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1 Non-profit Org U.S. Postage PAID Newburgh, NY Permit No. 415 241 North Rd, Poughkeepsie 12601 • (845) 483-5000 I was instructed to visit your emergency room due to swelling in my left hand, small fingers. The staff in the emergency room that night was so incredible, from doctors to nurses and receptionists. I can’t tell you how much they helped, consoled and humored me while I was given a 45-minute IV of antibiotics to treat my staph infection. I recovered fully the next morning and felt like a new man. I went on to complete my Certified Master Chef examination at The Culinary Institute of America and passed with flying colors, only because of the superb, outstanding, and tremendous care I was given at your facility. Please thank all those who worked that night (I am sorry I did not get names) because they are just a wonderful group of individuals! Regards, Brian J. Sode, CMC, AAC Executive Chef, The Bear’s Club Jupiter, FL The Patterson family would like to express their most sincere appreciation for the kind and compassionate care shown to [husband and father] Richard. We are very grateful to the doctor s and staff in the Emergency Room, the Critic al Care Unit, the Progressive Care Unit and for the comfort care on the fifth floor of Cooke. Their consistent professional care and attention provided great comfort to him and his family. We were so thankful knowing Richard was being cared for by knowing and gen tle hands in a most professional manner. 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Silverman Dr. Rishi Razdan Cosmetic/ Reconstructive Surgery Interventional Radiologist years young 1914-2014 Your Support Saves Lives Our Catholic tradition is reflected in our CREST of Values: Compassionate Care, Respect, Excellence, Service, Teamwork www.sfhospital.org 1 E c o p us Cr 9G Phoenicia SAUGERTIES 212 S A I N T F R A N C I S H O S P I TA L L O C AT I O N S A N D A F FJaInsLen IKiAT E S R K 87 9 E W 209 High Falls HYDE PARK POUGHKEEPSIE 9 NEWBURGH The WorkPlace/EAP New Windsor 9D Mountainville 94 WEST POINT 0 17 Monroe The WorkPlace/Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Poughkeepsie, Beacon, Middletown (845) 431-8170 17A Program Employee Assistance Warwick Kingston (845) 483-5150 Saint Francis Hospital Certified Home Health Sterling Lake 87 Services (845) 483-5550 84 6 5 10 Kilometers 1 5 202 Poughkeepsie, Beacon, Millbrook Point (845) 431-8800 Learning Links Children’s Center Ossining Poughkeepsie (845) 462-0906RocklandLake New City a rk t a te P 22 7 Pound Saint Francis Physician Services, PLLC Ridge MountMD • Mary Dyer, MiltonKisco (845) 684 795-6181 • Robert Holland, MD Pleasant Valley (845) 635-2650 • David Kerner, DO Pleasant Valley (845) 635-1490 w ay 87 287 Spring Valley State Park Ridgefield 35 • Special Needs Preschool Program Beacon (845) 431-8803 New Croton Katonah • Center for Communication Disorders Reservoir Beacon (845) 431-8800 Special Needs Preschool Program Haverstraw Croton-onPoughkeepsie, Hyde Park,Hudson Millbrook (845) 431-8803 e rs Suffern Panichi Family Center for I nt Greenwood Therapy Connection Lake (845) 431-8159 Poughkeepsie 22 Communication and Learning Yorktown 35 9 Center for Communication Disorders Lake Tiorati Stony 202 684 10 Miles 202 Center for Balance and Mobility at the Therapy Connection Peekskill Poughkeepsie (845) 431-8159 DANBU Brewster Mahopac 6 Lake Sebago Saint Francis Home Care Services, Inc. (845) 483-5551 301 Carmel 32 Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers 94 Poughkeepsie (845) 483-5000 22 84 y 6 13 Lake Carmel 9 Garrison 0 1 2 wa R iv in k rs The Panichi Family Center for Communication and Learning 9W Patterson 311 Cold Spring Goshen Chester 52 a rk er 87 Washingtonville 6 84 The WorkPlace/EAP Middletown 6 52 Fishkill BEACON 84 Pawling rP Basher Kill 32 CO 55 Cr 52 9D H u dso n Ri v e r r ve Ri 17 F i s hki l l 376 9W ll l ki Wal Montgomery Kent 55 Wappingers Falls Orange Lake 7 Wingdale Saint Francis Preschool at Martha Lawrence Marlboro Wurtsboro Dover Plains Red Oaks Mill Home Care Services 87 Center for Communication Disorders Center for Communication Disorders k Saint44Francis Physician Services, PLLC ee New York S Ro nd t a te 115 209 David DiMarco, MD, Chair, Division of Orthopedics Manoj Abraham, MD, Chair, Division of Otorhinolaryngology Leon Isaac, MD, Chair, Division of Pathology Celestino Sepulveda, MD, Chair, Division of Plastic Surgery Joseph Prisco, DDS, Chief, Dental Section 209 Lewis Sims, DPM, Chair, ve Division of Podiatry Ne 97 Scott Kahn, MD, Chair, Port Jervis Division of Urology Gabriel Aguilar, MD, Co-Chief, Spine Section William Barrick, MD, Co-Chief, Spine Section Department of Behavioral Medicine Michael Susco, MD, Director Stephen Shapiro, MD, Chair, Division of Addiction Medicine il Sadaf Ahsan,raMD, Chair, Division ofT Psychiatry Kenneth Oclatis, PhD, Chief, Psychology Section 82 Saint Francis Physician Services, PLLC Pleasant Valley P a l i sa d e s Sol Mora, MD, Chair, Division of Neurology Steven Ritter, MD, Chair, Division of Pediatrics Mark Bodack, MD, Chair, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Alan Gross, MD, Chair, Division of Pulmonary Medicine Theresa Karcnik, MD, Chair, Division of Radiology Department of Surgery Jayesh Modi, MD, Director Leon Basil, MD, Chair, Division of Anesthesiology Robert Tomkins, DO, Chief, Pain Section Ziad Elie Abouezzi, MD, Chair, Division of Surgery (General) Cynthia Leslie, MD, Chief, Trauma Section Raghuram Gorti, MD, Chief, Vascular Section Jose Baez, MD, Chair, Division of Gynecology Michael Cho, MD, Chair, Division of Neurosurgery Hugh Sauer, MD, Chair, Division of Ophthalmology 22 Millbrook Tenmile River Department of Medicine Asghar Anwar, MD, Director Anthony Messina, MD, Chair, Division of Cardiology Anthony Leno, DO, Chair, Division of Emergency Medicine Essam Jacob, MD, Chair, Division of Family Medicine Vincent Marrone, MD, Chair, Division of Gastroenterology Ponciano Reyes, MD, Chair, Division of Hematology/Oncology David Cho, MD, Chair, Division of Internal Medicine Rachna Sahityani, MD, Chair, Division of Nephrology 44 ay NEW PALTZ 299 Monticello T hr u w k ou tC er e re 82 iv e R iv Kerhonkson Millerton Amenia Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers Saint Francis Preschool 32 Saint Francis Hospital Medical Staff The Therapy Connection Center for Balance and Mobility The WorkPlace/EAP 9W S Rondout Reservoir 9G Tacon ic N 17 Medical Staff Officers Mark Foster, MD, President Zubair Khan, MD, Vice President Ziad Abouezzi, MD, Secretary/Treasurer Robert Strauss, MD, Immediate Past President RHINEBECK KINGSTON Hurley 199 Pine Plains 199 The WorkPlace/EAP Ashokan Reservoir 28A 199 ek P A Cre L g er L p in K I S t at e P a r kw a y S ill R A T M C 32 22 Red Hook Wa p 28 82 Annandaleon-Hudson w Saint Francis Health Care Foundation and Corporate Communications Pamela Landolt, Director of Development Barbara Lynch, Foundation Manager Gail Jones, Associate for Planned Giving and Donor Relations Laura Facchin, Grants Coordinator Arlette Porpiglia, Special Events Coordinator Neversinkand Heather Scism, Research Reservoir Database Coordinator David Budd, Corporate Communications Associate Larry Hughes, Coordinator North of Public Relations and Broadcast Services in k Saint Francis Hospital Administration George T. Whalen III, Chair Jason B. Barlow, President and CEO J. Keith Festa, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Medical Affairs Christopher Fallon, CFO Mark Foster, MD, Medical Staff President Joline Frey, Vice President, Clinical Informatics and Ancillary Services Joseph McCann, Chief Information Officer Barbara Naru, RN, Vice President of Nursing Services and Chief Nursing Officer Patricia Nocket, RN, Vice President for Clinical and Process Innovation George M. Prisco, Vice President of Human Resources liff 9W er s Saint Francis Health Care Foundation Board of Trustees Jason B. Barlow, President & CEO David M. Birsner, Chair Michael T. McCormack, Vice Chair Vincent J. Miller, Secretary Steven G. Buso Frank M. Castella Jr. Dianne F. Davis Mark Foster, MD Kenneth S. Herman Elizabeth Hilton Lobsang T. Lhungay, MD Angela LoBianco-Barone Charles S. North Robert J. Ranieri Susan Spinelli Richard K. Whalen, DDS N ev Saint Francis Hospital Board Of Trustees George T. Whalen III, Chair, Secretary/Assistant Treasurer Michael J. McDermott, Vice Chair/Treasurer Karl P. Adler, MD Jason B. Barlow, President & CEO Michael Burdis John J. Cina Jr. Evelyn S. Constantino Steven L. Effron Roger A. Fazzone, EdD Mark Foster, MD Sephir D. Hamilton Tammy S. Kirshon Timmian C. Massie Sr. Rose Marie Mullen, osf, Assistant Secretary E. Richard O’Shea Allan B. Rappleyea Kelley Redl-Hardisty Samuel Simon, MD Sr. Roberta Smith, osf Monsignor James P. Sullivan Michael G. Visconti George T. Whalen Jr. R oe Woodstock Sa Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers Leadership ll Tivoli 212 41 15 STAMFORD Table of Contents Jason B. Barlow and George T. Whalen III One Hundred Years Young: The New Saint Francis Dear Friends of Saint Francis, A century of healing—it’s a profound statement. It tells us that we’re a vital presence in the lives of hundreds of thousands of people across the region. It assures you that Saint Francis remains as strong and as committed to healing as the day we were founded. But every hospital, without exception, is dealing with the turbulence of the world’s economic and political climate—and Saint Francis is reinventing itself into a bold, innovative enterprise. We’re forging smart partnerships, creating new efficiencies, and relentlessly pursuing new opportunities to serve you. We’re excited about the future of our new direction. Regardless of the changes and challenges, one thing remains constant: we are still, and will always remain, the region’s beloved provider of quality care practiced by the most caring, skilled professionals you will ever meet. We know this because we hear it year after year from our patients—and in this issue of Saint Francis magazine, we share their stories. They speak not only of the superb medicine we provide and the vast array of services we offer you, but also compassion, dedication and personal commitment. From groundbreaking robotic-assisted surgery to nationally respected home care and innovative wellness support for our military veterans, our people treat their patients as they would want to be treated. Saint Francis has not become nearly one hundred years young by standing still. We’re launching into our second century energized with a powerful new vision and fueled by the strength of our commitment to you, our patients. Sincerely, George T. Whalen III, Chair, Board of Trustees Jason B. Barlow, MPA, FACHE, President and CEO P.S. Has it been a while since you’ve been to Saint Francis? We invite you to visit our website, sfhospital.org, and come to the hospital to see the new Saint Francis for yourself. To arrange a tour, contact the Saint Francis Health Care Foundation at (845) 431-8707. 1 241 North Rd, Poughkeepsie 12601 • (845) 483-5000 www.sfhospital.org 2 Saint Francis Hospital to Serve Military and Families 3 Simonettys Make First Gift to Military Wellness Center 4 Cancer Center Dedicated 5 Redl Family Makes Lead Gift for Center for Cancer Care Expansion 6 “Superman” and His Super Team 8 Awards and Accreditations 9 Grant Funding Stefanopoulos Family 10 Jillian Shines! 11 Special Needs Preschool Turns 30 12 If it Hadn’t Been for the Accident… 14 Margaret is Dancing Again 15 When You Need Help at Home 16 The Power of HBO 18 My Doctor Can’t Call Me Diabetic Anymore 19 “Coop” Wakes Up 20 The Turning Point/Weldon is 40 Under 40 Honoree 21 Our 2012 Numbers Health Care Scholarships In Memoriam 22 Taste of the Hudson Valley 24 Hunting for a Cure 25 The LoBianco-Barones Give Back Hoops for Duff 26 Franciscan Award Gala 28 David Birsner: Nine Years of Leadership 29 Honor Roll of Donors 30 George’s Travels 34 “Charity Begins at Home” for 15-Year Employee 38 Are You a Secret Admirer? 39 Would You Like to Help SFH But Can’t Right Now? 40 Partnership Goals Gratitude from Grateful Patients 41 Saint Francis Hospital Locations & Affiliates Magazine Production Managers: Pamela Landolt, Barbara Lynch, Gail Jones Editor: Gail Jones Writers: Gail Jones, Larry Hughes Report of Gifts: Heather Scism Contributors: Arlette Porpiglia, Heather Scism, Laura Facchin Photographs: Al Nowak of On Location Studios, Kristine Palmer Photography, David Budd, Larry Hughes Publication Design: Richard Deon Graphic Art Service Military Wellness Center Saint Francis Hospital to Serve the Military and Their Families T Saint Francis employees and volunteers who are military veterans pose for a photo in the Atrium lobby. 2 here is a need for additional behavioral health services for veterans and their families, and Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers is planning to step up to the plate. Saint Francis, the only hospital in Dutchess County providing both inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services to the community, will offer intensive outpatient treatment and a full range of other outpatient services tailor-made for this special population. The Military Wellness Center will be modeled after successful initiatives serving similar populations in other parts of the country as well as the hospital’s own structured outpatient programs for individuals diagnosed with mental health and addiction problems. Discussions are going to be held with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that services already being provided by the federal government will not be duplicated by the Military Wellness Center. Behavioral health services are currently offered by the VA Hudson Valley Health Care System’s joint facilities at Montrose (Westchester County) and Castle Point (southern Dutchess County). Kenneth Oclatis, PhD, the hospital’s director of outpatient clinics, also plans to meet with Dutchess County veterans’ affairs officials to discuss the program. “Veterans have always been welcome to use any of our services,” said Dr. Oclatis. “What we’re planning to develop now are more specialized services, specifically intensive outpatient treatment services for veterans and their families, which will be similar to the intensive outpatient programs we have provided for other populations for many years, including our outpatient chemical dependency program (based at the Family Partnership Center in Poughkeepsie). We want to start a similar program that will integrate treatment methods that have been found to be effective for conditions that afflict large numbers of veterans, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).” The intensive outpatient model includes 3 to 4 hours of treatment per day for 3 to 5 days a week. Patients receive a combination of individual and group therapy plus other therapeutic activities that help them to work through painful experiences and develop new skills for coping with the stress in their lives. “Intensive treatment can have a powerful impact on an individual who is experiencing psychological distress and is using maladaptive coping mechanisms, which is the case with many veterans. It can help them find more effective ways to deal with their feelings and provide the support to begin to make real changes in their behavior. The individuals themselves benefit tremendously, and their families and the community benefit as well,” said Dr. Oclatis. In addition to providing outpatient treatment services, the Military Wellness Center is also planning to offer educational programs and workshops for veterans and their families. Saint Francis would also like to help them become more aware of the benefits they may qualify for and direct them to the right place in the Department of Veterans Affairs and elsewhere in the community to get valuable information and services. An important part of life in the military is sharing experiences—the ordinary as well as the extraordinary —with other service members. The hospital would like to provide a place as part of the Military Wellness Program where veterans can come together and simply “hang out.” “We’d like to create a kind of lounge in the center’s space,” Dr. Oclatis said, “where they can discuss their day-to-day experiences after returning home, just as they shared their day-to-day experiences with each other when they were in the military.” In addition to offering treatment, educational programs, and referral information, it is expected that the program will invite veterans to make use of the center’s space for informal conversations and to provide a venue for activities related to their needs. The space will be open to all veterans, not just those making use of the program’s treatment services, and could be used by community-based veterans groups for meetings and other activities. According to Dr. Oclatis, “More than anything, the hospital would like the Military Wellness Center to be a resource to the veterans in the community in any and every way it can.” To contact the Military Wellness Center, call (845) 483-5596. Caring with Compassion Since 1914 | www.sfhospital.org Jerome Simonetty, Ken Knops and Carol Simonetty Simonettys make first gift to Military Wellness Center T he Taste of the Hudson Valley®, Saint Francis Hospital’s signature fundraising event, is one of the premier wine and food festivals in the Northeast. The 25th annual Taste will take place on Sunday, November 3rd, 2013, and will benefit Saint Francis Hospital’s new Military Wellness Center (see accompanying story). Jerry and Carol Simonetty of Poughkeepsie have already pledged their support. The Simonettys and Saint Francis Hospital previously partnered on the Panichi Family Center for Communication and Learning, the only hospital-based special needs program for children in the region. The Simonettys made gifts in memory of their daughter, Karin. “Carol’s father and grandfather both served in World War II— one was 17 and the other 35,” said Jerry. “And one of our sons, for several years starting when he was 12, collected World War II memorabilia. He would visit veterans and talk to them about their experiences.” Their son would speak with his grandpa, said Carol, “and think of him as someone just a few years older than himself and the real things he went through at 18 and 19 years old. It’s really exciting for him.” Carol’s dad, Ken Knops, served three years as a Navy radioman in the Atlantic and in the Pacific on a tanker. There was the massive typhoon that caught them returning from a battle. “Winds 100 miles or so. We lost 4 ships and 700 men,” he said. Ken is retired from the Arlington Central School where he was a teacher and administrator. Serving in the military has changed over the years. When Ken went off it was a total nationwide effort with the burden of war shared, at least in part, by families back home. If not working in defense plants civilians put up with rationing to aid the effort. “Our veterans today have given so much, as did past veterans,” said Jerry. “But it’s a different environment now; the wars today are more complicated. A lot of the people going over today are married and have families. Carol’s dad was 17.” “Different stresses,” added his wife. “We’d like a place where they can come that’s easy access, and not complicated, not difficult to get into,” Jerry continued, “and help them get back into the mainstream of life of this country. There’s nothing nicer for Carol and me to give back a little bit to our veterans and active military who have given so much to all of us.” To make a gift contact the Saint Francis Health Care Foundation at (845) 431-8707 or visit sfhospital.org/ways-to-give. 3 Donald and Dale Adams and Pamela Landolt Chair of the Saint Francis Health Care Foundation David Birsner, left, with Duffy family Cancer Center Dedicated T he formal opening of the newly expanded 6,500-square-foot cancer center was held September 27, 2012. Marilyn Williams, Timothy Irwin, Lucille Irwin, William Irwin and Patricia Irwin Sr. Rose Marie Mullen, osf and William Freeman III 4 Susan and Jack Pretak Joe and Danielle Grosse A reception for donors was followed by tours, ribboncutting ceremonies and a dedication. Speakers included then-President & CEO Bob Savage, then-State Senator Stephen Saland, R-Poughkeepsie, then-Vice President for Development George Prisco and cancer center patient Patricia Cannizzaro of Hyde Park. The Herb and Sue Ann Redl Center for Cancer Care (see accompanying story) offers advanced treatment for all major cancers including breast, lung, colorectal and other digestive tract, head and neck, prostate, bladder, lymphoma, melanoma and brain tumors. The construction cost was $1 million with $800,000 coming