Dr. Patricia Nee Honored with Excellence Award
St. Cloud, Minn. – Patricia Nee, MD, a internal medicine physician at CentraCare Clinic – Health Plaza, was honored Feb. 5 with the St. Cloud Hospital Physician of Excellence award.
Those who nominated Dr. Nee for this award characterize her as compassionate and committed to doing everything she can to help her patients. She instills hope in her patients with her optimistic, caring attitude. She lives the mission by placing superior patient care at the top of everything she does. She truly enjoys working with her patients and shares an energy for the work she does. A colleague shared the following , “Dr. Nee makes everyone she interacts with feel like they are the center of her attention and the most important person she is dealing with regardless of her workload. She will take all the time you need to get your questions answered. She never makes you feel rushed as a patient or less than competent as a staff person.”Dr. Nee readily collaborates with her colleagues and shares any pertinent research and literature. She truly does her part to assist the organization to be the leaders in Minnesota for patient safety and quality improvement.
The Physician of Excellence award was created for physicians, nurses and other staff to recognize a St. Cloud Hospital Medical Staff member who has an exemplary work ethic and lives the healing mission of the St. Cloud Hospital, providing Care Above All.