2023 Natalie Rainer's Story

On a Saturday morning in August 2022, Natalie Rainer and her friend, Jonah Holland, were struck by a vehicle while riding their bicycles. The VCU Health Trauma Team, along with the support of family and friends, have enabled Natalie to continue on, enjoying her life and honoring her friend Jonah's memory.

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2023 Shining Knights

Nouman Akbar, MBBS
Jade Barr, RN
Ilia Brusilovsky, MD
Jeffrey C Byrd, MD
Jennifer Catlin, MD, MPH
Renee M. Cholyway, MD, MS
Kimberly D. Cooper, RN, CNOR
Kimberly Damon, OTR/L
Huue Dao, Firefighter, EMT-B
Michelle Doll, MD, MPH
Allison Doyle, PTA
Eric Marshall Felton, Firefighter/EMT
Brenton French, MD
Hannah Grasberger, PT, DPT
Bina Guyer, PT
Katina Harris, MSW
Kemara A. Johnson, RRT
Lieutenant Christian Kidd, NREMTP
C Jon Klele, RRT
Carl Lambert, DNP, AGACNP-BC, RN, CNL
Caitlin Larkins, PT, DPT, CBIS, cert. DN
FF L. A. Lipscomb
Olivia MacDougall, RN, BSN
Kathryn Maher, PhD
Erin R Mann, MS, MLS(ASCP)
Steve McVey, RT(R)(VI)(ARRT)
Logan Merriman, RN
Isabel Moore, RN
Melissa A. Morgan, MSN, RN-BC
Kimberly Mulé, RN, BSN, CEN
Allen Noakes, MD, Capt., USAF
Marty O'Connor, CRNA
Laurie Ohmen, LPN
Carrie Marie Owens, NRP
Jon Plumey, RN, BSN
Shaniel Ramgeet, CNA
Shaun Ridout, EMT
Jibanananda Satpathy, MD, MRCSEd, FACS
Jeremy Sauer, MD, MS
Margaret Savage, MSW
Ashley Slaughter, MD
Haley Smith, RN
Robert A. Strauss, DDS, FACS
Brian James Strife, MD
Danielle Thornton, LPN
Kaila Tolleson, CST
Clarence Brian Toney, MD
Don Trull, NRP
Jacki Vaselich, OTR/L
Katherine Vita, PA-C