from a NYS Department of Health grant made possible through the efforts of Senator Saland. The remainder was raised through individual donations. The new center is a one-stop full-service outpatient cancer treatment facility and includes a dedicated chemotherapy pharmacy; oncology consultation and exam rooms; consulting rooms for meetings with nutritionists, social workers and aestheticians; and a supportive services room for prosthetics fittings and beauty consultations. The spacious infusion area is Forget-U-Cancer Fund founded by Melissa DePaolo, represented by her family and friends. Back: Angela Ciralli, Christopher DePaolo, Joseph DePaolo, Sharon DePaolo, Kristen Gerentine Owens, Michael Post; Front: Sean Dysard Redl Family Makes Lead Gift for Center for Cancer Care Expansion Catherine Albanese, Sheila and James Klingman outfitted with flat-panel TVs and headphones for music. Said Director of Oncology Services Mary Luvera, RN, “We treat all patients requiring any type of infusion, such as chemotherapy, antibiotics, IVIG, peripheral/VAD blood draws, hydration and IV medications for rheumatoid arthritis. In addition, we administer medications to patients with neurological disorders. We maintain any type of central line and administer any subcutaneous or intramuscular injections.” “We explain all treatments to our patients and answer all their questions. We recognize that a patient’s journey toward complete recovery must include ensuring their Peter Angarola and peace of mind and fostering Pamela Landolt their trust, while providing hope and supporting them throughout their time with us. That’s why we combine traditional medicine with a multi-disciplinary team approach that is patientcentric, disease-specific and rehabilitation-focused.” Cancer care at Saint Francis is based on an integrative oncology model. Radiation oncologist Lawrence D. Koutcher, MD, the center’s new medical director, serves as medical director at PROS (Professional Radiation Oncology Services) located on the Saint Francis Hospital campus. His professional training at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, coupled with the years he has shared working with the Saint Francis Hospital team, combine for an ideal strength in directing cancer services based at the hospital. Said Dr. Koutcher, “Our mission is to care for our patients with seamless quality and timely services in a compassionate and professional way.” Thanks to a generous donation from a prominent Dutchess County family, the next phase of the recently expanded Center for Cancer Care at Saint Francis Hospital is underway. Plans to expand the center, now known as the Herb and Sue Ann Redl Center for Cancer Care, are being finalized. The center will include a women’s imaging center, additional offices and exam rooms for cancer care Herb and Sue Ann Redl specialists and space for health, exercise and wellness programs. The expansion will be in existing space designated for that purpose when the center was expanded to 6,500 square feet and relocated in August 2012 from the main floor of the Atrium to the Medical Arts Pavilion, adjacent to the hospital. “When a member of our community steps forward and makes a major contribution like this to the health of our community, it’s certainly cause to celebrate,” said Bob Savage, then-president & CEO of Saint Francis Hospital. “The Redls share our vision of a center for cancer care and wellness that exceeds people’s expectations, and for that we are truly grateful.” The Redls have a longstanding involvement with cancer research. They held their first fundraiser for breast cancer research 18 years ago at All Sport Fishkill raising over $12,000. The event has become a tradition, expanding over the years. Since 2005 this fundraiser has been held in conjunction with the American Cancer Society. “I believe we collected $100,000 in 2005-6,” said Herb Redl. “Up to and including this past year we have raised well over $800,000 to donate to the American Cancer Society.” Their investments in the community extend well beyond cancer care and research. Since 1995 the Redls have offered scholarships to Marist College students. To date 79 students have received financial support through the scholarship fund. Also, their Guardian Self Storage has been working with Dutchess Outreach for 18 years collecting winter coats. “Just last year our 13 locations collected over 7,300 coats,” Mr. Redl said. In June Guardian Self Storage will host another food drive which will be coordinated with the Hudson Valley Food Bank. All Sport Fishkill hosts a yearly food drive during which a truck is filled with donated canned foods. Also, the Redls donated 30 acres in Pleasant Valley (appraised at over $1.2 million) to be used as a recreational park. Fundraising is still underway for the new expansion of the Redl Center for Cancer Care, which will cost about $1 million. To make a gift, contact the Saint Francis Health Care Foundation at (845) 431-8707 or visit sfhospital.org/ways-to-give. 5 Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Program Gayle, Mabel, Ed “Superman” Schamberg and his wife Terrie, Dawne, Christie, Emily “Superman” and His Super Team Acute Rehabilitation Program F “Saint Francis’s rehab unit is classified as an acute rehab facility. Federal guidelines dictate that all our rehab inpatients must have some type of additional medical condition that requires special monitoring which can’t be accomplished at a sub-acute rehab facility, such as a nursing home. Many patients think that because we’re ‘the’ orthopedic place to be, or because we’re a trauma center, it’s automatic that they get to go to rehab here. But we’re still obligated to follow the federal guidelines.” Referring to the therapy staff, Ed said, “That’s where I met my girls.” He nicknamed Dawne and Gayle, two of his therapists, “Rambo” and “Squat”— Rambo because she was a tough taskmaster, and Squat because she was in charge of his lower extremities— his knees, calves and feet. “It would take Rambo and Squat, plus my patient care technician, Mabel, just to get me out of bed and onto the stretcher to take me down for my CAT scans.” To Ed and Terrie they were a “the Three Musketeers.” “I had four therapists and each one worked with Ed Schamberg needed this high level of expertise. me for an hour a day, six days a week. They gave One afternoon, Ed’s wife Terrie offered to make me Sundays off. My room was right across from the him lunch. “He said no, I don’t feel too good. Then “It’s nurses’ station, and Mabel wouldn’t let me out of her his chin dropped to his chest. I thought he was joking unbelievable sight. I’d wave and say ‘Hi, I’m still here and I’m goin’ around—I said, ‘Ed, come on, knock it off!’ But he what those nowhere!’ I didn’t want to eat, but Mabel got me to didn’t wake up.” Terrie called for her son, who started girls did— drink chocolate Boost—she’d bring it to me then stand chest compressions while she called 911. “When the they did not there with her hands on her hips and watch me until I paramedics got here and examined him, they said he give up on finished it. One thing you don’t do is fool with Mabel.” was gone. But they brought him back, enough to get him for one To entice him to eat, “Squat brought me cereal him to Saint Francis.” minute. They and fruit every morning. Then Rambo would come in Ed had had both a heart attack and a stroke. His have the and say, ‘What should we work on today?’ I’d say, ‘Why right side was paralyzed and he had lost 30 percent of patience of don’t you do me a favor and let me go back to sleep!’ his memory. Because of his heart condition, Ed had saints.” She’d say, ‘We’re going to play a game with a cane.’ I’d been in hospitals on and off for months and wasn’t –Terrie Schamberg strong enough to have the heart surgery he needed. say, ‘I don’t play games with canes!’ But the day she got me into a walker, I felt like a king. I walked 200 feet.” He was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). “Christie, my little occupational therapist—she Once the ICU staff stabilized him, Ed was moved from must be all of five-foot-one—she’d come in every day the ICU to the CIIRP. and say, ‘Hi, Ed. Know what day it is?’ I’d say, ‘It’s the Liz Smith, RN, MS, CNS, CEN is nurse manager for both the Joint Replacement Center and the CIIRP. day after yesterday.’ I couldn’t even remember where I ounded 35 years ago, Saint Francis Hospital’s Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Program (CIIRP) offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive rehabilitation treatment in the area. The CIIRP was the first in the Mid-Hudson region to be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), a nationally recognized authority that establishes standards for “I’m telling quality of care and service. It is the only such program you, there in the area which is CARF-accredited for stroke are angels rehabilitation. at that Many of our patients have had major traumatic hospital.” injuries, neurological disorders such as multiple –Ed Schamberg sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, Guillain-Barré syndrome, peripheral neuropathy, polyarthritis, fractures of the femur, spinal cord injuries, bilateral joint replacements, a traumatic brain injury, or a stroke. 6 was. Every day Christie gave me the same three words to remember: tree, house and boot. Then she’d talk to me for awhile, and ask me to repeat the words. I’d say, ‘Tree…’ and that was it.” One day she walked in for their session and he said, “’Christie, I’ve got a surprise for you,’ and I said those words backwards!” She was as thrilled as he was. Ed’s wife Terrie said, “They were all very strict, but they loved him and I knew it. He loved them, too.” Ed was in the program for several weeks. Today, there’s no sign that he had been so seriously debilitated. Before he was discharged, one of his therapists offered to build him a ramp at the house for his wheelchair. “They got me so strong that I came through my heart surgery with flying colors.” He pointed to the big red Superman “S” on his t-shirt and said, “See this? That’s what the doctors and nurses call me—Superman.” Terrie added, “I call him the Six Million Dollar Man.” Ed said proudly, “One doctor told me, ‘I’m gonna write you up in a medical journal. There’s no reason you should be alive.’” Ed is deeply grateful to his doctors and surgeons, his nurses, therapists and techs, and especially for his family. “And this one”—Ed pointed to Terrie—“was with me in the hospital every day from ten in the morning until four-thirty in the afternoon.” Terrie said, “He’s a tough cookie; he’d refuse to do his therapy. But they had a way of getting him to do it and he didn’t realize it. It’s unbelievable what those girls did—they did not give up on him for one minute. They have the patience of saints, and Ed taught them how to use it! ” Ed added, “I’m telling you, there are angels at that hospital!” Recently Terrie and Ed returned to the unit to visit his “girls”; it was a happy reunion. The couple will celebrate their 53rd wedding anniversary in June. Liz Smith concluded, “We’re a one-stop shop. We have an interdisciplinary team of physiatrists, rehabilitation nurses, physical and occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, rehabilitation neuropsychologists and social workers who will help you achieve your goals. We routinely take patients other facilities won’t take. I’m proud of our staff—they have the skill and compassion to send patients home with great outcomes regardless of their condition when they came in. They give it their all every day. It’s their life mission.” Joint Replacement and Spine Center A lthough Saint Francis Hospital’s Joint and Spine Center and the Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Program are on the same floor, and often collaborate to speed patients on their way to recovery, they are separate programs with different purposes. The Joint Replacement Center (JRC) marked its 10th anniversary in 2012. Saint Francis was the first hospital between Westchester and Albany to perform Caring with Compassion Since 1914 | www.sfhospital.org total joint replacement surgery, and the first in the region with a dedicated joint replacement unit. Dori Kerner, PT, the Joint Replacement Center’s Patient/Family Liaison, dedicates her time to helping patients and their families through the entire process. “We offer free weekly pre-operative education classes to anyone who’s considering surgery—you don’t have to be a patient. The class really helps alleviate worries.” Liz Smith said, “An educated patient will have the best outcomes, because they’re able to talk with their doctors more intelligently since they’re better informed.” During the process, important relationships develop between patients and therapists which are key in their progress. Joint and Spine Center a Retired teacher Flo Mondanaro had her second hip replaced recently and said that even though she was more nervous this time, it couldn’t have gone better. “I was up on my feet within 24 hours. Everybody— from the therapists, techs and nurses, to the people who bring the food and the housekeeping folks—they all asked how I was feeling every time they came into my room. I could see that the staff loves what they do, and they enjoy working with each other.” Flo feels that “Saint Francis is a great hospital in general anyway, but the rehab unit’s specialists are fabulous. There’s a great attention to detail, and their knowledge is so superior—there’s nothing like it.” a Former JRC patient Barbara Mika said, “Saint Francis is really quite amazing. I’m sure the staff was very busy, but I never knew it. I’ve been in hospitals four times, and this experience was different. My family noticed it, too.” She laughed and said, “You know how family can get in the way sometimes—but the staff was just as responsive to them as they were to me. Every person’s behavior was so jovial and upbeat and very concerned for my comfort, even the housekeepers and the transport people. Every touch was so gentle and tender. I never wanted to bother anyone, but when I pushed my call button, they were in my room immediately. Each person seemed to be able to relate to my experience. Being in a hospital is a little frightening to me because when you’re under the influence of medications, you can’t always advocate for yourself. But I always felt safe.” She is just as happy with the home care nurse and therapist Saint Francis Hospital sent her. “The giving of the Saint Francis staff comes from the heart—you can’t train for that. I’d like to put up a billboard out on Route 55—it would say, ‘Need Surgery? Go to Saint Francis!’” Dori Kerner invites potential patients to call her at (845) 431-8769 for more information. “I’d like to put up a billboard out on Route 55—it would say, ‘Need Surgery? Go to Saint Francis!’” –Barbara Mika Patient care technician Malika Belhaddaji is happy with her new knee 7 Awards and Accreditations SFH 2013 AWA R D S Physician of Excellence Ziad Elie Abouezzi, MD, MBA, FACS, Chair, Division of General Surgery and Secretary/ Treasurer, Saint Francis Hospital Medical Staff Sadaf R. Ahsan, MD, Chair, Division of Psychiatry, Saint Francis Hospital Theodora S. Budnik, MD, FACS, General Surgeon and Director of Clinical Research, Saint Francis Hospital Employees of the Quarter Elanita Campos, Housekeeper Wendy Devens, Assistant to the Vice President of Human Resources Conni Eisner, RN, Employee Health Coordinator Patricia Horton, Cook, Food Service Pam Miller, Case Manager Cassie Padgett, Assistant to the Chief Medical Officer, Vice President of Medical Affairs Mission Effectiveness Awards Lisa Bruce, Susan Carlson, Joey Fitzpatrick, Catherine O’Shea, Bonnie Paonessa, Sharon Slocum, Jeanne Woods Drs. Sadaf R. Ahsan, Ziad Elie Abouezzi, and Theodora S. Budnik were honored at the 13th annual Award for Physician Excellence April 3rd. n Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers was ranked #1 out of 155 hospitals statewide for three consecutive reporting periods for meeting national standards for the care of patients with heart failure, pneumonia, heart attack and certain aspects of surgical care. The ranking is based on data from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. n Saint Francis Hospital Certified Home Health Services was awarded HomeCare Elite Top 100™ status this year. This means that Saint Francis Hospital Certified Home Health Services is one of the top 100 providers in the U.S., and one of only two providers in New York State to have achieved this designation. “Our commitment to upholding the highest standards and achieving HomeCare Elite status ensures the best possible care for our patients,” said Barbara Good, administrator of the hospital’s Certified Home Health Services agency. n Saint Francis made significant reductions to its carbon footprint, according to Stericycle Sharps Management Service, specializing in medical and biohazardous waste disposal. The hospital prevented 8,485 pounds of CO2 admissions, for example, equal to not burning 437 gallons of gasoline and 161 tanks of propane gas for barbecues. Estimating carbon footprints is a way of gauging the impact of a medical facility on the environment. The smaller the imprint the less carbon dioxide generated, which helps slow climate change. n In October 2012 a surgical team at Saint Francis, led by Dr. Ziad Elie Abouezzi removed a patient’s gallbladder through an incision in her belly button. It was the first such single site surgery performed with a robotic platform in the Hudson Valley. Weeks earlier, a surgical team led by Dr. Darren Rohan had performed the region’s first robotic-assisted lobectomy. Both surgeries utilized the hospital’s advanced da Vinci Si system. Benefits include virtually scarless results, minimal pain, low blood loss, faster recovery and a shorter hospital stay. n The hospital’s Learning Links Children’s Center on Spackenkill Road, Poughkeepsie marked its 20th anniversary in October, 2012 with a ribbon-cutting, cake and refreshments. The center shares the site with one of the hospital’s five Special Needs Preschool programs. Saint Francis has a second day care site on the hospital campus. n “The Power of Hope,” a video produced in conjunction with the expansion of the Herb and Sue Ann Redl Center for Cancer Care at Saint Francis Hospital received a gold award from the Cancer Awareness Advertising Awards in the Special Video Production/ Single category. The 6-minute video features the story of cancer survivor and Hyde Park resident Pat Cannizzaro and her support team at the Saint Francis Cancer Center. 