Physician Communication Packet January 2014
PHYSICIAN COMMUNICATION FOLDER
What’s Inside: 3
Health Flu Advisory
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New Inpatient Apparel Preview
5 Welcome New Doctors Baptist Primary Care Hospitalist - Nikolaos Karamitsos, MD 6
New Physicians 2013
Web Baptist Briefs Link - January 2014 (part 1) Link - January 2014 (part 2) Web CareConnection Link - January 2014 9 Baptist Health Gastric Pacemaker Surgery Helps Patients 12
Baptist Center for Bariatrics First Quarter Calender
Flu Health Advisory
We are seeing some very sick adult patients with the flu (including some requiring ventilator support) and, unfortunately, have had flu-‐related deaths in our hospitals. None of these have been children. The predominant flu strain this season is primarily affecting younger adults, and flu-‐related deaths among people under age 50 are being reported nationally as well as in the Jacksonville area. This predominant flu strain is covered in this year's flu vaccine. Therefore, with safety in mind, we urge all employees who have not been vaccinated to do so as soon as possible. This is especially important for staff who have direct patient contact. Please remain vigilant about all flu precautions and emphasize the importance of observing flu precautions. We encourage you to ensure your families are up-‐to-‐date on their flu vaccines as well. Flu vaccines are still available at all Employee Health locations, Baptist Primary Care offices <http://www.baptistjax.com/doctors/baptist-‐primary-‐care/directory> and CareSpot locations. <http://www.carespot.com/jacksonville> Flu shots at Employee Health are free for Baptist Health employees. A list of Employee Health office hours and locations follows for your convenience: MAIN LOCATION Baptist Jacksonville Office of Employee Health 820 Prudential Drive Suite 710 (Howard Building, 7th Floor) Jacksonville, FL 32207 HOURS • 7AM-‐4PM Monday through Friday • Vaccinations are offered by appointment; please call the Employee Health Medical Assistant at 202-‐7107 to schedule. OFF-‐SITE EMPLOYEES If you are an off-‐site employee, your main Employee Health requests are serviced by the Baptist Jacksonville Employee Health Office. However, you are welcome to visit any Employee Health office in the Baptist Health system. CONTACT INFORMATION • Main Employee Health Line 202.1137 • Nicoasha Nicholson <mailto:nicoasha.nicholson@bmcjax.com> , Head Employee Health RN 202.3463 • Tasha Hunt <mailto:Tasha.Hunt@bmcjax.com> , Employee Health LPN 202.3464 • Dotty Martinez <mailto:dorothy.martinez@bmcjax.com> , Employee Health MA 202.7107 • Employee Health Right Fax # 391.5956 (For all annual documentation forms – TB, Flu, Mask Fits)
New Inpatient Apparel Preview On Friday February 7th from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM in Function Room C, we will have an open house for viewing our new inpatient apparel prior to final production. All staff, physicians and patients & families are welcome to attend. Broader communications will be going out soon. The innovative new design enhances: • Patient and caregiver safety through the use of Vestex technology (anti-‐microbial, moisture-‐wicking and fluid repellant) • Patient dignity through improved gown design and the alternative option of shirt/shorts • Caregiver functionality by improving access and enhancing the number, size and placement of pockets for medical devices
PHYSICIAN INTRODUCTION
Meet Dr. Karamitsos Hospitalist, Baptist Medical Center South
Nikolaos Karamitsos, MD, has joined the Baptist Hospitalist team and is practicing at Baptist Medical Center South. As a hospitalist, Dr. Karamitsos will collaborate with our entire caregiving team to manage patient care. His education and qualifications include: • Undergraduate degree in Biology from City College of New York in New York City • Medical Degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies • Internship and residency completed at State University of New York-Health Science Center, Brooklyn, NY located in Brooklyn, N.Y.
To contact Dr. Karamitsos, please call 904.348.0974.
