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Health First Adds Two Orthopedic Surgeons
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ealth First is pleased to announce Dr. Jeffrey Greenspoon, M.D., FRCS(C), FAAOS, and Dr. Bryan Parry M.D., FAAOS, joined the Health First integrated delivery network as providers effective January 1, 2015. “Dr. Greenspoon is a highly respected and talented orthopedic surgeon who has served the Space Coast community for more than 25 years,” said Dr. Jeffrey Stalnaker, CEO, Health First Medical Group. “We are proud to welcome both Dr. Dr. Jeffrey Greenspoon Greenspoon and Dr. Parry as members of our expert team.” Dr. Greenspoon’s medical specialties include sports medicine, arthroscopic surgery of the knee and shoulder, workers compensation injuries and total joint replacement of the knee. He is board-certified in Orthopedic Surgery
and Orthopedic Sports Medicine and a member of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. “I’m looking forward to joining the Health First Medical Group and continuing to work together with Health First to provide first class orthopedic care and sports medicine to the citizens of Brevard County,” Dr. Greenspoon said. After earning his medical degree from the University of Toronto in Canada, Dr. Greenspoon completed his orthopedic residency at McGill University in Montreal and his fellowship with the University of Toronto/Toronto General Hospital in Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Knee and Shoulder Surgery. In addition, he serves as Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Central Florida, College of Medicine, and a Clinical Training Provider for Allied Health at Nova University. Dr. Parry is board-certified in Orthopedic Surgery specializing in general orthopedics foot and ankle, trauma,
fracture care and sports medicine. He completed his internship and residency at York Hospital in York, Pa., and his fellowship at Hamot Medical Center in Erie, Pa. Dr. Parry earned his medical degree from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. Dr. Parry also serves as Medical Director for several area athletic events including the Space Coast Marathon and Battle of the Bridges Triathlon. Dr. Greenspoon and Dr. Parry have offices at the Health First Viera Medical Plaza, located next to Health First’s Dr. Bryan Parry Viera Hospital, and at Health First’s Cape Canaveral Hospital Medical Plaza on the West Cocoa Beach Causeway. They also have hospital privileges at both Viera Hospital and Cape Canaveral Hospital. n To schedule an appointment with Dr. Greenspoon or Dr. Parry, please call 321-434-9200.
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his month, longtime Health First Pro-Health & Fitness member Vito Lombardo will celebrate his 83rd birthday (Feb. 23) as the reigning World Power Lifting Champion. Not bad for the Korean War veteran and Purple Heart recipient who says he didn’t pick up a weight until he was 77. “I met another member who competed and saw me lifting and asked if I wanted to learn about power lifting,” said Vito, who works out at the Pro-Health in Viera. “I thought, why not? We became friends and started competing together.” On November 14, Vito competed in the 2014 Powerlifting World Championship in West Palm Beach
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DR. ROSS GOODFELLOW In the Trenches of the War Against Heart Disease
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ealth First is all heart when it comes to providing the experience and technology needed to fight heart disease. February may be about Valentines and romantic affairs of the heart, but it is also designated American Heart Month. That makes it a great time to love yourself by discovering Health First’s Heart and Vascular Services and the excellent resources it offers patients with cardiovascular problems, the No. 1 killer of men and women in the United States and a leading cause of disability. In the trenches of the war against heart disease are interventional cardiologists such as Health First Medical Group specialist Dr. Ross Goodfellow, who is indeed a good fellow to know when heart issues surface. In fact, he may be the best fellow to have on your team when treating cardiovascular disease. VERSATILE SPECIALISTS n interventional cardiologist is perhaps one of the most versatile of specialists, says the physician. “The interventional cardiologist has a unique role in treating heart disease,” explained Goodfellow. “He or she can manage everything from a patient’s blood pressure and cholesterol to dealing with cardiac emergencies such as heart attacks, when blockages in coronary arteries that deprive blood flow from the heart can be opened quickly and efficiently using stents and other techniques. This ability to manage patients from the office through to the acute care setting, when invasive procedures may be helpful and necessary, make this a dynamic and exciting subspecialty to practice.” Interventional cardiologists can check on a heart or repair a damaged heart valve and clear a clogged artery
HEALTH FIRST MEDICAL GROUP interventional cardiologist Dr. Ross Goodfellow is all heart when it comes to providing the experience needed to fight heart disease.
