MEDSTAR SOUTHERN HOSPITAL CENTER Spring | 2019 Health

Community Outreach in Southern What is Maryland Sinusitis?

Can You Recognize the Fast Stroke Cardiac Signs? Intervention Charlene’s Story Message from the President Dear Neighbor,

I hope as you read Health this who manages the in-hospital Christine Wray, FACHE, President, MedStar month, you will think about your physician team taking care of Hospital Center own personal health and commit you at MSMHC; Ear, Nose and to taking preventative measures Throat physician Seema Pai, MD, to stay healthy. In our cover story, who gives advice on the common you will read about the harrowing problem of sinusitis; and Top situation one MedStar associate Doctor John Byrne, MD. found herself in, as she suffered a 7503 Surratts Road, Clinton, MD 20735 heart attack. At MedStar Health, we are driven 301-868-8000 or TTY 301-877-4473 to engage with our community Kenneth A. Samet, FACHE When you think about your own by participating in events, hosting President and Chief Executive Officer, heart attack risk, since we all must screenings and walking programs MedStar Health face the possibility of something like our Mall Walkers group, all of M. Joy Drass, MD like this happening to us or to our which you will see in our center Executive Vice President and Chief loved ones, ask yourself if you are photo collage. Operating Officer, MedStar Health seeing your primary care physician Christine Wray, FACHE regularly and whether you should As I draw this letter to a close, I’d President, MedStar Southern Maryland make dietary or lifestyle changes, like to take one last opportunity to Hospital Center and Senior Vice President, MedStar Health such as quitting smoking. Primary remind you about the importance care can often be the first line of preventative medicine and John W. Rollins, Jr. of defense for a cardiovascular its influence on your health. Chair, Board of Directors issue, and if needed they can refer Regularly seeing your primary Cheryl Richardson you to a cardiologist for more care physician for routine visits Director, Marketing and Community specialized heart care. is a must. If you don’t have a Relations primary care physician, please visit Design: Erin Glynn, Graphic Designer I am also happy to present to MedStarSouthernMaryland.org you an article that discusses how and use our Find-A-Doc feature Content: Jennifer DuMont, Marketing Writer MedStar Health is committed to to find one that is right for you. I the future of medicine through wish you success on your health Photo Credits: Ryan Smith Photography, the study of pharmacogenomics. journey! Kelanda Dickerson, Carter Elizabeth Photography MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center (MSMHC) recently Kindest regards, joined MedStar St. Mary's Hospital Health is published as a community service for the friends and patrons of and MedStar Montgomery MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Medical Center for a daylong joint Center. It in no way seeks to diagnose Christine Wray, FACHE leadership retreat to discuss this or treat illness or serve as a substitute for professional medical care. Please see your fascinating topic. President, MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center and Senior Vice physician if you have a health problem. President, MedStar Health In addition, I would like to On the cover: Charlene Dykstra introduce you to Dr. Irina Brown, our new Director of Hospitalists,

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CAP Accreditation Food Service Changes Stroke Support Group Community Meeting

After a rigorous two year Sodexo, a leading provider Are you a caregiver for a At the beginning of January, application process, MedStar of food and cafeteria family member who has MSMHC leadership met with Southern Maryland Hospital management, has come to suffered from a stroke? community group leaders to Center (MSMHC)’s Lab has MSMHC. Whether you are a first-time inform the public about our earned accreditation from or veteran caregiver, our current and future expansion the prestigious College of With the addition of Sodexo, stroke support group is a plans. American Pathology (CAP). our menu and hours have perfect resource for you. The expanded. Upcoming services remaining 2019 schedule is Continued meetings will be “CAP has high standards for will include the addition of listed below: scheduled throughout 2019 lab procedures, accuracy of an “At Your Request Room as the hospital reaches out to lab test results, efficiency, Service Program,” which will April 25 inform our community and patient care, so we are allow patients to order food May 30 members and seek feedback very proud to have earned 24/7. June 27 on MSMHC’s vision for the this recognition,” said Lab July 25 future. Director Denise Robinson. MSMHC is the third MedStar August 29 hospital to transition to September 26 For more information, see For more information, see Sodexo, with the remaining October 31 page 13. page 14. hospitals to follow. November 20 December 26

