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In Happy Healthy Local, discover exciting educational experiences in medicine.

Learn how St. Luke’s is helping local high school students prepare for a career in health care. Celebrate the oldest operating nursing school in the country. And, explore Simulation Center, where real world scenarios are recreated to help students develop new skills.

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BY BRYAN HAY

or 50 years, a yellow Leibensperger bus was a familiar sight for generations of school children and their families in the Allentown, East Penn, Northampton, Salisbury, and Southern Lehigh school districts.

The former Leibensperger School Transportation Inc. of Lower Macungie Township started with a single car back when students still attended class in small rural schoolhouses.

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“My dad started the bus business in 1937 with a 1936 Hudson Terraplane,” says Ray Leibensperger. “That’s when they broke up the eight- room school houses into four rooms and transported students from one four-room school to the other four-room school, and that’s how they started. My dad drove in the morning, and my mother drove in the afternoon.”

When he returned home from the Korean War in 1952 with the rank of technical sergeant in charge of a 30-vehicle motor pool, Leibensperger was ready to join the family business. Trained as a mechanic at Fort Knox, he acquired three school buses from a transportation business in Macungie after the owner was killed in an automobile accident.

“So I bought his three buses, and with my dad and his three buses we re-continued with the East Penn School District for many years,” he says. “That’s how I started in the bus business.”

Leibensperger buses remained a fixture on Lehigh Valley roadways until 1987, when the company was purchased by Laidlaw Transit Inc. (It was eventually sold to First Student Inc.) Leibensperger still keeps the family name alive with his Leibensperger Transportation Sales business in East Texas, which he started in 1971.

The business, which he operates with his son, Russ, sells school buses and parts, wheelchair lifts, mini buses, and provides repairs services.

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When Leibensperger sold the bus company in 1987, he had 220 vehicles in his fleet and 210 employees, most of them drivers.

“Way back when I first started, you were looking for somebody who could handle a larger vehicle,” he recalls. “Then you trained them, but you didn’t have to go through the training program that you have today. Now you need criminal history checks, and you have to take a test. It takes a month to get a driver on the road.”

Drivers would always get close to the kids and families on their routes and hear about sports and extracurricular activities and what was going on in their lives at school and at home. It was part of the Leibensperger tradition.

“The drivers often got Christmas presents,” Leibensperger says. “You got to know people because you saw them every day, like your own family, really. Some drivers told me they’d drive buses even if they wouldn’t get paid.”

“It was a great, great business,” Leibensperger says.

“I wish I hadn’t sold it in 1987.”

Bus safety has changed significantly since the time he entered the family business, although the boxy designs have remained fairly consistent. Stop sign arms, gates, to prevent children from walking too close to the bus, and rollover protection features are some of the key improvements he’s seen over the years.

“The safety of a school bus is almost better than an airplane,” Leibensperger says. “When you see a school bus crash, you don’t see that many injuries. They’re designed so that if you roll over you’re okay. It won’t collapse. The bus must withstand the weight of another school bus on top.”

Asked why school buses aren’t equipped with seat belts, he stresses that the seats are designed ergonomically, so they slide into the cushioned, energy-absorbing seatbacks in the event of a crash. Seat belts on a school bus, which are required in some states, can be hazardous because children can trip on them, he notes.

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At one time, Leibensperger could tear apart a school bus and overhaul it as second nature.

“Now it’s strictly computer; you plug it in and it tells you what’s wrong,” he says with a sigh.

“They last longer, but I would have trouble working on them.”

Leibensperger, who turns 89 in August, clearly enjoys doing business, although he’s thinking about easing out of his sales business in a year or so. He reports for work every day, manages his rental properties, and looks forward to his daily golf outings at Brookside Country Club in Macungie.

Nevertheless, he’ll admit that he misses his old school bus business, as if he’d start it right back up if he had the chance. His school buses logged over a million miles and took up to 72 children to school and home again every day.

“If I had stayed in it, with the same districts, I’d now have three times as many buses,” he says. “That’s just how much these districts have grown since 1987. It’s unreal.”

But the cost of insurance became too high and he decided at the time to get out of the business.

“It was a great, great business,” Leibensperger says. “I wish I hadn’t sold it in 1987.”

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Join us as we explore the greater Lehigh Valley to bring you the best in health and wellness resources.

With summer winding down and another school year right around the corner, we take a look at exciting educational experiences in health care.

Get an inside peek at the day in the life of two family medicine residents. Now in its 135th year, learn how the oldest nursing school in the country continues to make an impact on its students and the community. Discover how local high school students are preparing for a career in medicine through the hands-on dissection of a real human cadaver. Explore Simulation Center St. Luke’s, where real world medical scenarios are re-created to help students and staff learn new skills or hone existing ones.

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Caring Around the Clock A Day in the Life of a Resident

BY HEATHER MAYER IRVINE

fter years of undergrad and medical school, doctors still have to undergo a grueling residency program before they can be full-fledged attending physicians. The schedules of first-year and third-year residents are incredibly different.

