By: Virginia Hospital Center
April 28, 2021
Virginia Hospital Center Chair of Emergency Medicine Selected as Medical Director of the Year by Alteon Health
Virginia Hospital Center (VHC), a community-based hospital providing medical services to the Washington, DC metropolitan area for 75 years, is pleased to announce Michael Silverman, MD, FACEP, chair of emergency medicine, was recently selected as one of five 2020 Facility Medical Directors of the Year by Alteon Health, the industry-leading national medical group that has managed VHC’s emergency medicine program since 2001.
The award honors medical directors from across Alteon’s more than 125 clinical sites who exhibited exemplary leadership and professionalism in 2020, mentoring their physicians and advanced practice providers while improving department performance. Throughout 2020, Dr. Silverman played a critical role in VHC’s COVID-19 Task Force, led the physical adaptation of the Emergency Department to safely meet pat
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MedStar Georgetown’s School Health Center at Anacostia High
Michelle Francis walked past a student one morning at Anacostia High School where she works at a clinic run by MedStar Georgetown University Medical Center then looked back to see him stuff a sleeping bag and duffel into the bushes. Suspecting that the student was homeless, she worked with clinic and school staff to connect him and his family to housing.
“As a nurse, we are trained to be observant,” says Francis, 55, who has been an LPN for 11 years. “I might take a blood pressure and notice cutting on the arm. We had another student, her clothes were dirty. She said her parents didn’t have money for detergent.”
Dr. Erica Anderson Named as One of Arlington Magazine s 2021 Top Doctors
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The Naderi Center expressed congratulations for Dr. Anderson.
The Naderi Center is proud to announce that Dr. Erica Anderson has been selected for Arlington Magazine’s bi-annual Top Doctors List for 2021. RESTON, Va. (PRWEB) April 22, 2021 The Naderi Center is proud to announce that Dr. Erica Anderson, one of the center’s renowned plastic surgeons specializing in breast and body procedures, has been selected for Arlington Magazine’s bi-annual Top Doctors List for 2021. Dr. Anderson will be featured in the July/August 2021 Health & Well-being issue of the magazine, which will begin circulation on June 15th.
Healthier lifestyle more into focus : Pandemic shows power of physical, mental health Victoria Sanchez
Nearly 31 million COVID-19 cases are putting health at the forefront of many American lives.
“Especially age groups that didn’t think they were vulnerable, I think have seen that their health can be jeopardized,” said Dr. Steven Woolf, director emeritus at the Virginia Commonwealth University s Center on Society and Health.
Mental health care is seeing a surge too, says clinical psychologist Dr. Amy Bowers.
“I am busier than I’ve ever been,” she said.
Over the past year, people tried to understand what underlying medical conditions could put them at greater risk of COVID-19.