INDIANAPOLIS – In keeping with its commitment to support local communities, the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® location in Indianapolis will extend its unique brand of hospitality to St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers with the donation of five rocking chairs.
The familiar chairs will be presented to hospital officials 9:30 a.m., Friday, June 11, and placed in the neonatal intensive care unit, newborn nursery and Cancer Center outpatient area at St. Francis Hospital-Indianapolis, 8111 S. Emerson Ave.
Retail Manager Judy Bombard of the Indianapolis Cracker Barrel on Southport Road recommended St. Francis because it “consistently has provided a high level of service” in the community.
“At Cracker Barrel, our mission statement is ‘pleasing people,’ and that commitment extends into our local communities,” said Bombard, a Cracker Barrel employee for six years. “Like Cracker Barrel, St. Francis Hospital has served our community for many years, and these rocking chairs are our special way of acknowledging and appreciating the hospital’s efforts.”
On hand to receive the chairs will be Lori Warner, director of Women and Children’s Services; Paula Stanfill, NICU manager; Angela Bratina, nursery manager; Linda Burleson, cancer care reception coordinator; and Mark Pflum and Amanda Haugh, president and development director, respectively, for the St. Francis Healthcare Foundation.
The Lebanon, Tenn.-based Cracker Barrel opened at its Southport Road location in 1985. Eleven employees at Southport location have been with the company for at least 10 years, Bombard said.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
IU, Kendrick fellow begins training program at St. Francis-Mooresville
MOORESVILLE, Ind. – Tobi Reidy, D.O., will begin a fellowship program July 1 with the Indiana University School of Medicine Colon and Rectal Residency Program at Kendrick Regional Center for Colon and Rectal Care, St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers.Reidy is the second fellow in this colorectal residency program, the first of its kind in central Indiana. She follows Shirley Shih, M.D., who completed her one-year fellowship this month.
Reidy has completed a general surgery residency at Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati, earned her doctorate in 2005 at Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Florida.
Upon completing her training, Reidy will be eligible for the qualifying and certifying exams of the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery.
The residency program was established in 2008 through a partnership between IU, St. Francis and Kendrick Regional Center and marks the first educational joint venture between St. Francis and the medical school, the nation’s second-largest academic medical institution.
The teaching staff comprises surgeons with Kendrick Regional Center and assistant clinical professors with the IU School of Medicine’s Department of Surgery. They are Drs. Olaf Johansen, Fred Lane, R. Barry Melbert, Bridget Sanders, Dipen Maun and Ben Tsai from Kendrick; and Drs. Bruce Robb and Virgilio George from IU.
Sanders was appointed program director in May 2010; Maun serves as associate program director.
More information about the fellowship is available by calling 317-834-9618 or at the Kendrick Regional Center for Colon and Rectal Care website www.kendrickcenter.com, or the IU School of Medicine site, www.medicine.iu.edu.
In 2007, St. Francis established the Colorectal Cancer Center center of excellence for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer. It’s one of the largest programs of its kind in Indiana. To learn more about its services, go to www.stfrancishospitals.org/Cancer/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=38
St. Francis Hospital surgeon selected to help lead new info tech changeover
INDIANAPOLIS – David M. Mandelbaum, M.D., has been appointed to the lead physician role in the implementation of a sweeping health information technology system under development at St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers.He will serve as “Physician Champion” for St. Francis’ EpicCare implementation. Mandelbaum also has agreed to serve part-time as medical director of the Specialty Division for St. Francis Medical Group.
Mandelbaum, a surgeon who has been affiliated with St. Francis since 1986, is the chief representative for physicians and will participate in system design, configuration and training. He will add valuable input throughout the process, acting as an advocate for his peers as it relates to physician involvement in the design and content of EpicCare.
Earlier this year, the Sisters of St. Francis Health Services Inc. selected EpicCare, a comprehensive, integrated suite of applications produced by the Wisconsin-based Epic Systems Corp. St. Francis is the first among the 13-member Sisters of St. Francis Health Services system to implement EpicCare (now referred to as OneChart by SSFHS).
Among the areas where the new computer technology will be integrated:
Patient medical records
Medication administration; operating room/surgery management
Medical imaging
Emergency room documentation and patient tracking
Cardiology and anesthesia
Physician order management
Hospital scheduling, registration and billing
Mandelbaum also will serve part-time as medical director for the Specialty Division, St. Francis Medical Group. In that capacity, he will focus on improving care and efficiency within the division, support specialty physician recruitment, and identify and implement quality measures and reporting.