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SPRING 2019 | MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center HEALTH 3 Chairman of Cardiology and Interventional Cardiologist, William Suddath, MD with patient Charlene Dykstra MedStar Works Together Across a System to Save One of Our Own MedStar Medical Group Associate Suffers a Heart Attack, is Recovering Well After Intervention at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center

t is difficult to believe that less and heart health because of the pains for the past week and a half, than three weeks before these way the MedStar system worked but the Electrocardiogram (EKG) photos were taken, Charlene together to save her life. test she took the week before Dykstra was laying in a hospital looked normal. MedStar Physician Ibed, a gray pallor to her skin and a Dykstra’s story began early one Assistant Christine Trottier arrived scared look in her eyes, as she was morning when she arrived at her at work and took one look at wheeled into the Cardiac Cath Lab job with MedStar Medical Group at Dykstra, startled that she did not after suffering a heart attack. Today, St. Clement’s in Leonardtown. She look well. She was given a new EKG she is well on the road to recovery had been experiencing mild chest to compare with the one she had

4 MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center HEALTH | SPRING 2019 the previous week, which was a part of her electronic Now that Dykstra is feeling better, she is able to spend medical record. Trottier immediately called an time with her husband, her grandchildren and her fun ambulance, which took her to MedStar St. Mary’s group of girlfriends. She has returned to work, glad to Hospital. be a part of the MedStar system as an associate and as a patient when she needed care. At MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital, they made the decision to send Dykstra to MedStar Southern Maryland Dykstra had this message for Dr. Suddath: “Thank you Hospital Center (MSMHC) via helicopter to get her to so much for taking care of me!” a higher level of cardiac care as quickly as possible. For more information about MSMHC’s Cardiology “The pilot was so great, I didn’t even feel us land!” team, visit MedStarSouthernMaryland.org. exclaimed Dykstra. Having prepared for Dykstra’s condition, Dr. William “The principle thing is to Suddath, MSMHC’s Chairman of Cardiology and Interventional Cardiologist, was waiting for her, and take myocardial infarction upon her arrival, Dykstra was immediately whisked into the hospital’s Cardiac Cath Lab. (heart attack) symptoms “I could see my veins on the screen and Dr. Suddath seriously,” said Dr. Suddath. explained everything,” said Dykstra. “He was telling me, ‘I see a blockage’ and he put in a stent and “If there’s a concern, seek opened up my artery. I found out I had a blockage of 99%!” emergency care. Symptoms Dr. Suddath performed what is called a balloon and can be deceptive. Often, for stent procedure. First, he used a balloon to dilate or open the blood vessel that was blocked. Second, he women, they don’t have the implanted a stent, which is a tube made of expandable mesh, which will remain in the artery, classic chest pain symptoms keeping it open. men experience. They may By the afternoon, Dykstra was no longer experiencing chest pain. She was resting comfortably in MSMHC’s have pain radiating from ICU playing cards with her daughter, Summer. another area, like their “The nurses here in this unit have been tremendous,” said Dykstra. shoulder, and they may not After staying for observation for the next 24 hours, want to cause a commotion Dykstra was ready to leave. or rush to get evaluated, or “Her ability to get out of the hospital quickly and salvage as much of the heart muscle as possible they may think it’s not a depends on time,” said Dr. Suddath. “This was a great success because we were able to treat her so quickly.” heart attack. Women are the Dykstra was able to schedule her post-care with fastest growing population Dr. Jeffrey Trabb, a MedStar Cardiologist in Leonardtown closer to her home, and is completing when it comes to heart her twelve weeks of Cardiac Rehab at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital. Dykstra spent several weeks resting disease, so it’s important to with her family taking care of her. She modified her diet and quit smoking, a very important step to take for heighten awareness.” better heart health.

