Teaching doctors win awards Two faculty physicians from Christiana Care received academic honors at the Jefferson Medical College Class Day program in Philadelphia. Steven A. Johnson, M.D., a faculty member from the Department of Surgery, received the Leon A. Peris Memorial Award for excellence in clinical teaching and superior patient care.
Matthew J. Burday, D.O., clinical assistant professor of medicine and associate program director at Christiana Care, received the Blockley-Osler/Dean’s Teaching Award for excellence as an educator.
Nurse and cancer survivor receives Komen honor
Infectious disease specialist is Pharmacist of the Year
LaVaida Owens-White, RN, MSN, was honored for her dedication to health ministries by Susan G. Komen for the Cure. A breast cancer survivor, Owens-White is Health Ministries coordinator at Christiana Care.
Kimberly Couch, Pharm.D., IDSA, was named 2008 Pharmacist of the Year by the Delaware Society of Health System Pharmacists. An infectious disease specialist, she coordinates daily care and follow up and collaborates with infectious disease physicians at Christiana Care to ensure patients receive the best care possible.
Tops at ELCAP Barbara Marconi, RN, BSN, OCN, coordinator of the ongoing International Early Lung Cancer Action Project (I-ELCAP), has been named the Most Influential Coordinator among 48 I-ELCAP sites worldwide.
She also developed Christiana Care’s annual Antimicrobial Formulary publication into a sought-after reference.
Marconi has been coordinator of the program at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center since its inception in 2003. Since then, the program has grown to one of the largest programs in the country, with more than 1,400 participants from Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, with a waiting list for more.
At the Summer Olympics in Beijing, trainer Michele Gould helped bring home the gold for the U.S. women’s soccer team. “It’s the pinnacle of my career,” says Gould, a therapist at Christiana Care Physical Therapy PLUS in Brandywine Hundred. She has been the team’s trainer since 2006, traveling to competitions throughout Europe and Asia.
Olympic trainer good as gold
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