Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center

By Dr. Gilbert Drozdow, M.D.

I am pleased to announce that Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center in Fredericksburg, Virginia officially opened on June 6th after successfully obtaining official regulatory and government approval. There was a ribbon cutting ceremony at the hospital well attended by prominent members of the local and state community in addition to HCA executives, hospital medical, nursing staff, and employees.

This state of the art, newly constructed HCA hospital has over 125 private beds and sits on a 75 acre campus in one of the fastest growing counties in Virginia. Sheridan's affiliated companies ("Sheridan") are providing anesthesiology, emergency medical, and radiological services at the hospital under the leadership of Dr. Daniel Radack, Chief of the Department of Radiology. Sheridan is also providing new born hearing services and will participate in the development and eventual operation of a neonatal intensive care unit.

I would like to personally welcome the following new members of the anesthesia care team as well as the emergency medicine and radiology programs to our group:
Department of Anesthesiology
Dr. Steven Godfrey
Dr. Philip Strapp
Dr. Eric Miano
Dr. Jay Hacking
Andrew Madden, CRNA
Carmela Robinson, CRNA

Department of Emergency Medicine
Dr. Dale Simmonds- Vice Chief
Dr. Antonette Brown
Dr. Thomas Cleary
Dr. Domenica Marcantonio
Dr. Diane Semizian

Henri Perrotte, FNP-Mid Level Supervisor
William Carr, PA-C
Denise Johnson, FNP
Tania Shinohara, FNP
Jennifer Thompson, FNP

Department of Radiology
Dr. Dishant Shah
Dr. Warren Cohen

On behalf of the Company, in addition to our clinical leadership, I want to thank all the administrative and operational Sheridan employees who worked so successfully in support of this project almost two years in the making.

3rd Annual Anesthesia and Pain Management Symposium

By Dr. Gilbert Drozdow, M.D.

I would like to acknowledge and recognize Dr. Soloman Imiak, Chief of the Department of Anesthesiology at Mercy Hospital in Miami for his leadership in organizing the 3rd Annual Anesthesia and Pain Management Symposium hosted by Sheridan Healthcare Inc., Mercy Hospital and the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Sciences. As described in the feature below, more than 200 allied health students from Florida International University, Barry University, and the University of Miami Schools of Nursing and Health Studies attended. All three of these universities currently have affiliation agreements with Sheridan Healthcorp Inc. for clinical on-site training, with scores of Sheridan CRNAs and anesthesiologists directly providing formal clinical education.

Dr. Imiak also had the leadership support of Dr. Steve Sheinman, Dade County Regional Anesthesiology Medical Director and Medical Director at North Miami Beach Surgery Center in North Miami Beach, Florida. In addition to Dr. Imiak and Dr. Sheinman, several Sheridan anesthesiologists, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, and corporate office executives and directors gave lectures on an array of topics in this didactic program.

They are:

Dr. Betty Mortenson, Attending Anesthesiologist Mercy Hospital

Dr. Robin Shaffer, Attending Anesthesiologist Mercy Hospital

Dr. Marta Foster, Attending Anesthesiologist Mercy Hospital

Dr. David Bresnick, Attending Anesthesiologist Mercy Hospital, Medical Director of Acute Pain Management

Dennis Stevens, CRNA, Palm Beach County Regional Allied Health Director

Jay Martus Esq, General Counsel, Executive Vice President

Linda Grohman, Director of Education Outreach and Recruitment Liaison

Also a special note of appreciation to our Mercy Hospital Anesthesia Coordinator, Daisy Batista, for her direct support and help with the entire program.

Dr. Sharon Townsend- Appointed Examiner

By Dr. Gilbert Drozdow, M.D.

On behalf of the company, I would like to congratulate Dr. Sharon Townsend, Physician Coordinator for Risk Management and Quality in our anesthesiology division, for her appointment by Dr. Patrick Gallagher, Director of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to the 2010 board of Examiners for the Malcom Baldrige National Quality Award. The Award, created by public law in 1987, is the highest level of national recognition for performance excellence that a U.S. organization can receive.

As an Examiner, Dr. Townsend is responsible for reviewing and evaluation applications submitted for the Award. The board is composed of approximately 500 leading experts selected from industry, professional and trade organizations, education and health care organizations, and nonprofits (including government).

Those selected meet the highest standards of qualification and peer recognition. All members of the board must take part in a preparation course based on the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence and the scoring and evaluation for the Baldrige Award.

The Baldrige Award may be given annually in each of six categories: Manufacturing, Service, Small Business, Education, Health Care, and Nonprofit. Awards have been presented to over 80 organizations nationwide.

Dr. Townsend joined Sheridan Healthcorp Inc. in 1996. She has served as Vice Chair as well as Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at University Hospital and Medical Center in Tamarac, Fl. In addition, Dr. Townsend is the physician Coordinator for Risk Management and Quality, working extensively with our Anesthesiology Core Team reviewing quality and occurrence data seeking trends and opportunities for quality improvement.

Dr. Townsend completed her anesthesiology residency in 1979 at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Fl. The following year, she completed a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at the National Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C. Subsequent to her training she was appointed Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, serving as Chief of the Pediatric Anesthesiology Cardiovascular Team and as well as Director of Ambulatory Surgery. During her tenure she initiated the University of Miami's anesthesiology service at Cedars Medical Center in Miami, Fl and served as the University's on site Chief of the Department. Dr. Townsend completed her Masters in Business Administration in 1990 at the University of Miami.

All of us in the company familiar with the prestigious Baldrige Award appreciate the enormous effort in time and talent Dr. Townsend invested to achieve this remarkable position on the Board of Examiners. It is entirely consistent with her professional commitment to quality patient care over many years of dedicated service to our practice.

Hospitals Shed 3,300 Jobs in May, Overall Healthcare Posts 8,000 Jobs

"Hospitals shed 3,300 jobs in May, even as the larger healthcare sector created 8,000 jobs, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics preliminary data released this morning.

May's setback marks the first month of job losses for hospitals since April 2009, when the sector shed 1,000 jobs, BLS data show.

Overall, the economy created 431,000 new jobs, largely with the temporary hiring of 411,000 census workers. The national jobless rate edged down slightly to 9.7% in May—the same rate as the first three months of 2010—as the private sector reported 41,000 new jobs, and 495,000 new jobs so far this year, preliminary BLS figures show.

Job growth in healthcare continues to be powered by ambulatory services, which accounted for 8,700 payroll additions in May, 8,200 payroll additions in April, and 55,100 new jobs so far in 2010. Nursing and residential care facilities reported 2,600 payroll additions, and physicians' offices reported 2,500 payroll additions.

The healthcare sector has been one of the few areas of job growth during the recession and sputtering recovery, creating 85,000 new jobs so far in 2010, including13,500 jobs at hospitals. Healthcare created 228,700 jobs in 2009, and 618,700 jobs since the recession began in December 2007. For the past year, healthcare employment has grown by an average of 20,000 jobs a month, BLS figures show.

Overall, 15 million people were unemployed in the United States in May, and 6.8 million of them were long-term unemployed who'd been without a job for at least 27 weeks, BLS reports.

BLS information from April and May is considered preliminary and may be revised."

~ Source: HealthLeadersMedia.com

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