Exclusive Interview with New Jersey Natives and Siblings, Elisabeth and Andrew Shue, Who Bring a Special Brand of Commitment to Their Lives, on Screen and Off
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Summer 2007 Andrew Shue on-location for GRACIE with Davis Guggenheim Elisabeth Shue with Carly Schroeder and Dermot Mulroney at movie screening 2007 The Heart of the Matter Angioplasty at Trinitas Hospital Tiny Balloons Bring Big Benefits Art Imitates Life on Screen Drench Yourself in Summer Exclusive Family Ties: Siblings Elisabeth and Andrew Shue of South Interview Orange turn the cameras on their Jersey roots in their new film, GRACIE Welcome to… 2007 hen it Comes to Quality Magazine SUMMER Nursing Education, As the summer is in full swing, I hope you and your family are enjoying all the benefits of warm weather and extended W daylight hours. This issue of HEALTHYEDGE brings you articles to help you make the most of your summer days and nights No One Does It Better Than while staying healthy and safe. This issue also takes an in-depth look at the innovation that is the driving force behind our Angioplasty Program, where patients receive top notch treatment for blockage of coronary arteries. Our highly skilled staff, together with a new state-of- Trinitas School of Nursing! the-art Catheterization Laboratory, ensures high quality care for people undergoing elective or emergency angioplasty proce- dures. There is also an exclusive interview with New Jersey natives and siblings, Elisabeth and Andrew Shue, who bring a special brand of commitment to their lives, on screen and off. 100 percent! I’d also like to share with you news associated with the passing on April 20 of Andrew H. Campbell, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trinitas Health and Hospital. Andy served as Chairman of Elizabeth General Medical Center at a unique moment in time when that hospital was heavily involved in consolidation discussions with St. Elizabeth Hospital. he 67 graduates of the January and May 2006 graduating classes His commitment to our organization was unwavering, and was demonstrated in part by his willingness to serve as T Chairman of the Board during the years immediately following the creation of Trinitas. His many efforts on behalf of Trinitas of the Trinitas School of Nursing achieved a perfect 100% pass rate on the national registered nurse licensing examination were recognized by the New Jersey Hospital Association, which honored him as “Trustee of the Year” in 2006. (NCLEX-RN) on first writing! I can say with confidence that the level of care that is now being provided to the residents of Elizabeth and Union County Since 1990, Trinitas graduates have achieved an average has reached new heights as a direct result of Andy’s exceptional leadership, courage, wisdom and vision for a better future. NCLEX-RN pass rate of 97.44% – far above the 5-year national I am honored to announce that the Board of Trustees of Trinitas average of 88.8% for nursing diploma schools! Health and Hospital resolved to name the building that houses Congratulations to our faculty and graduates for your the Trinitas Comprehensive Cancer Center in his memory. The commitment to nursing excellence! entire five-story building at the corner of Pearl and Williamson Streets will now be known as the Andrew H. Campbell Pavilion. Trinitas School of Nursing conducts a Cooperative Nursing Program with Union County College and confers a Diploma in Nursing from Trinitas and an Associate Degree from the College. Initially offering nursing studies as the Elizabeth General Medical Center School of Nursing, Trinitas School Gary S. Horan, FACHE of Nursing has been in continuous operation since 1891. President & CEO Gary S. Horan, center, joins Schering-Plough executives, Trinitas Board members, Catheterization Lab staff and Trinitas School Of Nursing fellow administrators during a recent ceremony that Students may enroll in the Day, Evening, or the LPN to RN 12 W. Jersey St., 5th floor recognized the generous donation made to the new division on a full-time or a part-time basis. Elizabeth, NJ 07202 Cath Lab by Schering-Plough Foundation. 908-659-5200 (Phone) 908-659-5201 (Fax) www.ucc.edu/go/trinitas SUMMER 2007 1 HEALTHYEDGE EXCLUSIVE CONTENTS Family Ties by Judith Trojan Essex County Siblings Elisabeth and Andrew SUMMER 2007 Shue Strike Chord with Family-Based Film The pundit who coined the phrase, along in their shadow until tragedy strikes FEATURES “There are no second acts,” certainly never beloved older brother Johnny. Gracie vows 3 Family Ties met the Shues of South Orange. Andrew to honor Johnny by nabbing his spot on Shue and older sister Elisabeth are perhaps their high school soccer team. The twist: Essex County Siblings Elisabeth and Andrew Shue most widely known for their acting—he It’s an all-boys’ team. There were no girls’ Strike Chord with Family-Based Film for his six-year stint