BAPTIST PHYSICIAN SERVICES
New Physicians 2013 Baptist Primary Care
Kim Barbel-Johnson, DO University South
Nura Festic, MD Bartram Park
Alison Hitz-Vukich, MD Yellow Bluff
Natasha Hunter, MD Regency
Jeffrey Krenzer, MD Baymeadows
Catherine Lindsay, MD Deer Park
Iulia Platte, MD World Golf Village
Kiersten Prince, DO Callahan
Sofija Rak, MD Mandarin South
Sharon Reinertsen, MD Baptist Internal and Family Medicine
Baptist Pediatrics
Mark Bedard, DO Orange Park Pediatrics
April Brenes, MD Baptist Pediatrics
Andrea Shah, MD Mandarin Pediatrics
Tracy Tyson, MD Orange Park Pediatrics
BAPTIST PHYSICIAN SERVICES
Southeast Gynecologic Oncology Associates
Stephen Buckley, MD
Paul Nowicki, MD
Jenny Whitworth, MD
Baptist Heart Specialists
Bharat Gummadi, MD South
Simone Nadar, MD South and Clay
Mona Shah, MD Beaches
Baptist Neurology
Casey Carrigan, MD Beaches
Zhigao Huang, MD Jacksonville
Bashar Mohsen, MD Jacksonville
Ravi Pande, MD South
Bakkiam Subbiah, MD Jacksonville
BAPTIST PHYSICIAN SERVICES
Baptist Hospitalists
Suzanne Brulte, MD South
Syed Jafri, MD South
Loren Leshan, MD Jacksonville
Raghavendra Mishra, MD Jacksonville
Rutuja Patel, MD Jacksonville
Jayapriya Raj, MD South
Malleswari Ravi, MD Beaches
Rony Roche, MD South
Philip Tran, MD Jacksonville
Robert Wilson, MD Nassau
Baptist Urology
Kenneth Son, MD Nassau
Kristen Neuharth, MD Beaches
Deepak Scindia, MD Jacksonville
Tahir Yunus, MD South
Baptist Rheumatology
Swati AprilShah, Brenes, MDMD San Baptist Marco Pedatrics
NEWS RELEASE Cindy Hamilton Director, Public Relations Cindy.Hamilton@bmcjax.com Phone: 904.202.4907
841 Prudential Drive Suite 1801 Jacksonville, Florida 32207 baptistjax.com
Deborah Circelli Deborah.Circelli@bmcjax.com Phone: 904.202.4916
B a p ti s t H ea l th g a s tri c p a cema k er s u rg ery h el p s p a ti en ts New procedure to provide relief to s tom ach em ptying condition Jacksonville, FL, Jan. 14, 2014 People struggling from a debilitating stomach condition may have renewed hope through a new procedure at Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville where a device similar to a heart pacemaker could help their stomach function more properly. Gastric electrical stimulation, which will be used for patients ages 18 to 80, may reduce symptoms of gastroparesis, a chronic, debilitating condition where the stomach does not process and properly empty food causing nausea and vomiting. Often called a gastric pacemaker, local physicians say the electrical stimulation not only can reduce nausea and vomiting but may also help improve the stomach, which is dysfunctional and slow. “We have something now we can offer people who are completely refractory (resistant) to medical care,” said John M. Petersen, DO, a board certified therapeutic gastroenterologist, partner in the Borland-Groover Clinic and is on the medical staff at Baptist hospitals. He has a special interest in biliary and pancreatic diseases, Barrett's esophagus, inflammatory bowel disease, as well as all motility related disorders. The procedure has been approved by Baptist Health’s institutional review board. Dr. Petersen will be the principal investigator in all research activities. “There is a lot of literature I’ve read that shows the results are encouraging,” said Dr. Petersen, who did his fellowship in gastroenterology and hepatology at the Yale University School of Medicine. “They are not perfect, but the numbers are well better than a 50 to 50 chance it will have a marked improvement in their health.” Gastroparesis occurs most often in people with diabetes who have neuropathy or damage to the nervous system. Healthy patients can get the condition after a viral infection impacts the
