It is often said that “An organization is defined by its staff”. Multicare Plus is no different! Our organization is constantly striving to join forces with doctors whose experience, dedication and bedside manner is congruent with the belief that “The patient always comes first”. It is for this reason that Dr. Thomas McLaughlin, M.D. and Multicare Plus have recently joined forces to continue improving in Patient Care. Dr. McLaughlin has years of experience in the frontlines of medicine, as well as, a former Chief Medical Officer at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Pottsville. Dr. McLaughlin und- erstands the complex approach to patient care and his philosophy builds on Multicare Plus standards. Dr. McLaughlin is determined to help Multicare Plus achieve a new level of patient care. His enthusiasm, dedication and professionalism will enhance our patient’s experience. His Internal Medicine training will solidify and infuse our practice with new added value, which ultimately will benefit all of our existing, as well as, new patients. We at Multicare Plus welcome Dr. McLaughlin to the Slate Belt and look forward to many years of excellent care and satisfied patients. Dr. McLaughlin is now scheduling appointments and is looking forward to taking care of your medical needs. If you would like to make an appointment, please contact Multicare Plus at 610-588-2225. Multicare Plus is located at 225 Erdman Avenue, Bangor. Dr. Thomas McLaughlin Multicare Plus Is Pleased To Announce A New Family Physician On Tuesday, May 31 st . the eighth graders at Pius X Junior High School, Roseto, were treated to a moment back in time. The members of the American History class observed a Civil War reenactment with several veteran reenactors, Ron Myzie and William Watson. Mr. Myzie has been reenacting, sometimes with his sons, for seventeen years He has served on a variety of military staffs for a number of reenactments and has been associated with the Subsistence Department since 2002. He has done extensive research on military rations and jokingly refers to himself as a “reenactment nutrition specialist.” Twice he has served on the staff of the Civil War Living History Insititute’s NCO School at Fort Washington, MD. Mr. Myzie was a United States Air Force photographer, who now is the Assistant director of the Teaching Learning Technology Center and a professor of photography at Seton Hall University. Mr. William Watson has not only participated in many reenactments, but he has successfully written about this time period. With more than thirty eight years of journalism experience, he has written several historical books on the reenacting of the Civil War or stories set in the time period of the Civil War. His works include “The Ludlum Legacy”, “Brother William’s War”’ “The Little Book of Civil War Reenacting”, “Seize the Day” and “Swain’s Folly”. Many of the 8th graders found the story of Jenny Hodgers fascinating. Jenny like some other women, enlisted in the Civil War as a man. Jenny’s name was “Albert Cashier” and her female status was not discovered until some fifty years later when she was hurt in an accident and needed surgery. The American History class discovered just how exciting and contemporary the reenactment of a time gone by could be. Bill Watson and Ron Myzie Pius X Students Turn Back The Time with American History It is not unusual for a girl to follow in her older sister’s footsteps. But the Cerulli sisters took a different route. Older sister, Erica, will follow her younger sister, Kate, when she competes in the Rock and Roll Half Marathon in Philadelphia on September 18. Erica is running as a member of “Team in Training” to raise money for The Leuke- mia and Lymphoma Society. Kate com- pleted the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington DC in October, 2009. Also known as the “People’s Marathon,” the Marine Corps Mara- thon is the fourth largest marathon in the United States and the eighth largest in the world. Kate raised over $3,500 for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as a member of Team in Training. According to the www.teamintraining.org website, Team in Train- ing has trained nearly half a million runners, walkers, triathletes, cyclists and hikers and raised of $1 billion to fund lifesaving cancer research. In the 4 hours 40 minutes it took Kate Cerulli to finish the Marine Corps Marathon, 70 people were diag- nosed with some form of blood cancer in the United States. That is a startling rate of one every four seconds according to the lls.org website. Blood cancers include Leukemia, Lym- phoma, Hodgkin’s and Non-Hodgkin’s Disease, Myeloma and Myelo- dysplastic Syndromes. Last year an estimated combined total of 137,260 people in the United States were diag- nosed with a blood cancer, which accounts for nine percent of the new cancer cases in this country for 2010. Like her sister, Erica is running in memory of family friend, John P. Comunale. John was 29 when he lost his battle with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in 1992, leaving behind wife, Mary Ann and children, John age 4 and Gina, 2. She will also wear the name of Nick Howe on her shirt. Howe, a high school friend, is a myelodys- plastic syndrome survi- vor. Cerulli Sisters To Participate in Rock and Roll Half Marathon in Philadelphia