8 Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers | (845) 483-5000 Grant Funding Achievements I n 2012 the hospital secured over $2,500,000 from generous funders in both the private and government sectors. The New York State Department of Health’s HEAL-NY (Healthcare Efficiency & Affordability Law for New Yorkers) Phase 21 program granted $2,053,042 for the hospital’s Mental Health Expansion and Renovation Project. These grant dollars are being invested in expanding and improving the existing outpatient and inpatient mental health facilities, the Monsignor John J. Brinn Emergency Psychiatric Center, and infrastructure improvements identified by the NYS Department of Health and Office of Mental Health. This work will increase these departments’ capacity, enhance efficiency and privacy, improve safety and broaden access. Strengthening the impact of the Mental Health Expansion and Renovation Project was an additional $500,000 generously granted by the Dyson Foundation. This funding covers over 75% of the construction costs for renovation of the Brinn Center, which will help accommodate additional facilities and staff and in turn treat more patients. Services provided in the Brinn Center include triaging and treating patients, after which they are directed to either outpatient or inpatient mental health services for the best individual care possible. This project will enhance these services for patients and the community as a whole. Construction is expected to begin in summer 2013. Stewart’s Shops Holiday Match program granted $1,500. This funding enabled the hospital’s Learning Links Children’s Center and Special Needs Preschool to provide preschoolers with a music program that brought William Fiore, a licensed music instructor, to the classroom twice a week during July and August. Mr. Fiore’s character, “Bindlestick Bill” (bindlestickbill.com), connected well with the children and gave a fun and mentally stimulating performance while boosting self-esteem and confidence for the program’s children. Funding of $2,125 was granted by the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation for a new program run by the Redl Center for Cancer Care: the Teen Breast Self-Exam Education program (entitled “Check Yourself Out!”). This funding sent health educators from both Saint Francis Hospital and the Hudson Valley Center at Saint Francis to three local schools to raise breast cancer awareness and educate high school-age women on the techniques needed for early detection. The Redl Center’s Patient Navigator, Diane Froman, RN, CBCN, CBPN-IC, headed the initiative, which reached almost 150 young women during the fall 2012 school semester. Paul, Yanni, Eleni, John and John of the Stefanopoulos family trau·ma A ccording to Webster: “an injury (as a wound) to living tissue caused by an extrinsic agent.” Trauma is just a word to many, but to the Stefanopoulos family that word became a tragic reality when their beloved son, brother, cousin and nephew lost his life in a car accident in October 2011. John P. Stefanopoulos was a kind, good-hearted, generous, caring young man. He was a 2011 graduate of Marist College; a business management major with dreams of running the family business, the Four Brothers Pizza Inns. So how does one cope with such tragic loss? There is no right or wrong answer. This is a personal journey and most likely no two answers are alike. But to sister, Eleni, and cousins, Yanni, John, John and Paul, some semblance of peace has been found in their quest to carry on the goodwill so prevalent in John P. Stefanopoulos’ life by forming a foundation in his memory. What is important to the family now is that with the support of our community, they (and the community) can participate in helping other trauma victims at Saint Francis Hospital’s George T. Whalen Family Trauma Center by making donations from their foundation. “When we established the foundation, we wanted to support a trauma center. Even though John was not taken to a trauma center on the day of the accident, we felt it was important to help other families in this situation, and that’s why we chose Saint Francis,” said sister, Eleni. The family will be hosting fundraising dinners to support their cause. Their first dinner was held at Cosimo’s Trattoria in Poughkeepsie in March 2013. This benefit was the beginning of community support, and resulted in a $25,000 gift toward a $100,000 pledge made by the John P. Stefanopoulos Foundation to Saint Francis Hospital. “This is a vehicle for doing what John wanted to do in his life— help others,” said cousin, Paul. “We would like to thank the community for their continued support,” said cousin, Yanni with sincere gratitude. This is truly a tragic story, but through the power of love and compassion, the family slowly heals. We welcome the Stefanopoulos family, friends and community supporters to our Saint Francis family. 9 The Center for Communication Disorders “Jillian is a testament to the importance of and success associated with early intervention and preschool programs.” –Beth Rueckert, audiology coordinator Jillian Shines! B eing born with a permanent bilateral hearing loss has not stopped this active 7th grader from acting, singing and being accepted into an accelerated art program. Jillian Curcio was identified with hearing loss just prior to her second birthday, when her relationship with Saint Francis Hospital’s Center for Communication Disorders (CCD) began. Beth Rueckert, MA, CCC-A is the CCD’s audiology coordinator. “We tested Jillian’s hearing while she The Saint Francis Hospital Center for Communication Disorders (CCD) is the premier provider of speech, language and hearing services in the Hudson Valley. The team includes licensed and certified speechlanguage pathologists and audiologists who work with all ages from newborns through the elderly. The CCD has served the region since 1955. n Hearing and Balance Services: Comprehensive hearing and balance testing for all ages and levels of ability. (845) 431-8800, [email protected] n Speech-Language/Swallowing Services: Evaluation and treatment of communication and swallowing function for all ages; includes specialty services for severe communication impairment, communication devices, academic-related intervention, voice, and accent reduction training. (845) 431-8800, [email protected] n Hearing Works: No-commission hearing aid sales and service, fully staffed by NYS Licensed Audiologists. (845) 431-8714 n Offices are located in Poughkeepsie, Beacon and Millbrook, with convenient hours including late evening. 10 was sleeping using state-of-the-art equipment that measures how the brain responds to sound. With this information we were able to fit her with bilateral hearing aids.” Jillian’s mother Kit Curcio added, “When we found out Jillian had a hearing disability, we were just devastated; you want your kids to be perfect and have no problems. But Jillian’s therapists have become our friends; we’ve known them for so long now. Beth Rueckert, bless her heart, has been extra sensitive to Jillian’s needs—she’s incredibly responsive, great with kids, and so warm and friendly.” Beth said, “Our audiology staff fitted Jillian with digitally programmed hearing aids, and provided parent counseling and auditory training therapy. Jillian also received Early Intervention Services from Mary Scalise-Annis, teacher of the hearing impaired who specializes in the speech-language and cognitive development of hearing-impaired children.” When Jillian turned 3, Kit enrolled her in Saint Francis Hospital’s preschool program where she excelled. She continued to see Mary and also received specialized speech-language and educational services. In addition, she continued to see Beth for audiology therapy on a weekly basis. Jillian graduated and moved up to a regular kindergarten classroom. Parental involvement is key. “It’s always so important to help the family get past the idea of permanent disability and get them engaged in all aspects of treatment, and Kit has been wonderful in Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers | (845) 483-5000 Special Needs Preschool Turns 30 ensuring that Jillian progressed as we expected her to,” Beth said. Jillian now has speechlanguage skills comparable with her peers. She is currently in 7th grade. Karla Goddard, MA, CCC-A, audiology specialist, is the lead audiologist for the Saint Francis Educational Audiology Division. I go into the schools to fit students with FM systems, which transmit the teacher’s voice via a microphone to receivers on the student’s hearing aids. This assures that poor classroom acoustics don’t interfere with learning.” “Karla has helped build this unique program and we currently serve hundreds of students in multiple schools in Dutchess and Ulster counties,” added Beth. Beth has worked with some of her clients for almost 26 years. “You get to know them as infants and see them into adulthood. All 5 of our audiologists have this type of relationship with our patients. One of my patients, now a 25-year-old, works in New York City and still comes up to see me for testing and hearing aid follow-up. I expect and hope that we’ll be providing Jillian with hearing health care until she’s an adult. It’s been wonderful watching her progress and seeing her grow up.” Kit periodically brings Jillian in for hearing tests, and recently purchased new hearing aids for her from the hospital’s Hearing Works division. Kit said, “From a consumer point of view they’ve been absolutely wonderful. Getting Jillian’s diagnosis back then was overwhelming. But with all the help we’ve gotten and the technology that’s available, it has turned out to be nothing, really. Jillian is an extraordinary child. We thank our lucky stars we’re working with Saint Francis.” Beth said, “Jillian has gone through every program the CCD has. She’s a testament to the importance of and success associated with early intervention and preschool programs.” Jillian played the Wicked Witch in a school production of The Wizard of Oz. T he impression was that the Dutchess County Executive had been invited to the 30th anniversary party of Saint Francis Hospital’s Special Needs Preschool Program because he is the county executive. The same for the other elected officials in attendance. But that was only part of his reason for Marc Molinaro being in attendance that April 2012 Saturday afternoon. He was also there as a parent. His children (Jack and Abigail) were along for the party. Molinaro was familiar with program teachers and administrators. He’d come to know them while Abigail was a student at the Special Needs Preschool’s Poughkeepsie site. “As county executive, it’s a great thrill to join you,” Mr. Molinaro said that day, “but as the parent of a child who came through this program, I just want the folks here at Saint Francis to know that this is where Abigail began to truly appreciate her childhood.” You could read the faces of some parents there that day, parents of current Special Needs Preschool students –“Wow! He really knows what this is all about!” “This is where Abigail began to truly appreciate what it is to be a special child; what it is to have the support and love that Dutchess County she deserves,” he continued. “I Executive Marcus know that there are countless Molinaro and families and children whom daughter Abigail you have touched, whose lives you have improved and whose families you have made stronger.” Abigail stood beside her father as he spoke. Jack, her younger brother, was next to her. “So, on behalf of my family and Dutchess County, happy birthday, and, more importantly, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all the great work you do and the lives that you have touched.” It’s hard to say who most appreciated the comments by the county’s top elected official: the parents or preschool personnel. Or, for that matter, the children. Margaret Slomin, the hospital’s director of communication disorders and early intervention, is a 21-year program employee, and some staff have served even longer. They had no doubt received similar accolades from other parents over the years. But given the circumstances and the occasion, Mr. Molinaro’s comments represented a deeper layer of recognition. There was ice cream, cupcakes and birthday cakes that day. After all, it was a birthday party. And if you’re wondering if the county executive scooped up his kids and took off after he spoke, well, yes, he did. Their next stop was the petting zoo and pony rides that were part of what was a very special celebration. 11 Critical Care and Whalen Family Trauma Center Jackie, Jackie, Steve Cicchetti and Richie in the CCU If it Hadn’t Been for the Accident… M y name is Steve Cicchetti and this is my story. My day started on the morning of September 18th, 2008 just like any other morning. I worked in the tree care business and had a big job in New Windsor, NY. Around mid-morning I was working with the crew on the ground and was dragging some brush to the chipper while the climber was piecing down a tree. The next thing I knew I was waking up in Saint Francis Hospital weeks later to a bunch of “The next neurosurgeons throwing questions at me. thing I The climber had accidently dropped a log on my knew I was head. The crew thought I was not going to make waking up it. I was rushed to the hospital; they found multiple weeks later subdural hematomas (bleeding) in my brain, skull fractures and multiple herniated discs in my spine. to a bunch They immediately transferred me to Saint Francis, of neurowhere the trauma team treated me, then admitted me surgeons to the critical care unit (CCU). throwing I was vented and put in an induced coma, and questions my priest told me later that he gave me last rites. I at me. I was was under the care of Dr. Michael Cho (Chairman, alive against Neurosurgery Section of the Department of Surgery) all odds. I and Dr. Cynthia Leslie (Chief, Trauma Section of the survived for Department of Surgery). These doctors saved my life! a reason.” The doctors woke me from the coma in early –Steve Cicchetti October. I opened my eyes to see them staring at me with their jaws dropped. They said, “Steven, you’re a lucky man.” The hematomas and brain swelling had gone down, but my left leg was partially paralyzed (which eventually came back with months of physical therapy in the Saint Francis Rehab Unit and at the hospital’s Therapy Connection). Then they told me I’d been diagnosed with CML— chronic myelogenous leukemia. I said, “How long have I got? I’m going to Vegas!” I am now, four years later, in complete remission. If it hadn’t been for the accident I would have never known about the CML until it was 12 too late. Amazing how things happen! It’s all in God’s hands. At Saint Francis, all the docs and nurses were awesome; they all saved my life. They were professional, kind, courteous and supportive; they knew I’d be alright and told me to hang in there. And they were great with my family and friends. And God bless them, I’m not a good patient and they also put up with me. Some of the outstanding staff who worked with me in CCU were Richie and the two Jackies. When I was in physical therapy in the Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehab Program, Dr. Demetrio Agulia was the best. The priests and nuns were also great bringing me Communion every day. It made me feel safe and secure in God’s presence. I was alive against all odds. I survived for a reason. I realized I was not going back to tree work. I was always interested in science and medicine; I mean, I read the Merck Medical Manual just because I like it. With a second chance at life, I was also thinking about how to give back. I have compassion and empathy, having gone through so much. I decided on the medical field. When I recovered enough, almost two years after the accident, I enrolled in school for cardiovascular ultrasound. Attending school again after 25 years, let alone after a bad accident, was very tough. After 15 months in an accelerated curriculum I finished school with a 3.92 GPA and honors. Next was the required unpaid clinical work for five months to become registered to work as an echocardiography ultrasound technician. Wouldn’t you know it, the college placed me at Saint Francis! I was so happy to be back. I loved going in every day even though I was not being paid. My clinical experience in the echo lab in the radiology department was very rewarding. From day one, everybody I encountered was kind and ready to help. Director of Imaging, Bob Zarelli and Chief of Imaging Services, Colleen Corey oriented me. Erin, my supervisor, is an expert echo tech who takes her work very seriously and doesn’t miss a trick. Allison, the lead ultrasound tech, and Erin both taught me how to be a better tech. Leela and Laura, the ultrasound techs, did scans on me when I was a patient here, and it was like seeing family again. I love Saint Francis. Maybe a job there is in my future. I won’t keep my fingers crossed, though— employees of Saint Francis are there for years, they like it so much. It all happened to me for a reason. It was meant to be. Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers | (845) 483-5000 THE FUTURE IS NOW Cornelius R. Verhoest, MD urogynecology Ziad Elie Abouezzi, MD Darren I. Rohan, MD general surgery thoracic surgery Paul K. Pietrow, MD urology Robotic SuRgeRy at Saint FRanciS HoSPital Saint Francis Hospital wants the best possible outcomes for its patients and is leading the way in providing the benefits of virtually scar-less results, minimal pain, low blood loss, fast recovery, and a short hospital stay. How Robotic Assisted Surgery Works The surgeon sits at the console and controls the surgical robot instruments in real time. The patient undergoes the procedure here. Surgical assistants monitor the surgery on a high-definition screen Visit SFHospital.org for more information on the Robotic Surgery Program (845) 483-5000 sfhospital.org Caring with Compassion Since 1914 | www.sfhospital.org 13 The Center for Balance and Mobility Margaret is Dancing Again Chris Dayger tests a patient with Neurocom balance equipment, available in the Hudson Valley only at Saint Francis Hospital’s Therapy Connection. M argaret Dugan has her life back. Now she can take her granddaughter to the playground. “I’m not going to do the monkey bars, but I’m pushing the swing for her and we’re having a good time,” said the Kingston resident, who admits that when first referred “They offered to The Therapy Connection’s Center for Balance and me encourMobility at Saint Francis Hospital she didn’t have a agement lot of hope. every step of “Over a two-year period, she had progressively the way. They worsening dizziness and vertigo and a progressive told me that deterioration in her ability to walk and function if I just did because of pain, cramping and buckling of her the exercises right leg,” said Christopher Chris Dayger, PT, ATC, I’d see a dif- outpatient OT/PT coordinator at Saint Francis ference and Hospital. Margaret went from walking, exercising on a bike doggone it, and elliptical trainer over 30 minutes, five days a they were week, to not being able to walk for even 10 minutes. right!” –Margaret Dugan And there had been falls. Margaret traces her “falling apart” to a 1997 car 14 accident. She was referred to the Center for Balance and Mobility by a neurologist in September 2012. When first interviewed by Chris Dayger she was in “a bad place. I was resigned to being this way,” she said. Bernadette Dennis-Constable, PT, and Brian Angora, PTA, worked with Margaret. “They are the most encouraging people imaginable,” she said of the physical therapists. “They offered encouragement every step of the way. They told me that if I just did the exercises I’d see a difference and, doggone it, they were right! It’s a very supportive staff.” Pain and debility of her right leg was immediately addressed with restorative exercises to improve mobility and strength. After a month of therapy she was able to tolerate additional testing and treatments for her dizziness and balance deficits. “We found she had a chronic and stable vertigo that caused constant dizziness that worsened with many basic movements,” said Chris Dayger. “Using Neurocom computerized balance testing equipment, available in the Hudson Valley only at Saint Francis Hospital’s Therapy Connection, we identified she was not effectively utilizing her vestibular system during balance skills. As her leg function improved she was able to begin training with the Neurocom balance equipment to challenge her ability to utilize her vestibular system.” She was getting better physically—and mentally. “You become so scared after a while that you start doing everyday things differently,” Margaret said. “I walked different, moved different, started taking really short steps because I was afraid of falling. They taught me to keep my head up instead of down, look forward but keep looking down so you know where your feet are going, keep my head steady, not moving my head back and forth. They spent a lot of time helping me increase my stride.” Chris Dayger explained, “We don’t fix problems with the vestibular system or with the other components of the balance system, but we are able to train individuals to adapt to or even overcome the impairments associated with their underlying condition or problem.” Over 17 weeks Margaret participated in 18 physical therapy sessions and now continues her balance exercises at home. Charts and graphs at the Center for Balance and Mobility tell her ongoing success story. But it’s really about Margaret being able to play with her granddaughter, walk through a field without having to hold a hand, and dance for the first time in years. To contact the Center for Balance and Mobility at the Therapy Connection, call (845) 431-8159. Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers | (845) 483-5000 When You Need Help at Home Home Care R etired Vassar College professor and administrator, Lynn Bartlett, PhD, has had an incredibly stressful year—one which would overwhelm an average person. But Dr. Bartlett is not average. Last November he suffered a spinal infection, then a stroke. He lost his beloved wife of 67 years, Maggie, in February. He is 91 and legally blind. His daughter lives 300 miles from Poughkeepsie. Yet he is living at home, with a hand from the people of Saint Francis Home Care Services, Inc. Because Dr. Bartlett enjoys his privacy, he chose not to move to an assisted living facility. Tina is the nurse he sees most frequently, and she knows her client well. “Communication is vital when complex medical needs and prescriptions are involved, and Tina’s excellent with all of it,” Dr. Bartlett said. Aide Shenika covers many bases: she cares for the house, runs errands, cooks, and supports Dr. Bartlett’s medical needs. “Shenika is very personable and extremely competent. Both of them are first-rate.” Tina calls Dr. Bartlett’s daughter Ann often to update her. With Ann handling his business affairs, frequent phone calls from friends, and the support of Saint Francis Home Care Services, Inc., he is living as he wishes to live. a Dawn Johnson has had several back-to-back surgeries, most recently colon surgery in November. She came home with an ileostomy, feeling overwhelmed; the hospital recommended Saint Francis Hospital Certified Home Health Services. She said, “They told me that there are other agencies out there, but only Saint Francis has a nurse who is an ileostomy specialist.” On her first night home, her stoma started leaking. “I didn’t know how to handle it; I was a mess,” she said. “I called, and a Saint Francis nurse came out immediately.” In December, Dawn’s nurse Helen took over her case. “Helen is absolutely wonderful. I can ask her questions and get a real answer. I have complete confidence in her, and without that, healing would have been difficult.” Helen has been a nurse since 1973, and decided to specialize in home care two years later. She is certified in ileostomy care, and most of the major hospitals from Albany to New York refer their Dutchess County patients to her. She is also certified in wound care. She finds the autonomy of home care nursing very fulfilling because she is able to spend more time with a patient and the family, and can adjust her patients’ plan of care according to their needs. Dawn said, “It’s been a long haul, but I’ve had wonderful people around me—the Saint Francis agency makes sure you have help when there’s a problem.” Caring with Compassion Since 1914 | www.sfhospital.org Home Health Aide Rubi Garcia and patient Charles Garrison Saint Francis Hospital Certified Home Health Services was awarded HomeCare Elite, Top 100™ status this year. Only one other agency in New York State received this designation. Certified Home Health services are delivered under the direction of a doctor and provide a smooth transition of care following hospital discharge, in the comfort of home: • Skilled Nursing Services • Physical Therapy • Occupational Therapy • Speech Therapy • Tele-health allows weight, blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation and temperature to be monitored by a health professional from the privacy of home, reducing the risk of hospitalization and ER visits. Saint Francis Hospital Certified Home Health Services is licensed by the NYS Department of Health, certified by Medicare & Medicaid Services and accredited by the Community Health Accreditation Program, an independent, not-for-profit, accrediting body for community-based health care organizations. For more information call (845) 483-5550. Saint Francis Home Care Services, Inc. is celebrating its 25th year serving eight counties. Licensed Home Care services will assist you to live safely, at home, with a variety of services in place: • Live-in and Hourly Aides • Certified Home Health Aides • Personal Care Aides • Innovative Safety Technology • Homemaker Services • Companion Services (in home or the hospital) • PRI Screenings: A registered nurse works with the patient and family to identify the best level of care and services. • Complimentary Balance and Fall Prevention Screening • Respite Care • Innovative Technology including: Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) puts patients in touch with emergency assistance at the press of a button. There are three personal alert options all of which are waterproof and lightweight. The program does not require a contract and is available for a reasonable monthly fee. The small amount of equipment is professionally installed. Med-Ready helps you take the proper medication at the proper time. There is no contract required and the cost of installation and maintenance is reasonable. The unit is loaded with medication by a registered nurse or family member. For more information call (845) 483-5551. 15 Center for Wound Healing Relaxing in the hyperbaric chamber The Power of HBO S oon Saint Francis Hospital’s Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine will move into a newly renovated, more patient friendly space in the lobby of the Atrium, along with the Center for Diabetes Management and Outpatient Nutrition. Said Scott Francis, MS, PT, the center’s program director, “The physical layout will have all the bells and whistles, including private rooms and a more spacious area for hyperbaric chambers, plus we’ll be very close to valet parking.” Many wound care patients must deal with complex treatment logistics, coordinating their care with any number of providers. Jayesh Modi, MD, the center’s medical director and director of the hospital’s department of surgery, recognizes this. “Our patients have so much to do, and at times it becomes overwhelming for them. We try to make it as convenient for them as we can. We’re working toward making our new center as comprehensive as The Center for Wound Healing possible with a physical layout that and Hyperbaric Medicine was featured in the August 2012 issue allows patients to receive all their care of MD News. Left to right: Program under one roof.” Director Scott Francis, MS, PT; The center works closely with a Medical Director Jayesh Modi, MD, number of specialists, including Dr. RVT, FACS and Clinical Manager Modi, Raghuram Gorti, MD, chief of Julie Wagner, RN, WCC. 16 the vascular section of the department of surgery, and Pawan Jindal, MD all of Dutchess Surgical Associates, PC; Vanessa Darmochwal, DPM of Advanced Podiatric Medicine & Surgery, PC; Jean ChenVitulli, DPM of At Your Feet Footcare; Eric Sims, DPM of Sims & Associates Podiatry; and Daniel Kelmanovich, MD of University Orthopedics. In 2012 the center treated 5,375 patients with a full spectrum of treatments including bioengineered skin substitutes, negative pressure wound therapy, conventional and advanced wound products and hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO). People in HBO therapy breathe 100 percent oxygen in a pressurized chamber. It enhances the body’s natural healing by killing bacteria, increasing oxygenation, growing new blood vessels and reducing swelling. a “We’re seeing more people on the extremes of the age spectrum—both older and younger,” said Scott Francis. Melissa Lauro had had diverticulitis since the age of 15, but it had gone undiagnosed until she was 20. The condition was so severe that it resulted in a burst colon, bowel resection surgery and a colostomy. Several months later she underwent emergency surgery for an obstructed bowel, followed by the repair of five hernias and removal of her gallbladder. Melissa must take medication for lupus, which complicates her body’s ability to heal. She developed Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers | (845) 483-5000 a large open wound, and over many weeks of painful, frustrating treatments it still refused to heal. Her mother was told that the wound center could help. However, after all she had already endured, Melissa was reluctant to try more treatments—and nervous about the hyperbaric chamber. “When I first came here, I was scared. But they gave me options—no one had done that before.” After only two weeks of “dives”—so-called because HBO is also used to treat decompression sickness in divers—and other therapies, her wound shrank by several inches. “My nurses Julie, Cindy and Sandra are so gentle. Everyone here is a specialist, and they’re making a complicated problem easy for me.” a Another group of patients undergoing wound care more frequently are those who have had radiation treatment for cancer. Unfortunately, along with the positive aspect of cancer cell destruction comes varying degrees of tissue damage. Tissue damage from radiation may not be seen for months or years after the treatment stops, and can appear in the form of “Everybody said, ‘I could never do that,’ and I said yes organ failure, pain and/or bleeding. you can! At first when the pressure comes up, it feels like Christine Pelligrino was diagnosed with uterine cancer and treated with surgery and extensive being in an airplane. I just take a nap or watch TV.” radiation. “The only side effect I had was bleeding,” –Christine Pelligrino said Christine. My doctor referred me to Saint Francis for hyperbaric oxygen, and it’s worked—the bleeding’s stopped.” Before she started her first dive she asked by four months in an external many questions of the staff. “They gave me some “fixator” to keep his foot and information, which I took back to the assisted living ankle firm, then a cast for 90 days. facility where I live. Everybody said, ‘I could never Once the cast came off, he started do that,’ and I said, yes you can! At first when the negative pressure therapy and HBO. pressure comes up, it feels like being in an airplane. “Everybody took such great care of I just take a nap or watch TV.” me; they did a helluva job,” he said. “They even arranged transportation a for me, since I couldn’t drive myself Statistics show that people are developing diabetes and my wife couldn’t take time off at increasingly younger ages. Diabetes can lead from work.” to vascular disease that inhibits a person’s blood Robert’s last visit to the circulation. Poor circulation reduces the amount of wound center was two days after oxygen and nutrition supplied to the body’s tissues, Thanksgiving. “I never even needed causing injuries to heal poorly. physical therapy. I’m driving now. Robert Hansen has been living with diabetes for When I think about what could 32 years. He managed it well and worked for many have happened to my feet, a limp years as a heavy equipment mechanic. But diabetic is a small price to pay. I tell people neuropathy in his feet finally took its toll, and last that whatever you need, go to Saint August he needed surgery. “The neuropathy damaged Francis.” my nerves and I couldn’t tell I was walking on the For more information contact edge of my foot. My foot became deformed and I the Center for Wound Healing developed a bone infection.” His physician referred and Hyperbaric Medicine at Saint him to Saint Francis, where he had surgery, followed Francis Hospital at (845) 431-8144. Robert Hansen Caring with Compassion Since 1914 | www.sfhospital.org 17 Center for Diabetes Management “My Doctor Can’t Call Me Diabetic Anymore” T he numbers are stunning: 25 million Americans have diabetes; 7 million don’t know it. Margaret Saul discovered her diabetes by accident. In June 2010 she had knee surgery. The pre-surgical tests revealed an elevated blood sugar and new-onset type 2 diabetes. Blood tests like the A1C give you a picture of your average blood glucose control for the past 2 to 3 months, and it should register under 7%. But Margaret’s was 9.6%, and her doctor prescribed medication for not only her diabetes, but her cholesterol and blood pressure. “Some people experience increased thirst, urination, and fatigue with high blood glucose levels,” said Judy Shishmanian, MS, RD, CDE, the center’s program Patient with Dietician Nancy Case coordinator, “but most people have few or no symptoms.” With a strong family history of diabetes, Margaret was determined not to go down the same path as family members. “I didn’t want to be on “I didn’t all that medication, and I definitely didn’t want to take insulin,” she said. Her doctor referred her to want to be the education program at the Center for Diabetes on all that medication, Management at Saint Francis. The center has been in existence for 12 years, and and I is the only American Diabetes Association (ADA)definitely recognized diabetes program in Dutchess County. To didn’t want be recognized a program must submit outcome data to take showing that it is providing education according to insulin.” national standards. –Margaret Saul At the center, clients learn skills such as blood glucose testing, goals, medication management, meal planning, exercise, coping and risk reduction. Center for Diabetes Management staff Dr. Carol Miyake, medical director; Ozie Williams, RN, RD, CDE, educator; Judy Shishmanian, MS, RD, CDE, program coordinator; Teresa Crodelle, office coordinator Group classes are interactive and relaxed. Nutrition appointments are individual; clients come away with individualized meal plans. There are monthly support group meetings. The program also educates women with gestational diabetes. The diabetes prevention program focuses on people with prediabetes. Lifestyle change is the cornerstone of the education. A reduction in weight of 5 to 10%, along with at least 150 minutes of exercise each week and healthy eating can reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Avoiding excess fats, eating more vegetables, fruits and whole grains and controlling carbohydrates and calories can help improve health. Individual needs vary, and educators work with clients to develop eating strategies that can last a lifetime. Margaret called the education program “fantastic—11 out of 10.” Her husband Edgar supported her by attending the classes so he’d be able to help. “There were 10 or 12 people in the class, and we sometimes joked around—especially about reading food labels. We all agreed that ice cream was our biggest challenge. But it’s a serious topic and I took everything I learned very seriously.” Margaret made major lifestyle changes. She quit smoking, started reading labels and counting carbohydrates. For a while after her knee surgery, routine activities were an obstacle; but she found ways to work out: she has a ski machine/glider at home, and a foot pedaler that she used while watching TV. To keep her arm muscles strong and her joints flexible she lifted soup cans and light weights. Today Margaret works out at a gym five days a week. She’s lost 20 pounds, her cholesterol is normal, her A1C dropped to 5.2% and she’s off her diabetes medication. “My doctor says he can’t even call me diabetic anymore.” Judy said, “We love helping our clients get their health back. If you’re diagnosed, give us a call; just ask your doctor for a referral.” The Center for Diabetes Management will soon relocate to the Atrium at Saint Francis along with the Center for Wound Healing. It is a more convenient and spacious location for patients. For more information, call (845) 483-5188. Weight Loss Surgery Options FREE Informational Seminars are held throughout the year at Saint Francis Hospital Call for more information & reservations (845) 483-5140 18 1 Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers | (845) 483-5000 “Coop” Wakes Up The Sleep Center “S aint Francis Hospital saved my life, then they changed my life,” said Mark Cooper. Thousands of people know Mark, but they might not recognize him on the street: he’s “Coop,” the DJ on 101.5 WPDH Radio. Hosting the morning show from 6 to 10 a.m. five days a week, plus all of his emcee duties and personal appearances keeps this energetic man hopping. But twice, his health stopped him cold. Last August 17th, Mark’s son found him on the floor, unconscious. He woke up in an ambulance on his way to the Saint Francis ER. The hospital’s stroke CPAP (continuous positive air pressure) mask team took a CT scan of his brain. Mark’s right side was paralyzed and he was unable to speak. “I was terrified I’d lose my Mark Cooper and told me I had sleep apnea.” Mark’s livelihood,” he said later. “Talking is my airway was actually collapsing during life.” sleep. “The doctor told me I was having a series of a Mark was stabilized and admitted to the hospital’s hundred 15-second to two-minute naps a night.” CIIRP—the Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Mark was fitted with a CPAP (continuous positive Rehabilitation Program. His doctor told him he’d air pressure) mask. “I went home and slept 16 hours, have a great deal of work ahead of him. “He told me, woke up, then fell back to sleep for another 8 hours.” ‘People don’t just walk away from this.’” “I’m not a health nut, but I know the sleep apnea With intensive therapy, he was back at work at the contributed to my stroke. Anybody who has sleep radio station just two weeks later. “I was very lucky,” apnea and doesn’t make the effort to have a sleep he said. “The nurses and therapists on that unit are study is really cheating themselves. I quit smoking, so dedicated it makes me cry. Every one of them is too, but I can honestly say that one change [the invested in their patients.” CPAP mask] is the most significant thing that But that’s not the end of the story. improved my health. I noticed an uptick in my job For years, Mark lived exhausted. “I’d fall asleep immediately—I’m clearer and more focused now.” at work. It affected my family life.” His wife, Nona Quality sleep has literally changed Mark’s life. Cooper, RN (a quality improvement specialist at Mark said, “I’ve never encountered anybody at Saint Francis Hospital) couldn’t sleep either due to Saint Francis who isn’t in it to help the patients. Mark’s snoring, snorting and gasping all night long. Everybody’s got an attitude of service—it’s the nuns’ Finally, the day he fell asleep at the wheel of his chosen life, and it’s reflected in the culture there. It’s car, Nona made an appointment for him at the Saint such a community of caring. You won’t find anybody Francis Sleep Center. “The night of my sleep study, who’s a bigger advocate for that hospital than I am.” twenty minutes after I fell asleep, they woke me up Do you have a sleep disorder? Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Complete obstruction of the airway You may be experiencing excessive daytime sleepiness, morning headaches, body aches, impaired judgment, irritability or depression. Sleep deprivation can contribute to high blood pressure, coronary artery disease and stroke. The Sleep Center at Saint Francis Hospital is fully accredited and distinguished as a sleep disorders center by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. The specialized team of professionals includes three physicians board certified in neurology, pulmonology and pediatrics who sub-specialize in sleep medicine, as well as respiratory therapists. Caring with Compassion Since 1914 | www.sfhospital.org Insomnia Difficulty falling asleep; waking earlier than desired. Insomnia can be caused by stress, shift work or poor sleep habits. Sleep Apnea Brief pauses of breathing during sleep. Often associated with loud snoring, snorting and gasping for breath, sleep apnea can result in daytime sleepiness, depression, and cardiovascular problems. Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Struggling to stay awake during the day. Reduced productivity at school or work; memory or concentration difficulties. Narcolepsy Sleep attacks; sudden muscle weakness in response to strong emotion; brief paralysis upon falling asleep or waking up. Restless Leg Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder Uncomfortable sensations in the legs near sleep time sometimes described as a creepy-crawly feeling. Legs and arms may move or jerk involuntarily during sleep. Nocturnal Seizures May occur just after a person has fallen asleep, just before waking, during daytime sleep, or while in a state of drowsiness. People who experience nocturnal seizures may find it difficult to wake up or stay awake. 