award-winning care Cancer Center
Congratulations These physicians achieved board certification or re-certification in Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine:
award to advance his research into a group of blood cancers known as myeloproliferative neoplasms.
Jeanne Bishop, MD, Medicine; Sharon Brangman, MD, Medicine; Ajeet Gajra, MD, Medicine; Barbara Krenzer, MD, Medicine; Sheila Lemke, MD, Medicine; Suman Swarnkar, MD, Medicine, previously certified; Jonathan Wright, MD, Medicine; Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar, MD, Fellow in Medical Oncology; Leslie Kohman, MD, Surgery; Mitch Karmel, MD, Radiology; Irene Cherrick, MD, Pediatrics.
Pediatric oncology nurses John Breault, RN and Molly Napier, RN are this year’s recipients of the W. Scott Carter Award. The award --a tribute to W. Scott Carter, who died unexpectedly on Jan. 1, 1999 – goes to the member of the nursing staff who best demonstrates the qualities exemplified by Scott: compassionate concern for the welfare of children, excellence in the technical aspects of nursing and the ability to touch others with an infectious joy of life.
Irene Cherrick, MD is one of this year's recipients of the Gold Standard Award, which recognizes faculty who have demonstrated dedication, passion, vision and commitment to their work and to Upstate. Golam Mohi, PhD, will receive a $549,783 scholar award from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The award takes effect July 1 and lasts for five years. Mohi will use the
The Breast Cancer Program was the recipient of the outpatient satisfaction champion trophy for the third quarter. The Breast Cancer Program had the highest outpatient satisfaction score (100) for healthcare providers’ efforts
to include patients in the decisions regarding treatment. These inpatient and outpatient oncology areas were recognized recently for having achieved an overall patient satisfaction score of 90 or above in 2012: Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology (90.3), Breast Cancer Program (91.1), Breast Care Center (91.0), and Gamma Knife (98.1) The 11G team was rated in the 99th percentile in nursing care for four consecutive months. You can’t get better than that! Also, 11G reached the 365-day mark on Dec. 28, 2012 for no Health Care Acquired-Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections. As members of the Children’s Hospital Association, 11G participates in a process improvement program that has helped prevent eight deaths and 66 infections, and resulted in a costsavings of $2.3 million. Upstate’s Regional Oncology Center Stars program was created to increase staff morale. Lynn Siriswasdi and Jenna Schultz were recently recognized as ROC Stars for their hard work and always putting Patients First! n
Kudos from our patients These employees were recognized by name in recent patient satisfaction surveys:
These exerpts come from patients who completed patient satisfaction surveys:
Eleanor Abel, PA; Jessica Armstrong; Patricia Brady, NP; Jayne Charlamb, MD; Lisa Cico, NP; Michele Fehlman; Ajeet Gajra, MD; Simeon Garvin; Theresa Gentile, MD, PhD; Julie Grimsley, RN; Seung Shin Hahn, MD; Roseann Izquierdo; Meaghan Kazmirski; Shari Kelley, NP; Haider Khadim, MBBS; Kara Kort-Glowaki, MD; Sheila Lemke, MD; Dena Martin, clinical research coordinator; Dr. Veeral Patel; Bernard Poiesz, MD; Michael Poiesz, MD; Robin Salvaterra, RN; Darlene SchickWaller, RN; Rahul Seth, DO; Kathryn Spinek, RN; Ibrahim Thabet, NP; Jonathan Wright, MD; Elizabeth Ziolkowski, RN.
“Am always pleased by the friendliness and professionalism by all the staff and the doctor. Office, waiting room, exam area, and bathroom are ALWAYS clean and peaceful. Very pleasant!” “While every single person was wonderful, my nurse Barb was kind, compassionate, engaged and funny. She, and everyone else, made me feel so comfortable.” “Dr. Jonathan Wright is wonderful. I do cry a lot and he talks to me like I am the only one he is treating. Dr. Wright is an angel to me.”
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Spring 2013