as heartthrob Billy soccer teams in 1978. Campbell on TV’s Melrose Place, and she 8 The Heart of the Matter GRACIE was filmed in and around for her Academy Award-nominated role South Orange and in the halls and playing Angioplasty at Trinitas Hospital in Leaving Las Vegas. But the New Jersey fields of Maplewood’s Columbia High natives have also starred on the world stage School, the Shues’ alma mater. Although 18 Tiny Balloons Pack Powerful Surgical Punch as athletes and social activists. Currently, names and timelines have been changed, Innovative Surgeries Address Vein and Sinus Issues they co-star in GRACIE, a new family- GRACIE essentially is Elisabeth’s story, friendly film based on incidents in their helmed by her husband, Academy Award- Academy Award-winning director Davis own lives growing up in South Orange 20 Drench Yourself in Summer winning director Davis Guggenheim. Guggenheim, Elisabeth Shue’s husband, in the 1970s. Making the Most of the Season In the interview that follows, the Shues on-location in New Jersey. The film features 15-year-old Carly graciously share anecdotes about the IN EVERY ISSUE Schroeder as Gracie, the only girl in a making of GRACIE, the back-story family of three boys who are forever in that inspired it, and their “Andrew’s the dreamer in the Sr. Maureen Shaughnessy, SC 16 Calendar of Events the grip of their soccer-enthusiast dad. all-consuming passion Chairman, Trinitas Health & Hospital Although a gifted soccer player, Gracie tags for sports. family. He’s also a great Board of Trustees example of never giving up.” Gary S. Horan, FACHE 22 Vital Signs: President & CEO, Trinitas Hospital Trinitas Comprehensive Cancer Center News – Elisabeth Shue HEALTHYEDGE STAFF 25 Foundation Focus: Executive Editor. Doug Harris News of the Trinitas Health Foundation Andrew, what are your childhood recollections very distracted by developing into a woman, worried about Director of Public Relations and Marketing of Elisabeth playing soccer with the boys at what other people would think of me. Editor . Kathryn C. Salamone 26 Hospital Beat: home and in school? Manager, Public Relations and Marketing GRACIE hits a nerve on two levels, first as a People and Events of Note Andrew: I was 3 1/2 years younger, but I do remember Contributing Writers . Rena Kotik film about a girl breaking into a sport previ- very distinctly there being no understanding that she was Judith Trojan ously closed to girls and, second, about a Contributing Photographers. Doug Harris a girl. We all kind of thought she was a boy, a tomboy, family working through the grieving process. Kathryn C. Salamone which may be part of the problem. I don’t think she ever Trinitas Hospital is a Catholic Teaching Hospital sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth Andrew: A lot of moms have been coming up to us after Graphic Design . Jama Bowman got the credit she deserved from us. She was the first girl in partnership with Elizabethtown Healthcare Foundation. seeing the movie and saying, ‘My daughter doesn’t have in northern New Jersey to play competitive soccer. There ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: HEALTHYEDGE Magazine is published quarterly by Trinitas Hospital and Trinitas Comprehensive any idea how tough it was back then, and now they think Rob Rubilla Cancer Center, 225 Williamson Street, Elizabeth, NJ, 07207. were no girls playing, period. You’d think that her family (908) 337-3276 they can do anything.’ We wanted to magnify that cultural This is Volume 1, Issue 2. This material is designed for information purposes only. None of the would have noticed that what she was doing was really information provided in Healthy Edge constitutes, directly or indirectly, the practice of medicine, the shift to empower girls, but also, as you said, to celebrate LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: special and brave. Healthy Edge dispensing of medical services, a professional diagnosis or a treatment plan. The information in what it means for families to really stay together in the face Healthy Edge should not be considered complete nor should it be relied on to suggest a course of Public Relations Department Elisabeth: Sports were the proving ground in our family. of bad news. Very few families live happy, hunky-dory lives. Trinitas Hospital treatment for a particular individual. You should not rely on information provided in Healthy Edge 225 Williamson Street as a substitute for personal medical attention, diagnosis or hands-on treatment. You should never I was the only girl in New Jersey to play boys’ soccer for But if you don’t really work at it, then you don’t build that Elizabeth, New Jersey 07207 disregard medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in Healthy Edge. If you have any health care related concerns, please call or see your physician or other about four years. And then I quit, which I very much regret, support system.