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InTouch
T e x a s H e a l th r e s o u r c e s f o u n d a t i o n
summer 2015
Texas Health
Employees Embrace
Philanthropic Culture
Texas Health HEB
High-Acuity Care
Expansion
⊲Clinical Nurse Leader Program
⊲Health Shots: Puttin’ on the Pink,
Greer Garson Gala, Little Black Dress
Dear Friends
Labor Day always signals the end of summer. We
hope you did your best to stay cool during the
sweltering months and were able to spend quality
time with family and friends. As we tried to beat the
heat at the Texas Health Resources Foundation,
we were fortunate to stay busy raising funds for
important projects and services for our Texas
Health Resources family of hospitals; made possible
through our generous donors.
Often times, when we think of those who support
our philanthropic needs, we think of members
of our community outside of our hospitals’ walls.
But it’s important to note that a very giving group
of donors to our Foundation is our very own
employees of Texas Health Resources. Every year,
our employees give back close to $2 million to our
system and well-deserving nonprofit organizations within North Texas. Check out the feature story
of this summer issue to learn more about our employees’ Healing Hands.Caring Hearts.SM
You can also read about the compassion and care of our colleagues highlighted in these pages; from a
grateful patient of Dr. Dicke of the Arlington Cancer Center who treats each patient as a person and not
a statistic, to the nurses and physicians at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth who started
the Veterans Recognition Program to honor and thank our patients who served in the military. And in our
Health Shots section, you’ll see photos showcasing the success of our Greer Garson Gala, Puttin’ on the
Pink and Little Black Dress events made possible through community support.
It’s evident within these pages that our donors – inside and outside of our health care system – give
graciously of their time, talent and treasures. We’re so privileged to be among such a giving community
and call North Texas home.
Sincerely,
James K. (Jay) McAuley
Philip A. Moroneso
President
Texas Health Resources Foundation
Chair, Board of Trustees
Texas Health Resources Foundation
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Employees donate close to $2 million every year inside and outside our
health care system walls
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Texas Health’s Clinical
Nurse Leader Program
Program advances nurses and
helps pursue goals while making
a great impact at the bedside
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Three-story, $25 million building aimed at improving the patient care experience
Regular Features
3 Heard Around the System
8 Healing Hands
Thinking Outside the Box
9 Your Gift at Work
Palliative Care Unit Recognizes
Veterans During their
Hospitalization
11 Charitable Gift Planning
An Everlasting Legacy
12 Health Shots
15News Around the System
17Save the Date
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Our Texas Health Resources hospitals extend their technology, expertise and facilities as far as
they can in serving the medical needs of thousands of people each day, yet emergency needs and
improvement opportunities often arise. The Texas Health 365 fund exists to meet the needs and
provide our hospitals with the critical resources to make a difference in the lives of our patients.
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Heard Around the System
“Just a quick note concerning my recent stay. I am able to be working
and walking without pain today because of the efficient and professional
manner my case was handled from the very first minutes after arriving
at Texas Health Cleburne. From the CareFlite helicopter ride to Texas
Health Fort Worth, to the already readied cath lab where Dr. Martin
greeted me and told me what was about to happen, to the great
nursing staff that attended me and made my recovery possible. I cannot
remember all of the nurses; however, Stephanie, Gerald and Adrianne
were some of the people that I would forward my thanks to. Your staff
and their attentiveness to my care make a case that you hire and train
some very good people that take life very seriously. Now back to my
healing and recovery!”
— Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne and
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth
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Board of Trustees
Texas Health
resources
Foundation
Philip A. Moroneso, Chair
R. Brock Compton, Vice Chair
S. Finley Ewing, III
Martha Fikes
Ronald Goldman
Pat C. Hawkins
Bill M. Lamkin
L. Russell Laughlin
Thomas A. Leiser
Chesleigh Cofer Lloyd
Philip E. Norwood
Mary Catherine Parsons
Mary E. Poss
Brenda Ritz
Michael J. Romo
Brooke Shelby
Ted S. Wen, M.D.
