Dr. Salvador LoBianco, left, accepts Alton Memorial Hospital's Chairman's Award from Ken Balsters, chairman of the AMH board of directors.

Dr. LoBianco Wins 2011 Alton Memorial Chairman's Award

Dr. Salvador LoBianco is the 2011 recipient of Alton Memorial Hospital's prestigious Chairman's Award.

Dr. LoBianco, a critical care physician who has been on staff at AMH since 2003, received the award before friends and peers at the hospital's annual Physician's Appreciation Dinner at Lewis and Clark Community College in June. Ken Balsters, chairman of the hospital's board of directors, presented the award.

"This is always a great honor for a doctor since nominations come from their peers along with hospital employees who work together every day to improve the health of the communities we serve," Balsters said at the dinner. "Dr. LoBianco is certainly very deserving. His compassion and clinical skills inspire confidence, and bring comfort to patients and their families."

Nominations for Dr. LoBianco included comments such as "always kind and caring to patients and physicians," "excellent knowledge base, bedside manner and staff interaction," "strives for excellence daily when dealing with patients and staff," "a mentor to nurses and other staff," "very aware of the patient perspective when making medical decisions and treatment plans" and "provides invaluable input on how we can work together as a team to move initiatives forward."

Dr. LoBianco, 47, has been in practice at Midwest Acute Care Consultants in St. Louis since 2001. He earned his medical degree from Universidad Autonoma DeGuadalajara in Mexico in 1986 before an internship in Spain and residencies at the Medical College of Virginia and Saint Louis University/St. John's Mercy Medical Center. He is board certified in internal medicine and critical care medicine.

Balsters said the hospital board received numerous nominations for this year's award. The Chairman's Award publicly acknowledges a member of the Alton Memorial Hospital medical staff for the contributions the physician makes to the hospital and community, active participation in hospital and medical staff departmental affairs, and the promotion and practice of outstanding customer service with hospital patients and staff.

Previous recipients of the Chairman's Award are Leo Green, MD; Daniel Platt, MD; David Riedel, MD; Kathie Wuellner, MD; Edward Cornell, MD; Edward Harrow, MD; Maudie Miller, MD; Robert Hamilton, MD; Edward Ragsdale, MD; Laurance Monckton, MD; Thomas Ryan, MD; Mark Allendorph, MD; John Hoelscher, MD; David Burnside, MD; Charles Schranck, MD; and Randall Rogalsky, MD.