Geny Augustine, M.D. completed her first-year of residency—the intern year—this summer.

Manuel Puente, M.D. graduated from St. Luke's residency program this summer and is an assistant clinical professor of family medicine at its Sacred Heart Campus.

Join us as they provide a glimpse into their daily lives and make their way into the medical profession.

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4:30 to 6:30 a.m.

Depending on what Augustine has on her plate, she’ll wake before sunrise to study for her exams— yes, residents have exams—and walk her dog.

“Whenever I have a spare moment, I pull out my phone to do [study] questions,” she says.

If Augustine is working a 12-hour shift, she’ll get to the hospital—either St. Luke’s Allentown Campus or the Sacred Heart Campus—around 6:30 a.m. For her twice-monthly 24-hour shift she’ll get to work at 7 a.m.

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As a third-year resident, Puente was able to get eight hours of sleep every night, waking up at 6:30 a.m. before heading into his office.

7 a.m.

Augustine doesn’t usually eat breakfast at home. She packs berries, and her first stop is the cafeteria for a cup of coffee. “I used to brew my own, but I don’t have time anymore,” she says.

Coffee in hand, Augustine and her morning-shift coworkers will catch up with the night team to prepare for the day’s work.

Her morning generally consists of visiting patients and writing up her notes. “Depending on how many patients I have, I’ll do this through noon,” she says, noting that routine work is (temporarily) abandoned if there is an emergency.

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Lunch for Augustine usually occurs anywhere from noon to 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

“When we have a chance to eat then that’s when lunch happens,” she says. “I know I should break for a snack from time to time, but I never do.”

Puente has scheduled desk time from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. to catch up on paperwork and eat lunch.

“If you get behind on miscellaneous tasks, it’ll bury you,” he says. “As a third-year, you’re always trying to find ways to maximize your time.”

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Puente will continue to see patients throughout the afternoon and pack up anywhere between 4:30 and 5 p.m. He heads to the gym for a workout and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu four to five days a week from 6 to 8:30 p.m.

“It’s a pretty demanding sport, but I’m hooked on it,” says Puente, who only had time for Jiu-Jitsu—not any extra workouts—during his first-year residency.

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If Augustine is working a normal 12-hour shift, she heads home at 6:30 p.m. to finish her notes.

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“Sometimes we get together with other resident friends and keep it an early night because we know the next day will be the same thing,” she says.

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by 10:30 or 11 p.m. after watching TV and spending quality time with his wife.

Midnight During a 24-hour shift, Augustine might be able to lay down for a bit. “But because I’m the intern I have to answer all of the pages,” she says. “It’s the unspoken [rule].”

That said, both Augustine and Puente say being the intern to answer every page is the best way to learn and also a huge reason why the first-year residency is so challenging.

“When you’re a first-year resident you’re adjusting to the physical demands of the job,” Puente says.

“You're running a mental marathon because you’re learning so much new stuff.”

The longest Augustine has ever slept during an overnight shift is five hours, but only two hours at once.

Days Off Augustine will head home for her day off, but not to sleep. If she has time, sometimes she'll treat herself to watching "She's Gotta Have It" or the obligatory "Grey's Anatomy."

During longer breaks, Augustine and her husband will travel, often to Toronto where she's from.

“Whenever we have free time we try to do something with it,” she says. “We all need fun breaks here and there.”

Both Puente and Augustine agree that although their residencies are very stressful and demanding, helping patients feel better and heal makes it all worthwhile.

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BY SARAH FULTON

t. Luke’s was the fourth hospital in the country to operate a school for nurses. Today, St. Luke’s School of Nursing is the nation’s oldest nursing school in continuous operation.

In 1884 the school became a reality when Dr. William Estes appointed Miss M. J. Merritt from Bellevue Hospital, New York, as principal of the nursing school. Nine students formed the first class. And, while much has changed with technology and medical advancements, the program continues to flourish.

During World War II, the school was approved for the Cadet Nurse Corps program and in 1962, the school was awarded full accreditation from the National League for Nursing. College credits were added to the curriculum in 1969.

Keri Weintraub, MSN, RN, Vice President of Patient Care at St. Luke’s Allentown Campus, is a 1994 graduate. In various roles as a nurse manager and nursing director, she's worked with and hired many graduates of St. Luke's School of Nursing, knowing they are fully trained and ready to work in the field.

“It's a wonderful program. It combines best-in-class academics and clinical experience,” Weintraub says.

Weintraub says the readiness of the St. Luke’s nursing school grads shows. Thanks to the hours of hands-on experience gained over other programs, they acclimate quickly to working in the hospital. The associates and baccalaureate classes also offer much more clinical time over other choices, she continues. “That’s what makes the program stand out, they’re exceptional,” Weintraub says.

“They come out and have that confidence.”

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Weintraub was inspired to become a nurse by three of her aunts who had attended St. Luke’s.