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please contact the Foundation at 682-2365200.
“I want to recognize an ER nurse named
Randall who assisted us late night/early
morning on July 3. Our 19 year old daughter
was experiencing terrible pain, as it turns out
due to a kidney stone. All the staff was helpful
and we appreciated Dr. Connor’s and their
help, but Randall stood out as a caring and
competent medical professional. It seemed
to us that Randall went above and beyond the
requirements to be personable, caring and very
sensitive to our daughter’s needs. I hope he is
well recognized by the appropriate leaders at
your hospital for excellence. Thank you.”
— Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance
“My wife had surgery
at Texas Health Plano
in March. You need to
know that the overall
service was excellent.
Further, Dr. Moncrief
was beyond excellent.
If ever again my
wife or I need major
surgery, he is the
man.”
— Texas Health Presbyterian
Hospital Plano
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Texas Health Employees Embrace
Philanthropic Culture
Employees donate close
to $2 million every year
inside and outside our
health care system walls
Through two annual employee giving
campaigns known as Texas Health
Associates and Community Employee
Giving, Texas Health employees have
continued to give generously to our
system as well as those in our community
who need our help the most. The
Texas Health Associates campaign is a
systemwide opportunity designed to
provide employees with a way to give
financial support to system programs and
services. Through this fundraising effort,
they can choose where their funds are
directed to what’s most important to them
– patients, programs, or hospitals.
Texas Health employees participate in the American Heart Association’s Dallas Heart Walk.
Texas Health Resources employees are known for
holding a culture of philanthropy in high regard. Day
in and day out, our employees live the Texas Health
Mission to improve the health of the people in the
communities we serve. Not only do they demonstrate
this in their work, but they exemplify this by giving close
to $2 million every year – inside and outside our health
care system – to make a difference.
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“I personally believe Texas Health
Resources is a ministry. We are the hearts
and hands of God used to do His work
to improve the health and well-being
of His sons and daughters; the people
we are privileged to serve,” said Dr.
Jeffrey Canose, senior executive vice
president, chief operating officer at Texas
Health Resources and former Associates
campaign chair. “Like any ministry, we
each contribute our time and talent to
do this sacred work, and we also have
the opportunity, through the Associates
campaign to share our treasure for
extremely worthy projects that each
individual can earmark.”
Through the Community
Time Off program,
Texas Health Allen
employees package
food for community
families in need at Allen
Community Outreach.
Now in its 14th year, Texas Health
Associates has raised close to $9 million
for new facilities, technology and
continuing medical education. And it has
helped to further our own employees in
their career goals and aspirations through
scholarship grants.
“I have been with Texas Health Dallas for
25 years,” said Douglas Willis. “I started
my nursing career here and have grown
professionally thanks to the value Texas
Health Dallas/Texas Health Resources
has put in their employees through
scholarships and continuing education.
I was inspired by the commitment of our
employees to help fund these programs.”
Extending outside our health care system
walls is the Community Employee Giving
campaign, which gives employees the
chance to financially support local nonprofit organizations like the United Way,
American Cancer Society, American
Diabetes Association, American Heart
Association, March of Dimes and
food drive beneficiaries. This annual
fall campaign gives Texas Health the
opportunity to cast a wider net of support,
impacting those in our community who
depend on vital services from our nonprofit beneficiaries. In the past nine years,
employees have contributed $9.5 million
to these organizations.
Long-time donor and Community
Employee Giving campaign champion
Kathy Hardcastle is passionate about the
campaign on a personal level.
“I’ve lost my parents and a brother
to cancer and heart disease,” shared
Hardcastle, a human resources officer at
Texas Health Denton. “Part of the money
that we contribute to these organizations
goes to research to fight against these
diseases and another part goes to
assisting those affected with resources to
help them through their journey. It’s my
obligation and my honor to be able to get
involved in making a difference for today
and tomorrow.”
Texas Health
Employees Give
with Their Hands,
as Well as Their
Hearts
In addition to giving generously with
their hearts by contributing to our
employee giving campaigns, Texas
Health Resources employees are also
giving with their hands by volunteering
through the system’s Community
Time Off (CTO) program. Through
this program, they are helping to build
stronger and healthier communities by
lending a hand.
