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Shriners Hospitals for Children -
Portland
welcomed Ronen Schweitzer,
Ph.D. as its interim director of research.
Sky Lakes Medical Center
welcomed
Haitham Shaheen, MD, to its pulmonol-
ogy clinic.
Sky Lakes Medical Center
Board of
Directors welcomed Heidi Neel Biggs
and Holly Montjoy, MD, as the newest
members of the 10-member body.
St. Alphonsus-Ontario
announced Ken
Hart and Dina Ellwanger have become
the new president and vice president of
operations, respectively.
St. Charles Center for Women’s
Health
in Redmond received Safety
Certification in Outpatient Practice
Excellence for Women’s Health from the
American Congress of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists.
Tillamook Regional Medical Center
recently received national recognition for
demonstrating innovation in Emergency
Medical Services (EMS) from the National
Rural Health Resource Center.
Tua l i t y Hea l t hca re
opened an
Endoscopy Center at its Seventh Avenue
Medical Plaza.
Tuality Healthcare
’s Cardiac Services
team received the American Heart
Association’s Mission Lifeline Gold Plus
Award and The Joint Commission’s Chest
Pain Certification.
Tuality Healthcare
’s technology depart-
ment was named the No. 1 IT team in
the country for medium-sized hospitals
by Healthcare IT News.
Unity Center for Behavioral Health
open to begin caring for patients in
January. Unity is a community-focused
collaboration between
Adventist Health,
Kaiser Permanente, Legacy Health
and
OHSU
to create a comprehensive
psychiatric emergency care facility for
people facing a mental health crisis.
Willamette Valley Medical Center
wel-
comed general surgeon and breast spe-
cialist Dr. Steven Giss as well as Dr. Mark
Thomas, a Board Certified Orthopedic
Surgeon.