asthma and COPD. We are now able to offer biological therapies which have revolutionized the care of patients with poorly controlled asthma; these patients need to be evaluated for medical appropriateness and insurance coverage. Sara is primarily responsible for oversight of the care of the patients our clinic has deemed appropriate for biologic therapies.