The CTO program gives employees
an opportunity to participate in an
entity or system sponsored community
outreach event or an event sponsored
by another non-profit organization in
the community. From participating in
community service projects, health
fairs and screenings to delivering
care support, our employees have
volunteered more than 90,000 hours
since 2001 – a contribution valued at
close to $3 million.
In 2014 alone, employees spent 8,500
hours completing more than 400
community service projects to make
a difference in communities across
North Texas.
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Texas Health HEB
High-Acuity Care Expansion
Three-story, $25 million building aimed
at improving the patient care experience
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford
broke ground in February on a $25 million expansion aimed at
improving care for the most critically ill patients in Northeast
Tarrant County. The three-story building will tie into the
hospital’s existing tower and include an 18-bed high-acuity
intensive care unit (ICU), a dedicated interventional radiology
suite, and expansion room for future patient care needs.
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“Now we’ll have the tools to make the patient
experience great. From increased quiet to more
room for visiting family members, the new
high-acuity rooms are designed around patient
needs to speed the healing process.”
“We’ve always put the patient first while providing
high-quality, compassionate care,” said critical
care nursing manager Margaret Markey, B.S.N.,
R.N., CCRN. “Now we’ll have the tools to make the
patient experience great. From increased quiet to
more room for visiting family members, the new
high-acuity rooms are designed around patient
needs to speed the healing process.”
The new ICU will feature private rooms that allow
critically ill patients to remain in the same room
as their condition changes from admission to
discharge. This is made possible by the use of
flexible “universal” beds. Instead of patients being
moved to different rooms as their care needs
change, nursing staff will move to patient rooms,
based on the level of care needed.
“High-acuity care using universal beds means
patients don’t have to be transferred multiple times
to different levels of care, since the level of care
changes rather than the patient’s location,” said
Gary L. Jones, M.D., FACP, FCCP, pulmonologist
and critical care medicine physician on the medical
staff at Texas Health HEB. “That’s a tremendous
benefit for patients and caregivers alike.”
Four of the 18 ICU rooms will be dedicated to
bariatric care, featuring ceiling lifts that will help
move patients from their beds to their bathrooms.
The new ICU also will have two isolation rooms for
patients with contagious or infectious diseases.
Almost 4,000 patients annually are treated in the
existing 14-bed ICU. The increased ICU capacity
is important as the hospital continues to shift its
inpatient care focus to more acutely ill patients.
The new interventional radiology suite will allow
physicians to perform minimally invasive, imagingguided procedures that help in the diagnosis
and treatment of chronic illnesses and vascular
diseases, such as kidney disease, liver disease and
abnormal blood clotting. Interventional radiology
procedures are less invasive and more targeted,
minimizing pain and patient recovery times.
“This $25 million expansion is an enhancement
to our already outstanding cadre of services and
dedicated to the Northeast Tarrant community.
The most critically ill patients deserve the highest
quality and safest care possible, in addition to the
latest technology,” said Deborah Paganelli, FACHE,
president of Texas Health HEB. “This expansion
allows us to chart the future of patient care.”
The current ICU will be refurbished as a short-stay
unit after the new building is complete.
The expansion is scheduled to be complete in
mid-2016 with philanthropy playing a key role
in bringing this project to fruition. For more
information on how you can help the hospital
better accommodate the growing needs of the
community, contact Scott Turner with the Texas
Health Resources Foundation at 682-236-5210
or [email protected].
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Healing Hands
Thinking Outside the Box
Dr. Dicke focuses on one patient at a time, providing individualized cancer treatment
Cindy Cobb was 39 years old when a
lump in her left breast was diagnosed
as triple negative breast cancer. For the
married mother of three children, the fear
of that diagnosis – not caused from the
three most common types of hormones
thus the typical treatments, like hormone
therapy, are ineffective – created quite a
scare for her and her family.
