Nursing Team
Nurse Practitioner
|
Jannie Pearson, CRNP We are very fortunate to have Jannie Pearson as our sole nurse practitioner dedicated to the Lehigh Valley Heart and Lung Surgeons. Jannie is one the most experienced nurse practitioners in medical practice. Simply put, we love Jannie! Patients love Jannie, too. She has endless energy, total dedication, and most of all, compassion.
|
|
Operating Room Nurses
|
|
|
Beth Frickmann, RN Beth is the Nursing Manager of the OR Heart Team. Beth has helped make our team the finest I have ever had the privilege of working with, anywhere, anytime! |
Beth Quigley, RN One of the most experienced and talented OR nurses I have ever met. Beth is highly respected by everyone who works with her. Any student nurse who wants to learn from the best, should spend time with Beth! |
|
Lois is the scrub nurse who works with me the most. (The other nurses pay her extra to work with me everyday!) Actually, I enjoy working with every nurse on our OR heart team. Over the years, we all develop routines and gravitate toward certain clusters of teams. I'm certainly lucky to have Lois as the nurse who knows my routines (and my moods) the most!
|
Lori Hoffman There are also so many people behind the scenes in the OR, like Lori Hoffman, one of our technical assistants in the operating room who is one of the many people that makes our team so successful! |
|
Everyone plays an important role. These nurses have worked together for many years. Indeed, they are like family to each other. This photo was taken at a party at my home. The team has shared a lot of great times together. Simply put, they're the greatest! |
|
|
The Open Heart Unit Team (OHU) After you have open heart surgery, you'll spend the first night or two in the Open Heart Intensive Care Unit.
Cindy Meeker, RN (Center) Cindy is our new Nursing Director for the Open Heart Unit and Transitional Open Heart Unit. Cindy is the perfect Director, having spent her entire career as an Open Heart Unit nurse at Lehigh Valley Hospital. Everyone admires and respects Cindy. To Cindy's right is Nancy Buckner, RN and to her left is Patty Tachyapong, RN
**********************
|
|
|
Margie Bennett, RN Margie is one of our most experienced Open Heart Unit nurses. Having worked nights for a long time, Margie is now on the day shift. Day or night, Margie is the best! |
Martina, Remaly, RN Martina is also one of our most experienced Open Heart Unit nurses. They don't come any nicer or more caring than Martina! Indeed, the OHU staff are all talented and wonderful. |
|
The Tranitional Open Heart Unit (TOHU) |
|
After one or two nights in the Open Heart Unit, you'll recover in the Transitional Open Heart Unit until you are ready to go home. Some of the finest and nicest nurses in the hospital work in the Transitional Open Heart Unit! |
|
Congratulations to the OHU and TOHU team for winning the Friends of Nursing Award multiple times!
|
|
Perfusionists and Anesthetists Perfusionists run the heart/lung machine and circulatory support devices. Our phenomenal team of Nurse Anesthetists provide your anesthesia care under the supervision of the Cardiac Anesthesiologists. Some patients ask whether or not it is okay to have Nurse Anesthetists providing your anesthesia care while you are undergoing a heart operation. The answer is: Absolutely Yes! Our Nurse Anesthetists have superior training and experience. I not only trust them with my patients' lives, but when I needed surgery, I was glad they were taking care of me.
|
|
|
Lois Kleppinger, RN Ralph Montessano.CPT |
Ken Clay, CRT Ken is one of our fine Respiratory Therapists. These hard-working professionals manage the ventilators in the intensive care units and provide respiratory care to all of the patients throughout the hospital.
|
|
Our Certified Perfusion Technologists (CPT) include: Ralph Montesano, Norman Manley, David Palanzo, Michael Quinn, Joseph Castagna, Robert Mimari, Robert Vinansky, and Shelly Broyan. |
|
|
Denise Drummer, RN |
Jim Gates, CRT is another one of our dedicated Respiratory Therapists who primarily attends to our heart and lung patients. Recently, Jim won a Friends of Nursing Award for his excellent service. |
|
Norman Manley, CPT Scott Wilson, CRNA David Palanzo, CPT
Scott Wilson has actually left to Reading Hospital with a number of other nurse anesthetists.
|
John Schell, CRNA
Our other Nurse Anesthetists include: Paul Evans, Dan Ohl. Heather Posavek, Jim Miller, Jim Moffat, and David Fried.
|
|
Nurse Anesthetists are in great demand!
Heather Posavek, CRNA Heather is my buddy! Actually Heather is everybody's buddy! Not only is she brilliant and talented, she is funny, kind, and caring. And, she makes a mean eggplant parmesan! |
|
As you can see, it really does take a large Team of many professionals to care for you and your family!
I'm lucky to have the best Team!
Last Modified Friday, October 05, 2007
