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Penn Medicine physicians form classic rock band Full Code By SusAn VAn DOnGen
Health, the men chose the name Full Code because “it’s a little play on what we have to deal with every day.” Full Code members include saxophonist Samuel YennBatah, a West Windsor resident who works as the medical center’s director of Hospital Spiritual Care and Well Being. Also in the band are Dr. Craig Gronczewski, chief medical officer at the hospital, on lead guitar/vocals; Dr. Jasmeet Bajaj, medical director of Critical and Intermediate Care, on keyboards/guitar/vocals; Dr. Gabe Smolarz, board certified endocrinologist, on bass; and drummer Dr. Kevin Skole, gastroenterology. The band has a manager, Cranbury resident Alan Stefanowicz, a laboratory courier at Princeton Medical Center’s Clinical Lab, who has been doing media relations and other managerial tasks for Full Code for about six months. “The band first came to my attention through word of mouth at the hospital,” Stefanowicz says. “Given that I had always been a fan of classic rock, I just knew I had to meet these guys. After my initial meeting with one of the band members, I was asked to become their perSee FULL CODE, Page 7
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WW Council vice president Linda Geevers, president Andrea Mandel, Mayor Hemant Marathe, county executive Dan Benson, council members Sonia Gawas and Dan Weiss receive delivery of a new bus.
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veterans, and individuals with disabilities. “We’re ensuring that everyone in Mercer can access the critical services they need, whether that’s a medical appointment, a community center, or a food panEDiteD By Bill SAnseRVinO try,” Mercer County Executive Dan Benson. Mercer County has provided East Windsor, Ewing, Trenmunicipalities with new 20-seat ton, and West Windsor each buses to enhance local trans- submitted requests to Mercer Welcome to seniors, Capital Health. portation services for County for new ADA-compliant,
handicapped-accessible buses designed to serve residents with mobility challenges. The City of Trenton received two vehicles, and the other municipalities received one. The county says that the new vehicles were funded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant COVID-19 program. See TRANSPORT, Page 4
Do they play Jackson Browne’s “Doctor My Eyes?” Well, no — but Full Code, the band composed almost completely of doctors from Penn Medicine Princeton Health in Plainsboro, plays all kinds of other classic rock. They cover songs by performers such as the Grateful Dead, Weezer, Tom Petty, Coldplay, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, and Elvis Presley. You can see for yourself, when Full Code plays an afternoon concert at Hinds Plaza, adjacent to the Princeton Public Library, on Sunday, Aug. 17. They also perform an early evening concert at the Cranbury Public Library, Wednesday, Aug. 20. Both shows are free and open to the public. According to Dr. David Barile (percussion/guitar/vocals), who is medical director of the Acute Care for the Elderly Unit at Penn Medicine Princeton
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