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OREGON’S HOSPITALS STAND OUT
Adventist Health
welcomed David Russell
as president and CEO of
Adventist Medical
Center
and
Adventist Health Group.
Adventist Health
welcomed Karl Nebel
as its chief strategy and information officer.
Adventist Health
signed a letter of intent
to join
OHSU Partners.
Adventist Health
opened an urgent care
clinic at its ParkroseMedical Plaza in Portland.
Adventist Health
was named a “Most Wired”
hospital by Hospitals & Health Networks
magazine.
Adventist Health
was named among the
top 2 percent in the nation for quality of
critical care services and spine surgery by
Healthgrades.
Asante
’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
was certified by the American Association of
Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center
’s
Coronary CareUnit received theGoldBeacon
Award for Excellence from the American
Association of Critical Care Nurses.
CHI Mercy Health
opened the Center for
Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Therapy
on the first floor of Mercy Medical Center.
CHI St. Anthony Hospital
welcomed J.D.
Ward, DO to its family clinic.
Curry Health Network
’s Dr. Glenn Levine
was one of five surgeons recently appointed
to the American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Advisory Council for Rural Surgery.
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center
director of volunteer services, Luanne Barnes,
received the Four Leaf Clover Award from the
Mid-Valley Volunteer Managers Association.
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center
’s
CEO, Becky Pape has been elected as an at-
large delegate andmember of the American
Hospital Association’s Regional Policy Board 9.
Good Shepherd Health Care System
wel-
comedDaniel G. Canal, MD, pediatrician, and
Allison Khavkin, MD, gynecologist.
Good Shepherd Health Care System
welcomed medical students from Pacific
Northwest University of Health Sciences,
Megan Hubbard and Leif Sjoren.
Grande Ronde Hospital
expanded its
telehealth services with in-home patient
monitoring.
Grande Ronde Hospital
was named a
“Most Wired” hospital by Hospitals & Health
Networks magazine.
Legacy Health’s Weight and Diabetes
Institute
, was awarded $50,000 from Sun
Life Financial’s Team Up Against Diabetes
grant program to fund its Prevent T2 program
through the Good Samaritan Foundation.
Legac y Emanue l Med ica l Center
announced a $210 million OR/ICU replace-
ment and expansion project.
McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center
’s
joint replacement program earned a gold
seal of approval from The Joint Commission.
Mid-Columbia Medical Center
installed no-
postage-needed payment drop boxes next
to The Dalles Disposal, City of The Dalles and
Northern Wasco PUD payment drop-boxes.
Mid-Columbia Medical Center
radiation
oncologist Dr. Keith Stelzer was published in
the
New England Journal of Medicine
for his
article “Radiation Plus Procarbazine, CCNU,
and Vincristine in the Low-Grade Glioma,” in
the New England Journal of Medicine.
Mid-Columbia Medical Center
announced
it will lease space in a medical facility now
under construction in Hood River in order to
expand the availability of healthcare services
in that community.
Oregon Health & Science University
wel-
comed Mark B. Williams as the chief strategy
officer for the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute.
Oregon Health & Science University
was
ranked the No. 1 hospital in Oregon by U.S.
News & World Report.
Oregon Health & Science University
appointed John Hunter, MD, FACS, interim
dean for the School of Medicine.
Oregon Health & Science University
opened Doernbecher Pediatric Specialty
Clinics—Salem, a new pediatric care clinic
offering expanded specialty care for kids on
Salem Health main campus
PeaceHealth Oregon West Network
wel-
comed Jeff Larson as its chief development
officer.
PeaceHealth Cottage Grove Community
Hospital
chief administrative officer, Tim
Herrmann, was named one of the top 50
“Critical Access Hospital CEOs to Know” by
Becker’s Hospital Review.
PeaceHealth Medical Group
welcomed
Jaswinder Singh (hospitalist), Damon Sevart
(physician assistant), and Victoria Mayfield
(certified nurse midwife).
Carmina F. Angeles, MD, PhD, who holds
appointments at
PeaceHealth Sacred
Heart Medical Center at RiverBend
and
McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center
, was
named a Female Spine Surgeon to Know in
Becker’s Spine Review.
Providence Medford Medical Center
welcomed Wendy Brubaker, LCSW, to
its Radiation Oncology team, and Berta
Baldovino, MD to its Lung Cancer Screening
Program.
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
was recertified by The Joint Commission as
a Comprehensive Stroke Center.
SalemHealth
opened the Let’s All Play Place
therapy and community play area on the
Salem Health campus.
Samaritan Health Services
was recognized
as Oregon’s Healthiest Employer in the cate-
gory of employers with at least 1,500 workers.
Samaritan Health Services
welcomed Anita
Abraham, MD, to Samaritan Endrocrinology
and SamaritanWeight Management Institute;
Maximillian Kaiser, DO, to Samaritan Family
Medicine Southwest; Ronald Keller, PA-C to
Samaritan Urology; andWael Ghacham, MD,
orthopedic spine surgeon.
Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital
announced Virginia Riffle, vice president of
patient care services, will transition to chief
operations officer.
Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital
ED Nurses Reeta Hill, Larry Gibbons
and Cheri Shilts earned Certification in
Emergency Nursing.
Samaritan Lebanon Health Center-Family
Medicine
welcomed Shauna O’Neal, family
nurse practitioner and nurse midwife.
Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital
’s
David Bigelow, chief executive officer,
announced that he will retire effective June
1, 2017 after 19 years with the health system.
Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital
’s
Ryan Combs will transition to interim chief
operations officer.
Samaritan Neuropsychology Albany
wel-
comed Audrina Mullane, PhD, clinical neur-
psychologist.
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