19 The Turning Point Weldon is 40 Under 40 Honoree S accomplishing life goals. Married in October 2011, aint Francis Hospital’s George Weldon Jr., he and his wife, Melodie, became parents for the first MS, NCC, LP-LMHC, is among the 40 young time in February 2013 when she gave birth to a son. professionals who received the 2013 Shaker Awards Under his direction, the inpatient Turning Point (as in “movers and shakers”) presented by the clinical program has been revised. He conducts Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce. quality review/improvement activities, involving staff The eighth annual awards were presented at the 40 through supervision and education. He continues Under 40 Gala in April at the Bardavon 1869 Opera to build and guide the clinical team through his House in Poughkeepsie. expertise, hands-on direction and role modeling. George, 27, is inpatient program coordinator of For all his organizational abilities and successes, The Turning Point TTP is about working on (TTP), the hospital’s broken lives and dreams, alcohol and substance one person at a time. The abuse service offering work can be frustrating detoxification and and require more than rehabilitation services “My concept one attempt to reach an that has been serving is that individual. How does the community for 28 failure is George avoid burnout? years. George is also a part of Why not tell a client he’s TTP’s behavioral health success. It’s community liaison and seen on multiple occasions like riding to take his addiction admissions department a bike or elsewhere? manager. swimming. “With this disease Hired as a chemical Addiction is dependency therapist at it’s more than likely that that same a person will fail,” he TTP in 2008, George concept. We rapidly established said. “My concept is that have to keep himself as an energetic, failure is a part of success. It’s like riding a bike or in mind that creative and productive swimming. Who do you member of the a person know who got it on the treatment team. As needs a first try? Addiction is that a young therapist he second same concept. More than focused on providing chance, likely people will fail; in individual and group sometimes most cases they need to fail therapies to people a third.” multiple times in order to whose lives were broken –George realize what they’re doing by drug addiction and Weldon Jr. wrong. People are harddependence. Melodie and George Weldon with baby George headed, stuck in their ways. For George, it’s We’re creatures of habit and it takes a lot to break personal. that habit or the second nature that we have formed In his senior year of high school, he suffered a over years. We have to keep in mind that a person sports injury, breaking his neck in two places. This needs a second chance, sometimes a third.” led him to his first encounter with a therapist. This Admissions are tracked and when it becomes experience, along with living with the presence of apparent an individual is not taking advantage of alcoholism/addiction in his household, inspired him TTP’s program, they will be told “they really need to be the first in his family to go to college where he to go to another facility because there’s something studied the helping profession of clinical counseling. they’re missing at ours,” explained George. At age 23, George purchased his first home He and the TTP staff are pleased with their and completely renovated it with his father (who successes and always honest with those not is in addiction recovery). His family considers him immediately successful in turning their lives around. an “old soul” who focuses heavily on family and 20 Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers | (845) 483-5000 Our Numbers for 2012 * 2012 Totals Financial Performance Total Net Revenues $157,061,405 Salaries and Employee Benefits 82,457,727 Supplies/Medical 21,200,537 Supplies/Non-medical 2,685,534 Charity Care and Bad Debt 19,226,684 *unaudited Health Care Scholarships S aint Francis Hospital’s 2012 Nursing and Allied Health Careers Scholarship program awarded 10 scholarships totaling $9,500 to current and future part- and full-time college students. Melissa Haggerty, a senior at Red Hook High School, was awarded $1,000 from the Ruth H. Clarke Scholarship Fund; Christopher Holder, studying at SUNY Delhi, $1,000 from the Tompkins and Emily L. VanRensselaer Scholarship Fund; Ben Varghese, studying at Utica College, $1,000 from the Elizabeth Ann Grudell Memorial Scholarship Fund; Emily Bida, a senior at Millbrook High School, $1,000 from the Sister M. Ann Elizabeth Memorial Scholarship Fund; Alexandra Marie Elmes, a senior at John Jay High School, $1,000 from the Saint Francis Health Care Foundation Scholarship Fund; Tracy Beers, studying at Excelsior College, $1,000 from the Claire Hogan Memorial Scholarship Fund; Corinne Aia, studying at SUNY Buffalo, $1,000 from the Lisa Prisco Memorial Scholarship Fund; Janine Rose, studying at SUNY Ulster, $1,000 from the Eleanor M. Silvernail Scholarship Fund; Kevin Ackerman, a senior at F.D. Roosevelt High School, and Denise Weir, studying at SUNY Institute of Technology, each received $1,500 from the Saint Francis Hospital School of Nursing Memorial Scholarship Fund. Caring with Compassion Since 1914 | www.sfhospital.org In Memoriam T he hospital lost four loyal benefactors in 2012. Dr. Wallace C. Bedell graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1944, and from 1941 to 1954 served in the Naval Reserve, developing methods for the growth of human epithelial cells. He was a fellow in pathology at the University of Pennsylvania, and was a beloved surgeon at Saint Francis for 35 years; his many patients and colleagues still remember his Dr. Wallace C. sense of humor. Dr. Bedell passed away on February 11th. His wife Dee remains a good Bedell friend of the hospital. Dr. Anthony E. Biancardi graduated from medical school in 1952 and completed his residency right here at Saint Francis. He cared for generations of area families for over 50 years. The hospital honored him with the Franciscan Award in 2005. We lost Dr. Biancardi on April 24th at the age of 96. We Dr. Anthony E. are grateful for his wife Frances’s friendship Biancardi and her ongoing support of the hospital. Dr. Harold Blumberg passed away on November 3rd at Saint Francis. He began his affiliation with the hospital as a surgeon in the 1960s, and devoted his practice to the prevention and treatment of breast disease. He had a passion for creative expression through painting and sculpture, and his art was often influenced by imaging scans and Dr. Harold other diagnostic technologies. Dr. Blumberg Blumberg retired in 2005. His care and endless energy blessed the lives of his many patients. Catherine “Lillian” Kuhn was an icon at Saint Francis, volunteering for well over 50 years and contributing nearly 15,000 hours. The hospital honored Mrs. Kuhn in 2005 for her service, declaring it “Catherine ‘Lillian’ Kuhn Day.” Lil was described as being small but mighty; her main domain of contribution was the operating room. She was married for 38 years to the late John Catherine “Lillian” Kuhn J. Kuhn, best known as a radio personality on WKIP in Poughkeepsie. Lil passed away peacefully on December 2nd at the age of 95. An abstract painting by Dr. Harold Blumberg 21 Events Taste of the Hudson Valley 2012 T Richard Barone, Gary Lucato and Angela LoBianco-Barone of the Hyde Park Brewing Company he 24th Taste of the Hudson Valley® brought nearly 750 people to The Grandview in Poughkeepsie on Sunday, November 3rd for the hospital’s signature annual fundraising event. The hospital’s da Vinci® Si robotic-assisted surgical system was on display in the registration area. Michael Visconti with Bonnie Paonessa, Guests were invited to sit at the surgeon’s console, Shawn Gallagher and Patricia Horton of the look through the high-definition 3-D camera and Franciscan Café at Saint Francis Hospital try simulated surgical procedures using the system’s instruments. Saint Francis Hospital is first in the region to employ the Si system. Food and wine were presented in two tasting rooms, and 101 silent auction items were on display. A live auction featured such items as a baseball signed by Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris and the “Taste of the Taste,” a collection of the wines poured at the event. A smaller tent between the ballroom and main tent was transformed into a cabaret with tables and chairs, with live music from The Differents. About 50 restaurants and purveyors participated, serving a wide variety of signature dishes and desserts that were paired with wines. Eighty-eight wines were poured at the Taste worth an average $54 per bottle. Arlette Porpiglia is the Saint Francis Health Care Foundation’s special events coordinator. “Every year people tell us, ‘This year’s Taste was the best yet.’ I know how the community loves and looks 22 The da Vinci Si robotic-assisted surgical system Mariane Schomann, Jean Walsh, RN and Lobsang Lhungay, MD Auctioneer LeGrande Serras Marilynne Brown wins at the live auction Taste of the Hudson Valley® 2012 Restaurant Directory Michelle Colwell and Pat Cannizzaro Steven and Amy Effron forward to the event, and with their support it will continue to grow and improve. Next year is our 25th anniversary, and we’re planning some exciting changes.” The wine poured at the Taste of the Hudson Valley® is procured, and paired with the restaurants’ offerings, by Viscount Wines and Liquor, which has partnered with the hospital on this event since 1999. Owner Michael Visconti explained, “Every participating restaurant skillfully prepares two dishes. Each dish is then carefully paired with a world-class wine.” Viscount’s Peter Landolt and Daniel Mochon annually devote untold hours toward the event. Nearly $225,000 was raised through admissions, sponsorships, and silent and live auctions. “I am continually amazed by the commitment and generosity this community demonstrates with their ongoing support,” said the Saint Francis Health Care Foundation’s Director of Development, Pam Landolt. “We just can’t thank our purveyors, sponsors, guests, and volunteers enough.” Proceeds funded priority needs of the hospital. 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Danielle Grosse founded Hunting for a Cure in memory of her uncle John B. Mort who was treated for lung cancer at Saint Francis Hospital. Attendees listened to music by The Differents while they enjoyed kiwi margaritas and chef’s choice of tapas including La Puerta’s famous tableside guacamole and chips, pork flautas, butternut squash walnut empanadas and manchego honey black pepper crostini. The event included an extravagant silent auction with over 50 items as well as a live auction and many raffle and door prizes including a flat screen TV. This year’s Hunting for a Cure raised Michelle Lomuscio and $16,000 for the Center Danielle Grosse for Cancer Care at Saint Francis Hospital (now the Herb and Sue Ann Redl Center for Cancer Care). In honor of Grosse’s support, the nurse’s station in the cancer center has been named for her uncle. To make a gift, visit huntingforacure.org. Above, Yolanda McMillan, Taylor Riley, Radena Salmon, Danielle Grosse and Rebecca Tarkos. Below, Carissa Dahoney, DJ Danielle and Marlene Weber 24 The LoBianco-Barones Give Back to Community T here’s a familiar feeling when you walk through the doors of Hyde Park Brewing Company. Angela LoBianco-Barone and Richard Barone take pride in the family atmosphere at their eatery, one of four restaurants comprising the family business operated with her brother, Joseph LoBianco. Angela’s family went from gas stations in Brooklyn to restaurants in the Hudson Valley. Her father saw the concept for restaurants brewing craft beer at a pizza convention and a few years later, the now 18-year-old Hyde Park Brewing Company opened on Route 9 across from the Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site. Richard was a pharmaceuticals salesman with no background in the food industry when he met Angela. They married five years ago. “I helped her with the business on a part-time basis,” he said. “About a year ago I left my sales job and started to work with her full time. Then six months ago I took over our Skytop Steakhouse in Kingston.” The couple takes pride, also, in giving back to the community. She serves on two boards—Hudson Valley Tourism and the Saint Francis Health Care Foundation. Restaurant work is demanding with long hours. Success is very much based not only on food and décor but good customer service. Weekends are key to a restaurant’s success, yet the Hyde Park Brewing Company is closed to the public one Sunday in March each year during the NCAA basketball championships. On that afternoon their establishment is reserved for Hoops for Duff, Saint Francis Hospital’s annual event which through 2012 had raised $120,000 with proceeds going to the Center for Cancer Care at Saint Francis, recently renamed the Herb and Sue Ann Redl Center for Cancer Care. Duffy was a Hyde Park resident who died of cancer during his senior year at Villanova University. “We’ve found a lot of support from the hospital, staff, and the great doctors that has really given us the inspiration for ‘how do we give back,’ and the Duffy event is a great way to put it all together,” Angela said. While they close their establishment to the public on what would be one of their busiest Sundays of the year, “We didn’t give that a thought. It’s all about Dan Duffy and his love of college basketball,” Richard added. “It’s a good fit, and a good cause” she said. All local business people are asked to support numerous causes and charities, and the LoBianco-Barones do their part for all. But Saint Francis Hospital is special to them. Angela LoBianco-Barone Just as it is special because of them. Top, Kevin Sheehan, Nancy Sheehan; bottom, Dan Duffy Sr., Mimi DeLessio-Mata, Linda Keefe Hoops for Duff T he annual Hoops for Duff event is an informal afternoon of fun for the whole family. The 2013 “Hoops” included a large inflatable basketball hoop and face painting for the kids, and the adults enjoyed raffle prizes, a silent auction with over 50 items and a live auction led by “Davie V.” of Zolz Entertainment, who donated his time. Among the items were baseballs signed by Willie Mays, David Wright and Brett Gardner, with plenty of tickets to see the Yankees play in person and a photograph signed by every member of the 2010 NBA Rookie Class. Tickets cost $50 per person (partially tax deductible) with all proceeds benefiting the Herb and Sue Ann Redl Center for Cancer Care at Saint Francis Hospital. To make a gift or be notified about next year’s event visit Hoopsforduff.org or call (845) 431-8707. To contact the Redl Center, call (845) 483-5997. Anna Redmond, Mike Redmond, Maya Duffy, Caitlyn Redmond, Janet Duffy and Richard Barone Susan and Jack Pretak, Lobsang Lhungay, MD 25 The 32nd annual Events Franciscan Award Gala O n April 27th, 2013 the 32nd annual Franciscan Award Gala took place honoring individuals who have made significant contributions to Saint Francis Hospital and the greater community, embodying the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi. Guests enjoyed an evening of celebration at The Grandview in Poughkeepsie as the hospital paid tribute to this year’s honorees, Richard and Julia Corbally, Mary Ritz and Margaret “Margie” Fitzpatrick and Dr. Zubair Khan. Meet the Honorees Julia F. and Richard (Dick) V. Corbally, who will have been married 57 years in June, share a life they started as high school sweethearts. They are the parents of four children and have 11 grandchildren. Saint Francis Hospital has been part of their lives for many of those years. “Her cousin got me a blind date with his cousin [Julia] whom I sat next to in Julia and Dick Corbally English class and was kind of interested in,” Dick recalls. Julia had a choice between careers as a secretary, teacher or nurse and selected the latter, mostly because she didn’t care for the first two. Law was something of a family profession for Dick, who graduated in 1957 from Albany Law School. “My father was a Saint Francis Hospital trustee and attorney for the hospital,” said Dick. A partner in the law firm of Corbally and Gartland (now Corbally, Gartland and Rappleyea LLP) from 1958 to 1980, Dick re-associated in October 2000 as “of counsel.” Julia left nursing as the family grew. When she returned to work it was in the field of alcoholism education. First a volunteer and then an employee of the Millbrook-based organization, Conservation of Human Resources, she visited schools and presented themed puppet shows (which she wrote) throughout the county. Later, deciding to be a counselor, she returned to school. “That’s when I became involved with Saint Francis,” she said. “The Turning Point [the hospital’s alcohol and substance abuse detoxification and rehabilitation program] was opening and I got a job. And when I say opening, we were putting furniture in 26 rooms and designing a program— everything.” Asked if his wife has always been tough, Dick replied, “Focused, not tough.” At one point the family lived on a farm in Stanfordville. “We raised everything: Our own meats and vegetables and I baked every piece of bread and cookie the kids put in their mouths for 10 years,” she said. “We raised chickens and had more eggs than we knew what to do with. The kids’ grandmother and grandfather lived next door. It was a wonderful life.” She is a Saint Francis Health Care Foundation trustee emeritus, a current Hospice volunteer and a Mid-Hudson Addiction Recovery Center board member. Dick is co-trustee of the James J. McCann Charitable Trust. Former positions he held include member and chair of the board of trustees of Dutchess Community College, and general counsel for Dutchess Community College and Poughkeepsie Savings Bank. Dick was stunned when then-hospital President & CEO Bob Savage informed him the Franciscan Award would be given to both Corballys. “I am truly honored and will be forever proud to continue to be associated with and helpful to the hospital in any way I can.” Said Julia, “To be recognized by the people I admire and respect for all the good work they do every day leaves me almost speechless.” a They’ve shared so much through the years it’s only appropriate twin sisters Mary Ritz and Margaret “Margie” Fitzpatrick both were honored. The Pine Plains natives were born November 1, 1927 at Vassar Brothers Hospital. But their three Ferris family siblings were born at Saint Francis Hospital, where Mary and Margie have for 20 years served as volunteers. They are active Auxiliary members, and can be found every Wednesday morning manning the front desk and the gift shop. “It’s very special,” said Mary as Margie, seated Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers | (845) 483-5000 beside her in a matching outfit nodded, adding, “It’s definitely a special occasion, a real honor and we’re very happy about it.” They took their first big step together attending secretarial school at the Krissler Institute in Poughkeepsie, graduating in 1944 when they were 16. Their business careers were short-lived with Margie marrying Frank Fitzpatrick in 1950, a year after Mary was wed to Francis Ritz. The Fitzpatricks had three children and stayed in Poughkeepsie, the Ritzs two. They spent seven years in post-World War II Europe. Assigned to Paris, Fran Ritz helped rebuild and open IBM manufacturing facilities in nine countries. “On a trip to Rome we presented Pope John XXIII with an IBM typewriter,” Mary recalled. “I was pregnant at that time. His English wasn’t too good. But he said ‘I hope you have a boy.’” All five of the sisters’ children are girls. In retirement, Fran Ritz served many organizations including years as a trustee on the Saint Francis Hospital and Saint Francis Health Care Foundation boards. In 1996, he was a Franciscan Award honoree himself. They were generous with more than their time, as is attested to by the Francis and Mary Ritz Imaging Center offering patients state-of-the-art equipment and technology, and many more hospital programs which do not bear their names. Both Mary and Margie are members of the William and Margaret Mair Legacy Society, signifying their bequests to the hospital. The women of their generation stood behind their men. Now the sisters will step into the spotlight. “Fran would be very happy and Fitz, too,” said Mary. “I wish they were here to join us. But they’re going to celebrate with us.” a Dr. Zubair M. Khan likes to work with his hands and could have become a farmer. But his life journey led him on another path. He attended King Edward Medical College in his native Pakistan and became a doctor. Known for his boundless energy and enthusiasm and for his compassion, Dr. Khan is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care and sleep disorders. His specialty is pulmonary medicine and he’s affiliated with Pulmonary/ICU Medical PLLC in Poughkeepsie, where he lives with his wife, Maida, and three children. He is vice president of the Saint Francis Hospital Medical Staff. He remembers his medical school days. “I went to see a professor of mine and he asked did I know what I was going to do as a doctor,” recalled Dr. Khan. “I said I’d see a patient and write them a prescription. He said ‘No, that’s not your job. You’re going to sell hope to the patient. Selling prescriptions is the pharmacist’s job. If you can sell your patients hope you have done your job.’” Caring with Compassion Since 1914 | www.sfhospital.org Dr. Khan has practiced 15 years in the Hudson Valley and spends most of his time at Saint Francis Hospital’s intensive care unit. The most difficult and important part of the profession? “Priorities,” he said. “If we can set the priorities right we can do the job efficiently and effectively. In the morning I make very, very quick rounds figuring out who needs to be a priority that day and who I can see later in the day. I see what needs my attention the most and go down the list from there.” Almost all of his patients are very sick. He focuses on them one at a time, dispensing medicine and hope. He also deals with families. “I always remind myself