Medical Staff Newsletter
January 2019
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Creation of Southern Region Leadership Structure Announced
Please
see the attached memo from Barry H. Ostrowsky, President and CEO of RWJBarnabas Health. The memo describes a consolidation of the services, programs and hospitals in Monmouth and Ocean counties (the "Southern Region") under a new leadership structure.
Key changes relative to Community Medical Center:
Mr. Bill Arnold, former President/CEO of Monmouth Medical Center, has been appointed as the President of the Southern Region.
Mr. Patrick Ahearn has been appointed CEO at Community Medical Center. He will report to Mr. Arnold. Mr. Ostrowsky also expressed his gratitude to Mr. Michael Mimoso for his leadership.
The Chief Medical Officer at Community Medical Center will also serve as Lead Chief Medical Officer for the Southern Region, which includes
Monmouth Medical Center and Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Campus. A search is currently underway to fill this position.
Donna Bonacorso will continue as Chief Nursing Officer at Community Medical Center. She will report to Mr. Ahearn and to the Southern Region CNO, Ms. Diann Johnston.
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Physician of Distinction Award Presented at
CMC Foundation Winter Ball
From left: Thomas Hourigan, Chair, Community Medical Center Board of Trustees (left) and Patrick Ahearn, Chief Executive Officer, Community Medical Center (right) congratulate Parvez Mahmood, MD, 2019 Physician of Distinction at the CMC Foundation Winter Ball (center).
The CMC Foundation Winter Ball was held January 26 at Caesars Atlantic City Hotel & Casino. At the event, Parvez Mahmood, MD, was recognized with the Physician of Distinction Award. A video tribute was shown before he was presented with his award.
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Medical Staff Nominated for the 2019 Excellence in Caring Awards
Congratulations to the following physicians who were nominated for the 2019 Excellence in Caring Awards:
Erik Larsen, DO
John Sarris, MD
Kim Murphy, MD
Donato Santangelo, MD
The award ceremony will be held in March.
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Medical Staff Recognized at CEO I Made a Difference Awards
Drs. Samir Jain and Aparna Mandal were recognized at the CEO I Made a Difference Awards.
Congratulations to the following members of the Medical Staff who were recognized at this quarter's CEO I Made a Difference Awards. The awards are presented to physicians, employees and volunteers who have been mentioned in letters, surveys or social media posts from patients or visitors. More than 5,000 recognitions have taken place since the program began three years ago.
| Najib Alturk, MD |
Aparna Mandal, MD |
| John Bernard, MD |
Aliona Maxwell, MD |
| Alyssa Bozzett, PA |
James McDermott, DO |
| Kenneth Cahill, DO |
Antonio Meily, MD |
| Margaret Chung, MD |
Edelmira Moore, PA |
| Scott Cohen, DO |
Girish Nair, DPM |
| Steven Culbert, MD |
Ronald Neal, MD |
| David D'Ambrosio, MD |
Thomas O'Brien, MD |
| Dilip Desai, MD |
Jane Park, MD |
| William DiLorenzo, DO |
Christopher Passariello, MD |
| Deborah Eisen, MD |
Alexis Patrick, PA |
| Dino Espeneli, MD |
Robert Pesso, MD |
| Klara Farkas, MD |
Liju Philip, MD |
| Samuel Fekry, MD |
Yebarna Rana, MD |
| Christopher Freer, DO |
Carl Raso, MD |
| Douglas Gibbens, MD |
Adam Repole, MD |
| Sergey Grachev, MD |
Mark Riser, DO |
| Isabel Guerrero, MD |
Micaela Sager, PA-C |
| Rakesh Gupta, MD |
Emily Sauls, PA |
| Taylor Hadley, PA |
William Schulman, MD |
| Catherine Hanlon, MD |
Amit Setya, DO |
| Maryann Holler, DO |
Lawrence Silvers, MD |
| Laura Iavicoli, MD |
Elaine Smith, DO |
| Liesl Iledan, MD |
Sanjiv Sobti, MD |
| Rajesh Iyer, MD |
Jay Stone, MD |
| Samir Jain, MD |
Anupama Sunkavalli, MD |
| Lauren Johnson, PA |
John Sutherland, MD |
| Alex King, MD |
Teresa Tacopina, MD |
| Heather Koehl, APN |
Jarrett Tosk, MD |
| Morris Ligorski, MD |
Jonathan Yrad, MD |
| Steven Lowry, MD |
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High Reliability Organization Journey Continues
92% of required Medical Staff have attended an HRO presentation. 2-hour video HRO training will be mandatory for new members of the Medical Staff moving forward.
Safety Tools Refresher - Self-Check Using STAR
Stop - Pause for 1 to 2 seconds to focus our attention on the task at hand.
Think - Consider the action you're about to take.
Act - Concentrate and carry out the task.
Review - Check to make sure that the task was done correctly and that you got the correct result.
STOP is the most important step. It gives your brain a chance to catch up with what your hands are getting ready to do.
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Medical Staff Members Published in International Journal
A recent edition of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology included the article "
Initial Results of a Multicenter Phase 2 Trial of Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy for
Oligometastatic Cancer." Dr. David D'Ambrosio was the study's
principal investigator and Dr. Rajesh Iyer was a sub-investigator.
Click here to read the article.
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Update on Unavailable Medications
The Pharmacy publishes a list of medications that are unavailable due to multiple reasons including national shortages.
