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Health Care Network Over the Years

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Catholic Charities Health Care Network celebrated 40 years of service in 2024. We take a look back at the doctors and other professionals who have served those in need. Some of these medical professionals have been honored at the John Carroll Society’s Rose Mass reception and with Caritas! honors. We at Catholic Charities are appreciative of all the doctors and hospitals that have provided specialized and critical care through the Health Care Network for 40 years.

Ophthalmologist Melanie Buttross doing an eye exam. She is a member of the Health Care Network Advisory Council.
Dr. Melanie Buttross
Clients extend their appreciation for the care of volunteer medical professionals
The Health Care Network and work of its volunteers and staff made news in 1987
Sister Mary Louise Wessell became the coordinator of the Health Care Network when it was launched in August 1984.
Dr. William Battle was among the first volunteers at the Health Care Network and a long-time chair of the Health Care Network Advisory Council
Dr. William Battle
Dr. Edmund Pellegrino, distinguished professor of medicine and medical ethics and director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University, and Sister Lawrence Marie
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Breiner, podiatrist, and Sister Lawrence Marie
Robert and Janet Sloan and Dr. Sean Dwyer, cardiologist
Dr. Wells and Dr. Joe Giere, obstetrician gynecologist and member of the Health Care Network Advisory Council
Dr. John Martin, a dental volunteer
Dr. Elwin Bustos, nephrologist
The late Dr. John Lynch, urologist
Dr. Margaret Collota-Norton, a dental volunteer and member of the Health Care Network Advisory Council
Dr. Dierdre Byrne (left), general surgeon
Dr. Frederick Barr, volunteer medical oncologist, and Dr. Ricardo Perez, volunteer pediatric dentist, honored at a Rose Mass reception
Dr. Christopher Cannova, orthopedic surgeon, honored at a Rose Mass reception
Dr. Jie He, volunteer endocrinologist, at a Rose Mass reception. Also shown is Dr. Eileen Moore, chair of the Health Care Network Advisory Council, past president of the John Carroll Society and chair of the Rose Mass. Dr. Moore is associate professor of medicine and family medicine at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital and associate dean of Georgetown University’s School of Medicine
Dr. Sean Dwyer (center), a Health Care Network volunteer since the network’s beginning in 1984, received the 2023 James Cardinal Hickey Lifetime Service Award at the John Carroll Society’s Rose Mass reception
Dr. Robert Breiner (center) received the Msgr. Baroni Caritas! Award for Advocacy in 2023. Dr. Breiner, a podiatrist, cares deeply for the overall well-being of those we serve. He has been committed to caring for patients in the Catholic Charities Health Care Network for many years through his practice office in Annandale, Va, and at our clinic. He also has been a member of the Health Care Network Advisory Council
Dr. Luis Manrique Trujillo and Dr. Cameron Mohammadi, neurologists
Dr. Stephany McGann, rheumatologist
Ophthalmologist Melanie Buttross doing an eye exam. She is a member of the Health Care Network Advisory Council.
Dr. Melanie Buttross
Clients extend their appreciation for the care of volunteer medical professionals
The Health Care Network and work of its volunteers and staff made news in 1987
Sister Mary Louise Wessell became the coordinator of the Health Care Network when it was launched in August 1984.
Dr. William Battle was among the first volunteers at the Health Care Network and a long-time chair of the Health Care Network Advisory Council
Dr. William Battle
Dr. Edmund Pellegrino, distinguished professor of medicine and medical ethics and director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University, and Sister Lawrence Marie
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Breiner, podiatrist, and Sister Lawrence Marie
Robert and Janet Sloan and Dr. Sean Dwyer, cardiologist
Dr. Wells and Dr. Joe Giere, obstetrician gynecologist and member of the Health Care Network Advisory Council
Dr. John Martin, a dental volunteer
Dr. Elwin Bustos, nephrologist
The late Dr. John Lynch, urologist
Dr. Margaret Collota-Norton, a dental volunteer and member of the Health Care Network Advisory Council
Dr. Dierdre Byrne (left), general surgeon
Dr. Frederick Barr, volunteer medical oncologist, and Dr. Ricardo Perez, volunteer pediatric dentist, honored at a Rose Mass reception
Dr. Christopher Cannova, orthopedic surgeon, honored at a Rose Mass reception
Dr. Jie He, volunteer endocrinologist, at a Rose Mass reception. Also shown is Dr. Eileen Moore, chair of the Health Care Network Advisory Council, past president of the John Carroll Society and chair of the Rose Mass. Dr. Moore is associate professor of medicine and family medicine at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital and associate dean of Georgetown University’s School of Medicine
Dr. Sean Dwyer (center), a Health Care Network volunteer since the network’s beginning in 1984, received the 2023 James Cardinal Hickey Lifetime Service Award at the John Carroll Society’s Rose Mass reception
Dr. Robert Breiner (center) received the Msgr. Baroni Caritas! Award for Advocacy in 2023. Dr. Breiner, a podiatrist, cares deeply for the overall well-being of those we serve. He has been committed to caring for patients in the Catholic Charities Health Care Network for many years through his practice office in Annandale, Va, and at our clinic. He also has been a member of the Health Care Network Advisory Council
Dr. Luis Manrique Trujillo and Dr. Cameron Mohammadi, neurologists
Dr. Stephany McGann, rheumatologist
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