SPRING 2019 | MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center HEALTH 5 Frontal Sinus Inflamed Sinus Lining

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Seema Pai, MD Ear Nose and Throat Specialist Sinusitis: What it is and How to Head and Neck Surgeon Treat this Common Condition

he simple explanation of scan identifies where a blockage with ease of accessibility and what sinusitis is would be is, using image guidance, the latest convenience.” an inflammation of the technology. Balloon sinoplasties, sinuses, typically caused which allow for a shorter recovery Dr. Pai attended the University of Tby allergens, bacteria or seasonal time, can provide relief in the Michigan and completed medical allergies, says MedStar Ear Nose appropriate patient with milder, school at the University of Toledo. and Throat Specialist and Head less chronic symptoms, notes Her residency took place at the and Neck Surgeon Seema Pai, Dr. Pai, but typically, long- Einstein College of Medicine in MD. Symptoms include facial term success calls for formal New York City , and she obtained pain, headaches, fevers, nasal endoscopic sinus surgery. her fellowship training at the congestion, thick nasal drainage Commonwealth University and sometimes, a foul smell in “Sinus surgery can greatly improve in Richmond. She has been with the nose. Unlike a common cold, the quality of life, and we’re able MedStar for four years. symptoms can persist for several to take care of complex problems weeks if left untreated. here,” said Dr. Pai. “We work Dr. Pai and her colleagues are hand-in-hand with allergists and accepting new patients at the Treatments for sinusitis can be as pulmonologists, in what we call MedStar Health simple as a course of antibiotics, our unified airway concept, as we at Brandywine a decongestant or a nasal spray, treat the whole patient. We have facility, located at or, for recurrent sinus infections, all the latest technology here, and 13950 Brandywine surgery may be required to are able to provide equivalent Road. To make an unblock obstructed sinuses. Sinus care that you can find anywhere appointment, call surgery can be done after a CT else, right here in your backyard, 301-782-2220.

6 MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center HEALTH | SPRING 2019 How to Recognize the Signs of a Stroke Know the warning MAY IS NATIONAL STROKE signs of stroke. Aabha Shah, MD AWARENESS MONTH! Neurologist

he acronym BE FAST is not ED, where it is the goal to get just an easy way to patients both tPA (blood clot- remember the signs of a busting medication) and stroke, it is also a directive mechanical intervention within the Turging everyone to get treatment times outlined by the national to a person who may be suffering benchmark.” a stroke as fast as possible. Most strokes are caused by a disruption After a stroke, Dr. Shah stresses the of blood flow to the brain and importance of continuing recovery after stroke is directly treatment with physical, Sinusitis: What it is and How to related to how quickly the blood occupational and speech flow is restored. therapies, and to see a primary care physician and neurologist to Treat this Common Condition At MedStar Southern Maryland address any lingering deficits, Hospital Center (MSMHC), fatigue and cognitive issues, and Emergency Department (ED) and to help prevent a recurrence. Intensive Care Unit associates are extensively trained on stroke Dr. Shah is also affiliated with treatment, and the hospital has MedStar created a Stroke Code. When Hospital’s Neurology Specialty, activated, the Stroke Team and is an Assistant Professor of responds to the patient’s bedside. Neurology. She has been with This team is made of a MSMHC for three years, having multidisciplinary group of come to our hospital to serve a specialists, including neurologists population with a high prevalence like Dr. Shah. of stroke cases.

“We recognize how important this For more information on MedStar is in an area where we see a high Southern Maryland Hospital stroke volume,” said Dr. Shah. “We Center’s Stoke Center, visit are committed to treating stroke MedStarSouthernMaryland.org/ cases as soon as possible in the Stroke.

