Volume 3, Issue 3

Put YOUR mask on first….

You have to take care of yourselves before you can take care of oth-ers. How true is this sentence? Even when you fly, the first instruc-tions to you before the plane takes off is “if oxygen is needed, put your mask on first before assisting others”.. Why you ask? Because you will be no good to the person you are assisting if you are short on oxygen and pass out. On the same line of thought, if you don’t take care of yourself, how can you take care of anyone else? Renew thyself completely each day; do it again, and again, and forever again. ~Chinese inscrip-tion cited by Thoreau in Walden Take some time for yourself every day. Even if it’s just 5 minutes of sitting quietly, alone, letting your mind clear and taking slow, deep cleansing breaths. Replenish yourself before you come into work.

You may be the only person these patients see that day. Let them see some-one fully energized, ready to take on whatever challenges they may bring.

During this time of increase patient scheduling, increase demand on appoint-ments, and less personal time for relaxation, it is most imperative that you find that small moment to nourish yourself mentally, emotionally and physically. Focus on doing something for yourself, every day. Quite frankly, you are our most important asset. You are the reason I am here. And it’s because of all of you that we can provide world class service. So, put your mask on first…

Thanks for reading,

Carpe Diem

Josanne

July 2010

DIRECTOR’S CORNER

PA SERVICES NEWS

PA Highlight: Samuel Gibson PA-C 2

NEW PA WEBSITE 3

Outstanding PA Nominations 4

NEW HIRES 5

EVENTS CALENDAR 6

JOB POSTINGS 8

Inside this issue:

WORDS FOR THE DAY: 

 

Enjoy the “Dog Days of Summer”

(July 3 to Aug. 11. Named in early times by observers in countries bordering the Mediterra-nean, the period was reckoned as extending from 20 days before to 20 days after the con-junction of Sirius (the dog star) and the sun.)

P A G E 2 P A S E R V I C E S N E W S

This issue, we are highlighting Sam Gib‐son who works at the Cleveland Clinic Or‐thopaedic  Rehabilitation and Telemedi‐cine facility located in Canfield, OH serving the Youngstown area. 

Sam has been a PA for 32 years mostly in Pennsylvania, starting his career as a Medic in the U.S. Army and then entering the PA Program at Penn State.  Sam has worked in many specialties over the years, such as, General and Vascular Surgery and Emergency Medicine but  has 30 years ex‐perience in Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine and Occupational Medicine. 

This makes him ideal for his role in the new Orthopaedic Telemedicine facility act‐ing  as the liaison between the surgeon and patient.  The surgeon in Cleveland ex‐amines the patient via video facilitated by Sam who is on site with the patient.  Sam and a physical therapist are available for 

appointments five days a week while the orthopedic specialist is avail‐able one day a week for patient appointments.  Go to the following link:  

ttp://www.wfmj.com/global/category.asp?c=179433&clipId=4898477&topVideoCatNo=127724&autoStart=true 

to view a video of an actual patient appoint‐ment with Sam facilitating the exam. 

Sam has done his part to promote the PA profession by mentoring Gannon University PA students, speaking at high schools and other organizations. 

In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, golfing, cycling, playing rac‐quetball and is a big Buckeye fan.   

He also is an inventor and has designed a number of inventions with three patents. 

Being from out of state and hired only a year ago, Sam says his overall experience at the Cleveland Clinic has been excellent and great working with the physicians and fellows as well as all other department personnel.   

 

 

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

SAMUEL GIBSON PA-C

Canfield Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation

P A G E 3 P A S E R V I C E S N E W S

I am proud to announce the New Improved PA Services Website http://intranet.ccf.org/physicianassistants/

It is filled with great information for your daily practice. 

We look forward to receiving input from all of you.  We would love articles, announcements, pearls of wisdom, etc., whatever you want to see on the site. 

Special thanks to our own webmaster: Tammela Jeffries.  What an incredible job she did with this. 

We hope to launch this website to the World Wide Web by PA Week in October.  Stay tuned! 

