ARLINGTON, Texas — 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
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About Texas Health Resources
Texas Health Resources is a faith-based, nonprofit health system that cares for more patients in North Texas than any other provider. With a service area that consists of 16 counties and more than 7 million people, the system is committed to providing quality, coordinated care through its Texas Health Physicians Group and 29 hospital locations under the banners of Texas Health Presbyterian, Texas Health Arlington Memorial, Texas Health Harris Methodist and Texas Health Huguley. Texas Health access points and services, ranging from acute-care hospitals and trauma centers to outpatient facilities and home health and preventive services, provide the full continuum of care for all stages of life. The system has more than 4,100 licensed hospital beds, 6,400 physicians with active staff privileges and more than 26,000 employees. For more information about Texas Health, call 1-877-THR-WELL, or visit www.TexasHealth.org.