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by using long, flexible tubes called catheters, which are passed through a patient’s blood vessels into the right or left side of the heart. Other procedures in the interventional cardiologist’s arsenal include percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, or balloon angioplasty, a non-surgical technique used to widen the coronary arteries, and carotid angioplasty, indicated when blood flow in the carotid artery is partly or totally blocked by plaque, which reduces the blood supply to the brain and can cause a stroke. Valvuloplasty improves blood flow through the use of a tiny balloon inserted inside a valve in the heart. Patients with appropriate functioning blood flow to the hand can benefit from radial catheterization, which goes in through the radial artery in the wrist instead of the groin, thus reducing recovery time and bleeding. Interventional cardiologists are also
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highly adept with stents, tiny tubes placed into arteries and blood vessels to keep it open. Stents are placed inside a coronary artery after angioplasty to prevent the artery from closing again. “We can help people feel better by opening up severe narrowings in their arteries, not only in the heart, but in their legs, kidneys, and in nearly every vascular bed in the body,” said Goodfellow, who joined Health First Medical Group in 2010 and is a member of Health First’s Cape Canaveral Hospital, Health First’s Holmes Regional Medical Center and Health First’s Viera Hospital medical staff. He is also a member of the Heart and Vascular Service Line Committee, the Cardiology Steering Committee and the Cath Lab Subcommittee at Health First’s Cape Canaveral Hospital. Like the rest of Health First’s team of heart and vascular specialists, Goodfellow is board-certified. His
certifications include interventional cardiology, cardiovascular disease, endovascular medicine and internal medicine. The native New Yorker earned his medical degree from Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Lauderdale and went through his residency in internal medicine at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Goodfellow completed a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago and another in interventional cardiology at Providence Hospital and Medical Centers at Southfield, Michigan. MORE THAN A PROFESSION or Goodfellow, cardiology is more than a profession. While in college, his father’s cardiac surgery nurtured his desire to help cardiac patients and spurred his interest into entering the life-saving field of interventional cardiology A critical part of the treatment team, the interventional cardiologist partners with other cardiologists to develop the optimal plan to help each patient feel better and live longer. “We also work closely with primary care physicians with whom we share patients, as well as with nurses and technicians in the catheterization laboratory, on the hospital wards and in the office to deliver the best care for patients,” said Goodfellow. On a daily basis, interventional cardiologists deal with problems such as chest discomfort due to coronary artery disease, as well as with leg pain caused by peripheral arterial disease. Congestive heart failure, valvular heart disease, arrhythmias and other cardiac and vascular issues are also on the scope of problems interventional cardiologists treat on a regular basis. Helping specialists achieve optimum patient outcomes is stateof-the-art technology and services, beginning with First Flight, Brevard’s only air ambulance, which has been serving East Central Florida since 1988. Among the first responders in medical emergencies and traumas, First Flight is in route to a patient within minutes in order to save precious moments of the patient’s “golden hour,” when optimal treatment outcomes are best achieved.
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LIFESAVERS: Jim McGuinn, Cardio Invasive Specialist, assists Dr. Ross Goodfellow during a Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) procedure at Health First’s Cape Canaveral Hospital.
VERSATILE SPECIALISTS ealth First also boasts Brevard’s only Valve Clinic, which focuses on treating patients with aortic heart disease or aortic stenosis, and offers the Hybrid Convergent MAZE, the most effective and reliable method of treating atrial fibrillation, the Hybrid Arch/Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair, or TEVAR, for acute or chronic aortic problems and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, or TAVR, a minimally invasive procedure to repair heart valves. With cutting-edge technology, experience, expertise and empathy for the patient, specialists such as Goodfellow can perform miracles of the heart. “My favorite part of my job is helping people who are acutely ill, and having them see me in the office afterward having survived their acute event,” Goodfellow said. “When they feel better and express their gratitude for the care they received, it truly is a rewarding experience for me. It certainly helps to keep me going knowing the cardiac team and I are making a difference.” n For more information, visit HFheart.org.
Technology has also enhanced the treatment of heart disease significantly in the last 10 years. “Our equipment is improved and smaller, allowing us to treat vessels previously thought to be too small or challenging,” Goodfellow said. “We perform many more of our cardiac procedures from the arm, allowing patients the ability to ambulate immediately after the procedure with less risk of bleeding.” The ability to obtain additional data on patients also allows specialists a more accurate gauge of treatment modalities. “We have much more data to determine which patients should have invasive management and which might be better suited with conservative therapy,” Goodfellow said. “There are also better and more numerous choices in terms of pharmaceuticals that enhance our ability to treat cardiovascular disease.” Among the new technology currently or soon-to-be available are catheter-based valve replacement for patients at high risk from traditional surgery, as well as dissolving stents that eventually become part of the artery.
