Your Local Guide to Better Living
HEALTH
Summer 2019
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GLENCROFT ZOELIFE .............. 7 Glencroft Center for Modern Aging launches ZoeLife
ONCOLOGY SPA TREATMENTS .... 10 Biswas Plastic Surgery now offers oncology spa treatments
FAMILY HELPING FAMILY ............. 23 Vitaland donations even help its family
WELLNESS Special Supplement to The Glendale Star and Peoria Times
Abrazo Health launches residency programs BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI
Abrazo Health recently launched two new graduate medical education programs, its first class of internal medicine and general surgery residents starting rotations at Abrazo Arrowhead Campus in Glendale. The new residencies reflect Abrazo’s support Dr. Akil Loli is the designatof teaching and ed institutional official for research in its hos- graduate medical education at Abrazo Health. (Phopitals across the to courtesy Abrazo Health) greater Phoenix area, according to Dr. Akil Loli, designated institutional official for graduate medical education. Abrazo Arrowhead Campus is the primary clinical site for the new residencies, which will add to the community’s ability to attract and retain future physicians. “Our program offers a collaborative environment that will serve as the foundation for building clinical experience and patient advocacy,” Loli said. “Through our local physician leadership, Abrazo provides direction over the curriculum and residents’ hands-on training to suit our community’s needs and ensure quality and patient safety standards are met.” Residents will have real-world learning opportunities with cardiac and vascular specialists at Abrazo Arizona Heart Hospital, emergency and trauma training at the Level I Trauma Center at Abrazo West, and with the numerous disciplines offered at Abrazo Arrowhead. “I’m thankful for the leadership of our
Abrazo Arrowhead Campus is the primary clinical site for the new residencies, which will add to the community’s ability to attract and retain future physicians. (Photo courtesy Abrazo Health)
designated institutional officer, Dr. Akil Loli, as well as the program directors and the rest of the faculty of the graduate medical education program,” said Abrazo Arrowhead Campus CEO Jeff Patterson. “Through their dedication to teaching and developing the next generation of physicians, we were able to attract a tremendously talented group of physicians in our first year. I believe the educational experience our residents will receive through Abrazo Community Health Network will continue to draw gifted residents and augment the care provided in our facilities.” Abrazo has three medical residency programs. Abrazo Central Campus in Phoenix began its family medicine residency
program in 1978, and many of those physicians continue to practice in the Valley. The programs are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Residencies play an important role in addressing the need for more physicians in the community, according to Abrazo Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. William Ellert. “It’s a very important part of a young physician’s development, and it’s well-documented that residents tend to develop roots in communities where they train. We are committed to providing effective learning opportunities for our residents. It’s an investment in the future of health care in Arizona,” Ellert said.