that the patients and their families are Margie Fitzpatrick and Mary Ritz both important,” said Dr. Khan. “I carry them both. The majority of our patients in the ICU are sedated; they don’t know what is happening to them, but their families know. My philosophy is that the brain is the gold part of the body and it’s sitting on a heap of mud. We work to fix the body but have to carry the gold part with it; we can’t leave the brain behind. If the patient is awake we have to keep on boosting their psyche while we’re helping their body.” It’s the opposite with families: their bodies are OK but their brains (psyches) are hurting. “Over the last 15 years I’ve become a very good psychologist,” Dr. Khan said. Asked if he is still learning, He exploded, “Of course!” and Zubair Khan, MD explained that that very morning he’d seen a patient with blue sweat. ”I’d never even heard of that before! We went to see that patient and yes, she had blue sweating. She had blue discoloration on her neck, arms and elbows. Like I tell my colleagues, you can practice medicine for 100 years and in the 101st year you’ll see something you’ve never seen before.” He’s had a very good life, going back to college where he was at the top of his class which came, he said, with all of the honors and respect any student can get. “I find myself very content. Everybody is looking for cars, houses or clothes but I have no desires,” he said smiling. “I’m not going after anything, I have nothing to prove to myself or anybody. People around me know who I am. With all of that out of the way I just want to help people in any form or shape.” With a laugh, he added, “I’m so content I feel bad about it!” 27 Saint Francis Health Care Foundation David Birsner David Birsner: Nine Years of Leadership 2 013 completes David Birsner’s ninth year on the Saint Francis Health Care Foundation board of trustees, and his second term of leadership as board chairman. “Over the years I found myself swept up by the need that the foundation has on behalf of the hospital,” said David, major accounts district manager for Automatic Data Processing (ADP) in Poughkeepsie. “Saint Francis Hospital is an organization I feel very proud to be involved with.” If he has a particular point of pride from his years on the foundation board, it’s leading the Daniel M. Duffy Jr. Campaign, which continues to raise funds for the Redl Center for Cancer Care at Saint Francis Hospital. The campaign, of which the annual Hoops for Duff event is a component, was founded by Dave, who was a friend of Dan Jr. and remains close to the large and beloved Duffy family. Dan was the oldest of eight children in a family whose house was the center of the community and basketball was the neighborhood sport. He died of cancer in his senior year at Villanova University. “Hoops honors a very close friend and brings money into the hospital that otherwise we would never have seen,” said Dave (see accompanying story). He was already quite familiar with the Franciscan tradition of giving, having attended Siena College outside of Albany. Joining the foundation board of trustees was a “natural fit for me.” Dave has, he said, received much more from his service than he has given. “The board will continue to improve with or without me,” he said. “The people at the foundation and current and future boards of trustees will leave a legacy bigger than any one person. But I truly will look back with pride.” Stepping up as the foundation’s new board chair is Michael McCormack, partner at the architecture firm Liscum McCormack VanVoorhis in Poughkeepsie. Michael has been a foundation trustee on and off for well over a decade. When Michael McCormack asked about his upcoming role as chair, he replied “I’m looking forward to working more closely with foundation staff, hospital administration, and the community, as the foundation is a complementary component in the hospital’s mission.” Mike added, “Saint Francis is the hospital with a heart—we truly treat patients as our own family, which distinguishes ourselves from other area hospitals.” We look forward to welcoming Mike as the new foundation chair in June. Saint Francis Health Care Foundation and Community Relations Back: Heather Scism, David Budd, Laura Facchin, Larry Hughes, Arlette Porpiglia. Front: Barbara Lynch, Pamela Landolt, Gail Jones 28 Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers | (845) 483-5000 Your Support Saves Lives Honor Roll of Donors It is in giving that we receive and Saint Francis Health Care Foundation is grateful to all those who made gifts and pledges in 2012. 2012 New Pledges of $5,000 or more $25,000-$49,999 Hillcrest Society Relph Benefit Advisors* $15,000-$24,999 Neumann Society Radiology Associates of Poughkeepsie, PLLC* $5,000-$9,999 Roosevelt Society Peter and Sara Johnson Family 2012 Gifts $500,000 or more Sisters of Saint Francis Society Dyson Foundation $200,000-$499,999 Saint Francis Society Anonymous* Estate of Richard Arthur Riecker $100,000-$199,000 Saint Francis Health Care Foundation Society James J. McCann Charitable Trust* “Visiting the hospital’s Special Needs Preschool in 2001 was a life-changing moment. Those teachers make magic - each with their own special skills in speech, occupational and physical therapy. Their dedication is a marvel, and they and the children inspire my support.“ —Evelyn Constantino Dear Saint Francis Hospital Benefactors, Donors like you are the lifeblood of any nonprofit institution. At Saint Francis, this is especially true. From our founding benefactors back in 1913, to the grateful patient who bequeathed us his home last year, to those of you who faithfully mail us a check year after year, it is thanks to you that we remain the strong, sound, mission-based hospital Pamela J. Landolt loved by generations of families. This hospital is a unique and amazing place. There are no obstacles here: we were founded to care for all people, regardless of socioeconomic background. That fact still drives our mission a century later; it’s the Saint Francis way. This Report of Gifts recognizes those of you who made a financial contribution in calendar year 2012. Whether you give cash, stock, or equipment; make a major gift over time; attend or sponsor a special event; or provide for the future of Saint Francis through your estate plans, your gifts go directly toward the finest care there is. There is no wiser investment. Whether or not you’ve been a patient at any of our more than one dozen healthcare sites across the MidHudson region, you always have a friend at Saint Francis. Thank you! Sincerely, Pamela J. Landolt, Director of Development $50,000-$99,999 Franciscan Society Charles and Mabel E. Conklin J* The Heart Center* Kenneth Herman* Millbrook Tribute Garden, Inc.* Royal Carting Service Company* St. Francis Hospital Auxiliary, Inc.* $25,000-$49,999 Hillcrest Society Alpha Apple, Inc.* $15,000-$24,999 Neumann Society Anesthesia Associates of St. Francis, P.C.* Donald J. and Margaret R. Calista* Hunting for a Cure* George and Loretta O’Shea J* Premier Cares Foundation Relph Benefit Advisors* Teresa and Albert Rotunno Family Foundation* Gail and Samuel Simon, M.D.* $10,000-$14,999 Thorne Society Michael Dupree and Michael Fleischer J* Joseph Fiacco Jr. and Helen Wheeler J* Sheila and James Klingman* Mrs. Mary Ellen Kondysar J* Premier Medical Group of the Hudson Valley, P.C.* Radiology Associates of Poughkeepsie, PLLC* Rappleyea Children Mrs. Francis U. Ritz J* Saint Francis Hospital Medical Staff* * Current 3 consecutive years of giving J Member of the Mair Legacy Society + Deceased $5,000-$9,999 Roosevelt Society Donald and Dale Adams* Bowne Estate Trust* The Center for Wound Healing, Inc.* Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation* Clifton, Budd & DeMaria, LLP* Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley* Forget-U-Cancer Fund of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley* Digestive Disease Center of the Hudson Valley* Mary Margaret Edler William J. Freeman III* Hand-In-Hand Project Hudson Valley Show Jumping IBM Matching Grants Program* Key Interiors, LLC* Kirshon & Company, P.C.* Dr. and Mrs. Narendra M. Kotecha* Timothy S. Lay Dr. Nathan+ and Barbara Lieberman* Mr. Robert Logan M&T Charitable Foundation Marshall & Sterling, Inc.* Roy and Hilda Merolli* William G. Miller & Son Funeral Home, Inc.* Mobile Life Support Services, Inc.* Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Rhinebeck Bank* Robert and Mary Linn Savage* Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated TEAMHealth East* Van Wormer International LLC Michael and Deborah Visconti* George T. Whalen Insurance* Work/Family Directions, Inc.* 29 Our 2012 Benefactors $3,500-$4,999 Sadlier Society Ms. Marilynne Brown Corbally, Gartland and Rappleyea, LLP* Gaetano and Catherine Costanzo* D’Arcangelo & Co., LLP* Dental Design Studio* Fibernet Communications, Inc.* Lumina Films, Ltd. Marist College* TransCare Hudson Valley Ambulance $1,000-$3,499 Spellman Society Anonymous* Abbott Laboratories Employee Giving Campaign* Doris K. Adams* Adams Fairacre Farms* Adelphi University Dr. and Mrs. Morton Alterman* Bank of Millbrook* Mr. Jason and Dr. Jane Barlow* Mrs. Wallace C. Bedell Pearl Rainey Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation David and Rachel Birsner* Maryann and Carmine Bruno D. George Buso* Duane and Maureen Byrum* Dr. Louis E. Calabro* Carpenters Local Union 279 Mr. and Mrs. Scott Casey* Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Chestney Arlene+ and Gregory Chiaramonte, MD* John J. and Toni Ann Cina Kathleen D. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Owen T. Clarke, Jr. J* CR Properties Group, LLC* George’s Travels G eorge Buso’s love of radio-controlled model airplanes has taken him all over the world. An international judge, he flew to Poland in July 2008 to officiate at the world championship competition. But the trip nearly ended in tragedy. George’s son Steve Buso, who brought him home, and their friends at Saint Francis Hospital, were key to the happy ending and George being able to tell the story with a chuckle five years later. A fall in a Warsaw hotel ballroom two days after George arrived had resulted in a broken nose and fractured vertebrae. He was taken to the hospital, but the available hospital staff could not understand him and communication was impossible. While he waited for the Englishspeaking doctor to diagnose him and order treatment, time passed and his health became more and more tenuous. Steve and George Buso George remembers thinking, “I’m going to die. I’m going to die in Poland.” One of George’s travel companions happened to be a nursing supervisor at a Nashville hospital. George remembers her somehow being able to communicate to one of the nurses, “Look, this man is in shock and he’s going to die unless he gets blood. Apparently that helped.” His son, Steve Buso, was called the day of the accident. The message from his dad’s companions: We have to leave Warsaw and you have to come over to save your father. Steve made travel arrangements. Ninety minutes after the call from Poland, Steve stopped at Saint Francis to meet with some of his dad’s friends: 30 Foundation Development Director Pam Landolt and Patient Services Director Ann Vokes, RN. While they had the phone number, there was a six-hour time difference and the English-speaking doctor had gone home. Ann arranged for an interpreter, and both Ann and Pam made many overseas calls that night and into the early hours of the morning. “The effort that Pam and Ann made, the calls they placed, made me feel better,” said Steve. “They helped answer questions and got information to me so I could take the next step.” Steve recalls his first visit to his dad’s hospital room: George was lying unconscious and bleeding. Steve nursed his father until he was able to walk. A week later they boarded a direct flight to New York. A friend with a car service drove them directly to Poughkeepsie and Saint Francis. Ann had alerted George’s doctors that he was on his way in. Pam greeted father and son at the hospital when they arrived at 7:00 p.m., exhausted. As George was brought in he said to Steve, “Now you can go home.” At Saint Francis, “They did all the tests they couldn’t do in Warsaw because they didn’t have the equipment,” said George. “When I got to my room a nice young lady, not a nurse, walks in and asks ‘What can we do for you, anything?’ I said I’d love to have a bowl of Rice Krispies and milk. Three minutes later I had them.” “And I knew I was home.” Steve was born at Saint Francis, and four years after his dad’s ordeal, he joined the Saint Francis Health Care Foundation’s board of trustees. * Current 3 consecutive years of giving J Member of the Mair Legacy Society for planned giving WE LISTEN because WE CARE phi·lan·thro·py | [fi-lan-thruh-pee]– noun Giving for the greater good of mankind. Brian Duffy* Darren J. Duffy Patrick and Jennifer Duffy* The Family of Janet and Daniel Duffy Sr.* Dutchess Neurology, PLLC* Dr. Dominick P. Artuso EFCO Products, Inc.* Jack and Rita Effron* Amy and Steven Effron* Estate of Claire E. Hogan Dr. and Mrs. J. Keith Festa* Dr. Eric Fethke Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence K. Fox* Otto and Janett Frank Shawn Gallagher* GNS Group Jason Grudell* The H.W. Wilson Foundation* Mr. and Mrs. Mark Halsey Ronald H. Hanson and Richard G. Krueger* Elinore and John Haverkamp Robert and Diane Hlavaty* Marie D. Hlavaty Mark and Tricia Holtzman* Hospice, Inc.* Hudson Cadillac-Buick-GMC* Hudson Valley Center at Saint Francis Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union* Hudson Valley HematologyOncology Associates, LLP* Daniela P. Stokes, MD Mark Foster, M.D.* Hyde Park Brewing Company* I.B.E.W. Local Union No. 363* James L. Taylor Mfg. Co. Peter and Sara Johnson Family Suzanne C. Kinsella* Kirchhoff-Consigli Construction Management, LLC* Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Liggera M&T Bank Michael R. Makar* Maplebrook School, Inc.* Alice and Arnolfo Marcella, MD* Dr. and Mrs. Vincent Marrone* Mr. Ted McCullough Michael J. McDermott* Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Menken* Mary Beth and Christian Meyer* Meyer Contracting Corporation* Satish S. Modi, M.D.,F.R.C.S. Drs. Jayesh R. and Kalpana J. Modi Molloy Pharmacy* Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nizza* North Road Surgery, P.C.* NDP Emergency Medical Services* Anthony and Kristin Noto Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County, P.C.* Cathy and Dick O’Shea* Pepsi Cola of the Hudson Valley* Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation Gopa Rahman, M.D. and Mahboobur Rahman, M.D.* Herbert and Sue Ann Redl and Family* Kelley Redl-Hardisty and David Hardisty* Helen E. and Peter Rinaudo* Saint Francis Hospital Alumni Association* Thomas and Louise Odak Raymond Shea* David and Victoria Shelly Dr. and Mrs. Wen Shen* Dr. and Mrs. Rasnidhi Sheth Jerome and Carol Simonetty* Sims and Associates Podiatry* Rajpal Singh Stewart’s Shops Holiday Match Program* Teahan & Constantino* Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Karen L. Tice* Drs. Richard C. Tobey and Katherine O. Tobey* Michael Torsone Memorial Funeral Home, Inc.* Mary Ellen Kondysar Caring with Compassion Since 1914 | www.sfhospital.org We have helped thousands of adults and children with their hearing needs. Saint Francis Hospital Audiology & Hearing Works hearing aid services Diagnostic Hearing and Balance Testing Hearing Aid Sales and Service 845.431.8800 Services available in Beacon, Millbrook and Poughkeepsie Turner Construction Co. Ann and Bruce Vokes* Robert E. Wankel* Ann D. and George T. Whalen Jr.* The George T. Whalen Jr. Foundation, Inc. George T. Whalen Real Estate Susan and George T. Whalen III* Richard F. Winne and Elizabeth J. Winne + $500-$999 Cooke Society Aetna Foundation Arnold Goran M.D., PLLC Dr. Aditya Arya Robert and Sharon Audia* Gisèle Reynaud-Bernhard Frances Biancardi Mr. and Mrs. Kevin T. Buggy* Carter-MGM Insurance Agency LLC Cynthia Chapland Ken and Sara Christman Clark Home Respiratory Supply, Inc. Dr. D. David Conklin James and Evelyn Constantino* 1 sfhospital.org Patsy Costello* Culinarians’ Home Foundation* Paul and Maureen Doherty Dutchess Community College Nancy and Mike Estremera June A. Ghee* Perry and Joe Goldsmith* Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Goran, M.D.* Roy D. Guarino Patty Horton IBM Corporation* Invesco Barbara A. Katavolos Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Katz Joe and Maria Lepore Ian and Joanne MacDonald Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Michelle McCourt Mid-Hudson Limousine Service, Inc.* Mid-Hudson Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, P.C. Mid-Hudson Workshop for the Disabled, Inc. Ron and Karen Mosca* Mount Saint Mary College* Susan D. Najork 31 Our 2012 Benefactors Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Naru April and Peter Nelson Rosemary Nelson* Wayne and Brigid Nussbickel* Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Oclatis* Dr. and Mrs. Henry W. Pletcher* Eleanore and Stanley Poster* Dr. Neela and Mr. Gus Pushparaj* Pearl G. Rainey Red Oaks Mill Fire Company, Inc. Michael and AnnMarie Redmond* Ashok K.S. Shah, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Ronny and Debbie Shipley* Siegrist and Sons Construction Dr. and Mrs. Lewis J. Sims Timothy and Ann Smith Dr. and Mrs. William Smookler Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Spinelli* Strauss Paper Co. Inc. Dr. William O. Thompson Jeffrey T. Toland Dr. T.K. Venugopal Virus Investment Partners Viscount Wines and Liquor Miles and Connie Wilkin* Wingate Healthcare, Inc.* Zolz Entertainment* $100-$499 Century Society Anonymous* Anonymous* Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous* A.S.O. Limousine Service Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Abrams Rudolph and Catherine Albanese Bill and Marie Aleman Marianne and Gina Allers Mr. Ryan Anderson Vivian Anella* Joe and Danielle Arnold Juan M. Baez Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Basciano Bill, Terri and Marni Becker Pete and Antonia Bertolozzi Carolyn and Gene Bianco Bishop & Associates, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Aaron Blum* 32 phi·lan·thro·py | [fi-lan-thruh-pee]– noun Giving for the greater good of mankind. John T. Corliss Corporate Insights & Development, LLC Joe and Karen Crichton Joan Daly John and Cheryl-Ann Darcy* “My late wife Joanne was tirelessly devoted to the Maureen A. Darcy hospital. I believe that the Ellen Graney Dare and John Dare* inspiration always arises to John F. and Barbara DeGilio* meet the need. My active Mr. and Mrs. Eric Del Santo participation at Saint Francis has enabled me to Adam DeMattia serve a noble institution; Mr. Charles L. DeNagy it’s making the world a Bernadette Dennis-Constable* better place to live. “ Design by MGC —Kenneth Herman Willard and Rochelle DeWitt Vincent A. DiLorenzo Mr. and Mrs. P. David Dobbs* Blumberg Ribner, Inc.* Ms. Michelle Donner Joan and Larry Boland* Matthew and Diane Donohue Jennifer Bourque Jenn Duncan* Laura L. Briggs Mrs. and Mrs. Malcolm Dunkley Mr. and Mrs. Elliot and Dutchess Dodge, Inc. Victoria Brown Ira and Dana Effron* Beverly A. Bryant Michael E. Effron* Jackie and Tom Buggy* Andrew Eichner Peter T. Burdash William and Nancy Eidle Dr. and Mrs. Paul Burrows Susan and John Enkler Lisa Caldwell Moskowitz Mr. and Mrs. James Enny Gina M. Calenti The Event Office Ms. Julie-Ann Campanella Thomas and Kathryn Farmen Thomas R.B. Campbell Susan and Richard Farrand* Anthony and Virginia Campilii Emily Faucher Gregory Campus Betty Feeney* Patricia A. Cannizzaro Gillian Feigenbaum Miranda Capolino Dr. Jack and Karin Fein* Donald and Andrea Cappillino* Joan and Stuart Fishler Linda S. Carruthers* Margaret J. Fitch* Dr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Catalano* Mary and Patrick Flanigan* Klaus H. Chavanne Margaret Flitsch The Chazen Companies Tony E. Freeman Adrienne Chiaramonte Joline Frey* and John Mesko Laurie Friedli* Deidre Chiaramonte Scott Friedman Joan Cody Eileen M. Furlong Mari Colt* Manny, Jana and Emma Bryn Michelle Colwell Fusco and Bonnie Heybruck Frank and Ann Conforti Margaret Gallo Raymond and Joann Congelli Michael and Pamela Gartland Dr. John J. and Ingrid A. Connolly Lynn George Mr. Ralph Contrino Bernard M. Goldman and Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Cook Beth Goldman* Steven Cordovano, MD Barbara Good John and Susan Goscinski Keith Gosda Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey and Elizabeth Graham Margaret Greenly* Kathleen M. Gromyko* Elizabeth Grundy The Jim Guagliardo Family Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Hackett III Betty Halstead Malcolm and Carol Ann Hammond Patrick J. Hannon* William Happ II Edward Harkins Harmon & Castella Printing, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Hart Wiliam Haussmann Helen Hawk David Hayes David and Kerrie Hayes Susan Hecht Joseph Hedgecock Eleanor M. Herman, RN J Hickey-Finn & Company, Inc. Douglas H. Hieter Susan and Robert C. Holland* Lawrence M. Hughes* Rose Hurlihe J* The Italian Center, Inc.