ST. LUKE'S SCHOOL OF NURSING IS THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING NURSING SCHOOL IN THE NATION. “They were dynamic, wonderful, smart women in my family and that’s why I wanted to become a nurse,” she says.

To date, the school has graduated 4,466 nurses. Weintraub says she always receives glowing reviews of the students from educators at the hospital.

The school now has an option for taking classes on evenings and weekends. “Life is busy and people can’t step away from their full-time jobs,” Weintraub says.

In their second year, students begin to rotate to different medical specialties, such as pediatric care, behavioral health, or intensive care to gain breadth in experience. Seniors do an advanced practicum where they shadow a registered nurse for a few weeks.

St. Luke's even offers a Nurse Residency Program for nurses post-graduation to help them acclimate to their new roles.

“They learn to manage patients just like an RN (registered nurse) would,” Weintraub says.

Ninety-seven percent of the 2018 graduating class was employed within nine months of completion.

As a longtime employee of St. Luke's, Weintraub has also returned to school using tuition assistance to attain two masters’ degrees. She credits her success in the field to St. Luke's School of Nursing.

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BY SARAH FULTON

ust like maintaining your car with a regular tune-up to keep it running smoothly, Lifestyle Medicine teaches patients good habits to reverse or prevent disease (so they don’t end up in the hospital).

This new field of practice takes a holistic view of the individual and promotes healthy lifestyle behaviors, like good nutrition and physical activity to stave off or reduce chronic disease.

“It’s a field of medicine that trains doctors to participate in public health initiatives and deliver preventive services for patients,” says Bonnie Coyle, M.D., Chairman of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at St. Luke’s University Health Network.

Dr. Coyle works with whole populations to develop community health approaches.

Her department offers screenings for early disease detection and prevention.

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“We are a lifestyle medicine service,” Dr. Coyle says. “We counsel patients on adopting a diet that helps prevent disease and includes exercise programs.”

According to Dr. Coyle, nearly 80% of all chronic disease can be reversed or prevented with four main steps: eating a plant-based diet, regular exercise, not smoking, and maintaining a healthy weight. "Individuals have power through their own actions," she says.

Dr. Coyle is board-certified by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. She is on the faculty at Temple/St. Luke’s School of Medicine where a new training program is about to begin to teach young doctors lifestyle medicine and how to prescribe behavior changes over medication when possible. The program is just one of only a few offered in the United States.

“We want all doctors better trained to help, so people can make changes in their lives

and have greater health benefits,” Dr. Coyle says.

St. Luke’s Community Health also offers an adolescent peer mentoring program, pregnancy services and counseling for young mothers, plans for smoking cessation, cooking classes for diabetics, and counseling for sleep issues. St. Luke's also founded "Get Your Tail on the Trail" in partnership with the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor to promote and organize hiking groups for fitness. "Walk with a Doc" sessions allow patients to join in regularly scheduled two-mile walks with physicians and chat about health matters.

“It can really be empowering when someone realizes they don’t have to suffer and can recover dramatically and have a better life,” Dr. Coyle says. “We all want to live long, but we want to live healthy.”

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BY FRED JERANT | PHOTO BY ANITA SERGENT, ST. LUKE’S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK

arlier this year and under the guidance of orthopedic surgeons from St. Luke’s University Health Network, students at Parkland and Phillipsburg High Schools interested in medical careers had an exciting experience: the observation and actual participation in the dissection of a shoulder from a human cadaver.

At Parkland, it was part of the Project Lead The Way® human body systems class, a four-year national biomedical curriculum. Although the class had previously dissected organs of other species, this was their first encounter with an actual human body part.

“Leading up to the session, Parkland’s athletic trainers reviewed shoulder anatomy and discussed common injuries,” said orthopedic surgeon Daniel Heckman, M.D., of St. Luke's Orthopedic Care. “Earlier, a sports-medicine specialist had a detailed presentation on injuries, and a St. Luke’s orthopedic specialist used one of our simulators to demonstrate arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.”

Two groups of 40 students attended Dr. Heckman’s session, but only a handful participated in the dissection. “They all volunteered for it,” Dr. Heckman explained. “They helped set up our equipment before the session, as well.”

Dozens of students in an advanced anatomy class at Phillipsburg High had a similar experience with orthopedic surgeon Nicholas J. Avallone, M.D., of St. Luke's Orthopedic Care.

“About 55 students observed the procedure, while 15 helped with the shoulder dissection, using scalpels, scissors, retractors, and other instruments,” he said. During the procedure, he pointed out the various muscles, tendons, bones, and joints, and led discussions about common shoulder injuries and their treatment.

THE MEDICAL TEAM COULD SEE IT WAS MAKING A REAL IMPRESSION ON THE STUDENTS “Many of these students represent the future of surgical and rehabilitative medicine, so it’s important for them to have this kind of early exposure. By the time they are practicing in the field, the technology and surgical instruments could be quite different, but the anatomy and physiology of the human body will be the same,” Dr. Heckman concluded.

