ORLAND, NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA & VOLUSIA/BREVARD GRAND ROUNDS

Community Health Centers Receives National Recognition for Third Consecutive Year

Central Florida-based Community Health Centers, Inc. was, recently, announced as a Fall 2020 Best and the Brightest Company to Work For® by National Association for Business Resources (NABR), for the third consecutive year.

The 2020 national winning companies were assessed by an independent research firm which reviewed a number of key measures relative to other nationally recognized winners. The Best and Brightest Companies to Work for Winners are not ranked. The Best and Brightest Program honored 151 national winning organizations from across the country out of 1,100 nominations.

“On behalf of our team members, leadership team, and the Community Health Centers Board of Directors, we are pleased to accept the award for The Best and Brightest Companies to Work For®. This national competition identifies and honors companies that deliver exceptional human resource practices and an impressive commitment to their team members. We will continue to focus on joyful, purpose-filled team members while delivering quality and compassionate primary healthcare services to Central Florida’s diverse communities.,” states Debra Andree, MD, President/CEO of Community Health Centers, Inc.

The Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation Winners will be honored during the virtual Illuminate Business Summit week in the spring 2021.

“It is truly an honor to be chosen as a Best and Brightest winner, for the third consecutive year. This award is nationally recognized and includes employers from across the nation and all industries. We value each of our team members and strive to provide quality programs to support them, so they can focus on our mission,” said Cheryl Viadero, Vice President/Chief Human Resources Officer/Chief Compliance Officer, Community Health Centers, Inc.

Tracy Wynne Joins CURIS System

Tracy Wynne has joined CURIS System with more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare field. As director of business development for CURIS, Tracy works with hospitals, long term care, assisted living, and wound care facilities to ensure access to the world’s most advanced hospital-grade disinfection effective against pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and C. diff. She is a native Floridian, a member of APIC and volunteers her time with charities such as New Hope for Kids and the National Kidney Foundation of Florida.

Orlando Health South Lake Hospital Names New Hospital President

Orlando Health has named Lance Sewell as the new president of Orlando Health South Lake Hospital, promoting him from his role as chief financial officer at Orlando Health South Lake. Sewell joined the hospital in 2006 as director of finance before being promoted to chief financial officer in 2007. During this role, Sewell headed a number of initiatives which include leading the recruitment of primary care physicians as well as specialists to fulfill the needs of the community. Heavily involved in the South Lake and Central Florida communities, Sewell has served with the South Lake Rotary and Leadership Lake County. He is a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and the American College of Healthcare Executives. In addition to his professional associations, he has also served as past board chair for the Community Foundation of South Lake, past board chair of the South Lake Chamber of Commerce and a board member for New Beginning of Central Florida.

Sewell’s new role at Orlando Health South Lake became effective December 1, 2020.

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Ocala Regional Medical Center Named One of The Nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals

Ocala Regional Medical Center was recently named as one of the nation’s top performing hospitals by Fortune and IBM® Watson Health®. The annual Fortune/ IBM 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals study spotlights leading short-term, acute care, non-federal US hospitals that treat a broad spectrum of cardiology patients.

“This achievement is a demonstration of the patient-focused approach adopted by our multi-disciplinary team in the care of patients and families in need of heart surgery,” says Omeni Osian, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgery Medical Director, Ocala Health. Paul Urban, MD, FACC, Medical Director Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Chest Pain Center at Ocala Health says, “This award demonstrates our continued commitment to providing the highest quality care for patients with heart attack, heart failure and coronary stenting procedures.”

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Parrish Medical Center Offers the World’s Smallest Pacemaker that can Treat Atrioventricular (AV) Block

Parrish Medical Center is one of the first hospitals in the state of Florida to offer Micra™ AV, the world’s smallest pacemaker with atrioventricular (AV) synchrony. This new device, indicated for the treatment of patients with AV block, extends the most advanced pacing technology – at one-tenth the size of a traditional pacemaker – to more patients than ever before. The first procedure was performed by Interventional Cardiologist Rene Celis, MD, on December 19, 2019 and since then 14 have been performed at Parrish Medical Center.

Historically, patients with AV block have been treated with traditional dual-chamber pacemakers which are implanted in the upper chest, under the skin below the collar bone, and connected to the heart using thin wires called “leads.” Micra™ AV has several internal atrial sensing algorithms which detect cardiac movement, allowing the device to adjust pacing in the ventricle to coordinate with the atrium, providing “AV synchronous” pacing therapy to patients with AV block.

“At Parrish Medical Center we are extremely proud to be the first in Brevard County to offer the latest fully self-contained pacemaker. This minimally invasive technology is a game changer. With nearly the same capabilities as a traditional pacemaker, we are able to offer an alternative that is cosmetically invisible to the patient post-implementation and implanted within 15-30 minutes. The Micra™ AV pacemaker has reduced the rate of complications by approximately 60%, decreasing infection rates and proving to be most ideal for older patients where a short recovery time is essential,” said Dr. Celis.

Comparable in size to a large vitamin pill, physicians at Parrish Medical Center have elected to use Medtronic’s Micra AV based on its ability to deliver therapy via a minimally invasive approach. During the implant procedure, the device is inserted through a catheter and implanted directly into the heart with small tines. Because Micra AV does not require leads or a surgical "pocket" under the skin, potential sources of complications related to leads and pockets are eliminated - as are any visible signs of the device.

For more information visit parrishhealthcare. com/MicraAV