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PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend
was
verified as a Level Two Trauma Center by the American College
of Surgeons Committee on Trauma.
Providence Health & Services
radiation oncologist and scientist
Kristina Young, MD, PhD, was named a most promising young
researcher by the Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research.
Providence Portland Medical Center
welcomed Mari Kai, MD,
as director of its Graduate Medical Education Program.
Providence Medford Medical Center
received national accredi-
tation for cardiac care from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient
Care.
Providence Seaside Medical Center
welcomed Brook Benze,
orthopedic surgeon; Christopher Nyte, otolaryngologist; Laura
Gordon, urologist; and Dale J. Veith, psychologist.
Samaritan Health Services’
Wound Care and Hyperbaric Oxygen
Therapy Services was accredited as a Comprehensive Center by
the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society.
Samaritan Health Services
welcomed physician assistant
Jacqueline Fitch to its Samaritan Family Medicine Resident
Clinic in Lebanon.
Samaritan Health Services
promoted Heidi May-Stoulil to direc-
tor of mental health operations. She has worked at Samaritan
since 2002.
Samaritan Health Services
is planning a drug and alcohol treat-
ment center in Lebanon.
Samaritan Heart & Vascular Institute
welcomed certified phy-
sician assistant Bradley Newhart to its Cardiology Department.
Samaritan Heart & Vascular Institute
cardiologist Edward
Toggart, MD, began a three-year term as governor for the Oregon
Chapter of the American College of Cardiology.
Santiam Hospital
welcomed Maria Turney, FNP, to its Cascade
Medical Clinic.
Sky Lakes Medical Center
became the first Blue Zones Project-
approved worksite in the Pacific Northwest.
Sky Lakes Medical Center
updated its food guidelines and no
longer sells sugar-sweetened beverages.
Sky Lakes Medical Center
opened the Sky Lakes Wellness Center.
St. Charles Health System
opened an outpatient lab at
Crossroads Plaza in Bend.
Willamette Valley Medical Center
welcomed Anne Ziemba,
certified nurse midwife, and Dr. Joanna Zamora, pediatrician,
to its medical staff.
Willamette Valley Medical Center
CFO Meredith Nelson was
appointed to the Capella Healthcare National Advisory Board
of Directors.
Willamette Valley Medical Center’s
Wound Care & Hyperbaric
Medicine Center received the Robert A. Warriner III, MD Center
of Excellence Award in wound healing from Healogics.
CONGRATULATIONS ANDY!
The Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health
Systems’ Executive Vice President, Andy Van Pelt,
was among the Portland Business Journal’s 2016
“40 Under 40” honorees.
Andy has been Executive Vice President since
2015. He joined OAHHS in 2008 as its director of
communications. Since that time, he has helped
lead the association’s policy and advocacy programs,
with particular focus on small & rural hospital
transformation. He also helped structure the
association’s for-profit subsidiary, Apprise Health
Insights, a key resource for hospital and health
system data and analytics.
Prior to joining OAHHS, he was director of
communications at Jesuit High School. Andy holds
a master’s degree in business administration from
Gonzaga University. He is on the Board of Directors
of Catholic Charities Oregon.
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