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MAY / JUNE 2023KEEPING PHYSICIANS ABREAST OF THE LATEST NEWS AND INFORMATION AT DIGNITY HEALTH – GLENDALE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTERMedical DialogueSEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2023Glendale Memorial Hospital Ranked Top Performer by U.S. News & World ReportThanks in large part to our physicians’ dedication to excellence, U.S. News & World Report has named Glendale Memorial Hospital as a High Performing Hospital on its - Best Hospitals List for the following categories:•Congestive Heart Failure •Heart Attack •Kidney Failure•Pneumonia•Stroke These are the highest distinctions a hospital can earn for U.S. News’ Best Hospitals Procedures & Conditions ratings, which are designed to assist patients and their doctors in making informed decisions about where to receive care.“High quality care for every patient we serve is our focus and priority,” shares Jill Welton, President at Glendale Memorial Hospital. “These awards represent every physician, nurse and sta member’s contribution in the patient journey that make these distinctions possible.”For its rankings, U.S. News evaluated more than hospitals across specialties and procedures and conditions. Hospitals awarded a “Best” designation excelled at factors such as clinical outcomes, level of nursing care and patient experience.“For years, U.S. News has provided data-informed rankings to help patients and their doctors nd the best hospital to treat their illness or condition,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News. “Fewer than half of evaluated hospitals earned any High Performing rating. Hospitals that are High Performing have excelled in providing high quality care in specic procedures and/or conditions.”
2 Glendale Memorial Medical DialogueCenter of Excellence CelebrationsGlendale Memorial Hospital’s leaders and physicians recently gathered to celebrate our hospital’s achievement as the only Center of Excellence for Robotic Surgery in Glendale and Colorectal Surgery in L.A. County designated by the Surgical Review Corporation! The Center of Excellence accreditations have been a testament of the collaborative work between physicians, hospital leadership and sta in order to provide the best care and outcomes for our patients.These accreditations were earned through: Extensive assessment of procedural data, quality metrics, and volume. By building a strong program together. Congratulations to our award-winning team who received this accreditation after meeting nationally recognized standards to produce superior clinical outcomes and high patient satisfaction. In addition, we celebrated Kamyar Ebrahimi, MD, Anamaria Garza, MD, and Petar Vukasin, MD, who received Surgeons of Excellence Awards. These physicians were recognized for meeting both volume and quality metric requirements. They were also appreciated for time spent leading committees, in-servicing sta, implementing clinical pathways, and leading in their eld. Jill Welton, Hospital President, presents Surgeon of Excellence Awards to Kamyar Ebrahimi, MD, Anamaria Garza, MD, and Petar Vukasin, MD (l-r)Neurosurgery Transfers Made SimpleOne Call. Complete Care. Immediate Transfer.Do you have a neurosurgery patient in need of specialized care?Experience the difference at Glendale Memorial Hospital with our seamless transfer processCall:(818) 502-2212Simply identify you have a neurosurgery transfer, send over the face sheet and clinical information, and let us handle the rest.
Glendale Memorial Medical Dialogue 3Heartfelt Appreciation for Earthquake Disaster FundsVigen Khojayan, MD Chief of StaThank you to all of our physicians who made donations to help those impacted by the magnitude earthquake in Syria and Turkey this past February. Jill Welton, Glendale Memorial Hospital President and I were touched to receive the following letter from Mor Clemis Eugene Kaplan Metropolitan, Patriarchal Vicar of the Western Archdiocese, which we would like to share with you:Dear Ms. Welton and Dr. Khojayan, On behalf of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch, Archdiocese of the Western USA, we are proud to extend our blessing, gratitude, and appreciation for your valuable monetary, humanitarian contribution, which was collected from Glendale Memorial Hospital medical sta, nurses, and physicians for the victims of Aleppo and aected families of the earthquake disaster that struck Syria and Turkey. Your donation was urgent and robust support was provided for the suering people in the devastated city of Aleppo. Your gift is a sign of the zeal, love, and care you have demonstrated to those in need.. We want to thank you and appreciate your support. We ask our Almighty God to reward you abundantly, keep you rm in your humanitarian mission, and keep you and your families in good health living a prosperous life, and achieving success in your work. Assuring you of our love, prayers and best wishes.Clemis Eugene Kaplan MetropolitanPatriarchal Vicar of the Western ArchdioceseWine & Roses The Glendale Memorial Health Foundation invites you to join us for Wine & Roses on Saturday, October , at the Pasadena Convention Center for a fun lled evening with food, drinks, an auction and live entertainment. At this year’s event, we will honor Dr. Santo Polito for his countless years of serving the Glendale community!Guests will have the pleasure of enjoying an evening of entertainment as we are wowed and delighted by The Blue Breeze Band, delicious cuisine, and world class auction items.Tickets and sponsorship opportunities are available. To register, scan the QR code with your mobile phone or click it: If you have any questions, please contact Holly Cox at -.Glendale Memorial Health Foundation Newsletter Learn more about how the Foundation is supporting hospital services in our end of FY newsletter. Scan or click the QR code to read the newsletter. .
