Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center CNA Earns Honor
Edwin Chavez Named September BEE Winner
ROME, Ga., Sept. 30, 2025 – Five years ago, Edwin Chavez was working at the receiving dock at Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center, making sure needed equipment and supplies were processed quickly during the early days of the COVID pandemic. Today, he is a certified nursing assistant at the hospital, helping take care of patients instead of moving pallets.
The transition has been a plus for patients at the hospital, Chavez and his teammates.
“Edwin is truly one of the reasons 4 East functions so well,” said Savanna Garrett, RN, who nominated him for the BEE Award. BEE stands for Beyond Exceptional Expectations. Nominations are made by nursing peers.
“He is always positive and one of the hardest workers I know. He doesn’t care if a patient is his or not. If they need something, he does it without question,” Garrett wrote. “Patients absolutely adore him and have nothing but good things to say about his work ethic, his kindness and his efficiency. He deserves this award so much.”
Chavez, who attended Pepperell High School, said he was surprised by the award.
“It was unexpected,” he said. I am glad that my teammates think I am helpful.”
“What really makes this award special is that you are nominated by the people you work with,” said Sheila Bennett, senior vice president and chief of patient services at Atrium Health Floyd. Bennett said Chavez was recognized because “patients and colleagues alike value his professionalism, compassion and efficiency.”
About Atrium Health Floyd
The Atrium Health Floyd family of health care services is a leading medical provider and economic force in northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama. Atrium Health Floyd is part of Charlotte, North Carolina-based Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Floyd strategically combined with Harbin Clinic in 2024 and employs more than 5,200 teammates who provide care in over 40 medical specialties at four facilities: Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center – a 361-bed full-service, acute care hospital and regional referral center in Rome, Georgia; Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center in Cedartown, Georgia; and Atrium Health Floyd Cherokee Medical Center in Centre, Alabama; and Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center Behavioral Health, also in Rome. Together, Atrium Health Floyd and Harbin Clinic provide primary care, specialty care and urgent care throughout northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama. Atrium Health Floyd also operates a stand-alone emergency department in Chattooga County, the first such facility to be built from the ground-up in Georgia.
About Advocate Health
Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. Advocate Health is nationally recognized for its expertise in heart and vascular, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs more than 160,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to redefining care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.
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