nerves controlling stomach motility or after having a gastric surgery that cuts the vagus nerve. Symptoms include feeling full after only a small amount of food, loss of appetite, nausea with vomiting, abdominal pain, bloating, abdominal distention and weight loss. “They can have significant weight loss to the point where they can’t function. They can’t work, they can’t eat,” Dr. Petersen said. “If they are diabetic, their diabetes is out-ofcontrol.” The disorder can affect patients of all ages, but is slightly more prevalent in females and is treated with altering ones diet and medication. “Up until now, there’s only a couple of medications you can use to treat it and those medications are fraught with a lot of side effects and really not that effective,” Dr. Petersen said. The electrical stimulation involves attaching two insulated wires or electrodes laparoscopically to the lower body/antrum of the stomach. The electrodes attach to the neurostimulator that is placed in a subcutaneous pouch on the abdominal wall. The Enterra gastric neurostimulator, developed by Medtronic Inc., can be programmed easily, Petersen said, to enhance the frequency of gastric contractions. The mild electrical stimulation of the antrum portion of the stomach muscle wall helps to reduce chronic intractable (drug-refractory) nausea and vomiting. Steven Hodgett, MD, a Baptist Health general surgeon with North Florida Surgeons specializing in laparoscopic surgery and bariatric surgery, will be doing the procedures. “It signals the stomach to contract to try to improve their gastroparesis,” Dr. Hodgett said about the gastric pacemaker. “It’s a patient population that overall is miserable. This shows a significant amount of improvement in their life.” While some other hospitals throughout Florida use the device, Junius Hill, national sales manager for Medtronic, said Baptist Health will be the only hospital currently in Northeast Florida using the product. “With the success of the pacemaker, patients can eat, be free of disabling nausea and prosper,” Dr. Petersen added. Petersen; Vikram Gopal, MD; Kyle Etzkorn, MD, chairman of the Department of Gastroenterology at Baptist Medical Center, and Steven Hodgett, MD, will be involved in evaluating patients; proceeding with gastric stimulation and its follow-up. Questions and referrals can be directed to 904.202.1182. ### About Baptist Health Baptist Health is a faith-based, mission-driven system in Northeast Florida comprised of Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville; Baptist Medical Center Beaches; Baptist Medical Center Nassau; Baptist Medical Center South; and Wolfson Children’s Hospital – the region’s only children’s hospital. All Baptist Health hospitals, along with Baptist Home Health Care, have achieved Magnet™ status for excellence in patient care. Baptist Health includes the area’s only dedicated heart hospital; a comprehensive cancer center; orthopaedic institute; women’s services; neurosciences, including neurosurgery and two
Joint Commission-certified stroke centers; a Bariatric Center of Excellence; a full range of psychology and psychiatry services; outpatient facilities; urgent care services; and primary and specialty care physiciansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offices throughout Northeast Florida. Recently opened facilities include the J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver Tower and Baptist Clay Medical Campus. For more details, visit baptistjax.com.
Thank you for allowing us to care for your patients’ weight loss and bariatric surgical needs. The Baptist Center for Bariatrics has a Webinar available on our website. This can be viewed in lieu of an in person seminar. Patients will be asked a few questions after viewing to ensure awareness of the bariatric process. Please call or email with questions at 904-202-7546
~ Dr. Craig Morgenthal and Dr. Steven Hodgett ~ Our
Bariatric Surgeons ~ For New Patients ~
~ Open to Potential and Post-Op Patients ~
Free Informational Seminars
Support Group Meetings
Thursdays, January 16th & 30th - PAV
Tuesday, January 14th
Thursday, February 6th - South th
(Less than 6 months post-op and pre-op patients)
Tuesday, January 28th
Thursday, February 27 - PAV
(Greater than 6 months post-op and pre-op patients)
Thursday, March 13th - PAV
Tuesday, February 25th
Thursday, March 20th – South
(All Patients)
PAV – Classrooms 1 & 2 at 6 PM Baptist Downtown, Pavilion 4th Floor
South – Azalea Conference Room at 6 PM Baptist South
Tuesday, March 11th (Less than 6 months post-op and pre-op patients)
Tuesday, March 25th (Greater than 6 months post-op and pre-op patients)
Classrooms 1,2 or 3 at 6 PM Baptist Downtown, Pavilion 4th Floor
For more information or to reserve a seat, Please Call 904.202.SLIM (7546) or e-mail bariatrics@bmcjax.com.