Cobb was in
remission for
five years and
then received the
devastating news
After a lumpectomy and aggressive
radiation and chemotherapy, Cobb was in
remission for five years and then received
the devastating news that there was now
a lump in her right breast and it too was
triple negative. Not feeling comfortable
with her current oncologist, she sought
out Dr. Karel Dicke at the Arlington
Cancer Center.
“I could see the concern on Dr. Dicke’s
face when he heard I was triple negative
reoccurring which meant a lot to
me,” shared Cobb. “I wasn’t a good
statistic anymore since my cancer had
reoccurred, but everything he said
regarding my treatment plan made
sense. He wants to see you live as long as
possible but with a good quality of life.”
Dr. Dicke is a world-renowned bone
marrow and stem cell transplantation
specialist. In 1993, he joined the Arlington
Cancer Center, which partners with
Texas Health Physicians Group and Texas
Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, to
provide patients with a full-service lab,
radiation therapy, radiology, infusion
services and a retail pharmacy all in one
convenient location.
Through his genomic research, Dr.
Dicke thinks outside of the box with
personalized treatment protocols. He
focuses on state-of-the-art tests to
establish individualized treatment based
on genetic profiling of each patient’s
tumor to provide long-term survival with
quality of life. He recognizes that certain
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that there was now
a lump in her right
breast and it too
was triple negative.
Grateful patient Cindy Cobb
treatments that work for one patient isn’t
always going to work or be the same for
another patient.
“Genomic research is important because
cancer is in essence a genetic disease;
an accumulation of molecular changes
or mutations in the genome of the cells,”
said Dr. Dicke. “Genes consist of strands
of DNA and recent progress in DNA
sequencing technology has dramatically
improved knowledge of cancer. Tumor
genotyping is helping clinicians to
individualize treatments by matching
patients with the best treatment for their
tumors.”
In the last year and a half of seeking
treatment with Dr. Dicke, Cobb had
a double mastectomy and is on a
program consisting of a combination
of chemotherapy and multiple drugs
targeting mutations of single genes.
Every week her condition is checked
with laboratory tests and CT scans, when
needed, to check her remission. Through
this, Cobb knows that Dr. Dicke is only
a phone call away for any questions and
concerns she may have.
“He gives his patients his cell phone
number. What doctor does that?” laughs
Cobb. “He spends so much time with
you, explains everything and gives you
hugs – he becomes a part of your family.”
For more information on genomic
medicine and how you can support
Dr. Dicke’s groundbreaking research,
contact Tiffany Heath at the Texas
Health Resources Foundation, 682-2365211 or [email protected].
Your Gift at Work
Palliative Care Unit Recognizes Veterans
During their Hospitalization
Texas Health Resources has long been
recognized by our tagline Healing
Hands. Caring HeartsSM. On July 4, 2014,
the Palliative Care Unit (PCU) at Texas
Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort
Worth embodied this by establishing the
Veterans Recognition Program out of a
desire to pay tribute to veterans.
“We strive to thank
them and recognize
the sacrifices they
made that allow
The PCU team used their own money
and skills to make blankets and provided
them to the veterans during their hospital
stay. And with permission, each veteran’s
room was decorated with a banner, and a
framed poem, written by Cathy Maxwell.
A flag was also given to all veterans to
take home at discharge or to families
of veteran patients who passed away.
The program has been so well received
that other units in the hospital, such
as Trauma ICU, have started their own
Veterans Recognition Program.
“The staff on the Palliative Care Unit is
extremely compassionate,” said Ashley
Hodo, nurse manager of the Palliative
Care Unit at Texas Health Fort Worth.
“They are constantly seeking ways to
improve the patients’ experience with us.
Our Veterans Project was created by the
staff, in an effort to respectfully recognize
patients that have served our country.
We strive to thank them and recognize
the sacrifices they made that allow us to
practice our skills and serve our patients
and families.”
