2007 - Memorial Hospital of South Bend

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Occupational Health KeepsMichiana on the JobThe Memorial Center for OccupationalHealth offers a full range of occupationalhealth services to more than 2,500 clientcompanies, including:· Treatment for on-the-job injuries· Ergonomic assessments· Follow-up care for Workers’Compensation cases· Executive physicals· Injury prevention· Industrial rehabilitation· Work-site assessment for Americanswith Disabilities Act standards· Drug screenings· Corporate wellness programs· Safety and accident prevention seminarsMemorial Medial Group’s ClinicalResearch Institute Continues to GrowMemorial’s highly successful and growing ClinicalResearch Institute (CRI) continues to make great stridesin the advancement of medicine.“We’re no longer the new kids on the block,” says MichaelGordon, Executive Director of Memorial Medical Group.“We’ve established ourselves as a nationally recognized,reliable, high quality research department.”Just three years since its inception, the CRI has developed anational reputation, with pharmaceutical and research companiescourting Memorial’s physicians—instead of the other way around.2007 Clinical Research Institute StatisticsResearch Study Contracts Secured.............................................21Contracted Dollars......................................................$1.6 millionDoctors as Principle Investigators...............................................11Doctors as Sub Investigators......................................................23Eric Wohlrab, M.D., MPH, M.S., FACOEMMemorial Medical Group Welcomes New PhysiciansMemorial Medical Group recorded 382,005 patient visits and welcomed 12 new physicians in 2007. (pictured from left)Sandra Cho, DPMPortage Road Medical GroupKaren Davis, M.D.Navarre PediatricsKate Dutkiewicz, M.D.Pediatric HospitalistThomas Felger, M.D.Med-Point at Schwartz-WiekampMedical GroupNatalie Frentz, M.D.Schwartz-Wiekamp Medical GroupFaiz Khan, M.D.LaPorte Medical GroupMichelle Klawiter-Benton, M.D.Portage Road Medical GroupDale Patterson, M.D.E. Blair Warner Family Medicine CenterJennifer Pennington, D.O.Schwartz-Wiekamp Medical GroupJulie Platt, M.D.Memorial Maternal Fetal MedicineModupe Popoola, M.D.Med-Point at Main Street Medical GroupSara Syeda, M.D.Med-Point at Schwartz-WiekampMedical Group
New Levels of Medical CareExpansion to Portage RoadIn 2007, Memorial Medical Groupopened its newest practice on PortageRoad in South Bend. Physicians atthe Portage Road Medical Group offera wide range of services, including:geriatrics, gynecology, occupationalhealth, internal medicine, pediatrics,family medicine and dermatology.MEDPOINT express ®Expands to MartinsContinuing to Redefine the Best of Health Care in the RegionThe largest expansion in Memorial’s 112-year history is well underway.Ground has been broken, foundations poured and walls erected on thenew surgical suite replacement project, which will increase capacity to13 pre-surgery rooms, 13 operating rooms, 12 recovery rooms, and sixswing rooms for either pre-surgery or recovery. The project also includesrenovation of the Outpatient Surgery Center. This 137,066 square-footexpansionwill result in up to 45 new clinical jobs and 300 constructionrelatedjobs over three years, with completion slated for summer of 2009.Memorial President and CEO Philip A. Newbold says “This extensiveproject will allow us to accommodate a 53 percent increase in surgicalcases to keep up with the demand for specialized care.”Life is busy. Those who have theadded burden of a minor illnesscan now stop at MEDPOINTexpress, which have expandedfrom Wal-Mart ® stores to includeclinics inside local Martin’sSuper Markets. At MEDPOINTexpress, patients can see a nursepractitioner for minor healthconditions. No appointments arenecessary and visits usually takeabout 15 minutes.This extensiveproject will allowus to accommodatea 53 percent increasein surgical cases…– Philip A. NewboldMemorial Spine and Neuroscience CenterThe Memorial Spine andNeuroscience Center(MSNC), a partnershipbetween MemorialHealth System and NorthCentral Neurosurgery,opened for business in2007. Attention to patientcare is found in every aspectof the new facility, locatedon the fourth floor ofNavarre Medical Plaza. TheCenter’s staff works withminimally invasive andmicrosurgical options,and offers innovativeapproaches toanesthesia delivery.The space iscomfortable, modernand, most importantly,it’s a healing restorative place forpatients. “The overall goal is forpatients to be able to resume theirnormal lives as soon as safelypossible,” says Dan Cooke, M.D.,MSNC medical director andanesthesiologist.Physicians Serving Patientsat Memorial’s Spine andNeuroscience Center:David Cockerill, M.D.Dan Cooke, M.D.John Eash, M.D.Harriett Hamer, M.D.Thomas Keucher, M.D.Walter Langheinrich, M.D.Rosa Navarro, M.D.Steve Schroeder, M.D.Stephen Smith, M.D.Robert Yount, M.D.
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