Public Asked to Salute Med Staff with Card Shower
Burgess Health Center will salute its Medical Staff in honor of its recent progress and 45th anniversary to be celebrated at a special event Sunday, Aug. 24 from 11:30 a.m. till 1:30 p.m.
Burgess invites the public to be part of a card shower at the hospital's open house to salute physicians and mid level providers on the medical staff. The hospital event will offer a free picnic lunch and hospital tours that will showcase the $5 million renovation now completed at Burgess.
Burgess has completed major construction to transform the rest of the hospital -- a two year project following the new patient addition opening in spring 2006. The dramatic expansion and relocation of most departments included surgery, radiology, laboratory, physical therapy, oncology, cardiac rehab, outpatients and emergency.
Burgess also has a spacious new front entrance and renovated support offices.
"We could not have completed our total $10 million expansion and renovation project without the support of our medical staff," says Fran Tramp, hospital president. "They play a leadership role the in the health of our area residents and are vital members of the Burgess family."
Persons are invited to bring a card to the open house or fill one at the "appreciation station," according to Jeanne Pekarek, director of patient experiences.
"We presented our medical staff with personal notes of appreciation during our spring Medical Staff Appreciation Dinner," says Pekarek “Our staff members took the time to thank all of our providers for their dedication to Burgess and their patients and it was such a success. We wanted to give community members a chance to do the same, and this was the perfect event for it."
There are eight core members of the Burgess medical staff. They include Drs. John Garred, Sr. and John Garred, Jr. of the Whiting Clinic; Drs. Bill Garred, Paul Dudley and Amy Rief-Elks of Onawa's Family Practice Clinic and in-house physicians, Dr. John Terry, Radiology, Dr. Peter Daher, Emergency and Dr. James Quesenberry, pathologist.
Burgess was able to fit all of their photos on a new billboard to go up soon.
Mid-level providers with Burgess, the Whiting and Onawa clinics and the Burgess Family Clinics in Sloan and Dunlap are: Joyce Cornwell ARNP, Rhonda Gibson PA, Dick Hutchson CRNA, Kevin Kollbaum PA, Sarah Morgan PA, Monty McKinven CRNA, Gail Moser PA, Patrick Pucelik ARNP, Jane Roepke PA and Jennifer Stodden PA.
Persons with questions about the card shower should call Pekarek at 712-423-9201 or Lori Jensen at 423-9200.
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(Updated 08/19/2008)
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