{"id":10338,"date":"2026-04-08T15:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/?p=10338"},"modified":"2026-01-05T15:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T23:33:46","slug":"barton-health-honors-physician-of-the-year-recipient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/2026\/04\/08\/barton-health-honors-physician-of-the-year-recipient\/","title":{"rendered":"Barton Health Honors Physician of the Year Recipient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Thea Hardy<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">(South Lake Tahoe, Calif.) \u2013 Barton Health staff members and physicians have voted Rhonda Sneeringer, MD as Barton\u2019s Physician of the Year. Dr. Sneeringer received a landslide of nominations recognizing her for outstanding leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Sneeringer is the Medical Director of Outpatient COVID-19 Care and the Director of Pediatrics at Barton Memorial Hospital.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cDr. Sneeringer stepped up as a fearless leader of our response programs in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic,\u201d says Dr. Matthew Wonnacott, Chief Medical Officer at Barton Health. \u201cHer medical knowledge and commitment to stay up-to-date on the constantly evolving information about COVID-19 paired with her strong work ethic developed into an unmatched resource for Barton\u2019s staff as well as our community during a time of great uncertainty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Nominations for Dr. Sneeringer included comments that spoke to her tact and fortitude on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic, during which she was a champion for patients, healthcare workers and the community as a whole.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cDr. Sneeringer not only is a fantastic pediatric physician but has been paramount with the COVID pandemic ambulatory operations and community outreach. She is amazing and deserves this award!\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIncredibly smart, motivated physician. Easy to work with. Has been instrumental in leading the hospital&#8217;s COVID response from an MD perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cShe has been doing such an amazing job during the COVID pandemic with great clinical help and COVID care in all facilities! She has been instrumental in giving our community the best possible care during this pandemic!\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI am not sure how any of us (COVID team, BMH, or community) would have gotten through this pandemic without Dr. Sneeringer leading the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cShe has been a constant source of encouragement and support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHer dedication is unmatched. Thank you, Dr. Sneeringer for helping us get through the worst year ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Dr. Sneerigner has been the Director of Pediatrics at Barton Health since 2012. During her tenure, she has served as the Chief Medical Officer and more recently, the Medical Director of Outpatient COVID-19 Care. She has an abundance of experience, having practiced as a Pediatric Emergency Physician at Skyridge Hospital and Rose Hospital in Colorado and as an Internal Medicine and Pediatric Hospitalist at Swedish Hospital, also in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Because of the hard work and dedication from physicians and healthcare workers who share Dr. Sneeringer\u2019s commitment to collaboration, service, and caring for the community, Barton Health has implemented pathways for patients to receive appropriate care in the safest possible environment and is prepared for the ongoing response to COVID-19. For the latest updates and information, please visit\u00a0<a>bartonhealth.org\/coronavirus<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thea Hardy (South Lake Tahoe, Calif.) \u2013 Barton Health staff members and physicians have voted Rhonda Sneeringer, MD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","darknews-slider-full":"","darknews-featured":"","darknews-medium":"","darknews-medium-square":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"News MoLo","author_link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/News\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10338"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10339,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10338\/revisions\/10339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}