Volume 8 Issue 2
January 25, 2013
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Heartfelt Thanks “
I want to thank and recognize the nurses in the PACU at Presby for the generosity they have shown to my son during this devastating time. My son’s father passed away suddenly after Thanksgiving. This unexpected event has left us all with a tremendous amount of grief during the holidays. His dad planned on getting him a red BMX bike for the holidays, and I just want to thank the staff at Presby for pulling together and adopting my son. They went above and beyond to provide my son with the gifts his dad wanted to give him.
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HARVEY WAXMAN
Receives Annual Kozart Award At the Semiannual Medical Staff meeting in December, December the David M. Kozart, MD, Medical Staff Award was presented. The Kozart Award is given annually to someone who has demonstrated excellence in patient care as well as leadership and administrative qual qu alit itie iess wi with thin in the med edic ical al sta taff ff and the org rgan aniz izat atio ion n. Dr. Kozart is remembered as a prominent ophthalmologist, belloved d mentor, teach her, ad dmiiniistrator and d medi dicall staff ff lead der revered by colleagues and peers. His outstanding contributions spanned over four deca de cade dess at PPM PMC. C. Harvey Waxman, MD, FACC, chief of Cardiology at PPMC, received this year ye ar’ss pre rest stig igio ious us awa ward rd. Dr Dr. Wa Waxm xman an fi firrst joi oine ned d Pe Penn nn Med edic icin inee in 198 9800 as the Director of Holter Monitoringg at HUP. In 1997,, Dr. Waxman was ap ppo p inted Chief of Car ardi diov ovas ascu cula larr Me Medi dici cine ne at PP PPMC MC.. Ov Over er the pas astt de deca cade de,, Dr Dr.. Wa Waxm xman an has repeatedly been listed as a top physician byy Philadelphia Magazine, South Jersey Magazine, Suburban Life Magazine and Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.
Congratulations, Dr. Waxman!
New Penn Medicine CAREs Grant Recipients
Introducing: The Diversity Minute Did you know…?
Congratulations to the Penn Medicine CAREs Foundation Grant recipients for Q2 FY13!
APPLICANT/ GRANT RECIPIENT
DEPARTMENT
ENTITY
PROJECT
John Flamma, Jr., MD
Emergency Department
PPMC
ED Patient Medication Assistance
Heather Klusaritz
Family Medicine
PPMC
East Parkside Bike Rodeo
Christina Bach
Abramson Cancer Center
PPMC
Camp Kesem UPenn/Penn Medicine Scholarships
Peter Cronholm
Family Medicine and HUP/ Community Health PPMC
UCHS Health Collaborative
Carmen Guerra
Department of Medicine
HUP
West Philadelphia Gastrointestinal (GI) Health Outreach and Access Program
Phanerrica Muhammad
Nursing - Ravdin 6
HUP
Esophagectomy Support Group
Alyssa Vaysman
Pharmacy
PAH
Pharmacy Community Outreach
Carrie Kovarik
Dermatology
HUP
Teledermatology
Joel Fein MD, MPH
Pediatrics
PSOM
The CHOP Violence Intervention Program (VIP)
Margie Delaney
Human Resources
Corporate
The Veterans Group
The Penn Medicine CAREs Foundation Grants Program will be accepting applications for the next round of grants until March 1, 2013. For more information or to apply, please visit http://uphsxnet.uphs.upenn.edu/community/ CARE/foundation-grant.html
Filipinos may be stoic when it comes to pain, so health care providers should not always rely on the expression of pain to determine a patient’s level of discomfort. Some patients may have a high pain threshold, whereas others will moan as a way of expressing pain. Filipinos also tend to be fearful of becoming addicted to pain medications. They prefer medications by mouth or through an intravenous drip over shots. The best strategy is to offer pain medications as ordered. Warm compresses may also be offered as necessary. - submitted by Joy J Cantuba, BSN, RN, CCRN, MICU Clinical Nurse III
Call for Submissions: The Presby Bulletin is pleased to launch The Diversity Minute, a new column sponsored by the Cultural Diversity Committee that aims to encourage employee education around cultural diversity in health care. We invite you to share an interesting fact about your culture that can be read in a minute or less. Be sure to tie your cultural fact to health care or patient care. Surprise us! Make us say, “I didn’t know that!” If your item is selected for publication, you will receive a $5 gift certificate to the Presby Gift Shop. E-mail submissions to Bette.Haitsch@uphs.upenn. edu. Thank you for sharing your culture! *The information provided in this column should be used as a general reference, the beginning point of assessment for learning about patient cultural values. It should by no means serve as a behavioral predictor or in determining treatment.