P A G E 4 P A S E R V I C E S N E W S

Outstanding PA Award Nominations Open

We are accepting nominations for the following awards:

Outstanding PA Outstanding Physician/ PA Team

Please submit in 250 words or less your nomination for these categories to:

Josanne Pagel, Director, PA Services pagelj@ccf.org

Fax: 216-636-1848

All nominations MUST be received by: August 20, 2010

P A G E 5 P A S E R V I C E S N E W S

Please join us in welcoming the following PA’s to Cleveland Clinic: 

Sean Newbill PA‐C   

Bone Marrow Transplant

NEW  HIRES  

Teresa D’Alessandro PA‐C                           Pulmonary 

Euclid Hospital

Jennifer Peyton PA‐C                            

Plastic Surgery

Mallory Hampton PA‐C   

Emergency Medicine

Jennie Spencer PA‐C                           Neurosurgery 

Willoughby/Hillcrest

Jeannine Stiglitz PA‐C   

Gastroenterology

Mary Ann Beck‐Corsello PA‐C                           Internal Medicine

Kinjal Patel PA‐C   

Emergency Medicine

Mark Stebbins PA‐C   

WilPlastic Surgery

Nicollette Critelli PA‐C   

Emergency Medicine

Debra Koepfer PA‐C   

Pediatrics, Hillcrest

Jena Wilms PA‐C   

Headache & Facial Pain Center

 

 

2010 EVENTS CALENDAR *

 

Thursday, Aug. 26:  PA Knowledge Sharing Meeting: Merck, 7am coffee & breakfast breads, 7:30‐8:30am,  NA5‐08   (See Invite) 

 

Oct. 6‐12:  PA Week; Skyway TV presentations, Outstanding PA awards 

 

Thursday, Oct. 7:  PA Reception, Outstanding PA and Team Awards will be presented, Foundation House, 4:00‐7:30pm 

 

Thursday, Oct. 28:    PA Knowledge Sharing Meeting: Merck, 7am coffee & breakfast breads, 7:30‐8:30am, NA5‐08   (See Invite) 

 

Nov 5‐7:    OAPA CME (20 category I), Doubletree Hotel, Dublin, OH (Columbus), see OAPA website for info 

 

Thursday, Dec. 2:  PA Knowledge Sharing Meeting, Greet & Meet, place TBA, 4:00‐7:30pm 

THE INVITATION Oriah Mountain Dreamer

 

  IT DOESN’T INTEREST ME WHAT YOU DO FOR A LIVING.  I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. 

  It doesn’t interest me how old you are.  I want to know if you will risk look‐ing like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive. 

  It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon.  I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life’s betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain.  I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it. 

  I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes with‐out cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of be‐ing human. 

  It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me is true.  I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul; if you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy. 

  I want to know if you can see beauty, even when it’s not pretty, every day, and if you can source your own life from its presence. 

  I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, “Yes!” 

  It doesn’t’ interest me to know where you live or how much money you have.  I want to know if you can get up, after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children. 

  I doesn’t interest me who you know or how you came to be here.  I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back. 

  It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied.  I want to know what sustains you, from the inside, when all else falls away. 

  I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments. 

You are invited to a medical education program for health care professionals and  health care business professionals only that will focus on:   

 The Patient­Centered Medical Home

 

Date  Thursday , August 26, 2010

Time  07:30 AM

Location  THE CLEVELAND CLINIC

 9500 EUCLID AVECLEVELAND OH, 44195

 RSVP by Aug 24, 2010440­541­7291Ext. 99242Maureen Hall

 Merck & Co., Inc.

 Speaker

 Frederick J BloomJr , M.D.

 

Dr. Bloom is Assistant Chief Quality Officer in the Geisinger Health System, responsible for quality in 40 community practice sites and 2 medical centers in Pennsylvania. He attended Hahnemann University School of Medicine and received a Master of Medical Management at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He completed the Family Practice Residency program at Saint Vincent Health Center and received a B.S. in Health Sciences from Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania. Dr. Bloom has published articles in various scientific journals, including Journal of General Internal Medicine and Journal of Medical Education. Dr. Bloom is a recipient of the American Medical Group Association Preeminence Award presented to Geisinger Community Practice for service line redesign, including systems of care for chronic disease.

 Learning Objectives

Provide an opportunity to learn about and discuss this important health care trend in the United States Provide information on the rationale and supporting evidence on the impact to patients and practiceProvide information on implementation challenges, measurements, and related initiatives 

  

Merck & Co., Inc., is pleased to sponsor this program to provide information consistent with FDA guidelines. This program is not an accredited 

CME program and is not designed  to meet any training and/or educational requirements.  

The speaker for this program is speaking on behalf of Merck & Co., Inc.  

