Medical Staff Newsletter
September 2018
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New Medical Staff Web Site Now Available
No password required!
Now you can:
* Review Quarterly Medical Staff minutes for meeting credit
* Watch lectures for CME credits
* Access Medical Staff Office contact information & forms
* And much, much more!
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High Reliability Organization Journey Continues
Did You Register? Only Two Sessions Left for Mandatory HRO Presentation
2 Medical Staff Meeting Attendance Credits are being granted.
October 3, 6 - 8 pm, Martell's Water's Edge, 11 White Cap Way, Bayville
Dinner will be available.
October 31, 7 - 9 am, Community Medical Center, Auditoriums A & B
Breakfast will be available.
To register, call the Medical Staff Office at 732-557-8082 or email Angela Clute at
[email protected].
As of September 19, 47.51% of required Medical Staff have attended an HRO presentation and an additional 18.03% of required Medical Staff are registered for an upcoming presentation.
HRO Tool:
Self Check Using STAR
Stop-Pause for 1 to 2 seconds to focus your attention on the task at hand
Think-Consider the action you are about to take
Act-Concentrate and carry out the task
Review-Check to make sure that the task was done correctly and that you got the correct result
Safety Catch of the Month - Mike Medina, Security
During a patient watch, Mike observed the other patient in the room had slurred speech and could not raise her arm. He immediately alerted the clinical staff. It was determined that the patient was having a stroke.
Because of Mike's situational awareness and alerted others, tPA was administered within four minutes.
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Robotic Surgical Team Holds Meet & Great Breakfast
David Kurz, MD, Urology, Thomas Hackett, DO, Gynecology Oncology, Sergey Grachev, MD, General Surgery, and Steven Lowry, MD, General and Colorectal Surgery at the Robotic Surgery program breakfast.
Members of the Medical Staff were invited to a breakfast on September 12 to learn more about Community Medical Center's Robotic Surgery program. CMC has achieved accreditation as a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery by Surgical Review Corporation. A Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery accreditation distinguishes CMC from other facilities by providing the highest quality of care to its patients as determined by an independent, external process of evaluation. CMC's program was the first of its kind in the region and is staffed by highly skilled surgeons with over a decade of experience in robotic surgery procedures. This accreditation was made possible thanks to the dedication and skill of the surgeons who are part of our Robotic Surgery program.
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Mandatory Influenza Vaccine Dates
For your convenience, influenza vaccine clinics will be held:
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| 9/24 |
6 - 7 pm, outside Quarterly Medical Staff Meeting
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| 9/25 |
6 - 8 pm, outside Auditoriums
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| 9/27 |
5:30 - 6:30 pm, outside Medicine Meeting
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| 10/11 |
12 -1 pm, CME Lunch in MD Lounge
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| 10/23 |
7 - 9 am Wound Care Breakfast in MS Lounge
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| 10/31 |
7 - 9 am, outside Auditoriums
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The annual Community Medical Center Quality Fair was held on September 12. More than 40 posters were presented at the event, including two projects that featured collaboration with members of the Medical Staff. Dr. William Dalsey took part in the project titled "
Closing the Cracks: CMC Incidental Pilot Program in the Emergency Room," and Dr. Jonathan Weinberg and Dr. Howard Berger were part of the team presenting "Is My Surgery Delayed? Improving First Case On Time Starts in the Operating Room."
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Dr Matthew Regulski, Podiatry, has been selected as the Communications Director, Foot Care Interest Group of the American Diabetes Association. He will be responsible for driving member engagement on a new online forum that will launch this fall.
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RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers University announced the official launch of a public-private partnership to jointly operate a world-class academic health system dedicated to life-changing research, high quality patient care, clinical training of tomorrow's health care workforce and consistent with the missions of Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health. By working together, these two higher education and health care industry leaders will enhance research and medical and health professional education, improve access to care, and reduce health disparities in New Jersey.
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Changes to CMC Medical Staff
Welcome New Members of the Medical Staff
Sekuleo Gathers, MD - Department of Emergency Medicine
Stephanie Hanhan, MD - Department of Radiology
Zach Liu, MD - Department of Pathology
Joshua Mendelson, MD - Department of Neurology
Amit Patel, MD - Department of Medicine, Pulmonary
Pervez Siddiqui, MD - Department of Radiology, Tele-Radiology
Oladeji Babalola, CRNA - Department of Anesthesiology
Kathleen Doran, PA - Department of Emergency Medicine
Lisa Ryan, APN - Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine
Jonathan Tabuzo, PA - Department of Medicine, Hospitalist Medicine
Mazen Yousef, APN - Department of Emergency Medicine
Leave of Absence
Mary Beth Browne, MD - Department of Pediatrics, Neonatology - Effective January 1, 2019
Sara McGee, MD - Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology - Effective October 1, 2018 - September 30, 2019
Amor Mehta, MD - Department of Neurology - Effective September 15, 2018 - September 14, 2019
Chandravadan Shah, MD - Department of OB/GYN - Effective September 10 - November 10, 2018
Thomas Kedersha, MD - Department of Surgery - Effective September 14, 2018 - March 14, 2019
Resignations
Raafat Ahmad, MD - Department of Pathology, Forensic Pathology - Effective October 1, 2018
Duncan Eckhardt, CRNA - Department of Anesthesiology - Effective August 26, 2018
Ahmed Saliem, MD - Department of Medicine, Hospitalist Medicine - Effective September 16, 2018
Tiffany Scott, CRNA - Department of Anesthesiology - Effective August 27, 2018
Daksha Shah, MD - Department of Pathology, Forensic Pathology - Effective October 1, 2018
Julia Pennisi, CRNA - Department of Anesthesiology - Effective November 6, 2018
Mireille Bitar, MD - Department of Pathology - Effective October 10, 2018
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Clinical Documentation Tip of the Month:Type II Myocardial Infarction (MI)
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Type II MI secondary to demand ischemia is a major co-morbid condition
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Mismatch between myocardial oxygen supply and demand driven by a secondary process other than coronary artery disease
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Caused by cardiac stress due to other causes with myocardial necrosis
For more information, contact Nancy Jobes,
RNC, MSN at 908-814-7409, or the Clinical Documentation Team at x12805 or 732-557-2805.