The operation was rewarding for the students and the medical team.

“We all had lots of fun,” he said. “The students were very interested and enthusiastic about everything. They asked ‘how realistic will this be'? They found out—the physical ‘feel’ of the various tissues and the quality of the muscles are very similar to what they’d find in a live person. And the medical team could see it was making a real impression on the students.”

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robotic simulator, or a manikin that sweats, sheds tears, has a heartbeat, and pulse. An imaging table that allows you to view skin, muscles, organs, and veins at any angle and to any depth. Detailed, unscripted interactions with “patients” in a serious form of improv theater.

That’s just some of what you’ll find at St. Luke's Simulation Center. It’s a place where doctors, nurses, and others can sharpen existing skills (or learn new ones), as well as practice their patient-doctor interactions in a safe environment.

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center MEGAN A. AUGUSTINE, M.Ed. DIRECTOR OF NETWORK SIMULATION

“Simulation is an essential part of medical training,” says Megan A. Augustine, M.Ed., Director of Network Simulation. “Until 2014, we had separate spaces dedicated to the school of medicine and the school of nursing.” Word began to spread of the benefits simulation had on education throughout the network, and attendance at the Sim Center grew from 3,700 people in 2014 to over 12,000 in 2018.

Many of us are familiar with golf simulators— devices that help you improve your game without setting foot on an actual course. And so it is with the Sim Center. Lifelike models help learners acquire proper techniques for inserting a chest tube, delivering a baby, making an incision, and other procedures without the risk of harming an actual person. “If you make a mistake,” Augustine said, “you’re in a safe, controlled environment, and will get immediate feedback from your instructor.”

Properly called human patient simulators (HPS), they can imitate breathing, sweating or tearing, exhibit a pulse, and demonstrate a range of symptoms. They’re connected to medical monitors that present EKG, blood pressure, oxygen uptake, even lab results, and radiology reports.

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The center also features a GI Bronch Simulator and a Mimic dV-Trainer®, sophisticated simulators that replicate the action and “feel” for users to improve their bronchoscopy, GI skills, and robotic surgical skills. On a smaller scale, learners also use body part simulators (“task trainers”) to practice inserting arterial lines, performing intramuscular injections, inserting catheters, treating foot ulcers, and many other procedures.

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Thanks to the St. Luke’s Auxiliary, the Sim Center purchased a 3D printer and other materials, enabling the facility to produce its own devices for injections; inserting peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) lines; treating foot and leg ulcers, abscesses, pressure wounds, hand trauma; suturing, caring for ostomy stomas, and lots more.

“Since 2017, when the Sim Center began to make our own task-trainers in house, we have saved over $40,000,” Augustine said. “Those items are costly to buy, and we use a lot of them. “But making the trainers in house also gave us an additional benefit; we can produce trainers to our own specifications, instead of relying only on what’s commercially available, and do it quickly.

For example, the wound department asked for specific simulated deep wounds and pressure wounds, and a stomach for ostomy training. We produced exactly what was needed.”

In May, the Center purchased an Anatomage table, which enables learners to see highresolution 3D images of external and internal anatomy. “Data from four fully scanned human cadavers are in its memory,” Augustine said.

“Learners can call up the images, isolate portions of them if desired, rotate them in any direction, remove the skin, extract an organ—it’s essentially a virtual dissection table.”

But medical training involves more than acquiring clinical technique; doctors and nurses must also consider the human side as well. What’s my bedside manner? How do I share or break bad

Have you spotted St. Luke’s Simulation in Motion yet?

The 34-foot Freightliner truck, custom-built for St. Luke’s, means learners no longer must travel to Bethlehem for simulation training. Because the truck comes directly to users, there’s no need to cover shifts, or spend time on the road.

“It’s fully equipped,” Augustine said, “so it provides practically every capability of the actual Sim Center, including SP sessions. It also features A/V recording capabilities; learners can review their procedures in the truck’s debriefing area.”

The truck started traveling around the network in July, and will appear at some community events such as the Diabetes Fun Fair on August 10 at Camp JCC in Center Valley. Visit sluhn.org for more details!

news? How do I handle an angry patient? Am I speaking in a way that the patient understands?

In the Sim Center, learners interact with standardized patients (SPs). These are actors who portray people with complex personal backstories, medical histories, and symptoms— and who stay in-character throughout the session, reacting to each learner’s questions, approach, and demeanor.

Other hospital functions have benefited from the program as well. “It’s part of our constant effort to improve the care and the safety of our patients,” Augustine said. “SPs can help everyone—even the non-clinical staff—on a care team learn to engage more personally with our patients.”

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Wooden Toys ust in time for the new school year, Crayola has launched a new line of educational toys designed to delight children ages 3-5 and rekindle memories for parents and grandparents with classic play patterns from their own childhood.

Crayola Wooden Toys offer a series of handcrafted, colorful puzzles, blocks stampers, and dry-erase activity sets designed to stimulate creativity and imagination. There’s a nostalgic quality to the handmade toys, some of them packaged in dovetailed wooden boxes.

