St. John West Shore Hospital has announced the expansion of its Pain Management Center. The Center will offer extended hours and a wider array of state-of-the-art pain management services as it welcomes two new additions to its medical staff. Salim Hayek, MD, PhD, and Patrick McIntrye, MD, JD, have joined Abdallah Kabbara, MD, medical director of the hospital’s Pain Management Center, in providing interventional pain management.
In order to ensure patient satisfaction, the Pain Management Center is now open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for the treatment of acute, chronic and cancer pain. In the majority of cases, patients will be seen within 24 to 48 hours by a pain management professional who has received training through University Hospitals. This expanded coverage allows the Center’s multidisciplinary staff to provide specialized care for more patients while shortening patient waiting times.
"Whatever a patient’s source of pain, they receive comprehensive evaluations and treatment plans tailored specifically for them," said Dr. Kabbara. "Since we have seen a rise in patients who suffer from chronic pain, we saw a need to offer more services. So our expansion is in direct response to community needs."
With the additions of Dr. Salim Hayek and Dr. Patrick McIntrye, the Center now offers three highly trained pain management professionals dedicated to providing advanced care.
Dr. Kabbara is Board Certified in anesthesiology and pain management and has been practicing with St. John West Shore Hospital’s Pain Management Center since 2005. In addition, Dr. Kabbara has extensive experience in radiofrequency ablation of the neck, thorax, back and peripheral nerves. He also inserts and maintains intrathecal pumps and spinal cord stimulators, as well as provides nucleoplasty and discograms. Dr. Kabbara is currently an assistant professor and anesthesia consultant at Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Salim Hayek is Board Certified in anesthesiology and pain medicine and currently serves as the Division Chief of Pain Medicine at University Hospitals. His specific areas of focus include the treatment of cancer and neuropathic pain, complex regional pain syndrome and failed back surgery syndrome. Dr. Hayek currently serves an associate professor at Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Patrick McIntyre brings with him advanced training in pain management, specializing in the treatment of cervical and lumbar spine pain, as well as complex regional pain syndrome. As an instructor at Case Western Reserve University, he is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology.
Together, the Pain Management Center staff treats a wide variety of conditions including:
The range of procedures and innovative therapy options the Center offers includes:
In addition to keeping on top of the latest pain management techniques, The Pain Management Center will also undergo a number of facility upgrades within the next few months. As a result, the Hospital expects to triple the current square footage to provide additional exam and treatment rooms. In 2008, all three of the Center’s physicians will participate in educational programs in an effort to create community awareness and answer questions regarding pain.
For more information on the Pain Management Center at St. John West Shore Hospital, please call Vicky Fleming at 440-827-5058.
St. John West Shore Hospital has announced the appointments of Dr. Gale Hazen and Dr. Mario Sertich as co-medical “spine” directors of the hospital’s newly opened Spine & Orthopedic Center. In their new roles, Dr. Hazen and Dr. Sertich will jointly oversee all medical and clinical aspects of the “spine” center. Cliff Coker, president of St. John West Shore Hospital, made the announcement.
“We are extremely pleased to have Drs. Hazen and Sertich leading the Spine & Orthopedic Center’s team of highly-skilled surgeons and multidisciplinary experts,” Coker said. “They both possess exemplary reputations in their field, as well as extraordinary clinical and surgical talents that position them to effectively lead the development of The Spine & Orthopedic Center.”
Dr. Hazen, a Board Certified neurosurgeon, is a graduate of Rush Medical College. He completed his training at the Neuropsychiatric Institute and the University of North Dakota School of Medicine in Fargo, N.D. in 1978. He served as a clinical assistant professor at The University of North Dakota from 1982 to 1991. For the past 15 years, Dr. Hazen has been in practice with Neurological Services Inc., serving Lorain and Western Cuyahoga counties. Dr. Hazen is an active member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the National Association of Spine Surgeons, the Ohio State Neurosurgical Society, the Ohio State Medical Association and the Lorain County Medical Society. Additionally, he serves as an Ohio State Medical Association state delegate and Ohio State chairman of organized medical staff section and is a Colonel in the United States Air Force Reserves.
Dr. Sertich is a Board Certified neurosurgeon who has practiced neurosurgery in Lorain County since 1981. He joined Neurological Services Inc., after graduating from the Baylor Neurosurgery training program in Houston, Texas. The Medtronic Corporation is currently evaluating his recent United States patent of a spinal fusion cage. Dr. Sertich currently serves as the secretary of the Ohio Neurosurgical Society. He is also an active member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the National Association of Spine Surgeons, the Ohio State Neurosurgical Society, the Ohio State Medical Association and the Lorain County Medical Society.
Recognizing that access and convenience are equally
critical factors in improving a patient’s overall experience with our Hospital, we now offer a free Community Shuttle Service. The St. John West Shore Hospital shuttle is available for transportation to and from the Hospital forinpatient and outpatient hospital services, dialysis, and for patients being discharged.
The shuttle will also provide transportation to our three off-site satellite facilities that provide imaging and lab services, as well as cardiac pulmonary rehabilitation and physical and occupational therapy. Service will be provided to residents in Avon, Avon Lake, North Ridgeville, North Olmsted, Westlake, Bay Village, Rocky River and Fairview Park from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Patients can simply call our on-site coordinator Dean Ziem at (216) 275-1252 to schedule transportation.
St. John West Shore Hospital was recently visited by team members of the Lake Erie Monsters who stopped by to spend time with patients and autograph items for hospital employees in the Cafeteria. St. John West Shore Hospital is the "Hospital of Choice" for the Lake Erie Monsters.
Several of the Monsters - Dan DaSilva, Mark McCutcheon, Wes O'Neill, Kenny Roche and Steve Margeson - spent time with patients to encourage speedy recoveries. Play-by-play broadcaster John Michael and mascot Sullivan C. Goal also joined them.
The players visited several areas of the hospital, including the Pediatrics, The Spine & Orthopedic Center, and Coronary Care - Step Down. In addition to interacting with patients, team members listened to their stories as well as shared their own. Many team members encouraged patients to attend a game when they are in better health. The Monsters presented a hat and blanket for every patient.
At the end of rounding with patients, players headed down to the cafeteria to sign autographs for hospital employees. Staff members were encouraged to bring their own family and friends to meet the team and pose for pictures.
All in all, it was a great day for the hospital and demonstrated the community spirit of the Monsters. Go Monsters!
St. John West Shore recently celebrated the Grand Opening of its new Spine and Orthopedic Center.
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