SPRING 2019 | MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center HEALTH 7 MedStar's SiTEL Lab Offers Interactive Lessons in Patient Safety to Associates

n recognition of National Patient should have been disposed of Safety Week, MedStar brought in a hazardous waste or a sharps the SiTEL Mobile Lab to MedStar container. Southern Maryland Hospital ICenter (MSMHC) on Thursday, Taryn Curtis, Program Manager March 14th, to present two mock- with MedStar Corporate Quality ups of patient rooms containing and Safety, and Mobile Simulation patient safety violations. Visitors to Specialists Brian Fedors and the lab were tasked with finding Robert Blum staffed the Lab, as many violations as they could helping associates understand identify in a few minutes. how each violation affected patient care. The SiTEL Lab toured various The first contestants through the MedStar facilities throughout door were Alice Burroughs and National Patient Safety Week. Sonya Hines from Environmental Services (EVS). They identified “I am always talking about our HRO journey numerous patient hazards set up and events like this are a part of it,” said in the room. Among the violations Graciela Perez, Director of Quality. they identified were: the patient had a fall risk wristband on, but “We increase reliability when we practice not the accompanying socks with treads on his feet that are looking for patient safety violations. Having also supposed to be worn for all a day like this with the SiTEL Lab teaches fall risk patients; the patient was associates to stay on heightened alert, holding a drink, but the sign at constantly looking for ways we can become the patient’s room indicated he safer. This lab is a great tool and it’s for all was to receive no food or drink; a bottle of cleaning solution associates because we are all responsible was left in the room and was Graciela Perez, for patient safety, whether you’re an EVS unlabeled; a chart with protected Director of Quality associate, someone from Dietary or someone patient information was left in the directly involved in patient care.” room; and the bedside table had soiled bandages and refuse that

8 MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center HEALTH | SPRING 2019 Introducing MedStar Southern > Maryland Hospital Center's New Director of Hospitalists, Dr. Irina Brown

hile a patient at our hospital, it is likely you will be assigned a Hospitalist, an internal medicine- certified doctor who acts as a Wprimary care physician in an acute care hospital setting. This doctor will follow you during your stay, consult with your own primary care physician and the hospital’s nursing staff, and work together with you during your stay, in order to provide the best care possible.

Overseeing this team of MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center (MSMHC) Hospitalists is our new Director of Hospitalists, internal medicine physician Irina Brown, MD. Dr. Brown says she was drawn to the position here because she appreciates serving a community with diverse medical needs. She believes in giving as much information as possible to patients and working in collaboration to provide individualized care.

“I believe in hospital associates working together as a team, and, as a physician, in putting yourself in the patient’s shoes and knowing they have their own unique history, their own unique medical condition, and their own family, which all factor in to their stay,” said Dr. Brown. “I believe in treating patients to ensure that not only do they get better clinically, they also enjoy their stay and feel informed during the process.”

Dr. Brown spent ten years as an OB/GYN in her Irina Brown, MD native Russia, working for the Minister of Director of Hospitalists Defense. When Dr. Brown came to the U.S., she earned a board certification in internal medicine. Prior to coming to MSMHC, she worked as a Hospitalist and as a Hospitalist Leader at Holy Cross Hospital and MedStar Montgomery Medical Center.

For more information about this program, visit MedStarGeorgetown.org.

SPRING 2019 | MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center HEALTH 9 What Does MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center’s Community Outreach Department Do?

If you are out and about in Clinton and Prince George’s County, you have probably run into associates from MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center (MSMHC)'s Community Outreach Department. To learn more about what they do, we present this Photo Collage, which shows some of the activities they are involved in, from community events, to screenings they help run, to the ways in which they are active inside our hospital.

Each year, Community Outreach staff attends numerous local health and community fairs, such as the National Nights Out in Clinton and Camp Springs.

Community Outreach also hosts flu clinics, prostate and lung cancer screenings, and monthly DARE to What Does MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center’s Community Outreach Department Do?

CARE free vascular screenings. In addition, they help staff the hospital’s Ask the Doctor seminars. Every weekday, you will find Community Outreach running a Mall Walkers Program at St. Charles Towne Center. This fun, free fitness event also includes a monthly breakfast with a guest speaker.