The sets are now available on Amazon with a suggested retail price of $19.99.

The new wooden toy line moves away from flashy digital toys, apps, and computer games and brings forth simple, hands-on play patterns to cultivate cognitive, problem solving, and basic motor skills.

Erin Westgate, a product design manager at Crayola, spent over a year developing and refining Crayola's Wooden Toys. She provides an inside look at the inspiration behind them and what she sees as a renewed interest in the simple joys of childhood.

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WHAT INSPIRED THIS NEW LINE OF PRODUCTS? Crayola is always looking for the best ways to inspire creativity and imagination for kids.

The same is true in this wooden toy line. The development team was seeking to create a new line of toys that would not only foster a toddler’s creativity but also build cognitive skills.

Each product has a multi-purpose: to allow little ones to express their creativity and selfexpression and learn problem-solving, handeye cognition through puzzles, building with blocks, and basic reading and math skills. It’s all about fun, imagination, and creativity, and in addition to that, focusing on cognitive skills and problem-solving.

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THESE TOYS SEEM TO HAVE A RETRO, HEIRLOOM QUALITY—IS THERE A RENEWED INTEREST AMONG PARENTS AND KIDS TO RETURN TO MORE BASIC TOYS? As screen time is becoming more and more prevalent, we are learning at Crayola that parents now have a desire for their children to mix in tactile, physical play. We are seeing that parents have a renewed interest in toys that allow their children to experience the joy and fun that they themselves experienced at playtime. This new toy line highlights tried and true play patterns that generation after generation of children have always gravitated towards.

HOW WERE THESE TOYS DEVELOPED? DID CHILDREN TEST THEM? Like all of our products at Crayola, these toys were developed by a cross-functional team who worked together to generate the play patterns and look of the toy line as well as evaluate the ergonomics of each individual set. The toys then went through multiple rounds of edits, redesigns, and updates prior to and after being rigorously tested by children. Toddlers tested the products many times over to ensure the toys were engaging and easy to use and parents saw the cognitive and creative benefits to these toys.

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ARE THE TOYS DESIGNED TO BE USED SEQUENTIALLY? Children can match different play patterns and get more use out of each set of toys. For example, the blocks are age-graded for a younger child, 3+. The Dry-Erase Board can hold the attention of a 4- to 5-year-old who may have a deeper understanding of counting.

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Lehigh Valley Institute for Surgical Excellence offers the region’s most advanced technology and experienced surgeons hen Carl Gerhart, 72, of Nazareth needed a kidney removed, he didn’t want six weeks of recovery and an eight-inch scar. Gerhart turned to Lehigh Valley Institute for Surgical Excellence and learned he could have robotic surgery to remove his kidney.

Choosing this approach meant that with a few small incisions, and precise surgery, he could count on a more rapid recovery. In fact, Gerhart was back on his feet in two weeks.

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Robotic surgery is now the new normal in surgical care. At the Institute for Surgical Excellence, their expertise in robotic surgery dates back more than a decade, with more than 15,000 robotic procedures to date. “Our initial use of this technology centered around caring for patients with prostate as well as gynecologic cancers,” says surgeon Michael Pasquale, MD, with LVPG General, Bariatric and Trauma Surgery and physician-in-chief with Lehigh Valley Institute for Surgical Excellence. “We quickly realized the potential of robotics to improve care for patients while providing outcomes equivalent to those of traditional surgery.”

The Institute for Surgical Excellence offers the region’s largest and most advanced robotic surgery program, with a total of 10 robots across all Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) hospital campuses. More than 50 highly skilled surgeons employ the technology in 11 different specialties.

Recently, the Institute for Surgical Excellence became one of only 15 sites worldwide to utilize the da Vinci SP® (single port) robotic surgery system, a next-generation technology newly cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for urologic and certain otolaryngology procedures.

ROBOTIC ADVANTAGES “Robotic” doesn’t mean “automated.” “A surgeon still does the procedure just like in a traditional or laparoscopic surgery,” Pasquale says. “The robot is a tool—but in many cases, it’s a superior tool in terms of technical capabilities and impact on patients.”

SUPERIOR ACCESS “This system allows for surgeons to see in 3D and provides refined wrist articulation to allow for precision surgery,” says gynecologic oncologist Martin Martino, MD, medical director of the Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Program at LVHN. SMALLER INCISIONS Traditional thoracic surgeries may require opening the chest. “With robotic surgery, you can go through three tiny incisions on the side,” says thoracic surgeon Richard Chang, MD, with LVPG Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery. “That’s a huge advantage when it comes to returning patients to normal function.”

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Visualization can be enhanced with a fluorescent technology called Firefly that illuminates tissue receiving blood. “Robotic technology also provides incredible strength and precision for tissue manipulation such as releasing muscles during hernia surgery,” Cesanek says.

