2001 Founders Award Winner

Lori Howell is from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Lori has 25 years of experience nearly all in pediatric surgical nursing.

In 1991, Dr. Scott Adzick and Dr. Michael Harrison at UCSF were in dire need of administrative leadership for the newly developing fetal therapy program. They convinced Lori to assume the role of Coordinator for Fetal and Pediatric Surgery and soon realized they had chosen a real dynamo for he job. In 1995, Dr. Adzik became the Surgeon-in-Chief at the CHOP and lured Lori back to Philadelphia as Coordinator of the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment. Dr. Adzick writes, "Lori has catapulted the fetal therapy program at CHOP into the largest such program in the world." If that was not enough Lori has developed and led a new program for Surgical Advanced Practice Nurses in the Intensive Care Nursery, wards and outpatient settings.

Lori has a genuine love for people and her warmth and caring shines through and touches all who know and work with her. We are blessed to have Lori in our organization. She is truly deserving to be honored with the Founders Award.