In the hospital, our Community Outreach Department actively recruits hospital associates to participate in blood drives and donation drives for school supplies in the fall, food in November to coincide with Thanksgiving, and winter coats and Toys for Tots donations in December.

If you would like to contact MSMHC’s Community Outreach Department, please call 301-374-9098. MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center Joins MedStar St. Mary's and MedStar Montgomery Medical Center for Symposium on Pharmacogenomics

harmacogenomics, or the study of how genes affect a person’s response to drugs, combines pharmacology (the science of drugs) and genomics (the study of genes Pand their functions) to develop effective, safe medications and doses that will be tailored to a person’s genetic makeup, says the National Institute of Health (NIH). Pete Celano, MBA

To stay on the forefront of the future of medicine and study more about what this exciting new trend in medicine means, MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center recently joined hospitals MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital and MedStar Montgomery Medical Center for a daylong joint leadership retreat discussing pharmacogenomics at National Harbor.

The retreat brought together several experts in the field who gave presentations, including Dr. John Marshall, MD Nicole Lockhart, Program Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute; Pete Celano, MBA, Director of Consumer Health Initiatives for MedStar Institute of Innovation; D. Max Smith, Pharm D., BCPS, Clinical Pharmacogenomics Specialist, MedStar Health; and Dr. John Marshall, Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, and Director, Otto J. Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancer. Presentations included information on the pharmacogenomics gene-guided theory of care, its potential in the treatment of cardiovascular, cancer and Alzheimer’s patients, and the legal, social and ethical factors that must be examined.

D. Max Smith, PharmD, BCPS

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the implementation of Community Partnership Meeting MedConnect, the hospital’s new Electronic Medical Record system, Yields Building Blocks to Ongoing which will be available at every Relationship Between Hospital and single MedStar facility soon, and MSMHC’s NICHE program, which Community Partners is a plan designed to take care of elderly patients.

hen MedStar show on the hospital’s mission, its Community members also Southern Maryland history, the benefits of being a part provided feedback to MSMHC. Hospital Center of the MedStar system, Among their comments were (MSMHC) leadership technological innovations we have acknowledgements of the Whosted a meeting with community seen, our highest quality and improvements the hospital has group leaders to inform the public safety journey, the hospital’s made and recognition that the about our current and future awards, and profiles on some of hospital is providing additional expansion plans, attendees came the newest physicians and service services. Attendees also from groups such as the District 5 lines we have added. Her expressed appreciation for the Coffee Club, different VFW groups, presentation concluded with hospital providing health services a couple of religious organizations photos of artist renderings and to the community, as well as and several HOA groups in facts about the future expansion MSMHC’s upcoming participation Clinton. we have planned for not only a in Prince George’s Summer Youth massive renovation to the Program. Hospital President Christine Wray hospital’s Emergency Department, began the meeting with a slide but also MSMHC’s behavioral “I appreciate any opportunity to health unit and future meet with members of our Cancer Center. community and share ideas,” said MSMHC President Christine Wray. In addition to this “We are here to serve you, and we presentation, the want to understand your needs, meeting also covered listen to your feedback and develop our relationships. This meeting was certainly valuable and I look forward to additional meetings in the coming year as we work toward an open dialog and patient and visitor satisfaction with MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center.”

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MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center’s Lab Achieves Gold Standard in Lab Accreditation cross the country, the majority of hospital labs have met the standards for Joint Commission accreditation. Fewer labs have earned the prestigious College of American APathology (CAP) Accreditation, which has very high standards for lab procedures.

MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center (MSMHC) began its process for CAP accreditation in early 2017. The process began with collecting data and proof of staff credentials. CAP then sent a results and how we translate that to patient care.” checklist back to MSMHC of 6,000 standards that were required to be met to earn their certificate. Robinson credited the entire team with reaching this MSMHC then began developing standards, policies standard, noting the lab has undergone leadership and compliance grids to prove the lab is meeting changes and challenges that required a great deal of these standards. The next step was for CAP to send in time and energy to meet CAP’s high standards. a team to visit MSMHC, which they did at the end of 2018. Shortly after that visit, MSMHC received its CAP "This took a great deal of teamwork," said MSMHC accreditation. pathologist Yahia M. Tagouri, MD, who helped lead MSMHC's Lab through its CAP application and is “CAP is the gold standard for labs,” said MSMHC Lab also a part of MedStar Georgetown University Director Denise Robinson. “For Joint Commission Hospital's Pathology Department. "Receiving CAP accreditation, the standards are oriented toward the accreditation for me is a great improvement, as the entire hospital, to overarching standards for standards are very high, and shows we have physicians and nurses. For CAP accreditation, the achieved what is seen internationally as the higher standards are very much lab-oriented. They have a standard for laboratory accreditation and team of subject matter experts that come in; chemists, performance." pathologists, and so forth. They are very specific and look at our operating procedures, the quality of our Congratulations to MSMHC’s Lab associates for earning this renowned recognition! Stroke Support Group Facts from the National from high blood pressure, Helps Stroke Patients, Stroke Association: the number one risk factor for Their Families, and stroke. People of color have higher

Tidbits Caregivers stroke risks, stroke occurrence Diabetes—People with diabetes fter a stroke, those who have at an earlier age, and, for have a higher stroke risk. suffered may have to deal with some, more severe strokes. long-term effects, including African-Americans are more Smoking—Risk for stroke physical, mental and/or emotional impacted by stroke than any doubles when you smoke. If Achallenges. Caregivers and family members other group. you stop smoking today, your may also need education and support. For stroke risk will immediately everyone facing this situation, MedStar Although certain risk factors begin to decrease. Southern Maryland Hospital Center offers a for stroke, such as genetics monthly Stroke Support Group. These or family history, cannot Obesity—Adopting a lower- meetings take place in the hospital’s be controlled, others can. sodium (salt), lower-fat diet Multipurpose Room on the ground floor from Know your risk factors, which and becoming more physically 5 to 6:30 p.m. For the remaining 2019 include: active may help lower blood schedule, please see page 3. pressure and risk for stroke. High blood pressure—One in three For more information or to RSVP for the African-Americans suffers Stroke Support Group, please call 301-877-5858 or TTY 301-877-4473.

14 MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center HEALTH | SPRING 2019 Ask-the-Doctor Seminar Series Community Healthcare Education

Please join us for an informative, interactive seminar “Time is Brain - Understanding, Preventing and Treating Stroke” Presented by Aabha A. Shah, MD, and Anne Constantino, MD

Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S., and the number-one cause of long-term preventable disability.

Fortunately, you can reduce your risk of stroke by making simple lifestyle changes and controlling your risk factors, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol. New advances in the field also make it possible to minimize—and sometimes reverse—the effects of strokes when patients receive treatment in a timely manner.

Dr. Shah will discuss strategies you can use to reduce your risk of stroke. She’ll also explain the warning signs of a stroke, and what you should do if you think you or someone you know may be having one.

Dr. Constantino will detail what you can expect during stroke treatment and recovery, and provide suggestions as to how to Anne Constantino, MD, and Aabha A. Shah, MD, MedStar Georgetown Neurology at MedStar Southern prevent future strokes. Maryland Hospital Center

May Wednesday 2019 Wednesday, May 29, 2019 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center Multipurpose Room 29 7503 Surratts Road, Clinton, MD

Admission is free but you must reserve a seat in advance. Register online today at MedStarSouthernMaryland.org/AsktheDoc or call 301-877-5700.

