Parkview Health Respiratory Therapist Chase Gorman was recognized recently with the PHIL Award, a national honor recognizing therapists who provide exemplary care for patients with respiratory illnesses.
Gorman is the first-ever Parkview co-worker to receive the award from The FACES Foundation, although more than 40 therapists within the system were nominated by patients for consideration in 2024.
The PHIL Award was created in 2006 in honor of Philip C. Lamka, who died of interstitial lung disease. This once-per-year award is given to “best of the best” therapists who are nominated by the patients they serve. Gorman joins more than 500 therapists nationwide who have been honored with the PHIL award since 2006.
Gorman started with Parkview in November 2009 as a student associate before beginning as a respiratory therapist in 2010. He is one of Parkview’s charge respiratory therapists and works in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Gorman also works on NICU transport cases at PRMC, the role in which he was nominated for the PHIL Award.
Gorman was nominated by a Parkview intensive care nurse and new mother, whose pre-term baby needed to be transferred to the PRMC NICU shortly after birth. Gorman helped prepare the family and their baby for the transport and upon arrival in the NICU, re-evaluated the baby’s condition, answered numerous questions and helped the parents feel confident and reassured that their newborn was in good hands.
Parkview leaders surprised Gorman with an award presentation at PRMC on Thursday, March 28. PHIL winners receive an “Appreciation” sculpture, a framed certificate and PHIL Award lapel pin from The FACES Foundation.
More information about the PHIL Award and a list of past recipients can be found at https://www.thefacesfoundation.org/phil-award.
