Jorge Lopez
MD FACEP
President

It is that time of the year again! Florida Emergency Physicians will be hosting the annual FEP Golf Classic invitational tournament, on Thursday, April 12^th, 2012 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Golf Club. We will start the tournament with a VIP reception at 12:00 noon (you are a VIP!) and then tee off at 1:00 pm.  Box lunches will be provided and after the tournament, prizes will be awarded within a dinner setting.  In what has become a tradition, we will feature former New York Yankees ace pitcher, Eddie Figueroa amongst other Major Leaguers, and again we will host Longest Drive Champion, Brad Barnes, with the option of using his drive (@ 375 yards!) in a par 5. This outing promises to be a ton of fun, full with many prizes and fellowship opportunities!

We thank our sponsors for their valuable support to this activity:

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Celebration Health Emergency Department’s motto is “Make a Difference One Patient At A Time.” The Celebration ED opened its new addition in 8/2011 and in December with refurbishing the old ED we went to a total of 48 beds with 6 OBS beds. The New Tower boasts an Innovative Unit with state-of-the-art infection control measures. With the new tower the hospital now has 175 inpatient beds. All the new ED Rooms have a TV, bathroom and patient friendly lightning. For the patient, they have privacy through frosted glass. Rooms provide generous space for nursing and ancillary staff to perform care. Welcome boards adorn the wall informing the patient who their caregivers are. Family have waiting areas outside the patient room and have their own access to the patient through a separate entrance. Each room has space to accomodate family with internet access. We have two resuscitation rooms with state-of-the-art equipment and plenty of space for multiple providers to provide care simultaneously. The waiting area has a wonderful kids play area to keep them base. We also have a new Flash CT, which allows us to studies with the minimal dose of radiation in a matter of a minute.

Vanessa Peluso, MD MBA, FACEP Medical Director Celebration Health Assistant Chief of Staff, Celebration Health

Dear Jennifer Lombard, PA-C,
My husband and I brought our 1 ½ year old daughter to your ER. She fell in our Disney hotel room and required 11 stitches in her eyebrow area. Since she is a young, fair skinned girl, we hesitated on where the sutures should be done- Celebration or Children’s Hospital. You were very kind, professional and reassuring. We wanted you to know that her stitches were removed on day five by our pediatrician’s office. Both the pediatrician and nurse practitioner said they looked great. Everyone says how nice the area looks- smooth, and a straight, tight line.

 

This past year has been one of transition for us all at Kissimmee. Dr. Pandya and I had the daunting task of replacing Dr. Cisneros and Dr. Nunez, but the staff extended a very warm welcome and have made us both feel at home. This year has also brought in new talent in nursing leadership including Linda Fink, our new Nurse Manager, Gail, our daytime ANM, and Marie, our Nurse Educator. Our increase in patient volume this year has been challenging, but we have relocated our lean track to improve our efficiency and have seen positive results. We would like to thank our nursing staff and mid-level providers for embracing this change and making the new lean track successful. The department leaders recently participated in the Studer conference and enjoyed working together to implement new ideas to improve our ED. Dr. Pandya and I are looking forward to overcoming the challenges of the new year with a united leadership team and a hard working and dedicated staff.

Jesse Caron, MD
Assistant Medical Director, Kissimmee

I want to thank my team at Winter park for their willingness to change. We have and continue to be different which is not easy. I want to sincerely thank each of them for their continued trust and confidence that we will get where we want to be. Over the last year, we have made great strides which would not have been possible without the dedication from Lucine Humes in the triage track, she has been the maverick we needed during this pilot. Victor Quinones and Frank Karp in the Lean tracks have been taking charge of the flow which has been critical for our department. We now enjoy a full compliment of physicians as well. We have welcomed Dr Faith Reimer, Dr Kevin Casebolt and myself this year. Thank you to my physician leaders for your work throughout the year at the many meetings representing our department from Dr Friend in risk , Dr Chon and Maulfair at sepsis , EMS and Cap, Dr Koscinski for her help with the Patient Experience pilot at Winter Park and Dr Casebolt with his help with ultrasound. A big kudos goes to Dr Mitch Maulfair who has been elected as Winter Park Memorial's newest Secretary of the medical staff. Finally, thank you to Dr Sarkarati, who has been so many things for me this year I cant thank him enough. He has been instrumental for many of our plans and through all the commotion was still able to have his first baby named, Brody. Congratulations! I look forward to the new year and and the fruits that our efforts will bring!

Leonard Cisneros, MD
Medical Director, Florida Hospital Winter Park

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