FREE SCREENING FOR ALL SEMINAR ATTENDEES

All registered attendees for the Ask the Doctor stroke seminar will receive a certificate for a FREE full lipid panel blood test screening, including blood glucose, Hemoglobin A1c, and cholesterol levels—a simple blood test that could save your life. Fasting on the day of the seminar is not necessary; with the certificate you can choose the day and time that works best for you, as this screening is available at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center’s laboratory Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on a walk-in basis. Nondiscrimination Statement

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12 MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center HEALTH | WINTER 2017 Heart&Soul HELPING YOU GET TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER

SPRING 2019 • VOLUME 4 • ISSUE 2

A Message from MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center’s Chairman of Cardiology

Dear Community Member:

In this issue, I would like to tell you about one important action you can take that could help someone who is experiencing a heart attack, and one exciting new development in heart care for our hospital.

Every month, we see cases where a patient comes in after suffering a Myocardial Infarction (MI), or heart attack, having not received any chest compressions to help them when they are in distress. Chest compressions are vitally important to a person immediately after a heart attack. Compressions force blood through the William Suddath, MD heart to get oxygen to all parts of the body and without oxygen, cells can die. I Chairman, Cardiology urge everyone to find a local CPR course and learn the skills to help save a life. MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center See the information below to help find a course in your area.

I would also like to take this opportunity to tell you about how effectively our hospital is able to treat heart attacks and other emergency heart issues. As you will read on the next page, MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center (MSMHC) has emerged as an area leader in heart care, with patients being airlifted directly to our hospital for important, lifesaving treatment. We are proud to have been recognized for our treatment in cardiac care, and look forward to expanding services and staying up-to-date on the latest technologies and treatments.

Sincerely,

William Suddath, MD Chairman, Cardiology MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center

CPR Three ways to find a local CPR class: 1. Contact the American Red Cross at redcross.org 2. Contact your local fire departments 3. Visit enjoycpr.com, where you can search by city or zipcode

CPR has been shown to be effective for cardiac arrest. It can double or even triple a victim’s chance of survival. Heart&Soul SPRING 2019 EDITION

MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center is Now a Go-To Center for Heart Cases

Because MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center patients who will no longer have a longer flight by (MSMHC) has reached a significant milestone in heart Medivac helicopter to Washington, DC, and will prevent attack treatment, our hospital has become a center for an unnecessary stop at another hospital closer to the cardiac cases in the southern Maryland region. location where they had their heart attack, often saving 40 to 60 minutes, says Dr. Suddath. The milestone MSMHC achieved is a significant reduction in what is called door-to-balloon time. This Medivac helicopters, including MedStar, Maryland State measures how quickly a patient will have his or her Police, and other units, will be able to quickly move rural blood vessels opened to increase blood flow following patients, beginning treatment during flight. They will alert a blockage that results in Myocardial Infarction (MI). The MSMHC of the incoming patient, mobilizing the response national benchmark is around 90 minutes, but MSMHC team that will greet the patient at the hospital’s ED. has been able to achieve a rate of approximately 53 to 62 minutes, says Dr. Suddath. “This really is a remarkable improvement in the overall transportation system,” said Dr. Suddath. “Other hospitals “This has resulted in saving the heart muscle and has don’t have the imaging capabilities we do to treat acute had overall improvements to patient outcomes,” says MI patients.” Dr. Suddath. “By reducing door-to-balloon time by 50%, MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center has In one month, MSMHC saw ten to twelve acute MI cases become a premiere location to treat heart cases. We last summer. Volume increased to 28 per month by can get patients from their entry into the Emergency January, and this number is projected to rise to 30 to 35 Department and move them directly into the Cath Lab.” cases in the near future.

MSMHC became a destination for emergency heart For more information on cardiac services at cases in mid-January 2019, after several months of MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center, visit planning. Becoming a direct destination benefits MedStarSouthernMaryland.org/Heart.

MedStar Southern Maryland Center’s cardiac catheterization laboratory.

MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center is part of the MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute- Cleveland Clinic alliance. MEDSTAR SOUTHERN MARYLAND HOSPITAL CENTER RESOURCE GUIDE For more details on these programs and others, please call the phone numbers listed or visit our website: MedStarSouthernMaryland.org/Calendar.

