Scholars Who Shine this Summer
Northwell has put the spotlight on Candy E. Osborn, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, C-ONQS, Assistant Manager of Patient Care from the 2025-2026 Clinician Educator Cohort, recognizing her as a featured team member.
Candy Osborn brings compassion, empathy, and a deep commitment to women’s health to everything she does. Whether supporting patients through pregnancy, childbirth, or other important health milestones, she is a trusted resource for both patients and colleagues. Her ability to connect with people and provide support during life’s most meaningful moments has made a lasting impact on countless families.
Beyond her clinical role, Candy is deeply involved in the community. She helps organize support groups for new and expecting mothers, oversees the diaper giveaway program for Sharon Hospital, and regularly shares health information at local senior centers. Her dedication to caring for others extends far beyond the walls of the hospital and reflects the very best of our mission.
Candy presented alongside her Clinician Educator cohort members at the 5th Annual Grand Round and Academic Symposium. View her presentation details and poster seen on the Sched App here: OB Nurse Residencies in Maternal Child Health: A Journey from Novice to Expert
Click here to read Candy’s bio.
Candy Osborn is the Assistant Nurse Manager for the Maternity Unit at Sharon Hospital, where she has been a dedicated member of the team for over 25 years. With deep clinical expertise and a passion for maternal and newborn care, Candy plays a vital role in supporting patients, families, and staff throughout the childbirth journey.
She is a certified fetal monitoring instructor and NRP instructor and serves as the coordinator for the hospital’s prenatal education classes and postpartum support group.
Candy also contributes to hospital-wide initiatives through her committee work and regularly steps in as nursing supervisor when needed.
Candy holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Lycoming College and is currently pursuing her Master’s in Nursing Education at Chamberlain University. Her professional credentials include RNC-OB, C-EFM, and C-ONQS certifications, along with BLS, ACLS, PALS, and STABLE.
Outside of work, Candy enjoys gardening, reading, and doing puzzles. She is also an active member of her church and community choirs, where she shares her love of music and connection with others.
Connecticut Hospital Association 2026 Healthcare Heroes
Congratulations Haley Wheeler, MA, CCC-SLP, CBIS, on this well-deserved recognition. Haley is a Speech-Language Pathologist, Rehabilitation Services, Sharon Hospital.
She is also a member of the inaugural Clinician Educator Cohort of the Patricia A. Tietjen, MD Teaching Academy and serves as Scholar Fellow (2025-2027).
Click here to read a summary of her achievements.
At Sharon Hospital, Haley has elevated speech pathology from a traditional clinical service into a system-integrated, outcomes-driven program that strengthens care across sites and disciplines. She has spearheaded initiatives that standardize best practices, built a cross-market MS Teams network connecting more than 46 speech-language pathologists, and fostered collaboration that supports consistent, evidence-based care across Nuvance.
To strengthen this collaboration, Haley initiated regular knowledge-sharing discussions focused on emerging clinical topics and real-world patient challenges. By facilitating these conversations and providing curated research and discussion prompts, she has helped create an environment where clinicians can learn from one another and continuously elevate their practice. Feedback collected after the first year indicated improved connectedness among speech-language pathologists across the Nuvance market.
Her dedication to compassionate, patient-centered care is especially evident in her work with individuals living with Parkinson’s disease. She provides specialized therapy to support communication and swallowing function while recognizing the important role that social connection plays in managing chronic neurological conditions.
At Sharon Hospital, she leads a weekly SPEAK OUT! language group, which consistently attracts 8–10 adult participants with Parkinson’s disease to practice communication skills and support one another in a welcoming environment. She also organized a Parkinson’s community dinner, where she served as a speaker and provided education for patients, families, and community members about communication challenges associated with Parkinson’s disease. The event drew approximately 30 participants and strengthened connections between Sharon Hospital and the broader Parkinson’s community.
Through her leadership, Haley continues to cultivate a culture of learning, collaboration, and patient-centered care—demonstrating how clinical expertise, compassion, and innovation can work together to improve both patient outcomes and the professional community that supports them.
Check out her bio and the details of the many presentations she was featured in at the 5th Annual Grand Rounds and Academic Symposium here. Haley Wheeler, M.A., CCC-SLP CBIS – 5th Annual PATMDTA Grand Rounds & Academic Symposium
Team Member of the Year Finalist
Haley was recognized as a finalist for the Team Member of the Year in the Northwell President’s Award.
“Haley’s dedication to restoring communication and strengthening clinical practice has improved the lives of countless patients and families.”
— Melissa Braislin, MBA, MS, CCC-SLP, Director, Rehab and Cardiology Services, Sharon Hospital, Westchester/Hudson Valley/Connecticut market
Haley Wheeler fell in love with speech language pathology as a college student, and throughout her career she has been laser-focused on a fundamental goal: helping people communicate better.
A 10-year veteran of Sharon Hospital, Haley has elevated speech pathology from a traditional clinical service into a system-integrated, outcomes-driven program. During her tenure, patient experience scores have dramatically increased, and she’s improved clinical documentation rates among her peers. She also created a shared Microsoft Teams forum through which speech-language pathologists across the Nuvance market of Northwell Health exchange resources, research and patient-care strategies.
Haley’s weekly SPEAK OUT! language group is another example of her focus on improving patients’ communication skills. The group allows patients with Parkinson’s disease to practice communication skills in a supportive environment.
In recognition of her commitment to advancing her professional knowledge, Haley has won multiple ACE awards for continuing education from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. An inaugural scholar at Nuvance Health’s Patricia A. Tietjen, MD Teaching Academy, Haley is currently completing training to perform flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES), a diagnostic procedure being introduced as a new service at Sharon Hospital.
Through her leadership, Haley cultivates a culture of learning, collaboration and patient-centered care — and has remained engaged with her mission to improve communication for all her patients.
Haley Wheeler fell in love with speech language pathology as a college student, and throughout her career she has been laser-focused on a fundamental goal: helping people communicate better.
IAMSE IM-REACH Program
Haley Wheeler has been accepted into the IAMSE IM-REACH Program (2026-2027).
The IM-REACH mentoring certificate program provides an opportunity to enhance skills, gain experience, and engage in reflection and growth as a mentor and ultimately influence your relationship with your mentee. The goal of this program is to develop well-rounded, diverse health professional education mentors through targeted professional development in key aspects of mentorship, which includes both knowledge and skills. The program will provide evidence of that mentorship leads to specialized achievement that enhances and supports career advancement for both mentors and mentees.