His surgical specialties are in breast and breast diseases, biliary tract, colon and rectal, gastrointestinal and hernia, often applying his expertise through laparoscopic procedures.
A native of New York City, Mandelbaum has served as president and vice president of the St. Francis Medical Staff, chaired the Department of Surgery, and is a former member of the Franciscan Surgery Center Board of Managers.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
New manager assumes central scheduling role at St. Francis Hospital
INDIANAPOLIS – Kimberly Stettler has been appointed manager for central scheduling at St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers.
Stettler previously was a manager for the St. Francis Imaging Center-Greenbrooke, where she supervised facility operations, including implementing patient registration and scheduling. She also served as the center’s compliance officer.
A resident of Greenwood, she held the post of auditor at the Indiana University School of Medicine Office of Compliance Services before coming to St. Francis in 2006.
Stettler, who is certified in coding and compliance, earned her undergraduate degree at Indiana University.
Stettler previously was a manager for the St. Francis Imaging Center-Greenbrooke, where she supervised facility operations, including implementing patient registration and scheduling. She also served as the center’s compliance officer.
A resident of Greenwood, she held the post of auditor at the Indiana University School of Medicine Office of Compliance Services before coming to St. Francis in 2006.
Stettler, who is certified in coding and compliance, earned her undergraduate degree at Indiana University.
St. Francis Hospital appoints new Vice President of Medical Affairs
INDIANAPOLIS – Christopher B. “Topper” Doehring, M.D., has been appointed Vice President of Medical Affairs at St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers, effective June 7.Doehring assumes responsibilities held the last five years by Alan Gillespie, M.D. Gillespie is the former president of the St. Francis medical staff and medical director of Women’s Health Services. He has been associated with St. Francis for nearly 30 years, particularly through his work with Southside OB GYN.
"We thank Dr. Gillespie for his outstanding leadership and dedication and know this level of commitment will be continued as we welcome Dr. Doehring to his new role,” said President and CEO Robert J. Brody. “He brings great depth of experience in medical education programming and is active in a variety of community organizations. He will be a great asset to each of our hospitals."
Doehring came to St. Francis in 2003 and is associate director of the hospital’s Family Medicine Residency Program. In 2009, he was appointed medical director of St. Francis Medical Group, an organization of more than 120 physicians who collaborate with St. Francis to serve patients throughout Indianapolis and south-central Indiana. He also is a member of the professional services committee for St. Francis Health Network and the credentials committee for Advantage Health Solutions.
“I am honored to be appointed to this position and look forward to the challenge of achieving our shared vision and goal of making St. Francis the hospital of choice for the communities we serve,” Doehring said.
The new vice president has vast experience as a family medicine physician. Doehring was a physician with the U.S. Army at Fort Gordon, Ga., and served as staff doctor for Butler University Student Health Clinic and St. Vincent Occupational Medicine.
Doehring currently holds an academic appointment at the Indiana University School of Medicine as clinical assistant professor, Department of Family Medicine. He also held similar appointments with the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences and the Medical College of Georgia.
He is a Diplomate-American Board of Family Medicine and has been certified in advanced trauma/cardiac/pediatric life support and holds similar certificates in neonatal and obstetric care.
He holds memberships in the American Academy of Family Physicians, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Indiana Academy of Family Physicians, Indiana State Medical Association, and Indianapolis Medical Society.
Doehring has been active in community outreach and activities. He currently is vice chair of the board of directors for the St. Francis Healthcare Foundation and is a member of the Horizon House board of directors. He has served as team physician for the Scecina High School football team and is an active volunteer at College Park Church in Indianapolis.
He has earned several honors throughout his academic, teaching and professional career, including his induction into Phi Beta Kappa-Furman University.
A native of Vandalia, Ill., Doehring earned his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1996) and graduated with honors from Furman University (1991). He completed a family medicine residency at St. Vincent Hospital and a primary care fellowship at Michigan State University.
He currently is pursuing a graduate degree in medical management at Carnegie-Mellon University (Pittsburgh).
Doehring and his wife Marla, an emergency medicine physician, reside in Zionsville with their two children.
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