When Brandon Williams was struck by
a hit and run driver on his motorcycle
back in April 2015, he woke up in the
Trauma ICU unable to walk or sit up due
to the body trauma – leaving him very
depressed and unmotivated. Medically
retired from the military, he was surprised
when one day during his stay about 20
health care professionals walked into his
room with a U.S. Air Force blanket and
began clapping to show their thanks to him.
us to practice our
skills and serve
our patients and
families.”
PCU nurse Carolynne Ferguson with one of the blankets given to a veteran patient.
“I could have melted in appreciation;
it was so thoughtful and helpful,” said
Williams, a financial center operations
manager with Bank of America – Trophy
Club, Texas. “Receiving the blanket, which
symbolized a part of my life that was so
important, was key. It reminded me of
how we were taught to stay determined
and fight through any situation. That day,
I began figuring out ways to get back
mobility and movement.”
To date, 18 branch specific lap blankets
have been presented to end of life
veterans along with 137 framed thank
you certificates and banners, and 29
handwritten thank you notes on Veteran’s
Day have been sent to veterans/families
who had been patients in the PCU in
2014. With the help of the Texas Health
Resources Foundation, $355 in donations
has been collected from local businesses
within the Metroplex to support the
program. With the success of expansion
of the program to other unit’s at Texas
Health Fort Worth, the Foundation will
be granting funding through the Texas
Health 365 fund to sustain the program.
For more information on how you
can give to the Veterans Recognition
Program, call Lesley Atkinson at 682236-5238 or email LesleyAtkinson@
TexasHealth.org.
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Texas Health’s Clinical Nurse Leader Program
Program advances nurses and helps pursue goals while
making a great impact at the bedside
“With a clinical nurse
leader on staff, we
are preventing
error, improving the
patient’s experience
and enhancing
communication with
their care team.”
Texas Health Plano nurse Preston Padua
Hardworking. Compassionate. Kind hearted. Those are just a
few words that describe the individuals chosen for the Texas
Health Resources Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) program.
“We are recruiting our most talented
nurses and offering them a chance to
pursue a master’s degree – all while
keeping them at the bedside,” said
Darla Banks, director of the Clinical
Nurse Leader program at Texas Health
Resources. “These nurses are the
cream of the crop and have an endless
passion for learning. This degree gives
those individuals a way to grow as a
professional but retain them as a leader
at the patient’s bedside.”
In 2008, Texas Health partnered with
Texas Christian University’s Harris College
of Nursing & Health Sciences to offer a
Master of Science in nursing with a CNL
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focus. A two-and-a-half year online
program, this innovative role is crucial
for improving the quality of care of our
patients. With an overload of flow in a
patient’s room, a clinical nurse leader is
a key role to increase a patient’s comfort
level and satisfaction by remaining a
constant face overlooking their care.
A CNL works with patients and their
families to coordinate their care and help
improve communication.
“Our CNLs are there to help our patients
get the best care possible,” said Banks.
“With a clinical nurse leader on staff,
we are preventing error, improving the
patient’s experience and enhancing
communication with their care team.”
Preston Padua – a nurse at Texas
Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano
who embodies all of the best qualities
of a compassionate nurse – was hired
into the CNL program last year. His
supervisors and the hospital’s chief
nursing officer took notice of his
potential and recommended him for the
program. Through the program, Padua is
advancing his career and pursuing goals
of making the greatest impact at the
bedside. The 26 year-old is a patient care
facilitator in the oncology department at
Texas Health Plano and will be finished
with the program in about a year and a
half.
“I am so grateful that Texas Health
Resources is paving the way for me to
reach my goals,” said Preston Padua,
BSN, RN. “It’s such a blessing.”
Find out how you can help provide
scholarships for Texas Health’s
extraordinary nurses through the
Nursing Excellence Fund by contacting
Shannon Fisher with the Texas Health
Resources Foundation at 682-236-5965
or [email protected].
Charitable Gift Planning
An Everlasting
Legacy
An endowment gift to Texas Health
Resources Foundation today provides a
brighter picture for our future.
An endowment is a fund established for
a specific program or project the donor
wants to support. It is “the gift that keeps
giving,” because it generates annual
income for Texas Health Resources. This
planned gift is invested and each year a
portion of the fund’s income is used for
the program or services designated by
the donor, while the rest of the return
is re-invested to preserve and grow the
original gift.
