Hundreds stepped off to lively Spirit of Women Day of Dance program

PLAINFIELD, Ind. – WTHR-13 Weekend Sunrise meteorologist Nicole Misencik served as host to over 500 hundred central Indiana women, their families and friends attending the 9^th Spirit of Women Day of Dance.

Day of Dance held Saturday, Feb. 25, at Primo West Banquet & Conference Center in Plainfield, is an annual event sponsored by Franciscan St. Francis Health. The event is a women’s focused event which promotes health and nutrition through dance, aerobic activities and education to help prevent heart disease.

Special guest, Jill Jayne, “Rock Star Nutritionist” got the crowd moving with memorable songs about the importance of nutrition, moving our body and being healthy. Dances included the Move Your Body rap, a flash mob and others. Jayne is a trained performer and musician and a registered dietician.

Jayne, who has shared the stage with First Lady Michelle Obama, has performed all over the county and internationally teaching parents and children the perfect harmony of food and activity through song and dance. Her strategy is to empower youngsters to make healthier choices.

Other live dance instruction included NIA, or neuromuscular integrative action, a low-impact fitness form, as well as several line dances instructed by The Dancing DJs. Free health screenings were also offered, including cholesterol, glucose, déjà heel scans and blood pressure.

“2012 Day of Dance exceeded our expectations,” said Michele Wood, manager of Women’s Health Services for Franciscan St. Francis. ““Working with Jill Jayne was exciting and innovative, Nicole Mikulski was delightful, and the Dancing DJs were a great package. Social media buzzed after the event as adults were applying Jill Jayne’s nutrition tips into their grocery shopping.”

To learn more about Franciscan St. Francis Health’s Women Services, Spirit of Women activities or future Day of Dance events, visit http://www.stfrancishospitals.org/women.

St. Francis Medical Group oncologist relocates practice in Franklin

FRANKLIN, Ind. – Subhash Sharma, M.D., of St. Francis Medical Group’s Oncology & Hematology Specialists, has relocated his practice.

He is now seeing patients at 1300 W. Jefferson St, Franklin, in the American Health Network building. He previously maintained an office at Johnson Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Sharma also sees patients at Franciscan St. Francis Cancer Center at 8111 S. Emerson Ave.

Board-certified in hematology, medical oncology and internal medicine, Dr. Sharma has been a principal investigator of many national cancer clinical trials. He has been widely published in medical journals.

A member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, he earned his medical degree at Maulana Azad Medical School-Delhi University in India. He completed residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Hematology/Medical Oncology/Palliative Care at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.

He and his colleagues serve on Franciscan St. Francis Health’s multi-disciplinary teams, as well as collaborate with a network of other professionals to provide the most comprehensive cancer care available for the patients served in central Indiana.

For more information or to make an appointment with Dr. Sharma, call 317-859-5252.

To learn more about cancer care services at Franciscan St. Francis Health, go to http://www.stfrancishospitals.org/cancer.

Greenwood pediatricians affiliate with St. Francis Medical Group

GREENWOOD, Ind. – Gail L. Goettler, M.D., and Carol G. Johnson, M.D., have joined St. Francis Medical Group.

They have been in practice together since 1991. Their office is located at 1030 E. County Line Road, Suite B-2, Indianapolis.

Board-certified in pediatrics, Dr. Goettler received her undergraduate degrees in chemistry and biology at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, and graduated summa cum laude. She earned her medical degree at the University of Iowa College of Medicine and completed an internship and residency at Methodist Hospital.

Dr. Johnson, board-certified in pediatrics, received her undergraduate degrees in recreation and park administration, and biology at Indiana University, earning high honors. She graduated from the IU School of Medicine and completed an internship and residency at Methodist. She holds an academic appointment with the IU School of Medicine.

Led by President Isaac J. Myers II, M.D., St. Francis Medical Group is a multidisciplinary group of physicians throughout central Indiana. These physicians offer a variety of primary care and specialty care services and all practice at Franciscan St. Francis Health.

To learn more about St. Francis Medical Group, go to www.stfrancisdoctors.org.

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BEECH GROVE, Ind. -- For nearly a century, the unwavering healing mission of Franciscan St. Francis Health-Beech Grove (1600 Albany St.) has been embodied by generations of clinical staff, employees and volunteers and their relationship with people in this community.

As the hospital prepares to consolidate its inpatient and other clinical services to its Indianapolis campus (March 12-16), a closing mass at Holy Name Catholic Church (across the street from the Beech Grove hospital) and other actitivies will be held 1:30 PM WEDNESDAY, FEB. 29. The Mass will include clergy from that church, Archdiocese of Indianapolis and the hospital, and others in the community.