4 Glendale Memorial Medical DialogueCALL FOR ARTICLES: We encourage members of the Glendale Memorial Hospital sta to submit information or articles for publication. We welcome your input! Email: tracie.cheesemangipson@commonspirit.org EDITORIAL TEAM William Wang, MD, CMO Medical Editorial AdvisorDeborah Connors-Moore Director, Medical Sta ServicesChristina ZicklinEditorial DirectorTracie GipsonEditorWelcome New Physicians to the Glendale Memorial Hospital FamilyAnesthesiologyDavid Farzam, MDCardiologyZiad Sayedahmad, MDCritical Care MedicineJaskaran Purewal, MDEmergency MedicineRabia Iqbal, DOChristina Liou, DOMihael Plantak, MDGeneral/Oncologic SurgeryNatalie Seiser, MDHematology/OncologyArati Chand, MDSaro Kasparian, MDAmithaba Mazumder, MDAlexander Song, MDRadiologyAlex Kasraie, MDDanylo Kihiczak, MDTeleradiologyMatthew Alvin, MDJohn Stewart, MDTop CDI Query Response Achievers High physician response rates help accurately reect patient severity of illness and intensity of service. We thank the following physicians for their diligence and commitment to Glendale Memorial Hospital. Criteria for Top Clinical Documentation Improvement CDI Query Response Achievers: Only physicians with three or more queries and an answer rate of – are included. Below are the top achievers for June and July . Congratulations on a job well done!Zulqar Ahmed, MDNarine Arutyounian, MDDuc Bui, MDAndreh Carapiet, MDDennis Chang, DO Garen Derhartunian, MDAnna Galfaian, MDKevin Galstyan, MDElizabeth Grigoryan, MDVahe Gyulnazaryan, MDMichael Habashy, MDSamvel Hmayakyan, MDKrikor Kalindjian, MDTigran Khachatryan, MDVigen Khojayan, MDMoses Lee, DOWilson Liu, MDArazin Minasian, MD Hayk Papukhyan, MD Baminihannadige Peiris, MDHelen Rostamloo, MDEmily Ryan, MDFerdinant Saran, MDErik Sitker, MDHwan Suk, MDTeresa Swida, DOTigran Tiraturyan, MDArman Uzunyan, MDIgnacio Valdes, MDSara Wong, DOKenneth Wys, MDAntonio Zamorano, DO Physicians in the NewsWe’d like to thank and recognize the following physicians who were recently featured in local media stories.Raed Bargout, MD, Chief of Cardiovascular Disease, was featured on ABC Channel 7 News in a story about new approaches to monitoring blood pressure and oxygen levels, including a new app that can measure blood pressure with a video sele.He was also featured in the online publication, SHEnds in a story about foods that women over should avoid eating for a healthier heart.John McKenzie, MD, Cardiologist, was featured on KNX 1070 Newsradio where he praised the life-saving measures that medical personnel likely administered to save Bronny James, son of NBA superstar LeBron James, after he suered a cardiac event during practice at USC.