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Baptist DeSoto PCA Earns Health Care Hero Award

From left, Baptist DeSoto Administrator/CEO Brian Hogan, Health Care Hero Shekera Smiley, Baptist Foundation Senior Development Officer Henry Kenworthy and Baptist Foundation Senior Development Officer Denise Ward.

Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation presented the Health Care Hero Award to Shekera Smiley, a patient care assistant (PCA) for the Medical-Surgical unit at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto for two years.

The Health Care Hero Program allows an individual to recognize a team member who has done something heroic to improve the person’s health care experience at Baptist. To recognize a Health Care Hero, a patient, visitor or family member may donate to Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation in the team member’s honor. Click here to learn more.