The Circle of Excellence

From left to right: Dr. Jeff Feit, Dr. Colin Greene, Mark Nantz, Dr. Nicolas Restrepo, and Dr. Iyad Sabbagh

The Top of Virginia Regional Chamber added an exceptional award to the Greater Good Awards to recognize a select group of individuals representing the Healthcare Industry in our region. The Circle of Excellence Award was awarded to Dr. Colin Greene, Dr. Jeff Feit, Dr. Iyad Sabbagh, Dr. Nicolas Restrepo, and Mark Nantz for their efforts, which went far beyond the call of duty to assure and protect the health and well-being of our entire region.

Innumerable people in various roles have worked tirelessly to respond to challenges that the pandemic created. The Circle of Excellence individuals served in prominent roles, leading the efforts while displaying an extraordinary dedication to the mission. Each award recipient quickly gave credit that their teams were ultimately responsible and deserving of the recognition. “You don’t get things like this without having an incredible team,” said Dr. Jeff Feit, acknowledging the work of Tonya Brown and Jason Craig. “None of this happens without them and without many other people who have done incredible work this year.”

“If I had to sum up the activities in the last year, community, collaboration, and volunteerism have been the theme of the success of fighting this COVID virus,” Dr. Colin Greene.

“I am very blessed to be surrounded by a great team in the medical community”

- Dr. Iyad Sabbagh

Valley Health stood side-by-side with the Lord Fairfax Health District early in the pandemic to provide testing and care for higher-risk populations. At the time, an outbreak had been discovered in a nursing home, eventually taking the lives of 20 people. Healthcare providers were tasked with quickly finding the populations within the care facility and separating those testing positive for the Coronavirus from those that were negatively testing for the virus.

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic has tested the Healthcare resources of the Northern Shenandoah Valley and the resilience of its Healthcare Providers since the beginning. This adversity fostered increased collaboration in the community from Valley Health’s effort working with the Lord Fairfax HealthDistrict to working with Shenandoah University to ready a large vaccination site for the general public at the James R. Wilkins, Jr. Athletics and Events Center on the Shenandoah University campus. Thank you all for your dedication to our region’s health and safety.

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