You are invited to a medical education program for health care professionals and  health care business professionals only that will focus on:   

 Delivering Quality Care to Diverse Populations

 

Date  Thursday , October 28, 2010

Time  07:30 AM

Location  THE CLEVELAND CLINIC

 9500 EUCLID AVECLEVELAND OH, 44195

 RSVP by Oct 26, 2010440­541­7291Ext. 99242Maureen Hall

 Merck & Co., Inc.

 Speaker

 Joseph R Betancourt, M.D.

 

Dr. Joseph R. Betancourt M.D., M.P.H., is Director of The Disparities Solutions Center and Senior Scientist at the Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital.  He is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Betancourt's primary interests include cross­cultural medicine, minority recruitment into the health professions, and minority health/health policy research. Dr. Betancourt has served on several Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committees, including one that produced "Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care." Dr. Betancourt received his medical degree from the UMDNJ­New Jersey Medical School. Following residency, he completed The Commonwealth Fund­Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy, and received his Masters in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health.

 Learning Objectives

Present evidence of racial/ethnic disparities in health careDiscuss the impact of disparities, cultural competence, and patient­centered focus on health care quality Provide organizational strategies to achieve cultural competence and patient­centered focus and address disparities 

  

Merck & Co., Inc., is pleased to sponsor this program to provide information consistent with FDA guidelines. This program is not an accredited 

CME program and is not designed  to meet any training and/or educational requirements.  

The speaker for this program is speaking on behalf of Merck & Co., Inc.  

Lutheran:

Surgery - PRN (1)

South Pointe:

Surgical Services (1)

Surgical Services—PRN (1)

FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS &

AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS

Lakewest: CT Surgery (1)

Lorain: Pre-Admission Testing (1)

Independence: Express Clinic (1)

Strongsville: Express Clinic (2)

ASHTABULA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER

Pain Management (1)

MISSION

To work with physicians to provide quality and accessible health care to

our patients.

To continue our professional and personal development as Physician As-

sistants.

To increase awareness of the Physician Assistant profession at Cleveland

Clinic.

PURPOSE

By disseminating information, increasing communication, and promoting

educational activities for continual medical and professional opportuni-

ties, the Physician Assistants of Cleveland Clinic are committed to provid-

ing affordable and accessible quality health care to all patients.

Josanne Pagel, MPAS, PA-C, RMT PA Services Director, Cleveland Clinic 9500 Euclid Avenue, EB116h Cleveland, OH 44195 Phone: 216-445-0626 Fax: 216-636-1848 E-mail: pagelj@ccf.org Tammela Jeffries, PA Coordinator Cleveland Clinic 9500 Euclid Avenue, EB116d Cleveland, OH 44195 Phone: 216-444-3968 Fax: 216-636-1848 Email: jeffrit1@ccf.org

Occupational Health (1)

Orthopaedics (3)

Plastic Surgery (1)

Spine Center (1)

Urology (1)

REGIONAL HOSPITALS

Euclid Hospital:

Midlevel Provider (2)

Surgical Services—PRN (1)

Hillcrest:

Cardiothoracic Surgery (1)

Hospital Medicine (1)

Pre-Admission Testing (1)

Pre-Admission Testing– PRN (1)

Lakewood Surgery (1)

Hillcrest Surgery (1)

Huron Road:

Critical Care MICU/SICU (1)

Lakewood:

General Surgery PRN (1)

Orthopaedics (1)

For info contact Selena Rodebaugh, PA Recruiter, 216-448-0373; rodebas@ccf.org or http://intranet.ccf.org/jobs/

MAIN CAMPUS

Brochoscopy Service (1)

Cardiovascular Medicine (2)

Cardiothoracic ICU (1)

Cardiothoracic Anesthesia (1)

Dermatology—Outpatient (1)

Emergency Dept (1)

Emergency—PRN (1)

General Anesthesia Acute Pain Mgmt (1)

Head & Neck Surgery (1)

Heart Failure (1)

Hospital Throughput/Neurology (1)

Hospital Throughput/Urology (1)

Neuro Institute (2)

Neuro ICU (2)

Neuro Mellen Center MS Care (1)

Neuro/Oncology (1)

Job postings

Our VISION is to offer the most professional and educational opportunities to Physician Assistants. throughout the world!

http://intranet.ccf.org/physicianassistants/

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