Endowment funds are critical to ensure
that Texas Health Resources will continue
to provide the highest level of care now
and for the future. Endowment funds can
be used to help:
• Strengthen, expand and maintain
health care services and programs
• Upgrade, modernize and acquire
necessary medical equipment
• Maintain and modernize the facilities
when needed
• Attract and retain top talent
No one knows the advances that await
medicine in the decades to come. By
establishing an endowment, you are
ensuring to be a part of future medical
innovations and creating a legacy of
helping others today and for many
generations to come.
If you would like to learn more about
establishing an endowment or other
planned giving options at Texas Health
Resources Foundation, please contact
Lesley Atkinson at 682-236-5238 or
[email protected]. You
can also visit our website at TexasHealth.
org/Giving.
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Health Shots
Greer Garson Gala
April 11, 2015
Texas Health Resources
Foundation hosted 375 generous
donors and community leaders
at the Omni Dallas Hotel for
“La Bella Toscana,” the Tuscanthemed 2015 Gala. Through
ticket sales, table sponsorships,
a silent and live auction, and
an exciting wine pull, the event
raised $140,000 in net proceeds
for the Margot Perot Center for
Women & Infants at Texas Health
Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.
Greer Garson Gala: Clockwise from top: Gala Honorary Chairs Micki Rawlings and Mayor Michael Rawlings l (From left) Gala Committee Members Angie Northcutt, Virginia Talley,
Gala Chair Mary Ellen Kendall, Gala Committee Members Mary Reid Tevis, Keri Tonn, Sophie Lowrance l (From left) Steve Langbein, Jan Langbein, Daniel Roby, Lesley Roby
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(From left) Dr. Phillip Williams, Caroline Rose Hunt, Del Frnka, Bobbie Sue Williams l (From left) Ken Moore, Lexi Moore, Jean Garschagen, Harry Garschagen.
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Puttin’ on the Pink
April 15, 2015
Hosted by the Kupferle Health
Board of the Texas Health
Resources Foundation, nearly
900 attendees showed their
generosity through raffle
ticket sales and a three minute
donation challenge raising
$215,000 in net proceeds to
provide critical mobile health
outreach services to underserved
women in Fort Worth and
surrounding communities.
Guests enjoyed lunch and a
fashion show sponsored by
Neiman Marcus and ESCADA
during the 22nd annual fashion
luncheon held at the Fort Worth
Convention Center.
Puttin’ on the Pink: Clockwise from top: Cancer Survivor Model Rita McGee l (From left, back row) Dan McCarthy, Brian Ritenoue
(From left, seated) Bill Ayres Jr., Ryan Petschel, Jason Brantley l (From left) Kupferle Health Board President Lisa Grady, Event Co-chairs Brook Whitworth
and Erika McCarthy l Courtney Kennebeck (left), MaryAnn Means-Dufrene l (From left) Jen Appleman, Duffy Bloemendal, Krista Manning
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Health Shots
Little Black Dress
May 2, 2015
More than 300 generous women
attended the second annual
event on May 2 at the Courtyard
Marriott in Allen, raising more
than $44,000 in net proceeds
for critical services and health
outreach for the Texas Health
Presbyterian Hospital Allen Breast
Center. With the assistance
of funds raised through table
sponsorships, ticket sales, a
silent auction and a mystery
wine pull, the breast center will
purchase an Invenia Automated
Breast Ultrasound System, which
increases the chance of early
detection of breast cancer in
dense breast tissue.
