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Debra Denham | Sep 30, 2009 Dr. Katherine Mathews believes in always listening, having compassion and respect. She is dedicated to engaging the community to find out what their concerns are and using this information to create programs that work. Dr. Mathews is Chief Medical Officer at St. Louis ConnectCare and is Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine. She was forme... more >>> |
Barbara Bogomolov, RN, leads the Refugee Health and Interpreter Services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. She assists refugees who often do not have a voice in health care decision-making. St. Louis is one of the largest resettlement communities in the nation with close to 100,000 refugees and immigrants making this area their home. As a registered nurse, Bogomolov assists refugees in getting nece... more >>> |
Daniel Smith is an 11 year old north county resident. Several weeks ago, he was home with his mom and new baby sister. His mom passed out and Daniel remained calm, called 911 and explained what had occurred and then called his grandparents who were traveling back to St. Louis from out-of-town. His grandparents helped Daniel remain calm and called a neighbor to come to the house in advance of ... more >>> |
June Fowler | Sep 20, 2009 Last week thousands of people participated in the MS 150 bike ride. Each spring, hundreds of thousands of people participate in the Komen Race for the Cure. On any given weekend, there are walks, runs, bike races to raise money for worthy organizations (American Heart Association, Lupus Foundation, etc) seeking cures for illness that impact many. What is wonderful is the number of people will... more >>> |
Dr. Tobin leads the Diabetes Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He is totally committed to the cause of educating people with diabetes about how to self-manage their disease. He is an advocate, a leader, and cares more about helping people than he does about things like getting credit or money. He is a doctor that other doctors should emulate. more >>> |
Joseph Prospect | Sep 8, 2009 Mary Phillips’ headache was a bad one. She was dizzy and nauseated. It was so bad, she lay on the floor of her office at 9890 Clayton Road, where she’s a BJC Hospice supervisor, hoping it would ease before going home. She had decided to ignore her co-workers, who were urging her to seek treatment — it was just a headache. I thought I was just going to go home and go to bed... more >>> |
Tres Bokern didn’t think he would actually use the CPR and safety training he received on the job at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, or that he would save a stranger’s life. Driving to the grocery store with his wife, Bokern heard tires squealing, and looked over to see a vehicle jerk out of traffic into a parking lot and slam into park. Because the car caught his attention, he watched as ... more >>> |
Kerri McIlroy | Sep 8, 2009 A St. Louis-based team of plant and physician-scientists with a vision of eradicating malnutrition throughout the developing world announced in July the formation of the Global Harvest Alliance (GHA), a humanitarian effort involving St. Louis Children’s Hospital, The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and Washington University School of Medicine. Though they share a commonality of purpo... more >>> |
Pete Czech | Sep 8, 2009 Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital employees Vicki Lehr, Carolyn Fox and Deanna Holtgrewe take BJSPH’s mission far beyond the hospital’s walls — not only improving the health of the people in their communities, but also in communities far beyond the United States, communities such as Zambia, Sierra Leone, Juarez, Pitorreal and Haiti. Vicki Lehr, RN, Unit Practice Council ... more >>> |
Shelley Graeser, RN, BJC Hospice, wasn’t supposed to visit her patient, Norman Hedges, on this particular day in February. But it was a good thing she did. His blood pressure was low, so she stopped by his house after a meeting she attended. When she arrived, Hedges told Graeser he wasn’t feeling well and suddenly went into cardiac arrest. Graeser immediately began performing CP... more >>> |
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