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46 | wphospitalnews.comIssue No. 10Virtual OfficeWare Announces Hireof Human Resources ConsultantAnita M. GavettVirtual OfficeWare, Inc. (VOW) is pleased to announce theaddition of Anita M. Gavett, PHR to their growing staff. Gavettis VOW’s Lead Consultant for the company’s newly formedHuman Resources Consulting Division. She will lead businessdevelopment, consulting, recruiting and overall division management.Gavett possesses over 15 years of diverse HR experience. Sheis a graduate of La Roche College where she earned her B.S. Degreein Communications along with her Masters Degree inHuman Resources Management. Gavett is a Certified Professionalin Human Resources and is a member of the Society ofHuman Resources Management, Pittsburgh Human ResourcesAssociation and the International Foundation of Employee Benefits.In addition, she volunteers as a Career Coach for the PennsylvaniaOrganization for Women in Early Recovery.For more information, visit www.virtualofficeware.net/HR-Consulting-Services.Sherman Joins Gateway Rehab asChief Financial OfficerGateway Rehab, with facilities in Pennsylvania and Ohio,dedicated to a full continuum of substance-abuse treatment, appointedDavid W. Sherman, CPA, as its Chief Financial Officerand Executive Vice President, Finance.Originally from New York, Sherman’s experience in guidingthe financial needs of healthcare facilities is extensive. Most recentlyhe served as Director of Finance for the West Penn AlleghenyHealth System. His background also includes positionswith University of Pittsburgh/University of Pittsburgh Physiciansand Quorum Health Resources. Earlier in his career, Shermanwas associated with the international accounting firm Pannell,Kerr, Forster & Co. in New York City. A graduate of Ithaca College,where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting,Sherman holds a Masters in Healthcare Administration from theUniversity of Pittsburgh as well. He is a Certified Public Accountantand is a member of the American Institute of CertifiedPublic Accountants.For more information, visit www.gatewayrehab.org.David W. ShermanHealthcare Professionalsin the NewsPitt’s John J. Reilly Named Jack D.Myers Professor and Chair of MedicineJohn J. Reilly Jr., M.D., executive vice chair, Department ofMedicine, has been named the Jack D. Myers Professor andChair, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh. Reillyreplaces Steven Shapiro, M.D., who was named chief medicaland scientific officer of UPMC last year.Dr. Reilly came to Pitt in 2008 as a professor of medicine.He is a prolific researcher who has authored or co-authored morethan 100 peer-reviewed research reports and co-authored chaptersin two of the most well-known textbooks of internal medicine.His areas of interest include the genetic and environmentalfactors associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD) and the role of alveolar macrophage enzymes in emphysema,COPD and lung cancer.Dr. Reilly graduated from Harvard Medical School after earningan undergraduate degree in chemistry from Dartmouth Col-John J. Reilly Jr.lege. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Brighamand Women’s Hospital and later completed a fellowship there in pulmonary and critical care medicine.In 2010, he completed Intermountain Healthcare’s Advanced Training Program in Healthcare DeliveryImprovement.Dr. Reilly’s academic career started at Harvard, where he rose from instructor of medicine to associateprofessor of medicine. He also was an attending physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital,where he served in several roles: medical director of the Lung Transplant Program, the Centerfor Chest Diseases, and the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program; director of the Bronchoscopy Serviceand the Pulmonary Function Laboratory; interim chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical CareMedicine; and vice chairman of Brigham’s Integrated Clinical Services.Dr. Reilly is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and by that Board’s PulmonarySubspecialty Board. He also holds a Board Certificate of Competence in Critical Care, is a Fellow ofthe American College of Physicians, and is a past chair of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteClinical Trials Study Section.For more information, visit www.medschool.pitt.edu.