Little Black Dress: Clockwise from top: 2015 Little Black Dress Committee (From left) Alisha Berg, Christina Achatz, Dr. Radha Iyengar, Doug Anderson,
Dr. Michael Mishra, Devika Dandona, Stephanie Knox, Sarah Mitchell l (From left) Val Kennedy, Peggy Jeffcoat, Sophary Tan, Tam Nguyen l (From left) Rachel Barnes,
Challen Steere, Liz Gulsvig l Erin Breitenbach (left), Laura Bennett l (From left) Shelly Cronin, Sherry Tucker, Kim Jones, Lynne Sipiora
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News Around the System
Joint Venture Opens Texas Health
Rehabilitation Hospital in Arlington
Officials from Texas Health Resources, Methodist Health System and Kindred recently
joined together to open a 40-bed freestanding inpatient rehabilitation hospital in
Arlington. The $15.8 million, 46,449 square-foot facility is focused on improving a
patient’s mobility, self-care, communication and social skills. Rehabilitation programs
at this hospital provide care and help patients cope with disabilities by addressing
the patient’s physical, psychological and environmental needs. Commonly treated
conditions include stroke, brain, and spinal cord injury, amputations, orthopedic injuries
and other neurological and musculoskeletal conditions.
Texas Health Plano First Hospital in North
Texas to Add Full-Body 3D Imaging
Texas Health Presbyterian
Hospital Plano is the first
hospital in North Texas to offer
full-body three-dimensional
imaging with a lower dose
of radiation than traditional
imaging. The EOS® Imaging
System uses 50 to 85 percent
less radiation than with digital
radiology, and 95 percent less
radiation than basic CT scans.
This is a significant benefit
over time for patients who
have to be imaged regularly or
have certain conditions that
make lying down challenging,
including children, the
elderly and those with spinal
deformities.
In less than 20 seconds, the
machine scans the patient’s
front and side with two very
fine X-ray beams, which are
combined to generate a 3D
composite image, if needed,
of the patient’s entire body, or
a targeted image of a single
anatomical area, like the leg or
vertebral column. An additional
advantage of the technology
is that it scans the patient
while standing or sitting, so the
physician sees a functional
image of the body, as opposed
to a patient lying down.
Leadership on
the Move
Clint Abernathy has
been named president
of Texas Health Harris
Methodist Hospital
Alliance, effective May
17. As interim president
since January, Abernathy
has shown great
leadership and dedication to Texas Health
Alliance. He joined the hospital in 2012 as
professional services officer and helped
lead the organization to open the hospital
and through more than two years of
operations.
Texas Health Presbyterian
Hospital Dallas named
Jim Berg, FACHE,
president effective
April 7. Berg joined the
organization in 2007 as
senior vice president and
chief operating officer,
and since August 2014 has served as
interim president. Prior to joining Texas
Health Resources, he led hospitals and
health care systems in Illinois, Iowa,
Kansas, Utah and Missouri.
Josh Floren, FACHE,
has been named
president of Texas Health
Presbyterian Hospital
Plano, having served as
interim president since
January. Floren joined
Texas Health Plano as
vice president of professional and support
services in July 2013 and was instrumental
in the opening of the Texas Health Ben
Hogan Concussion Center Plano and also
Texas Health Ben Hogan Sports Medicine
Plano at Toyota Stadium in Frisco.
Dr. Isador Lieberman, orthopedic surgeon on the medical
staff and medical director of the Scoliosis and Spine Tumor
Center at Texas Health Plano.
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News Around the System
‘DFW Great 100’ List Includes
29 Nurses from Texas Health
Resources System Hospitals
Texas Health Resources Named
on the 2015 Fortune 100 Best
Companies to Work For® List
Nurses at Texas Health Resources system hospitals account
for 29 of the 2015 “DFW Great 100 Nurses,” an annual award
recognizing the best of the nursing profession in the Dallas-Fort
Worth area. Texas Health’s 29 nurses on the list is the highest
total for any hospital or health system in North Texas.
Texas Health Resources has been named as one of the 2015
Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®. Texas Health ranked
No. 69 on the list, which recognizes companies that have
exceptional workplace cultures. This marks the first time Texas
Health has been included on the prestigious national list; featured
in the March 2015 issue. Texas Health is the only health care
system in North Texas to be included on the list.
“Great 100 recognition means a lot to our nurses because it is
coming from other nurses,” said Joan Clark, D.N.P., R.N., NEABC, CENP, FACHE, FAAN, senior vice president and chief nursing
executive for Texas Health Resources. “Fellow nurses who have
stood in your shoes and worked your shifts have said you are one
of the best.”