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Signs of the sneaky heart attack affecting younger women eri Hontz of Whitehall had just hit the dance floor at a wedding in 2015 when she was overcome by excruciating jaw pain. She quickly sat down, but continued feeling lightheaded and clammy. Her husband wanted to call 911, but she insisted it would pass. “I knew these were heart attack symptoms, but I didn’t believe I was a candidate for it,” Hontz says. “I was only 47 and super healthy. I exercised regularly and didn’t have high cholesterol, high blood pressure, or diabetes.”

PAINFUL SYMPTOMS PERSIST During the following weeks, Hontz continued experiencing jaw pain, burning in her chest and breathlessness with minimal exertion. Her primary care doctor finally convinced her to visit the ER at Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVH)–Muhlenberg. Fellowship-trained cardiologist Nidhi Mehta, MD, with Lehigh Valley Heart Institute and the Women’s Heart Program, immediately ordered tests.

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Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) largely affects women in their 40s and 50s who don’t possess the typical risk factors for heart disease like high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, or obesity.

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LIVING FULLY Despite some damage to her heart, Hontz’s artery tear is healed, and she’s back to her fitness routine. She credits Mehta’s quick action and treatment plan, which includes taking a daily baby aspirin and low-dose cholesterol medication. “I continue to work out, but I don’t overdo it,” she says. “Fortunately, Dr. Mehta is always there whenever I need advice. I’m lucky to be alive.”

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“Maria Montessori said, ‘Play is the work of the child,’ says Dr. Shannan Boyle Schuster, Head of School at The Swain School, a private preschool-through-8th-grade school in Allentown. “What she should have said is, play is learning! Research has proven that the best way for a child to develop academic, social, and emotional skills is through play.”

UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE OF PLAY Play boils down to two main types—free play and guided play. Kids learn different skills from each style of play and it’s important to incorporate both regularly.

“Free play is just as it sounds—totally child-directed,” says Dr. Boyle. “Guided play is what great schools provide through teacher guidance. For example, a teacher may read a book about a farm and then put out farm-related toys to allow the children to play out what they heard in the book. Or they may challenge a child to create Rube Goldberg type of chain reaction while playing with cardboard and tape by introducing dominoes and marbles.”

Dr. Boyle adds that young children should primarily focus on play with no more than two hours of screen time. Older children, she says, should stay within the flipside of the coin, maintaining at least two hours of time completely free from screens.

“When I was growing up in the 80’s, I spent many hours watching TV,” she says.

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“Constructing with blocks, for instance, applies concepts of mathematics and physics, while dramatic play involves reading and writing through storytelling and confidence and communication skills through delivery,” says Dr. Boyle, who has taught for more than 25 years in public and private schools.

Even kids in older grades can benefit from play.

Playtime serves as a great stress reliever and a powerful tool to rise above troubles common in adolescence.

“So often, we hear about children during their middle school and high school years experiencing challenges with social emotional relationships,” she says. “Through play, we can set children up for success by giving them the language and tools to constructively problem solve and the grit and resilience to work through challenges.”

The biggest benefit of play is indisputable—it’s brain development.

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“We know through animal research (by the way, ALL animals play) that play releases a chemical (BDNF) in the brain that results in growth of brain cells,” Dr. Boyle shares.

LONG-LASTING INFLUENCE OF PLAY The importance of play cannot be overstated. When it comes down to solo playtime, play with a parent or adult, and playtime with peers, Dr. Boyle says all three are very important. She cites independent play as being pivotal for the imagination to flourish, as well as strengthening problem-solving skills. When playing with their children, parents can help to introduce and reinforce vocabulary, social skills, and emotional skills, to name a few. And, when playing with friends, kids learn to hold their attention better as well as practicing self-regulation and problemsolving, especially in cases of sharing.

“Play is important at all ages! Research has shown that even adults perform better at work when play is a part of their daily life. For young children,

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play should be the primary activity. For schoolaged children, it is vital for them to spend their non-school hours playing. Research has shown that young children are actually at a disadvantage when they do hours of homework at night instead of playing because play is so important for brain development. Children over 10 should have at least 1 hour of unstructured time per day to play.�

When is the last time you played or did something you love? Even adults need play, as it provides relaxation and helps to protect against burnout.

Besides focusing on play for your kids, be sure to schedule time for play in your own life to provide recovery and respite from the daily grind.

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TIPS SUCCESS WHEN TAKING ONLINE COURSES

BY ANDY COOK

s someone who has taken online courses as a student, and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses as an instructor, there are many things which can help you have a successful experience. More colleges and universities are expanding their online offerings to provide you with flexibility in when and where you do your learning.

One of the benefits of online learning is that you engage with the material on your schedule. So if you’re a morning person, you can get your work done early and have the rest of the day to work on other things (like a full-time job and/ or your family). If you’re a night owl, great! Online courses accommodate your schedule too. However, there are some caveats: you need to be proactive about creating some of the structure you would normally get in a face-to-face course.

Here are four tips to help!