SUPPORT GROUPS CLASSES OTHER PROGRAMS

Breastfeeding Support Group Breastfeeding Class Hospital Volunteer Program Every Thursday One Saturday a month MedStar Southern Maryland from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. from 9 a.m. to noon. Hospital Center volunteers make (excluding holidays) Hospital Multipurpose Room a difference every day helping Recreation area of 2 North Registration required. to support the health of our Cost: FREE Cost: FREE community. Please call 301-877-5740 301-877-5740 301-877-4553 for more information about volunteer Diabetes Support Group Baby Basics opportunities. Fourth Thursday of every month This class focuses on newborn (November and December care during the first six weeks Mall Walkers Program moved to third Thursday because of life. The class provides St. Charles Towne Center of holidays) education on newborn health, Supervised, all-weather walking from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. milestones, home safety and with FREE blood pressure Hospital Multipurpose Room basic newborn care. monitoring. Cost: FREE One Thursday a month Cost: FREE 301-877-5560 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. 301-374-9098 Hospital Multipurpose Room Prostate Cancer Registration required. Women and Newborns Support Group 301-877-5740 Center Tours Second Tuesday of every month Hospital Solarium (first floor) from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Prenatal Childbirth Cost: FREE Hospital Multipurpose Room Class & Tour 301-877-5740 Cost: FREE One Saturday a month 301-374-9098 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Weight Loss Surgery Seminar Hospital Multipurpose Room and Support Group Meeting NAMI/Mental Health Support Registration required. Tools, resources and non- Group for Family Members 301-877-5740 judgmental support for battling and Caregivers obesity. Seminar conducted by First Tuesday of every month Smoking Cessation Class bariatric surgeon John Brebbia, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. This course will help educate MD, MBA, FACS, CNSC. Hospital Multipurpose Room and support participants in their Both seminar and support group Cost: FREE quest to take control of their are on the first Monday of 301-429-0970 health and quit smoking now. every month. Every Monday MedStar Health at Brandywine Stroke Support Group from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Lower Level Last Thursday of every month MedStar Health at Brandywine 13950 Brandywine Road from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Community Room Brandywine, MD 20613 Hospital Multipurpose Room 13950 Brandywine Road Seminar: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Registration required. Brandywine, MD 20613 Registration required. Cost: FREE Registration required. Support Group: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. 301-877-5858 Cost: $10 one time fee Walk-ins welcomed. 301-374-9098 Cost: FREE

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Read us online! MedStarSouthernMaryland.org/Health Para acceder esta Revista de Salud en Español, por favor visite MedStarSouthernMaryland.org/Espanol Top Doctor Orthopaedist John P. Byrne, MD, Performs Joint Replacements and Revisions of Previous Hip and Knee Replacements, Brings Mobility and Pain-Free Living to Patients inspires Dr. Byrne, who has been experience with sports injuries, as a working in orthopaedics at MedStar doctor and a father of ten, several Southern Maryland Hospital Center of whom have competed in sports (MSMHC) since 1995. at the college level.

“I enjoy working here at MedStar Dr. Byrne earned his undergraduate Southern Maryland Hospital degree from Virginia Tech. and being a part of this team of He attended medical school, orthopaedic physicians, all of completed a residency in whom trained at Georgetown,” general surgery and completed said Dr. Byrne. “When you’re a an orthopaedic fellowship at patient here, you have orthopaedic Georgetown University. He doctors, rheumatologists, and pain practiced privately before joining management associates all working MSMHC. In 2018, he was named together to care for you, and it’s a Top Doctor in Washingtonian great to be a part of that.” Magazine, an honor voted on by his physician peers. eeing a wheelchair-bound Dr. Byrne has performed hundreds patient come to him in need of joint replacements during his To make an appointment with of a joint replacement, and career, which accounts for around Dr. Byrne, call 866-767-1682. being able to help that 60% of his work. He also performs Sperson regain mobility and walk out-patient shoulder and knee out of his office pain free, is what procedures and has a great deal of