Pride in Our People

Taking Care of Business
For his exceptional leadership of LVHHN’s United Way campaign, chief operating officer Lou Liebhaber received the Silver Bowl Award at the recent United Way wrap-up ceremony. Liebhaber, who also is chairman of the United Way’s board of directors, received the award from Vicki Mayk (center), community relations director of The Morning Call, while Susan Gilmore (left), president of the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, looked on. Our United Way campaign chairs, Pat Skrovanek and Bill Leiner Jr., and President and CEO Elliot J. Sussman also earned the organization’s President’s Award for the success of the 2005 campaign. LVHHN colleagues raised $403,000, a $70,000 increase from the prior year.

A Woman’s Heart is Different
As part of the Heart Help for Women program, Sharonne N. Hayes, M.D., medical director of the women’s heart clinic at the Mayo Clinic, delivered a grand rounds presentation at LVH–Cedar Crest on “Heart Disease in Women: Sex-Based Cardiology?” She addressed sex and gender differences, with sex defined as one’s biological representation and gender defined as social representation or self-identity. The educational session helped provide further understanding of the differences between men’s and women’s heart disease. Here, Hayes discusses her findings with Heart Help for Women’s Anne Marie Crown and cardiologist Deborah Sundlof, D.O.

On The Move
Now settled into new offices at 1247 S. Cedar Crest Blvd., the development department welcomes a new senior vice president. Chuck Lewis brings with him a commitment to excellence and a desire to create the region’s premier fund-raising department. “I’m proud to be with an organization that won’t settle for second best,” he says. Also on our development team: Ron Macaulay, Nancy Lloyd, Stephanie Schweder-Kratzer, Josephine Ritz, R.N., Valerie Thomas, Jesse Shafer, Carl Marucci, Pat White, Rena Berg, Amy Burrows, Jane Fondl, Constance Kristofik and Victoria Marencik. The department’s main number is 610-402-6385.

Help is Here Express
When the Partnership for Prescription Assistance Bus pulled into LVH–17th and Chew, interpreters Sheyla Torres and Josefina Clark were there to help people learn more about accessing prescription drugs they need. The bus, designed to assist people who lack prescription drug coverage, is equipped with 10 computer terminals and six telephones for enrollment drives. The bus will travel across the country, making stops at state fairs, health clinics, retail centers and community events to raise awareness and boost enrollment in patient assistance programs.

Going to the Chapel and…
Brandi and Jim Wroten of Mahanoy City had their wedding plans in place, but that changed when their 4-month-old son, Skylar, needed special care in the pediatric intensive care unit. To be close to their baby and celebrate with their “second family,” they married in the hospital’s chapel. Chaplain Rev. Rob Reier (middle) did the honors with maid of honor Debbie Jones (left) of Lorton, Va., and best man Robert Klipola (right) of Barnesville.

Ready to Act
When post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) bays are full, surgeries are delayed, workdays are lengthened, and patients and families become dissatisfied with care. The solution—the PACU Alert System, designed by a LVH–Cedar Crest team including Jodi Koch, R.N. (left), Margaret Stoudt, R.N. (seated), and Pam Carrion, R.N. Through alpha page, PACU caregivers communicate with other departments to locate available beds, find alternate areas for recovery and identify available nurses to care for recovering patients. “We exceeded our goal,” says perioperative services director Tammy Straub, R.N., “and achieved a 75 percent reduction in the amount of time patients are held in the OR awaiting bed placement.”

Be an LVHHN Advocate
Following a bee sting, Richard Zamorsky’s arm continued to swell, even after receiving care at another hospital. He called his daughter Jaime Peters, R.N., a caregiver at LVH–Muhlenberg’s Regional Heart Center—Medical, who immediately brought him to LVH–Muhlenberg. Zamorsky was treated with IV steroids and antihistamines. He quickly improved and suffered no ill effects. “I’ll never go to another hospital again,” Zamorsky says.

This page last updated 2/12/08 04:08 PM

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