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Think about where and when you study best, and where you study worst. Perhaps studying at home is a distraction. Conversely, you might set a good example for your kids if you’re all doing your homework together in the evenings. It’s also essential to have strong time management skills.

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A common misconception about online courses is that students think they’ll get an easy A. However, the reality is that these courses are just as demanding, if not more, versus learning in a classroom setting. Instructors expect the same quality and assign the same amount of work as in face-to-face courses. Online courses are usually offered in shortened semesters, while still covering the same amount of material.

However, people misunderstand the time commitment for online courses—they think that because they are shorter in length, there must be less material covered. Incorrect! Often, online classes are accelerated, so you’ll usually have the same assignments, readings, and lectures to cover in 8 weeks that you would in an average 16-week course, as an example.

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1. HAVE ACCURATE EXPECTATIONS

As soon as possible, find out all of the technologies, websites, and campus resources you’ll need for the course. Ensure your computer has any needed software, and verify your browser is up-to-date.

If the course will use special tools, test them out early—not on the day an assignment is due! Also, find out your school’s resources for online students (computer and library helplines, etc.). Be sure to take notes during any live video lectures, when you’re doing any readings, or watching online content—just like you would in any other class.

4. MEET YOUR CLASSMATES, INSTRUCTOR, AND DON’T BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR HELP Even though you may feel alone sitting at your computer, you are not! Just as with a face-toface course, interactions with your peers and

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As you’ve probably realized, there’s a lot to consider before taking online courses, and only you can decide if this makes sense for you. So, what if it does? Ask a friend, email an instructor or school program director, and find out all you can. Online courses could be just what you’re looking for to further your education!

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odern medicine can do wonders for the chronically and seriously ill—providing radiation and chemotherapy for cancer patients, for example.

But the powers of science don’t always address the internal stresses that often accompany major illnesses.

That’s where St. Luke's Healing Arts program comes in, says Kristen Ward, program coordinator.

“Artistic activity helps our patients express their thoughts and emotions. It can lower their stress and anxiety, and leave them feeling relaxed, calmer and happier.” About 65% of hospitals nationwide use similar programs.

Ward has teamed up with fellow artist Virginia Abbott, who began a program at St. Luke’s several years ago through a grant from the Livestrong Foundation. Even after the funding ended, Abbott still offered about five hours of programming weekly.

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Last year, St. Luke’s accepted Ward’s proposal for expanding and formalizing the program; Healing Arts is now available at six of St. Luke's ten campuses.

It’s aimed mainly at infusion patients, who spend four to six tedious hours at each treatment session.

Ward is artist-in-residence at St. Luke's Anderson Campus, while Abbott is at the Allentown and Bethlehem facilities. They visit the outpatient infusion centers or patients bedside with “Erica’s Art Carts” (see sidebar) that enable patients to express themselves through adult coloring, acrylic and watercolor paints, origami, jewelry making, collage, even creating birdhouses and picture frames. The carts include photo albums of completed projects, helping patients visualize the goal.

“I start by introducing myself and explaining the program,” Ward says. “Sometimes they’re reluctant to take part, but my enthusiasm helps convince them.”

Each person chooses his or her project, unlike “painting parties” where everyone makes exactly

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the same thing. The budding artists can become so engrossed in their work that the real world practically vanishes. She’s seen patients who were unaware of their IV pump beeping until a nurse appeared.

Distraction from illness is just part of the process.

“Creating art helps our patients express their thoughts and emotions,” Ward said. “And they communicate freely with me. I may start off talking to them about what color they’d like in their pendant and then talk about how their child is dealing with their cancer diagnosis or their wig.”

Serious illness can be debilitating on its own; add the rigors of chemotherapy, and some patients may be too listless to participate. In such cases, Abbott can put her own spin on the process. During her “art serenades,” she’ll create a painting alongside the patient based on a patient’s descriptions and other input. “I try to let them understand that it’s collaboration. It’s their artwork, I’m just the one doing it,” Abbott said.

Ward regularly offers a popular project—creating abstract glass pendants, in collaboration with Lee B. Riley, M.D., Medical Director of Oncology Clinical Integration, and an artist in his own right. For years, Riley has crafted hundreds of glass pendants for his own cancer patients—so bringing the concept to the infusion centers was a natural fit.

“People say, ‘I can’t draw’ or ‘I can’t paint,’ but they can pick out colors of glass they like and put them together in an abstract way,” Riley said.

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The process is simple. Patients select bits of colored dichroic glass (which reflects different colors at different viewing angles) and arrange them, mosaic style, on a special glass base. Riley fires the pieces at home; Ward adds the necessary hardware; and each patient has a special memento.

George Young, a longshoreman and volunteer firefighter from Franklin Township, N.J., wasn’t too excited about making a pendant—until he saw the final result.

“When I got it back I was really blown away by how good it looked. I said, ‘Holy cow, this is beautiful,’” he said. “Honestly, I’ll be wearing this for the rest of my life.”