Following Mass (approximately 3 PM), a closing service will be held at the hospital and a public viewing of a large-scale gallery show, featuring photography and memorabilia from the hospital's founding in 1914 through present day.

For more background on hospital consolidation, go to http://stfrancisnews.blogspot.com/2012/02/st-francis-health-beech-grove-er.html. More details about the gallery exhibit are at http://stfrancisnews.blogspot.com/2012/02/gallery-highlights-st-francis-healths.html.

Franciscan St. Francis Heart Center first hospital in Indiana to use stent for heart disease patients with diabetes

Dr. Carl Rouch performed the procedure Feb. 21 at the Franciscan St. Francis Heart Center-Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Franciscan St. Francis Heart Center is the first hospital in Indiana, and one of the first in the nation, to use a a newly approved medical device to open narrowed coronary arteries, even in heart disease patients with diabetes.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the new device –– the Resolute Integrity Drug-Eluting Stent (DES) from Medtronic –– on Feb. 17, and Carl Rouch, M.D., interventional cardiologist with St. Francis Medical Group Indiana Heart Physicians, performed the first procedure on Feb. 21. By using the Resolute Integrity DES, the heart disease patient with diabetes was able to forgo a more invasive approach, known as open-heart surgery, to prop open a narrowed artery. newly approved medical device to open narrowed coronary arteries, even in heart disease patients with diabetes.

The Resolute Integrity DES is the first and only heart stent to be FDA approved for treating patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) who also have diabetes. The new device has been shown in a global series of clinical studies to yield consistently strong performance in CAD patients with and without diabetes.

Approximately one-third of all patients –– an estimated 300,000 people in the United States –– who receive a stent each year have diabetes. Research shows that the nearly 26 million people in the United States who have diabetes are at a greater risk for developing CAD, and millions of Americans with both diabetes and CAD face an increased rate of heart attacks and strokes than patients without diabetes.

“The Resolute Integrity Drug-Eluting Stent represents a significant advance in the interventional treatment of coronary artery disease,” said William Berg, M.D., interventional cardiologist and medical director at Franciscan St. Francis Heart Center. “The device’s indication for CAD patients with diabetes in particular really distinguishes it from the alternatives.”

Caused by a buildup of fatty deposits, or plaque, in coronary arteries, CAD is the most common type of heart disease and the leading cause of death in the United States, killing almost half a million Americans each year.

Research shows that people with diabetes have a two- to three-fold increased risk for CAD and two- to four-fold higher CAD complication and death rates. Historically it’s been difficult to treat CAD patients with diabetes because they tend to have smaller coronary arteries and persistently elevated blood-sugar levels, which can increase the rate of procedural complications and long-term safety risks.

A stent is a tiny mesh cylinder designed to prop open a narrowed artery. A drug-eluting stent is coated with medication that is designed to prevent the artery from narrowing again; the drug gradually dissolves from the stent and into the arterial wall.

To treat CAD, stents are implanted in a minimally invasive procedure called percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Performed by an interventional cardiologist, the procedure involves the insertion of a tiny balloon into the vessel at the site of the narrowing. Crimped tightly on the end of the balloon is the stent. When inflated, the stent expands against the wall of the narrowed artery. With the stent expanded, the balloon is deflated and removed. The stent remains in

place, providing a scaffold to keep the artery open and restoring normal blood flow to the heart.

With one of the best heart attack survival rates of any hospital in Indiana, the Franciscan St. Francis Heart Center encompasses the entire continuum of care for heart and vascular patients.

In 2012, Franciscan St. Francis Heart Center—Indianapolis was recognized by HealthGrades as the number one program in Indiana for overall cardiac services and named one of America’s 100 best hospitals for cardiac care and coronary intervention.

In addition, St. Francis received five stars for heart attack treatment, coronary interventional procedures, heart valve repair and replacement surgery, cardiology services and heart failure treatment.

To learn more about the Franciscan St. Francis Heart Center, visit www.MyHeartCare.net.

More information about the Resolute Integrity DES is available at www.medtronicstents.com.

After reaching the narrowing in the artery, the

balloon inflates to expand the Resolute Integrity DES against the artery wall to keep the artery open and restore normal blood flow to the heart. (Graphic: Medtronic, Inc.)

“The Resolute Integrity Drug-Eluting Stent represents a significant advance in the interventional treatment of coronary artery disease.”

William Berg, M.D., interventional cardiologist and medical director, Franciscan St. Francis Heart Center