“This recognition is a wonderful honor for our organization and
a testament to the work of every member of the Texas Health
family,” said Barclay Berdan, FACHE, CEO of Texas Health
Resources.
Texas Health Board Elects
Ferguson as Chair, Turner as
Vice Chair
The list of honorees includes:
Texas Health Arlington
Memorial Hospital
Sheniqwa Scott, B.S.N., R.N.
Texas Health Harris Methodist
Hospital Stephenville
Andrea Newman, B.S.N., R.N., CIC
Texas Health Center for
Diagnostics & Surgery Plano
Patti Allard, Ph.D., R.N.-BC, LMFT
Linda Guerra, R.N.
Texas Health Presbyterian
Hospital Dallas
Stella Apari, B.S.N., R.N.-BC
Marlon Encarguez Cortez, B.S.N.,
R.N., ONC
Salomie Devassy, M.S.N., R.N.-BC,
NEA-BC
Laura Helton, B.S.N., R.N.C-NIC
Jenna Hermann, B.S.N., R.N.
Kelle McGough, M.S.N., R.N.
Michelle Palmore, B.S.N., R.N.,
CNOR
Texas Health Harris Methodist
Hospital Azle
Robert Potter, B.S.N., R.N., CEN
Texas Health Harris Methodist
Hospital Fort Worth
Lynda Bruce, R.N., PCCN
Lindsey Canon, M.S.N., R.N.C.-NIC
Liz Espeland, B.S.N., R.N., PCCN
Kim Faught, M.S.N., R.N., F.N.P.-C
Deborah Krauser, M.S.N., A.P.R.N.,
A.N.P.-BC, CEN
Nita Kudrick-Hage, B.S.N., R.N.C.
Jan Luchetski, M.S.N., M.P.H.,
R.N.-BC
Amy Lunsford, R.N., A.C.N.P.-BC
Sarah Mansell, B.S.N., R.N.-BC
Joy Thompson, R.N.C.-OB
Vicki Williams-Lookingbill, B.S.N.,
CCRN
Texas Health Harris Methodist
Hospital Southwest Fort Worth
Carol Erickson, R.N.
The Texas Health Resources Board of Trustees has named John
R. (Bob) Ferguson III and Wesley R. (Wes) Turner to serve twoyear terms and help establish direction for the largest faith-based
health care system in North Texas in terms of patients served.
Ferguson, retired managing director and a board member of
TDIndustries, Inc., was elected as the board’s chair. He previously
served as board vice chair and succeeds Anne T. Bass as board
chair. His new two-year term became effective Jan. 1.
Turner, an executive with Advance Newspapers and former
publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, was selected as vice
chair. His term also became effective Jan. 1.
The board also welcomed new members Kenneth W. Reeves Sr.,
Bishop J. Michael Lowry, M.Div., D. Min., and Janet DeVries, M.
Div., D. Min. They will serve three-year terms effective Jan. 1.
Texas Health Presbyterian
Hospital Denton
Karen Bruner, R.N., CDE
Texas Health Presbyterian
Hospital Plano
Janice DeLa Paz, B.S.N., R.N., ONC
Sabrina Lundberg, B.S.N., R.N.,
CNOR
Texas Health Presbyterian
Hospital Rockwall
Dale Gibson, B.S.N., R.N., CNOR
Texas Health Resources
Caryn Paulos, M.S.N., R.N.-BC
Bob Ferguson
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T e x as Health resou rces fo undation
Wes Turner
Save The Date
Mark your calendars for
the remainder of the
Texas Health Resources
Foundation’s 2015
events, raising funds
for Texas Health’s family
of hospitals.
Oct.3
Levis and Lace
Oct.12
24th Annual
Golf Tournament
Nov.14
Dec.12
Black Tie Ball
Breakfast with
St. NICUlas
For more information on these
events or to purchase tickets, visit
TexasHealth.org/Foundation-Events
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