2016 Medical Fitness Facility & Professionals of the Year Awards

These awards celebrate and honor the best and the brightest in medical fitness center management. Awards, in a variety of categories, identify those facilities, programs and individuals that are deserving of recognition for their achievements.

Awards will presented by the Association’s CEO & President, Bob Boone and the award sponsors, during the 2016 Annual International Conference Awards Ceremony in Orlando, Florida.

Hank Boerner Pioneer Award

Presented to Deb Riggs, General Manager
TriHealth Fitness & Health Pavilion

Marla Richmond, MS, Memorial Education Award

Presented to Catherine Lisowski, Fitness Coordinator
The Summit – Kalispell Regional Medical Center

Medical Professional of the Year Award – Medical Director Category

Presented to Aaron Michfelder
Loyola Center for Fitness

Medical Professional of the Year Award – Director of Medical Wellness/Fitness Category

Presented to Bob Brown
Spartanburg Regional

Medical Professional of the Year Award – Executive Director/General Manager Category

Presented to Deb Riggs
TriHealth Fitness & Health Pavilion

Technology and Innovation Award

Presented to MicroFit

Excellence in Management Award

Presented to Power Wellness

Certified Facility of the Year Award

1st Place

Presented to Hancock Wellness Center, Greenfield, Indiana

Runner Up

Presented to McConnell Heart Health Center, Columbus, Ohio

Honorable Mention

Presented to ProMedica Wellness Center, Toledo, Ohio

Program Innovation Awards

First Place

“RxEX Medical Programs”
Augusta Health Fitness – Fishersville, Virginia (MFA Certified Facility)

Second Place

“Solutions at Work”
Franciscan Omni Health and Fitness – Schereville and Chesterton, Indiana (MFA Certified Facility)

Third Place

“SPF 60”
Avera McKennan Fitness Center – Sioux Falls, South Dakota (MFA Certified Facility)

Fourth Place

“Fun, Fit, Family Challenge”
CaroMont Health and Fitness Center – Gastonia, North Carolina

Fifth Place

“Move and Groove”
Chelsea Wellness Center – Chelsea, Michigan (MFA Certified Facility)

Sixth Place:

“Winning Weights”
CaroMont Health and Fitness Center – Gastonia, North Carolina

Seventh Place

“Healthy 4 Weight Loss”
LECOM Medical Fitness and Wellness Center – Eerie, Pennsylvania (MFA Certified Facility)

Eighth Place

“Age Right”
Rudy A. Ciccotti Family Rec Center – Albany, New York (MFA Certified Facility)

Ninth Place

“Wear Red Dance Party”
Dexter Wellness Center – Dexter, Michigan (MFA Certified Facility)

Tenth Place

“Next Steps”
MC Fitness – Lewis Center, Ohio

Medical Fitness Week

The 2016 Walking 10K Winners

Total Number of Steps:

  1. UNC Wellness Healthcare Center – 157,897,029 steps
  2. Saint Francis Medical Center: Fitness Plus  – 46,082,474 steps
  3. Powell Wellness Center – 38,934,881 steps
  4. Florida Hospital Institute for Lifestyle Medicine – 32,734,835 steps
  5. Baptist Health Madisonville/Fitness Formula – 18,981,995 steps
  6. Galter LifeCenter  – 18,896,002 steps
  7. Cleveland Clinic Akron General LifeStyles – Bath – 11,482,654 steps
  8. Owensboro Health Healthpark  – 9,239,672 steps
  9. Cleveland Clinic Akron General LifeStyles – Green – 8,250,762 steps
  10. Fitness Center at University Hospitals Avon Health – 3,631,421 steps

Average Number of Steps:

  1. UNC Wellness Healthcare Center – 86,141 steps
  2. Fitness Center at University Hospitals Avon Health – 84,451 steps
  3. Poudre Valley Medical Fitness – 83,943 steps
  4. Center for Health Improvment – 81,050 steps
  5. Baptist Health Madisonville/Fitness Formula – 80,774 steps
  6. Cleveland Clinic Akron General LifeStyles – Green – 80,105 steps
  7. Galter LifeCenter – 77,761 steps
  8. Saint Francis Medical Center: Fitness Plus – 72,230 steps
  9. UNMC’s EngAge Wellness – 63,640 steps
  10. Cleveland Clinic Akron General LifeStyles – Bath – 62,024 steps

The 2016 MOVE150 Winners

Total Number of Moves:

  1. Franciscan Omni Health and Fitness – 722 moves
  2. NMMC Wellness Center – 242 moves
  3. Center for Health Improvement – 175 moves
  4. FirstHealth Centers for Health & Fitness – 99 moves
  5. UNMC’s EngAge Wellness – 11 moves

Average Moves in Minutes:

  1. UNMC’s EngAge Wellness – 315 minutes
  2. Franciscan Omni Health and Fitness – 203 minutes
  3. FirstHealth Centers for Health & Fitness – 179 minutes
  4. NMMC Wellness Center – 173 minutes
  5. Center for Health Improvement – 165 minutes

Center that raised money for a charity

Cleveland Clinic Akron General LifeStyles – Green – American Diabetes Association

Rising Star Awards

Central Region

Leah Okner – Wellness Manager
Franciscan Omni Health and Fitness – Schereville, Indiana (MFA Certified Facility)

SouthCentral Region

Heather Biddle
University Wellness Center – Lakeland – Addison, Illinois

SouthEast

Danette Askew
The Powell Wellness Center -Culpeper, Virginia

NorthEast

Kathy Guibord – Senior Director
The Atlantic Club – Manasquan, New Jersey (MFA Certified Facility)

West

Regina McWhirter – Registered Kinesiotherapist
VA Long Beach Healthcare System – Long Beach, California

International

*no nominations/winner*