Issue No. 10 wphospitalnews.com| 47Former PA Health Secretary EveretteJames to Lead Pitt Health PolicyInstituteThe University of Pittsburgh has named professor and AssociateVice Chancellor Everette James, J.D., M.B.A, as the newdirector of its Health Policy Institute (HPI). James joined Pitt lastyear after serving as Pennsylvania’s 25th Secretary of Health.James has served in senior state and federal government policymakingroles and is recognized for his collaborative work formulatingand successfully implementing health policy. Heimplemented Pennsylvania’s first statewide indoor smoking banand the nation’s most comprehensive health care-associated infectionlaw, and helped negotiate the passage of scope-of-practiceexpansions for nurses and physician and dental assistants. Workingwith the Pennsylvania State Board of Education, James successfullyapplied current childhood obesity research to updatethe nutrition and physical activity standards in the PennsylvaniaEverette James School Code.He succeeds Beaufort Longest Jr., Ph.D., who has led HPIsince its inception in 1980.For more information, visit http://www.healthpolicyinstitute.pitt.edu.Baptist Homes SocietyBoard ChairAnnouncedJan O. Wenzel, a shareholder with Buchanan Ingersoll &Rooney PC, has been named chair of the Board of Directors forBaptist Homes Society (BHS), a faith-based, not-for-profit seniorliving and care organization operating two communities—BaptistHomes in Mt. Lebanon and Providence Point in Scott Township.Wenzel has been a member of the BHS Board since 2008.He is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association, includingits Health Law Section. Wenzel’s expertise in health Jan O. Wenzelcare legal matters and issues will be an asset to the organizationas Baptist Homes Society continues to grow and expand services to seniors in the region.For more information, visit www.baptisthomes.org.Healthcare Professionalsin the NewsPitt School of Nursing’s SchubertNamed President of StatewideNursing FoundationMary Rodgers Schubert, M.P.M., B.S.N., director of continuingeducation, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing,has been named president of the Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania(NAP), a nonprofit foundation that aims to improve recruitmentand retention of nurses in the state. NAP also hasnamed three School of Nursing faculty as Nightingale Award finalistsand a post-doctoral student has been awarded a Nightingalescholarship.As the School of Nursing’s director of continuing education,Schubert is responsible for planning, development, implementationand assessment of live and online educational opportunitiesfor professional nurses with a focus on advanced practice, education,leadership and re-entry into practice.NAP was established in 1989 by nursing and health care leadersto increase the supply of nurses to match the rising demand Mary Rodgers Schubertthroughout the state. Each year, the group awards scholarshipsto nurses in the spring, and in the fall honors nurses at an annual awards gala. The nonprofit group isgoverned by a 24-member volunteer board of trustees, consisting of leaders in nursing, business, industryand other health care fields.Pitt school of Nursing Nightingale Award finalists for 2011 include Michael Beach, M.S.N., D.N.P.,assistant professor; Alice Blazeck, B.S.N., M.S.N., D.N.Sc., assistant professor and vice chair for administration;and Annette DeVito Dabbs, Ph.D., F.A.A.N., associate professor and vice chair for research,all of the Department of Acute/Tertiary Care.Elizabeth Crago, M.S.N., a post-doctoral student in Pitt’s Department of Acute/Tertiary Care hasbeen awarded a Nightingale scholarship.This year’s gala is Nov. 4, and proceeds benefit the group’s scholarship program.For more information, visit www.nursing.pitt.edu.Internationally Recognized Expert in Immune Reconstitution Named Chief ofNew Division at Children’s Hospital of PittsburghPaul SzabolcsPaul Szabolcs, M.D., a pioneer in reduced-toxicity cord bloodand marrow transplantation, has been appointed chief of thenewly established Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantationand Cellular Therapies at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh ofUPMC.Under Dr. Szabolcs’ leadership, physicians in the Division ofBlood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapies willdesign and test disease-specific and biologically rational novelreduced-toxicity transplantation regimens for patients with highriskleukemia or lymphoma, and for those afflicted with lifethreateninginherited conditions that can lead to bone marrowfailure, immune deficiency, autoimmune diseases and neurodegenerativeconditions.Dr. Szabolcs, also a professor of Pediatrics at the Universityof Pittsburgh School of Medicine, comes to Pittsburgh fromDuke University Medical Center, where he was as an associateprofessor of pediatrics and immunology. While at Duke, he established an independent research programthat combined basic and clinical investigations focused on understanding the biology of immunereconstitution and alloreactivty after cord blood transplantation and developed immunotherapy strategiesto prevent or treat leukemia relapse after cord blood transplantation.In recent years, Dr. Szabolcs, a National Institutes of Health-funded researcher, has successfullydeveloped novel reduced-toxicity transplant conditioning regimens to improve the safety of cord bloodtransplantation for children afflicted with a variety of non-malignant diseases, including inborn errorsof metabolism, immunodeficiencies, and sickle cell anemia. Most recently, he has turned his attentionto combining unrelated-donor bone marrow transplantation with lung transplantation for curativetreatment of rare immune disorders that result in or cause pulmonary failure.Dr. Szabolcs is a graduate of Semmelweis University School of Medicine in Budapest, Hungary.He completed his residency in pediatrics at New York University School of Medicine and his fellowshipin pediatric hematology/oncology/bone marrow transplantation at Cornell University MedicalCollege and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.For more information, visit www.chp.edu. A Computer Company Dedicated to theMedical and Healthcare CommunityCOMPUTER SUPPORTFOR MEDICAL PRACTICESSpecializing in the support of physician practice computer networks forover 14 years. We are familiar with all PM, EMR, and PACS systems.We are experts on meaningful use, ePrescribing, HIPPA, Dragon NaturallySpeaking and Citrix.412-207-7954 | info@pleasehelpmypc.com | www.pleasehelpmypc.com
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