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Update on Unavailable Medications
The Pharmacy publishes a weekly list of medications that are unavailable due to multiple reasons including national shortages.
Click here to view the list.
If you have any medication questions, call the Pharmacy at ext. 18048.
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Medical Staff Dinner Dance, Friday, November 30, Old Mill, Spring Lake
Medical Staff Elections will be held at the November 26th Quarterly Medical Staff Meeting
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Harnessing New Targeted Therapies in Hematological Malignancies
October 11, 6 - 9 pm, The Breakers on the Ocean, 1507 Ocean Avenue, Spring Lake, NJ
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
For more information or to register, visit
RWJBarnabas Health 15th Annual Innovations and Trends in Cardiovascular Care Symposium
October 20, 7 am - 3 pm, Heldrich Hotel, New Brunswick
CME/CE Certified Activity 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™/ 5 Nursing Contact Hours
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The following CME programs are scheduled for October 2018 at Community Medical Center:
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10/4/2018
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"Pancreatic Cancer / Cystic Lesions"
Miral Grandhi, MD, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Noon - 1 pm, Auditoriums A & B
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10/11/2018
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NO CME PROGRAM
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10/18/2018
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"
AJCC 8th Edition Lung Cancer Staging: Updates/Changes"
Rajesh Iyer, MD, Community Medical Center
Noon - 1 pm, Auditoriums A & B
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10/25/2018
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"MACRA & MIPS"
Mr. Po Chou, Senior Vice President, Population Health, RWJBarnabas Health
Noon - 1 pm, Auditoriums A & B
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Department/Committee
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Time |
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Anesthesiology Dept.
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18-Oct
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7:00 AM
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Blood Utilization
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9-Oct
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2:30 PM
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Breakfast compliments of Wound Care
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23-Oct
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7:30 AM
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Cancer Committee
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12-Oct
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8:00 AM
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Cardiac Cath Bus/QA/PR
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11-Oct
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5:30 PM
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Cardiology Department
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11-Oct
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6:00 PM
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Credentials Committee
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15-Oct
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5:30 PM
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Emergency Department
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9-Oct
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8:45 AM
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Emergency Department Peer Review
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9-Oct
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8:00 AM
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Executive Committee
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2-Oct
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6:00 PM
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Health Information Management Committee
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10-Oct
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12:15 PM
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High Reliability Organization (HRO) Training
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3-Oct
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6:00 PM
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High Reliability Organization (HRO) Training
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31-Oct
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7:00 AM
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Infection Control Committee
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9-Oct
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12:00 PM
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Infectious Diseases
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2-Oct
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12:00 PM
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Medical Education Committee
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10-Oct
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8:00 AM
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Medicine/Fam. Practice Peer QA Committee
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2-Oct
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8:00 AM
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New Physician Orientation
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15-Oct
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4:00 PM
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OB/GYN Dept.
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18-Oct
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7:00 AM
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OB/GYN QA
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11-Oct
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7:00 AM
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OR Advisory
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17-Oct
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7:00 AM
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Orthopedics Dept.
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16-Oct
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6:00 PM
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Orthopedics Peer Review
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16-Oct
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5:30 PM
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Performance Improvement Council
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19-Oct
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7:30 AM
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Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
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23-Oct
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8:00 AM
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Radiation Oncology Quality Assurance
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25-Oct
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12:30 PM
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STEMI Review Committee
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23-Oct
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6:00 PM
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Surgery Department
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8-Oct
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6:00 PM
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Surgery QA&I/PR
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25-Oct
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7:00 AM
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Tumor Board - Breast
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8-Oct
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8:00 AM
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Tumor Board - Breast
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22-Oct
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8:00 AM
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Tumor Board - Colorectal
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19-Oct
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12:00 PM
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Tumor Board - ENT
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5-Oct
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12:00 PM
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Tumor Board - Neuro Oncology
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15-Oct
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8:00 AM
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Tumor Board - Thoracic
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26-Oct
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8:00 AM
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