Click here to view the list.
If you have any medication questions, call the Pharmacy at ext. 18048.
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Clinical Documentation Tip of the Month: Bleeding Due to Therapeutic Anticoagulation
Any form of bleeding such as GI bleeding, epistaxis, hemoptysis or hematuria in a patient on Anticoagulation Therapy may be coded to D68.32.
The type of bleeding must be directly linked to the therapeutic anticoagulant in the Medical Record in order to capture this code, as well as the treatment rendered. The treatment may be as simple as holding the anticoagulation therapy, administering Vitamin K, transfusion of FFP, as well as addressing the source of the bleed.
Example: 73 y/o M with
Hx
: A fib on Coumadin presents with hematuria.
The documentation should link the Coumadin induced coagulopathy to
the Hematuria.
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Medical Staff Office Reminders
A computer in the Medical Staff Library has been dedicated for Medical Staff to use Internet services. An additional computer will be located in the Surgical Lounge as well.
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The following CME programs are scheduled for February 2019 at Community Medical Center:
| 02/07/2019 |
"CAR T Cell Therapy"
Noon
Auditoriums A & B
Dennis Cooper, MD,
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
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| 02/21/2019 |
"Tourette Syndrome"
Noon
Auditoriums A & B
Barbara Chabner, MSW, Psy.D, NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders, Inc.
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| 02/28/2019 |
"Interventional Endoscopic Ultrasound - The Emergence of Endoscopic Surgery"
Noon
Auditoriums A & B
Amy Tyberg, MD,
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
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Changes to CMC Medical Staff
MEDICAL-DENTAL STAFF - NEW APPOINTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS
Michael DiVita, MD - Department of Medicine, Hospitalist Medicine
Daniel Goltz, MD - Department of Emergency Medicine
Mariane Ibrahim, MD - Department of Pediatrics
Arjun Madhavan, MD - Department of Medicine, Intensivist Medicine
Svitlana Pominov, MD - Department of Medicine, Hospitalist Medicine
Anatoly Rozman, MD - Department of Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab
ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONAL STAFF - NEW APPOINTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS
Joel Seitter, CRNA - Department of Anesthesiology
STAFF STATUS CHANGE - Affiliate
Maxim Karabach, MD - Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine
Michael DiPietro, DMD - Department of Surgery, Section of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
STAFF STATUS CHANGE - Regional
Vincent Guida, DO - Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine
Carl Henningson, MD - Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology
LEAVE OF ABSENCE REQUESTED
Eugenia Babiak, MD - Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary Medicine - Effective December 26, 2018
Dhanvanti Shah, MD - Department of Family Medicine - Effective January 1, 2019
Rubneet Arora, MD - Department of Medicine, Hospitalist Medicine - Effective December 31, 2018
Nonna Kolomeyevskaya, MD - Department of OB/GYN - Effective January 7, 2019
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| Dept/Committee |
Date |
Time |
| Anesthesia Peer Review |
7-Feb |
6:30 AM |
| Anesthesiology Dept. |
21-Feb |
7:00 AM |
| Blood Drive |
27-Feb |
9:30 AM |
| Breakfast compliments of Wound Care |
5-Feb |
7:00 AM |
| Breast Steering Committee |
25-Feb |
9:00 AM |
| Credentials Committee |
25-Feb |
5:30 PM |
| Critical Care Committee |
12-Feb |
8:00 AM |
| Emergency Department |
12-Feb |
8:45 AM |
| Emergency Department Peer Review |
12-Feb |
8:00 AM |
| Executive Committee |
5-Feb |
6:00 PM |
| Family Medicine Dept. |
19-Feb |
8:00 AM |
| Infection Control Committee |
12-Feb |
12:00 PM |
| Med Staff Quality Council |
21-Feb |
7:30 AM |
| Medicine\Family Med Peer Review |
27-Feb |
8:00 AM |
| Neurology Department |
20-Feb |
5:30 PM |
| Neurology Peer Review |
19-Feb |
9:00 AM |
| New Physician Orientation |
25-Feb |
4:00 PM |
| OB\Gyn Peer Review |
14-Feb |
7:00 AM |
| OR Advisory |
20-Feb |
7:00 AM |
| Orthopedics Dept. |
19-Feb |
6:00 PM |
| Orthopedics Peer Review |
19-Feb |
5:30 PM |
| Pediatric Peer Review |
11-Feb |
12:00 PM |
| Pediatrics Department |
12-Feb |
12:00 PM |
| Performance Improvement Council |
15-Feb |
7:30 AM |
| Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee |
26-Feb |
8:00 AM |
| Radiation Oncology Quality Assurance |
28-Feb |
12:30 PM |
| STEMI Review Committee |
26-Feb |
6:00 PM |
| Surgery Peer Review |
28-Feb |
7:00 AM |
| Tumor Board - Breast |
11-Feb |
8:00 AM |
| Tumor Board - Breast |
25-Feb |
8:00 AM |
| Tumor Board - Colorectal |
15-Feb |
12:00 PM |
| Tumor Board - ENT |
1-Feb |
12:00 PM |
| Tumor Board - Thoracic |
8-Feb |
8:00 AM |
| Tumor Board - Thoracic |
22-Feb |
8:00 AM |
| Urology Department |
6-Feb |
7:00 AM |
| Utilization Review Committee |
27-Feb |
7:30 AM |
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