WHAT A FELLOW

Central Florida Health Alliance employee Donny P. Abraham recently became a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), the nation’s leading professional society for health care leaders.

Donny, who serves as system director of urgent care, wound care, and outpatient infusion centers, is one of only 9,100 health care professionals to hold this distinction.

“The health care management field plays a vital role in providing high-quality care to the people in our communities, which makes having a standard of excellence promoted by a professional organization critically important,” said Deborah Bowen, president of ACHE.

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY...

By selling 217 tickets to its seventh annual Celebration of Life Gala, the Florida Hospital Waterman Foundation raised $95,000 to expand the hospital’s emergency services department.

“Florida Hospital Waterman treats more than 63,000 patients in the emergency department each year, and this number continues to grow as our community continues to develop,” said Anita Young, president of the Florida Hospital Waterman Foundation. “Through the philanthropic support of our community, we will soon be able to make needed changes to the emergency department, such as enhancements to provide additional privacy, implementation of innovation, and continuing to fulfill our mission to extend the healing ministry of Christ.”

Putting Stock Into Our Students

Five high school students enrolled in Take Stock in Children of Lake and Sumter Counties were awarded scholarship upgrades based on grade-point average, behavior, attendance, and community service.

Those students include Brooks Cipriano and Jose Perez of South Lake High School, Emily Muir of Lake Minneola High School, Bryan Nguyen of Leesburg High School, and Justin Null of South Sumter High School.

“The upgrade adds two years of tuition at a state university in addition to two years of tuition previously awarded to the students,” said Carman Cullen-Batt, executive director for the Educational Foundation of Lake County.

The program identifies financially at-risk students in the eighth grade, provides them with a mentor, and then rewards them with a college tuition scholarship upon graduating high school.

Trivia Time

Who was Lake County’s first neurosurgeon and what year did he begin practicing in the county? Please take an educated guess before you peek at the answer below.

Answer:

Dr. Michael Hill of Neurosurgical and Spinal Institute opened his Leesburg-based practice in 2001.