* Dwight Johnson Carmel Jones Gail N. Jones J* Eric and Aviva Kafka Eleanor C. Kane, MD* Dr. Teresa Karcnik and Mr. Ray Mahoney Mr. and Mrs. Raymond B. Kearney Michael J. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Kelly III Kelly & Meenagh, LLP Bernard and Carla Lisa Kistner Knights of Columbus No. 7551 Knights of Pythias, Dutchess Lodge 860 Madeline and Ken Knops Mr. and Mrs. William Koff Laurie Kowalski Alexander V. La Penna Patricia LaFalce* Gloria C. Lane* Robert R. Lane* Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers | (845) 483-5000 Shirley S. Lee Dennis and Lynne Legato Dr. and Mrs. Leno Lou and Candace Lewis Lindsay Lloray Michele and Roy Lomuscio* Michael and Kathy Lomuscio* Rev. Robert J. Lord, D.Min.* Vera M. Lukan* Mary Jane Lutz* Barbara and Mike Lynch Jean M. Lyons* Joanne Gray and John Lyons Jeanette Madera Rick, Jackie, Whitney, Joe Madron and Patricia Shaughnessy* Brian Mahoney Mr. Charles Malet Michael and Cindy Malet Joan E. Mandy, RN J* Joseph and Joan Manfredi June and John Manfredi* Elizabeth and James Manion, M.D. Mrs. Andrew Manzi* Lina Marchetti* Martuscello Family Barbara B. and Richard C. Marx Joseph A. and Mary Jane Mastroberardino* Lila Matlin* Bob and Joan Mayerhofer* Louis and Anne Mazzella John and Judith Mazzetti Doug McCorkle Mary and Joe McGowan* Mr. and Mrs. David McHugh* Evan Meltzer and Dianne Cole* “Saint Francis has been like family for 35 years. Sam did most of his surgery there and Gail worked as a nurse there for 14 years. We still have a close affiliation to the hospital and hospital family, and we give so that the hospital’s mission of compassionate quality care may continue. “ —Gail and Samuel Simon, MD Susann and Luis Mendoza, MD Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Meyen Nancy S. Miller Theresa and Dean Miller Rosemary L. Molloy* Bessie Morgan Jim Moriarty Lynda and John Moser Mrs. Philip C. Murley* Joan Murnin* Lisa Cerniglia of Poughkeepsie, a student at Sacred Heart University, was the 2012 Mr. and Mrs. recipient of the Ann D. Whalen Scholarship for $1,500. Pictured are George T. Michael E. Murphy Whalen III, Cernigilia, Ann D. Whalen, Ann (Whalen) Marti and George T. Whalen Jr. Edward and Priscilla Murray Murtha Cullina, LLP. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff and Carolyn Peterson Amy Schmidt Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Needelman Ms. Geraldine Petrosino Dr. John Scileppi and Marianne and Gary Neifeld, MD* Ernest Pilon* Lynn Ruggiero Cheryl Nelson Pirate Canoe Club, Inc. SCJ Carpentry Inc. New Paltz Womens Golf Assn. Pleasant Valley Rescue Squad Eric and Debby Scro Nine Partners Garden Club Gregory and Linda Popovich Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Seaman* Thomas and Patricia Nocket Lillian Porco Saint Francis Hospital Mr. and Mrs. Charles North* Prenting Family Fund for Operating Room Staff Poughkeepsie of the Rebecca Nowall-Fleet* Janet M. Shaker* Community Foundations Raymon P. Oberly Thomas R. Shaker* of the Hudson Valley J* Kathleen J. O’Connor* Chuck and Ellen Shechtman Jack and Susan Pretak J* Michael R. O’Dowd Nancy and Kevin Sheehan* Florence and Mickey Prisco* Kip Bleakley O’Neill* Arlene Sheffield* George Prisco Package Pavement Company, Inc. Ed and Beth Rabenda Jr. of N.C. Linda M. Sheffield Package Pavement Company, Philip and Frances Shepherd* Robin Rajczi* Inc. Matching Gifts Program Anne Rappleyea Sholes & Miller, LLP* Anthony and Felicia Pagones* Nancy J. Redkey Mary T. Siegert Vasantben and Hema Parekh* Wanda Y. Reeder Ms. Stephanie Skerritt Hoon Jae Park, MD Bernice Regunberg Angie M. Smith J* Josephine and Ben Perrino* David C. Richardson and Brenda Smith* Mary Jane and Michael Perrotta* Kathryn Cappillino Bruce and Liz Smith Trina Risucci Joseph J. Sottile* Kathleen A. Roach* Johanna Staray Albert P. Roberts Theresa and Rick Stark Wilfred A. and Carol K. Rohde* Joshua W. Stratton* Johanna Romanelli Msgr. James P. Sullivan* Rosemarie J. Romanelli Robert Sundheimer Alfio J. Romano, MD* Mary Sutherland* Michael Rosa and Family* Sweet’s Funeral Home, Inc.* John and Pamela Rusk Steven Tinkelman Maura J. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Trocino* Donna and Azzam Salem, MD True Form Contracting, Inc.* Judy Z. Sanford Mrs. Dolores Tubbs Jennifer L. Sarnocinski* Susan M. Tucker Joan and Chris Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Stephen V. Turletes * Current 3 consecutive years of giving J Member of the Mair Legacy Society + Deceased 33 Our 2012 Benefactors phi·lan·thro·py | [fi-lan-thruh-pee]– noun Giving for the greater good of mankind. “Charity begins at home” for 15-year employee B ernie Ciofoletti Jr. works two jobs—a 60-hour week. If ever a man deserved some time off, it’s Bernie. But he donates most of his paid vacation time back to the Saint Francis Health Care Foundation in support of the hospital. Bernie has been at Saint Francis for 15 years, and works as a materials/receiving/distribution clerk. At a place where employee longevity is the norm, even 15 years doesn’t make him the longest-term staff member here. But he is among the most philanthropic. Each year, the foundation holds a special fundraising campaign asking employees to give back to the hospital. As the first donor of the 2012 campaign, Bernie led the charge. While on his delivery rounds the day before New Year’s Eve, he stopped at the foundation’s office in the Atrium and signed a donation card giving back 50 hours of vacation. Vacation hours are Bernie Ciofoletti Jr. converted into dollars based on the employee’s salary, and the resulting gift helps support the hospital. Bernie’s job involves accuracy and speed. Early every morning he inventories medical supplies on 3, 5 and 6 Cooke, scanning bar codes with a hand-held device. He then returns to the receiving department, where he uploads the data, which produces pick tickets at the warehouse. Once the supplies are delivered to the hospital, he retraces his steps, replenishing everything the nurses and techs need to care for their patients for the day. Of the many places his career has taken him (including a stint in the Army in Germany) he insists that Saint Francis remains the finest employer he’s ever had. “It’s the people,” he said. “Everybody here really cares. We work hard, we care about the patients, we all work as a team. But that’s what a good hospital is all about.” Recently Bernie stopped by the foundation office again; he’d heard about a particular need the hospital had. He gave up another 50 hours of vacation time so that someone else can have what they need to do their job well. 34 June and Peter VanZandt* Liz and Kory VanZandt Vassar College* Mr. Donald Vinchkoski Kevin T. Wade* Robert Wagner Pegeen and Tom Wall C.D. Walsh* Lynda Wands* Pat and Jim Waters* Mr. and Mrs. James A. Weidenhammer* Barbara J. Weiss* Joseph M. Whiteley Rick and Sharon Wilhelm Drs. Philip and Jennifer Wilke Dr. and Mrs. James Willoughby Wine Racks.com Louisemary Witcher-Schoonmaker Diane Wood-Miller* Peter and Betty Zitz Mr. and Mrs. Jason and Karen Zmudosky Greg and Liz Zurawik* Under $100 Contributor Anonymous Anonymous* Anonymous* Anonymous* Anonymous William M. Albrecht Anthony and Julia Amodeo Linda Anderson Frank and Diana Antos Megan K. Barnes Mr. and Mrs. James Barth Sandra and Anthony Battista Susan Beak Isabell Beckford Dorothy Bell Leah Bender Patricia Bergman Barbara Bialek Arthur C. Borchers Kenneth and Linda Bowar Mr. and Mrs. George Brannen John and Deborah Brosen Jesse Brown William and Geraldine Browne* John Browne Lisa Bruce Irma M. Brunmayer* Maggie Bunk Kathleen Burke John and Ann Marie Burke* Linda Burns* Mary Anne Cahill* Ralph and Janet Canino and Family Thomas and Marianne Cannon* Robert and Elisse Capano The Theresa Di Russo Family Marla J. Caul Marian Cave* Central New York Eye Center Grace Robertson Chartier Patricia A. Cheetham Mr. and Mrs. John Cleary Jr.* Margarita Cohn Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Cole Natalie and Christopher Condon* Anne N. Conroy Nona Cooper, R.N.* Kristen Corkery* Gloria and Richard Coschigano James L. Coughlan Mary A. Cross* Peter Dahowski Chris Dayger Jaime Eduardo de Borbón and Julie Ling, M.D. Cynthia Deer Barb and Chuck Dehm Pompey and Margi Delafield Debra DeLeno Frank and Laura DeSario Ms. Patricia D’Eufemia Todd Middle School Lee and Nancy Dewitt* Stanley John Diduch J* Joe Dolce Janet M. Doyle Stephen Duffy William and Carol Eberle Mr. and Mrs. William L. Eldridge* Mr. and Mrs. Leonard and Elaine Erlanger Victor and Francine Fanuele* Rose P. Farrell* Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Ferguson Denise Fernekes Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers | (845) 483-5000 Because a good night’s sleep is one of the keys to good health. Anna May Filor* Ann T. Firlings Greer Fischer Joey Fitzpatrick* Florence and Raymond Meagher Fund of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley* Linda Keefe Forcello and Family Ann Frankiewicz Elizabeth and Thomas Freeman Catherine Galgano Joan and George Gambeski* Thomas E. Gilbert Suzanne A. Gillespie Ms. Deborah Gioquindo Arleen D. Glinka* Mrs. Fanny Dean Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Eli Gorin Judy Grady Chester and Mary Lou Graves Kevin Herdman and Howard Greenberg Ida H. Greene Raymond E. Griffin* Joe and Danielle Grosse A Touch of Polish Helen Haas Mr. and Mrs. Brent S. Hallock Catherine M. Halwick Helen Harden Marie E. Hare George and Kim Harmening Kerrie and Dan Hart* Kevin Hart and Jennifer Doyle The Honorable and Mrs. Gerald V. Hayes Nicole Hochberg Deacon Patrick and Louise Hogan Debra Holden Mr. and Mrs. Robert Homko* Richard and Debra Horvath Bill and Carol Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jennings Ms. Anne Marie Kaiser Robert and Virginia Kampa Eleanor M. Kaskoun Diane and Paul Kelley Kelly Construction John F. Kenny* Dudley P. and Barbara Knapp* Joan Krauer Siegfried and Irene Lahl Rudolph E. Lapar Allison and Wayne Letourneau Sheila Y. Levy James Lewis, III Rosemary Leyden Jane A. Lichtman Mannie Lloyd Leann S. Lofaro Mary K. Logan Helmut and Rosemarie Loibl Linda Lomangino Pat and Pete Lovallo Anne and Ryan Lovitz Rose Lupi Donna and John Lykes John W. Lynch Mabel B. Mackey* Norman MacLeod Mr. Bill Malet Monica M. Malet* John and Kristina Mancini Sheila J. Marchant Mr. and Mrs. Richard Marchetti* Howard and Wendy Marin Scott Martin Scott and Tiffanie Massey* Betty and Ray Mastrocinque Kathleen F. Matuk “We are pleased to be contributors to the Saint Francis Hospital family, where quality patient care is the highest priority.“ —Donald J. and Margaret R. Calista Sleep Center at Saint Francis Hospital If you believe you are suffering from a sleep disorder, the Sleep Center at Saint Francis Hospital can help you enjoy the benefits of regular, restorative sleep. 845.431.8214 sfhospital.org Danny McBride Sr. Ellen M. McGuinn Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. McKeown Elizabeth O. Miglis Dorothy Minard* Steve Mittermaier Mary Molloy F. Kennon and Mary L. Moody Kathleen V. Moran Arnold and Debbie Most Thomas and Marie Mullen* John Murphy Michael and Denise Murphy Frank and Doris Navarra* Jim and Margaret Nelson Dr. L. D. and Rev. Mrs. Janet Nelson* Barbara Neumann Mark and Kathleen Nowers Amy Nuttall Barbara J. O’Connor Phyllis Oderifero Mary-Lou Olsen Donna O’Neill Kathryn T. O’Neill Gayle R. O’Rourke Susan Osterhoudt * Current 3 consecutive years of giving J Member of the Mair Legacy Society + Deceased 1 Deacon and Mrs. Frank Ottaviano Ted Parisella Laurie A. Parker Donna R. Parry Georgene and James Peabody Michele P. Perazzo Kristysue Perrino and Tim McCormack Thomas and Lynn Polakowski Kathleen M. Poncelet Roshan Porbundervalla Proforma Graphic and Promotional Solutions Bradford Quosig Raymond Radzivila* Sharon Rampone Mrs. Julia M. Rappleyea Mary and William Rebh William T. and Ann M. Reilly Kenneth Rhodes Marco M. Ricco* Adelaide S. Rignanese Ms. Catherine Rispoli Marjorie Robinson Teresa Rose Robert M. Ross, D.D.S.* 35 Our 2012 Benefactors phi·lan·thro·py | [fi-lan-thruh-pee]– noun Giving for the greater good of mankind. Adam L. Rubinstein, MD Elizabeth A. Russell Margaret Sackett Heinz and Klara Sauer J Diane and Vincent Sauter Mr. and Mrs. Sal Scardaci Polly Scarvalone, Ph.D. Geraldine C. Schwartz* Susan Secor Madhu N. Shah Catherine R. Shanks* Eileen F. Shea Don and Edith Shedd Jesse and Basha Silverman Sukhminder Singh, M.D. Jane A. Singley Marie and Len Soderquist Nelli Starpoli, M.D.* Barbara K. Starzyk* Cora L. Stempel James and Joanne Stewart Stonebridge Homeowners Association Maureen and Stan Straub* Kay H. Styles Marion E. Sullivan Mary G. Swanson Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Taber June Tacinelli* Catherine M. Tarella* Fran Tkazyik* Concetta F. Todd Anna Tompkins Ruth Ann J. Torsone Adele Ugricich Linda A. Valentino* Ms. Sharon M. VanTassell Jack and Maria Verzillo Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vitelli Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. Vogel Joseph A. Vumbico Wallace and Wallace LLP Marie Walsh Ms. Theresa J. Walters Charles E. Weber* Fred and Katherine Weiss* Madeline R. Whalen Alfred H. Williams Support for Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers 2012 (unaudited) $4,039,934 Actual (includes HEAL-NY grant) Goal $2,700,00 The Saint Francis Health Care Foundation surpassed its goal in 2012. New York State demonstrated its commitment to mental health care with a major grant (see Grant Funding Achievements, page 9). 36 “Radiology Associates of Poughkeepsie supports Saint Francis for its excellence in providing to the community the finest healthcare in the Hudson Valley. “ —Carl Silverio, MD, Anthony Caramico, MD, Teresa Karcnik, MD, and J. Louis Solis, MD, of Radiology Associates, PLLC Willing Workers Sunday School Class of Pittsboro Baptist Church Joseph F. Winkelbauer Patricia Witchey Jean Woods Victoria Zamudio Martin S. Zweifler, D.D.S.* Members of the Mair Legacy Society Tina Cianciulli, RN Owen T. Clarke Jr. and Linda Clarke Charles and Mabel E. Conklin Stanley John Diduch Michael Dupree and Michael Fleischer Kathy and Roger Fazzone Joseph Fiacco, Jr. Margaret F. Fitzpatrick Eleanor M. Herman, RN Laura M. Hoskins Rose Hurlihe, RN Gail N. Jones Mrs. Mary Ellen Kondysar Ingrid E. Kulick Joan E. Mandy, RN Dr. Robert L. Meineker Gary and Marianne Neifeld George and Loretta O’Shea Barbara J. Philipp Theodore O. and Bernardine S. Prenting Jack and Susan Pretak Mrs. Francis U. Ritz Dr. Allen Rosenberg Heinz and Klara Sauer Thomas R. Shaker Angie M. Smith Helen J. Wheeler Gifts-in-Kind Adams Fairacre Farms Carol Dupilka Judith M. Brush Kathleen J. O’Connor Milly and Vincent D. Koh, MD 2012 Special Event Sponsors Corporate Event Sponsor Relph Benefit Advisors Radiology Associates of Poughkeepsie, PLLC The 31st Franciscan Award Gala Gold Sponsor Anesthesia Associates of St. Francis, P.C. Silver Sponsor Alpha Apple, Inc. Clifton, Budd & DeMaria, LLP The Heart Center James J. McCann Charitable Trust Premier Medical Group of the Hudson Valley, P.C. Rhinebeck Bank Royal Carting Service Company Saint Francis Hospital Medical Staff Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities Bronze Sponsor The Center for Wound Healing, Inc. * Current 3 consecutive years of giving J Member of the Mair Legacy Society + Deceased 2011 Partners in Care Annual Corporate Event Sponsors Thank you to our 2012 Partners in Care Annual Corporate Event Sponsors. Their support helps Saint Francis Health Care Foundation offer the best events in the Hudson Valley, supporting the Hudson Valley’s favorite hospital—Saint Francis! As a Partner in Care Annual Corporate Event Sponsor, you receive unique advertising and marketing opportunities that will place your name in front of toplevel community leaders, physicians and philanthropists at the three most prominent events in the Hudson Valley— Hoops for Duff, The Annual Franciscan Award Gala and the Taste of the Hudson Valley®. To find out how you can become a Partner in Care Corporate Event Sponsor, please contact Arlette Porpiglia at (845) 483-5023. Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation Corbally, Gartland and Rappleyea, LLP George T. Whalen Insurance Key Interiors, LLC Marist College Marshall & Sterling, Inc. Mobile Life Support Services, Inc. TEAMHealth East William G. Miller & Son Funeral Home, Inc. Supporter Dental Design Studio Herbert H. Redl Family Foundation Hospice, Inc. Hudson Valley Center at Saint Francis Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union Hudson Valley HematologyOncology Associates, LLP Hudson Valley Primary Care Hyde Park Brewing Company I.B.E.W. Local Union No. 363 Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Menken North Road Surgery, P.C. NDP Emergency Medical Services Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County, P.C. Gail and Samuel Simon, M.D. Sims and Associates Podiatry Teahan & Constantino Michael Torsone Memorial Funeral Home, Inc. TransCare Hudson Valley Ambulance Taste of the Hudson Valley® Gold Sponsor James J. McCann Charitable Trust Silver Sponsor M&T Charitable Foundation Bronze Sponsor Alpha Apple, Inc. The Heart Center Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Premier Medical Group of the Hudson Valley, P.C. Royal Carting Service Company Saint Francis Hospital Medical Staff Caring with Compassion Since 1914 | www.sfhospital.org Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated TEAMHealth East Partner The Center for Wound Healing, Inc. Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley D’Arcangelo & Co., LLP H.W. Wilson Foundation Hudson Cadillac-Buick-GMC Key Interiors, LLC Meyer Contracting Corporation William G. Miller & Son Funeral Home, Inc. Mobile Life Support Services, Inc. Pepsi Cola of the Hudson Valley Supporter Adams Fairacre Farms Bank of Millbrook Donald J. and Margaret R. Calista Corbally, Gartland and Rappleyea, LLP Dental Design Studio EFCO Products, Inc. Dr. Eric Fethke GNS Group Ronald H. Hanson and Richard G. Krueger Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union Hudson Valley HematologyOncology Associates, LLP Hudson Valley Primary Care Kirshon & Company, P.C. Maplebrook School, Inc. Marshall & Sterling, Inc. Rhinebeck Bank Rose & Kiernan, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Wen Shen Gail and Samuel Simon, M.D. Turner Construction Co. Cathy and Dick O’Shea George T. Whalen Insurance George T. Whalen Real Estate Hoops for Duff Silver Sponsor Anthony and Kristin Noto Bronze Sponsor Key Interiors, LLC Supporter Alpha Apple, Inc. Anesthesia Associates of St. Francis, P.C. Carter-MGM Insurance Agency LLC Dental Design Studio Mark Foster, M.D. Mid-Hudson Limousine Service, Inc. Siegrist and Sons Construction Special Event Auction and Service Donors 2 Taste Food & Wine Bar A.S.O. Limousine Service All Sport Fishkill Health and Fitness Club Amici’s Restaurant Ana Marie Organic Farms Bardavon 1869 Opera House Beacon Falls Cafe Beauty & Wellness Spa Bradford Renaissance Portraits Brother’s Trattoria Buttermilk Falls Inn & Spa Cablevision Systems Corporation Donald J. & Margaret R. Calista “I had knee surgery on January 12th and I was nervous. I have to tell you that I was treated like a king. I came back in February to have neck surgery and I could not wait to come back. Should I need to have future surgeries I want to come back to Saint Francis where I will know I have nothing to worry about!” –Grateful patient from Pleasant Valley 37 Our 2012 Benefactors phi·lan·thro·py | [fi-lan-thruh-pee]– noun Giving for the greater good of mankind. Canterbury Brook Inn Bill and Elaine Case Cathryn’s Tuscan Grill The Chocolate Mousse Caterers Cibo Noche Clear Channel Communications, Inc. Cornerstone Arts Alliance Cosimo’s Trattoria & Bar The Culinary Institute of America The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Davis Furniture De’s Jewelers Design by MGC Durants Party Rentals Dutchess County Performing Arts Center Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce East Fishkill Provisions The Event Office Farm to Table Four Brothers Pizza Inn F.W. Interiors Green Oak Florist Harmon & Castella Printing, Inc. The Heart Center Hidden Cellar Restaurant Hudson Beach Glass Hudson River Cruises, Inc. Hudson Valley Karate Hudson Valley Plastic Surgeons Lawrence M. Hughes Hyde Park Brewing Company Hyde Park Jewelers Just For Kicks Martial Arts Kringles Christmas House Joe and Maria Lepore Locust Grove Mid-Hudson Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, P.C. Millbrook Vineyards & Winery Mionetto USA Mobile Life Support Services, Inc. Monticello Motor Club Sister Patricia Nugent On Location Studios, Inc. Pamal Broadcasting LTD Pan Pacific Hotel Dr. Neela and Mr. Gus Pushparaj Raccoon Saloon Restaurant Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Ranieri Jr. James and Edith Rawley River Winds Studio Roosevelt Cinemas Royal Carting Service Company S.A. Chrobak, LTD. Dr. Hugh L. Sauer Seastar Restaurant and Raw Bar Seattle Monorail Services Dr. and Mrs. Wen Shen Shirley’s Jewlery The Shubert Organization Karen and Jeff Sovik SPORT Restaurant and Bar Sprout Creek Farm The Studio at Stephanie’s Sukhothai Authentic Thai Cuisine Tas Kafé Terrapin Restaurant, Bisto, Bar & Catering Time Warner Cable Jeffrey T. Toland United Aviation Academy Vassar Golf Course VIDA Spa Viscount Wines and Liquor Wickham Solid Wood Studio Rick Zolzer Zoom Flume Water Park “One of my night nurses came to check on me and found me crying from the overwhelming post-surgery feeling. She sat with me for 10-15 minutes talking to me and wiping my tears. There is really only one word to describe the nurses, nurses’ assistants and staff of 5 Cooke— phenomenal. The words ‘5 Cooke’ will stay with me forever.” –Grateful patient from Highland 38 Four new Mair Legacy Society members were inducted at the society’s exclusive annual gathering on May 23, 2012. Susan and Jack Pretak, right, of Hyde Park were presented their membership pins by Pamela Landolt, director of development, Saint Francis Health Care Foundation. New members not present were Michael Dupree and Michael Fleischer, also of Hyde Park. Are You A Secret Admirer? Dear Friends of Saint Francis, Have you already named the hospital as a beneficiary in your will or life insurance? If so, please don’t be a secret admirer—let us know! It would be our honor to induct you into the William and Margaret Mair Legacy Society, a special “insider” membership for those who have made a legacy gift to Saint Francis Hospital. In my work with our donors, I’ve discovered an interesting myth about legacy giving: “I’m not wealthy, so there’s no point in including the hospital in my will or life insurance.” Just as we gratefully accept your annual check, we would gratefully accept a gift of any amount included in your will or life insurance. There’s no minimum. I had lunch with one of our most loyal supporters recently. She told me that she’d named the Saint Francis Health Care Foundation in her will some time ago, but she didn’t let us know because she was embarrassed that her bequest was small. But every donation is important. I told her that I’d included the hospital as a partial contingent beneficiary of my life insurance policy last year. If both my husband and I die, a portion of the proceeds will go to the Saint Francis Health Care Foundation for the hospital’s use; my family will receive the rest. She and I are looking forward to being inducted as members of the Mair Society at the annual gathering in May. I hope you’ll consider making Saint Francis Hospital part of your future giving plans. For more information, please contact me at (845) 431-8707 or [email protected]. I’d love to talk with you. With gratitude, Gail Jones, Associate for Planned Giving and Donor Relations Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers | (845) 483-5000 Planned Giving Would You Like to Help SFH But Can’t Right Now? Saint Francis Health Care Foundation Would you like to play an important role in supporting Saint Francis Hospital, but can’t make a large gift now? Two of the simplest and most popular ways to support us in the future are bequests and life insurance. Bequests are: Life insurance is: flexible. Because you are not actually making a gift until after your lifetime, you can change your mind at any time. easy. Just list Saint Francis Health Care Foundation, Poughkeepsie, NY, as the beneficiary (or as one of the beneficiaries for a specified amount or percentage). versatile. You can structure the bequest to leave When the original purpose for your life insurance no longer applies—such as to educate children now grown or to provide financial security for a spouse now deceased—your life insurance can be redirected. A life insurance gift can benefit you, too, through increased coverage, decreased premium expense, and/ or tax benefits. a specific item or amount of money, make the gift contingent on certain events, or leave a percentage of your estate to us. provide tax relief. If your estate is subject to estate tax, your gift is entitled to an estate tax charitable deduction for the gift’s full value. simple. Just a few sentences in your will or trust are all that’s needed: “I hereby give, devise and bequeath the sum of __________ dollars ($__________) to Saint Francis Health Care Foundation, Poughkeepsie, NY, a charitable organization organized and operated for the sole purpose of benefiting Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers in Poughkeepsie, NY, to be used for its general purposes.” –or– “I hereby give, devise and bequeath ________ percent (___%) of my residuary estate to Saint Francis Health Care Foundation, Poughkeepsie, NY, a charitable organization organized and operated for the sole purpose of benefiting Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers in Poughkeepsie, NY, to be used for its general purposes.” Saint Francis Health Care Foundation is offering a complimentary review of your existing life insurance to explore your options—and there’s no obligation. At the very least, you might discover that you’re paying too much for the coverage you have now. We’ve partnered with Austin “Brud” Hodgkins, CLU, ChFC, RHU, MSFS, MSM of the Hodgkins Agency, a Poughkeepsie insurance firm in business since 1977. Brud or his partner Bill Boettger would be happy to meet with you as well as your tax or financial advisor if you wish—or, if you live out of the area, they’re available by phone and email. Even if you already have an insurance agent, they’d be glad to talk with you without any obligation to the Hodgkins Agency. Visit hodgkinsagency.com or call Brud or Bill at (845) 790-8070. Brud recently named the Saint Francis Health Care Foundation as a contingent beneficiary of his life insurance. “My kids are now grown and I no longer need the coverage. As a former Saint Francis trustee, I believe strongly in the hospital’s mission, so I’m inclined to do what I can to help fund the hospital, and this accomplishes my goal without jeopardizing the financial security of my family.” If you’re interested in discussing options for future giving, contact Gail Jones at the Saint Francis Health Care Foundation, (845) 431-8707 or [email protected]. For more information, visit sfhospital.org/waysto-give, then click make a gift, then click planned giving. Please seek the advice of an attorney before making your estate plans. Caring with Compassion Since 1914 | www.sfhospital.org 39 Hudson Health Partners Partnership Goals: Enhanced Quality, Savings + A process that began at the end of 2012 with the creation of Hudson Health Partners continues today with the goal of lower operating costs for three health systems, including Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers. Regular meetings are held between administrators and department staffs of the five hospitals that are under the umbrella of the three systems. Collectively these hospitals represent three counties and 988,000 people residing in the region. As a partnership, the Hudson Health Partners employ almost 6,000 workers, have a medical staff representing 1,600 physicians and collective operating budgets totaling $814,000,000. What was true in November is true today: Each hospital remains independent and continues to be responsible for its own assets, operations and liabilities. Each continues to operate under the direction and control of their respective governing boards. “Hudson Health Partners is a strategic alliance, serving contiguous regions throughout the Hudson Valley,” said Hudson Health Partners Chairman Allan E. Atzrott. “We partner to enhance care to residents through quality initiatives, and improved and standardized efficiency throughout all of our member systems.” “HHP represents a true collaboration among physicians, employers, and insurance payers working “O to ensure access to high quality care, and sustaining and enhancing services to our communities. In this environment of increasing costs and reduced reimbursement, healthcare providers need to think differently. Collaborations are needed in order to respond to the needs of the communities served, and to provide access to services such as home health and chronic care. Access to these services is essential to ensuring continuity, a cornerstone of health care reform.” Hudson Health Partners is focused on: • Quality initiatives and best practices to ensure that residents of the region have access to exceptional care; • Clinical collaborations including wellness initiatives, pre- and-post hospital care, and enhancing and expanding provisions of care across the continuum; • Physician services including recruitment, medical education, electronic health and practice management services; • Hospital services, employee health, pilot projects/ incubators, clinical and support services; and • Expanded efficiency through group purchasing and shared resources to allow hospitals to grow and expand services. Letters from our patients n May 20th I was admitted after I sustained serious injuries in a car accident. The fact that I am writing this email now in good spirits and good health is testament to your fine staff. Having never been admitted to a hospital in my 32 years I did not know what to expect, not that I was initially in any condition to have expectations. First off I commend the doctors and surgeons who successfully repaired my diaphragm, saved my spleen and moved the contents of my chest that were pressed against my lung. Your team kept me alive, and for that I will be forever grateful. 40 + Secondly but equally important were the wonderful nurses and technicians in ICU and on [5 Cooke]. You have at Saint Francis a group of healers who have nurturing in their DNA. Not once did I ever feel like they were simply doing their job, but that they genuinely cared for my well-being. They were incredible in their support and attentiveness, and I felt as if I formed a special bond with each of them. Thirdly the other staff who I encountered–the radiologists, physical therapy team, speech therapy, the Sisters who would come every day, and the janitors and food bearers who greeted me with a smile too—all these people filled me with a level of comfort that reaffirmed I was in a good environment. And finally, but by no means least, the social services staff always left me with the impression that things would work out okay, and with empathy and patience they successfully helped to secure my place in a rehab facility. On my body I have scars that will remain for life. They serve as a reminder of the kindness, compassion, generosity and grace of human beings, the real saviors of Saint Francis.” —Grateful patient from Australia E c o p us Cr 9G Phoenicia SAUGERTIES 212 S A I N T F R A N C I S H O S P I TA L L O C AT I O N S A N D A F FJaInsLen IKiAT E S R K 87 9 E W 209 High Falls HYDE PARK POUGHKEEPSIE 9 NEWBURGH The WorkPlace/EAP New Windsor 9D Mountainville 94 WEST POINT 0 17 Monroe The WorkPlace/Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Poughkeepsie, Beacon, Middletown (845) 431-8170 17A Program Employee Assistance Warwick Kingston (845) 483-5150 Saint Francis Hospital Certified Home Health Sterling Lake 87 Services (845) 483-5550 84 6 5 10 Kilometers 1 5 202 Poughkeepsie, Beacon, Millbrook Point (845) 431-8800 Learning Links Children’s Center Ossining Poughkeepsie (845) 462-0906RocklandLake New City a rk t a te P 22 7 Pound Saint Francis Physician Services, PLLC Ridge MountMD • Mary Dyer, MiltonKisco (845) 684 795-6181 • Robert Holland, MD Pleasant Valley (845) 635-2650 • David Kerner, DO Pleasant Valley (845) 635-1490 w ay 87 287 Spring Valley State Park Ridgefield 35 • Special Needs Preschool Program Beacon (845) 431-8803 New Croton Katonah • Center for Communication Disorders Reservoir Beacon (845) 431-8800 Special Needs Preschool Program Haverstraw Croton-onPoughkeepsie, Hyde Park,Hudson Millbrook (845) 431-8803 e rs Suffern Panichi Family Center for I nt Greenwood Therapy Connection Lake (845) 431-8159 Poughkeepsie 22 Communication and Learning Yorktown 35 9 Center for Communication Disorders Lake Tiorati Stony 202 684 10 Miles 202 Center for Balance and Mobility at the Therapy Connection Peekskill Poughkeepsie (845) 431-8159 DANBU Brewster Mahopac 6 Lake Sebago Saint Francis Home Care Services, Inc. (845) 483-5551 301 Carmel 32 Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers 94 Poughkeepsie (845) 483-5000 22 84 y 6 13 Lake Carmel 9 Garrison 0 1 2 wa R iv in k rs The Panichi Family Center for Communication and Learning 9W Patterson 311 Cold Spring Goshen Chester 52 a rk er 87 Washingtonville 6 84 The WorkPlace/EAP Middletown 6 52 Fishkill BEACON 84 Pawling rP Basher Kill 32 CO 55 Cr 52 9D H u dso n Ri v e r r ve Ri 17 F i s hki l l 376 9W ll l ki Wal Montgomery Kent 55 Wappingers Falls Orange Lake 7 Wingdale Saint Francis Preschool at Martha Lawrence Marlboro Wurtsboro Dover Plains Red Oaks Mill Home Care Services 87 Center for Communication Disorders Center for Communication Disorders k Saint44Francis Physician Services, PLLC ee New York S Ro nd t a te 115 209 David DiMarco, MD, Chair, Division of Orthopedics Manoj Abraham, MD, Chair, Division of Otorhinolaryngology Leon Isaac, MD, Chair, Division of Pathology Celestino Sepulveda, MD, Chair, Division of Plastic Surgery Joseph Prisco, DDS, Chief, Dental Section 209 Lewis Sims, DPM, Chair, ve Division of Podiatry Ne 97 Scott Kahn, MD, Chair, Port Jervis Division of Urology Gabriel Aguilar, MD, Co-Chief, Spine Section William Barrick, MD, Co-Chief, Spine Section Department of Behavioral Medicine Michael Susco, MD, Director Stephen Shapiro, MD, Chair, Division of Addiction Medicine il Sadaf Ahsan,raMD, Chair, Division ofT Psychiatry Kenneth Oclatis, PhD, Chief, Psychology Section 82 Saint Francis Physician Services, PLLC Pleasant Valley P a l i sa d e s Sol Mora, MD, Chair, Division of Neurology Steven Ritter, MD, Chair, Division of Pediatrics Mark Bodack, MD, Chair, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Alan Gross, MD, Chair, Division of Pulmonary Medicine Theresa Karcnik, MD, Chair, Division of Radiology Department of Surgery Jayesh Modi, MD, Director Leon Basil, MD, Chair, Division of Anesthesiology Robert Tomkins, DO, Chief, Pain Section Ziad Elie Abouezzi, MD, Chair, Division of Surgery (General) Cynthia Leslie, MD, Chief, Trauma Section Raghuram Gorti, MD, Chief, Vascular Section Jose Baez, MD, Chair, Division of Gynecology Michael Cho, MD, Chair, Division of Neurosurgery Hugh Sauer, MD, Chair, Division of Ophthalmology 22 Millbrook Tenmile River Department of Medicine Asghar Anwar, MD, Director Anthony Messina, MD, Chair, Division of Cardiology Anthony Leno, DO, Chair, Division of Emergency Medicine Essam Jacob, MD, Chair, Division of Family Medicine Vincent Marrone, MD, Chair, Division of Gastroenterology Ponciano Reyes, MD, Chair, Division of Hematology/Oncology David Cho, MD, Chair, Division of Internal Medicine Rachna Sahityani, MD, Chair, Division of Nephrology 44 ay NEW PALTZ 299 Monticello T hr u w k ou tC er e re 82 iv e R iv Kerhonkson Millerton Amenia Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers Saint Francis Preschool 32 Saint Francis Hospital Medical Staff The Therapy Connection Center for Balance and Mobility The WorkPlace/EAP 9W S Rondout Reservoir 9G Tacon ic N 17 Medical Staff Officers Mark Foster, MD, President Zubair Khan, MD, Vice President Ziad Abouezzi, MD, Secretary/Treasurer Robert Strauss, MD, Immediate Past President RHINEBECK KINGSTON Hurley 199 Pine Plains 199 The WorkPlace/EAP Ashokan Reservoir 28A 199 ek P A Cre L g er L p in K I S t at e P a r kw a y S ill R A T M C 32 22 Red Hook Wa p 28 82 Annandaleon-Hudson w Saint Francis Health Care Foundation and Corporate Communications Pamela Landolt, Director of Development Barbara Lynch, Foundation Manager Gail Jones, Associate for Planned Giving and Donor Relations Laura Facchin, Grants Coordinator Arlette Porpiglia, Special Events Coordinator Neversinkand Heather Scism, Research Reservoir Database Coordinator David Budd, Corporate Communications Associate Larry Hughes, Coordinator North of Public Relations and Broadcast Services in k Saint Francis Hospital Administration George T. Whalen III, Chair Jason B. Barlow, President and CEO J. Keith Festa, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Medical Affairs Christopher Fallon, CFO Mark Foster, MD, Medical Staff President Joline Frey, Vice President, Clinical Informatics and Ancillary Services Joseph McCann, Chief Information Officer Barbara Naru, RN, Vice President of Nursing Services and Chief Nursing Officer Patricia Nocket, RN, Vice President for Clinical and Process Innovation George M. Prisco, Vice President of Human Resources liff 9W er s Saint Francis Health Care Foundation Board of Trustees Jason B. Barlow, President & CEO David M. Birsner, Chair Michael T. McCormack, Vice Chair Vincent J. Miller, Secretary Steven G. Buso Frank M. Castella Jr. Dianne F. Davis Mark Foster, MD Kenneth S. Herman Elizabeth Hilton Lobsang T. Lhungay, MD Angela LoBianco-Barone Charles S. North Robert J. Ranieri Susan Spinelli Richard K. Whalen, DDS N ev Saint Francis Hospital Board Of Trustees George T. Whalen III, Chair, Secretary/Assistant Treasurer Michael J. McDermott, Vice Chair/Treasurer Karl P. Adler, MD Jason B. Barlow, President & CEO Michael Burdis John J. Cina Jr. Evelyn S. Constantino Steven L. Effron Roger A. Fazzone, EdD Mark Foster, MD Sephir D. Hamilton Tammy S. Kirshon Timmian C. Massie Sr. Rose Marie Mullen, osf, Assistant Secretary E. Richard O’Shea Allan B. Rappleyea Kelley Redl-Hardisty Samuel Simon, MD Sr. Roberta Smith, osf Monsignor James P. Sullivan Michael G. Visconti George T. Whalen Jr. R oe Woodstock Sa Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers Leadership ll Tivoli 212 41 15 STAMFORD 1 Non-profit Org U.S. Postage PAID Newburgh, NY Permit No. 415 241 North Rd, Poughkeepsie 12601 • (845) 483-5000 I was instructed to visit your emergency room due to swelling in my left hand, small fingers. The staff in the emergency room that night was so incredible, from doctors to nurses and receptionists. I can’t tell you how much they helped, consoled and humored me while I was given a 45-minute IV of antibiotics to treat my staph infection. I recovered fully the next morning and felt like a new man. I went on to complete my Certified Master Chef examination at The Culinary Institute of America and passed with flying colors, only because of the superb, outstanding, and tremendous care I was given at your facility. Please thank all those who worked that night (I am sorry I did not get names) because they are just a wonderful group of individuals! Regards, Brian J. Sode, CMC, AAC Executive Chef, The Bear’s Club Jupiter, FL The Patterson family would like to express their most sincere appreciation for the kind and compassionate care shown to [husband and father] Richard. We are very grateful to the doctor s and staff in the Emergency Room, the Critic al Care Unit, the Progressive Care Unit and for the comfort care on the fifth floor of Cooke. Their consistent professional care and attention provided great comfort to him and his family. We were so thankful knowing Richard was being cared for by knowing and gen tle hands in a most professional manner. Most Sincerely, R osemarie Patterson and daughters Valerie Pa & Melanie Patterson tterson Saint Francis THE MAGAZINE OF SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL • 2013 w pleased note expressing ho I wanted to write a p Center. ancis Hospital Slee nt. I am with Saint Fr s absolutely excelle The nurse, Mary, wa e, helpful and attentive. ledgeabl She was very know the room ns were excellent, The accommodatio tel. d Stacy at was similar to a ho ry 15th, I contacte ua br Fe , ay id Fr st with my This pa was having trouble I e us ca be r te en C fitted. I the Sleep at it needed to be re th re we ts gh ou th t company, mask. My spiratory equipmen re e th , rk la C d te had contac seen until the that I could not be and they indicated acy to see if St . 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