The Wichita Business Journal has announced the 2024 Health Care Heroes, and this year's honorees include numerous KU School of Medicine-Wichita faculty members, including one honored for lifetime achievement, as well as medical students in the KU Community Health Alliance who have worked diligently in the community.

This is the 15th year for the awards, and this year's Health Care Heroes will be recognized at an award ceremony and dinner April 2 at the Wichita Marriott.

You can view all of this year’s honorees on the WBJ website. Below are Health Care Heroes award recipients listed under the category of the award.

Community Outreach

• KU Community Health Alliance-Wichita

Health Care Educators

• Samuel Ofei-Dodoo, Ph.D., MPA, MA, CPH, GCPH, CNPM, assistant dean, undergraduate medical education; associate professor, internal medicine
• Standardized Patient Program

Lifetime Achievement

• Dasa Gangadhar, M.D., volunteer clinical assistant professor, Surgery

Community Outreach

• Sonalli Kurlekar, M.D., MPH, MPH alumna, adjunct instructor, Population Health

Health Care Educators

• James Joseph, M.D., resident alumnus, Orthopaedics
• Andrew Porter, D.O., resident alumnus, volunteer clinical associate professor and sports medicine program director, Family & Community Medicine
• Pedro Vivar Cruz, M.D., volunteer clinical assistant professor, Internal Medicine

Physicians

• Samantha Beck, M.D., resident alumna, volunteer clinical assistant professor, Surgery
• Michael Lievens, M.D., volunteer clinical assistant professor, Internal Medicine
• Dennis Moore Jr., M.D., student alumnus, volunteer clinical professor, Internal Medicine
• Andre Saad, M.D., resident alumnus, volunteer clinical assistant professor, Internal Medicine
• William Simon, D.O., volunteer clinical instructor, Family & Community Medicine
• Joe Sliter, M.D., student alumnus, resident alumnus, volunteer clinical assistant professor, Surgery
• Craig Sudbeck, M.D., resident alumnus, volunteer clinical instructor, Surgery