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MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Melinda Shaw, MS, PA-C Joins Bariatric Surgery Team at Crouse Medical Practice
Kristy Ventura, MSN, FNP-C joins endocrinology team at Crouse Medical Practice in Camillus
Melinda Shaw, MS, PA-C, has joined Crouse Medical Practice – Bariatric Surgery, affiliated with Crouse Health. Shaw comes to Crouse from SUNY Upstate Medical University/ University Hospital and join colleagues in the Crouse weight loss surgery program, founded in 2011, who include Jeffrey DeSimone, MD; Kenneth Cooper, DO; Thomas Griffiths, PhD; Tracy Walker, FNP-C; Catherine Huss-Johnson, MS, RN-CNP; Heather Neely, RD, CDN; and Colleen Cauley, BSN, RN, CBN, the bariatric program administrator. Melinda Shaw, MS, PA-C, earned her master’s degree and physician assistant certification through the Physician Assistant Program at Northeastern University. She received her bachelor’s degree with a concentration in human biology from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. Shaw is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants; New York State Society of Physician Assistants; and Central New York Physician Assistant Association. Crouse Health’s bariatric surgery program is a Comprehensive Center under the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP), a joint program of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Excellus BlueCross BlueShield has recognized Crouse Health with its Blue Distinction® Center+ for Bariatric Surgery designation as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program, the only one in Syracuse to have earned this designation. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated healthcare facilities that show expertise in meeting patient safety measures, as well as bariatric-specific quality measures that were developed with input from the medical community. To learn more about bariatric surgery at Crouse, visit crouse.org/weightloss or call Cauley at (315) 470-8974. To reach the CMP – Bariatric Surgery team, call Crouse Medical Practice at (315) 470-7364.
Kristy Ventura, MSN, FNP-BC, has joined the endocrinology team at Crouse Medical Practice. Ventura is welcoming new patients at the practice’s Camillus location at 5417 West Genesee St., corner of Knowell Rd. Ventura comes to Crouse from Auburn Memorial Medical Services, where she had served since 2008 as a family nurse practitioner in the endocrine and orthopedic departments. There, she was responsible for diagnosing and treating endocrine disorders; insulin pump management; overseeing the successful imple-mentation of an osteoporosis program and infusion center; and presenting community outreach programs in osteoporosis and pre-diabetes. Prior to working in endocrinology, Ventura served as a family nurse practitioner with Auburn Orthopedics Specialists; as a registered nurse in the emergency room at Auburn Memorial Hospital; and as a registered nurse in the medical intensive care unit at Strong Memorial Hospital. She earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Colorado Health Science Center in Denver, CO; completed the Nurse Practitioner program at Community General Hospital in Syracuse; and earned her M.S. in nursing from Upstate Medical University in Syracuse. She is certified by the American Nurses Credential Center; is a certified fracture liaison; and earned her specialist assistant certification in orthopedics. To schedule an appointment with Ventura, call Crouse Medical Practice at (315) 476-2323 or visit crousemed.com.
April 2020
Women in Business Edition
