A total of 42 Texas Health Resources nurses have been named to the 2025 DFW Great 100 Nurses list. Texas Health has more nurses on the list than any other health system in North Texas. The nurses serve at 12 entities, reflecting the strength of the profession throughout Texas Health.
Our nurses demonstrate outstanding achievements in their commitment each day to providing safe, high-quality care and doing their life’s best work at Texas Health,” said Barclay Berdan, CEO, Texas Health. “We congratulate our 2025 Great 100 Nurses to celebrate this prestigious recognition and to honor their dedication to our patients, each other and their profession.”
Honorees are recognized for excellence in the art and science of nursing and for being role models, leaders, community servants, compassionate caregivers and significant contributors to the nursing profession. The nurses were selected from hundreds of nominees for the prestigious honor.
Texas Health nurses named to this year’s list are:
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital
- Terry Beske
- Peggy Brady
- Kerrie Fragoso
- Stephanie Vandendyck
Texas Health Hospital Frisco
- Leticia Perez
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth
- Emma Carriker
- Jane Charles
- Heather Johnson
- Tamarra Prater
- Shannon Rapert
- Joy Schreiner
- Ashley Stone
- Mark Van Wart
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford
- Courtnee Cross
- Kristin Malvik
- Julie McCasin
- C. LaGayle Ross
- Amanda Russell
- Rebecca Schultz
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth
- Michelle Peterson
- Cassidy Stapleton
Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital Arlington
- Aysha Afaneh
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
- Stephanie Barnes
- LizAnn Bittle
- Lauren Castillon
- Dung Le Phuong Duong
- Vickie Lloyd
- Ma Veronica Salvador
- Swapna Shibu
- Michele Spieler
- Rosario Tabor
- Leatrice Williams
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton
- Janet Adams
- Chelsea Zepeda
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound
- Karen McCarthy
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano
- Kayla Carruth
- Tammy Gilliam
- April Jackson
- Elizabeth Morell
- Shayna Stevens
Texas Health Resources
- Kristina Egleston
Texas Health Specialty Hospital Fort Worth
- Tammi Lesczynski