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ERICA'S ART CART Former cancer patient Erica Curtis took a great deal of comfort in creating jewelry during her treatment at St. Luke’s. Sadly, Erica lost her two-year fight in May 2018 at the age of 40, and one of the pendants Erica made is among her mother’s treasured remembrances. “Erica was very creative,” Ward said, “and the pendant meant so much to her.”

To honor her memory, and in gratitude to the St. Luke’s team, the Curtis family purchased multiple art carts, loaded with creative materials and adorned with Erica’s picture. The carts are essentially art rooms on wheels, and enable other patients to express themselves creatively. Thanks to the Curtis' and other donors, the program now reaches the Anderson, Bethlehem, Allentown, Quakertown, Warren, and Monroe campuses.

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Volunteers are welcomed at all campuses, Ward said, adding that you needn’t be an artist to help out. “We’re looking for enthusiastic, creative people,” she said. “We will train you!" Apply at sluhn.org and be sure to specify that you wish to be a Healing Arts volunteer.

Riley isn’t surprised by Young’s reaction. “I think there’s a basic human need to express oneself, to tell one’s story,” he said. “The program helps patients express themselves in a visual way.”

St. Luke's Healing Arts is gradually expanding into the St. Luke’s Baby and Me Support Center and the inpatient pediatric department at St. Luke’s University Hospital Bethlehem. Volunteers for all locations are always welcome, as are donations of cash or art materials.

Healing Arts is just part of St. Luke’s efforts to harness the power of art. “It really reflects St. Luke’s commitment to treating the whole patient,” Ward said.

To learn more or to contribute to St. Luke's Healing Arts, visit sluhn.org/healingarts.

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ong-awaited and muchanticipated, the relaunch of the dazzlingly renovated Billy’s Downtown Diner in Allentown once again brings the likes of The Cannoli Tower and The Pretzel Reuben to hungry local audiences. Of course, with a consistent menu (and pricing) at the flagship Bethlehem restaurant, opened in 2000, and an Easton locale added last year, all the familiar breakfast and lunch favorites can be experienced across the Lehigh Valley—simply choose the most convenient setting. Just don’t expect a cookie-cutter franchise-style environment. Owner Billy Kounoupis likens his trio of eateries to having three children, sharing the same DNA but each having a distinct personality.

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THE UNIQUE, PROGRESSIVE MENU OF MODERN AMERICAN CUISINE PRESENTS “comfort food with a flair”

Kounoupis explains that the unique, progressive menu of modern American cuisine presents “comfort food with a flair,” adding that he thinks about everybody’s palate, which is reflected in the recent introduction of plant-based options such as a bountiful Quinoa Potato Bowl and Red Velvet Pancakes— assuredly vegan, made with coconut milk, red beets, icing, and crushed pecans. “We’re always trying to evolve,” he says.

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With benedicts reaching a zenith of popularity in our culinary culture, more traditional forms of the English muffin, poached eggs, and Hollandaise-draped dish here are supplemented by a distinctive Zip City Benedict version, boasting slow-roasted pork carnitas, grilled plum tomatoes, and chevre cheese, topped with a sprinkle of green onions. Kounoupis clearly likes to play with his food, and customers reap the benefits.

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An original Billy’s staple introduced 20 years ago—which endures among the most-often ordered items—Berry Krunch puts a decidedly decadent accent on this multi-textured crème brûlée French toast with granola, strawberries, and cranberries drizzled with a sugar glaze and crowned with whipped cream and a powdered sugar dusting. Good for breakfast, lunch, or dessert, or any hunger-driven craving. (See the next page for a fabulous make-at-home rendition of the recipe.)

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Kounoupis describes the remodeled Allentown location as having a hipster New York club feel combined with a whitetiled subway station, and glittering globe chandeliers—reminiscent of the Times Square ball that drops on New Year’s Eve—

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decorate the entrance. There’s a fresh openness to the 10,000-square foot space, which boasts revamped fireplaces and private event spaces. The restaurant also pays homage to Allentown’s history with near-billboard sized photos of the old Hess’s store, which once dominated the corner across the street, and a photo of Hamilton Street from 1941. Industrial accents also pay tribute to the city’s past, while celebrating the present and future. In Easton, the ambiance has a crisp, Park Avenue edge, while maintaining a homey and personable appeal. The original Bethlehem Billy’s delivers the most retro and homestyle vibe.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 | 9AM-1PM | CENTRE SQUARE NORTHAMPTON & 3RD ST | EASTON It’s tomato time! Come celebrate summer’s shining star in all its glorious forms. Taste test your way through a table of farm-fresh heirlooms, savor their subtle nuances, learn about the many varieties of tomatoes grown in the Lehigh Valley, and watch the chef demo about how you can enjoy the flavors of tomatoes long after the season is over. Easton Farmers' Market vendors will have some tomato-delish specialties along with lots of local juicy tomatoes fresh from the farm. Kids activities, live music, and more!

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