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Health First Foundation Seeks Sponsors for Benefit Ball
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his year’s Health First Foundation Benefit Ball will be Saturday, April 18 at The Clemente Center on the Florida Tech campus. The Benefit Ball will help fund Health First Cancer Services, which helps maintain compassionate and state-ofthe-art care for cancer patients, right here in Brevard County. Over the past 33 years, the Benefit Ball has raised more than $5 million for health and wellness services in our community. Debbie Keller will serve as the 2015 Benefit Ball Committee Chair. Al and Becky Dukes will co-chair the event Underwriting Committee. With its elegant décor, delicious food, exciting music for all-night dancing, unique themes and attendance of more than 500 people, the Benefit Ball is currently in the planning stages for another successful year. Health First is also looking for generous sponsors to help support this worthy cause. Individual and Corporate sponsorships are available. A special cocktail party to honor underwriters will be held mid-March
Last year’s Health First Foundation Benefit Ball Committee did a stellar job as they presented Gatsby: A Night of Glitz and Glamour at the Florida Tech Clemente Center in celebration of the funds raised for Health First Breast Centers. at a private residence. Health First’s Holmes Regional MediLast year’s Benefit Ball raised cal Center, the Stroke Program and the $343,000 for the Health First Breast Peripheral Vascular Laboratory. n Centers. Past beneficiaries have For sponsorship information, please included Hospice, Telemedicine – contact Sandy Grutta, Special Events Emergency/Trauma Department, Administrator for Health First Foundathe daVinci Robotic Surgical System, tion, at 321-434-7353 or sandy. Bright Star, VitalWatch, Digital Mammography Equipment, NICU at grutta@health-first.org.
Health First Donor Helps Bright Star Shine Brighter
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ealth First Foundation donor and Brevard County businesswoman Marjorie “Marj” Bartok is passionate about getting the word out about Hospice of Health First’s Bright Star program, which helps children cope with the loss of a loved one. She has been a champion for Bright Star since losing her adult son and only child, Bob, to a traumatic brain injury a couple of years ago. “Bob was a big supporter of children’s charities and I saw Bright Star as a way for his legacy to live on and continue his support locally,” she said. Bartok first became involved with Bright Star when she donated her son’s treasured train set for the children to enjoy in his memory. For the past 15 years, Bright Star has encouraged the expression of grief through creative, positive play within a peer group setting. It offers a supportive environment where children, teens and their families grieving the death of a loved one can share their experiences. “I was surprised that I had never heard of Bright Star and now my goal is to introduce people to this amazing program, raise awareness and encourage others to donate their time and volunteer,” she said. “Having lost my son and then seeing these young children and how caring and
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spontaneous they are, it’s just precious,” she said of her first time attending a group meeting. “They’re going through their own grief and they took time to comfort me.” In the past year, Bartok has sponsored a Bright Star ad in Florida Today’s special Giving Back section as well as the Bright Star camp. The parent company of her Spherion franchise has elected to donate $1,000 on behalf of each of their franchise owners to a non-profit organization in the owner’s community. Bartok chose to donate her $1,000 to Health First Hospice’s Bright Star program. “I like supporting groups that benefit children and animals – this was a natural fit,” Bartok said. Before the most recent holidays, Bartok bid on an appearance by Santa at a charity auction and then gifted the Jolly Old Elf ’s visit for the Bright Star holiday party. “In the spur of the moment, seeing Santa, I thought I could do something to benefit both March of Dimes and Bright Star,” Bartok said. “I thought the children would enjoy having him at their annual Bright Star holiday party.” More than 50 children attended the holiday party, and the visit by Bartok’s
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Marjorie “Marj” Bartok is passionate about getting the word out about Hospice of Health First’s Bright Star program, which helps children cope with the loss of a loved one. Santa was the highlight of the event. “This event has a special meaning for everyone involved and being able to have Santa attend, thanks to Marj’s generosity, made it extra special,” said Cynthia Koppler, a social worker at Bright Star. “The support of community members like Marj is critical to our mission of helping grieving children.” The Bright Star Center for Grieving Children & Families is located at 3661 S. Babcock St. in Melbourne. n For more information about the program or how you can help, call 321-733-7672.
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