CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System - LiveWell

Summer 2014

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2 christussantarosa.org LiveWell is produced by the CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System Strategic Marketing and Communications Department. President and CEO: Patrick B. Carrier, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System Publisher: Melissa C. Krause, Director, Strategic Marketing and Communications Managing Editor: Pam Quidley, Program Manager CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System locations near you: Children's Hospital of San Antonio 333 North Santa Rosa St. San Antonio, TX 78207 210.704.2011 CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center – Alon 11503 NW Military Hwy., Ste. 122 San Antonio, TX 78230 210.853.1500 CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center – Creekside 244 Creekside Crossing New Braunfels, TX 78130 830.608.5600 CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Foundation 100 NE Loop 410, Ste. 706 San Antonio, TX 78216 210.704.2800 CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Alamo Heights 403 Treeline Park San Antonio, TX 78209 210.294.8000 CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Medical Center 2827 Babcock Rd. San Antonio, TX 78229 210.705.6300 CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – New Braunfels 600 North Union Ave. New Braunfels, TX 78130 830.606.9111 CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Westover Hills 11212 State Hwy. 151 San Antonio, TX 78251 210.703.8000 CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Imaging Center – Alamo Heights 423 Treeline Park, Ste. 100 San Antonio, TX 78209 210.704.0000 CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Physicians Ambulatory Surgery Center – Alamo Heights 423 Treeline Park, Ste. 202 San Antonio, TX 78209 210.829.2600 CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Physicians Ambulatory Surgery Center – Ewing Halsell 7902 Ewing Halsell San Antonio, TX 78229 210.949.6000 CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Physicians Ambulatory Surgery Center – New Braunfels 1738 East Common St. New Braunfels, TX 78130 830.643.8600 CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Physicians Ambulatory Surgery Center – Stone Oak 502 Madison Oak, Ste. 500 San Antonio, TX 78258 210.499.6700 CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Rehabilitation Services – New Braunfels 750 Landa St., Ste. A New Braunfels, TX 78130 830.606.3658 Table of Contents 3 | Let's Talk About Fun! 4 | Multiple Technologies, One Goal 6 | A Brief Intermission 7 | Where Wound Healing Begins 8 | Living History 9 | A Birthday Story 10 | Simplifying Your Surgery Experience 11 | Solving the Sleep Conundrum On the Cover: Elizabeth Huizar, RN-C, labor and delivery nurse at the Children's Hospital of San Antonio and minimally invasive surgery patient at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Medical Center. Staying in the loop with everything going on at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System is as easy as liking us at our official Facebook page: facebook.com/christussantarosa. Facebook "f " Logo CMYK / .ai Facebook "f " Logo CMYK / .ai Dear Friends: As you read this issue of LiveWell, I encourage you to take special note of the unique perspective it presents. Looking to the future, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System is poised at the forefront of medical technology. We also continue to hold our history close, since it reminds us and informs our community about our important mission to extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ. Our feature article highlights the exceptionally skilled surgical talent and specialized services available at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Medical Center. The teams there are providing our friends, neighbors, and loved ones with lifesaving, advanced care. We hope you will find this information comforting, knowing that if you or a family member needs this specialized care it is readily available throughout our CHRISTUS facilities. At CHRISTUS Santa Rosa, technology plays an important role; however, our legacy of compassionate care remains the cornerstone of our daily work. We are celebrating the important and ongoing work of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word with not one but two anniversaries: CHRISTUS Santa Rosa's 145 years of following its mission and 55 years putting children first in South-Central Texas and beyond through what has become the Children's Hospital of San Antonio. I invite you to read about this legacy of service. It has always been an honor and a privilege for us to provide our community with excellent medical care. We look forward to meeting your family's health needs well into the future. Wishing you wellness, Patrick B. Carrier President and Chief Executive Officer CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System ANESTHESIOLOGY Gregory Gaskin, MD Philip Houser, MD BARIATRIC SURGERY Ramiro D. Cavazos, MD John J. Gonzalez, Jr., MD CARDIOLOGY Michael J. Benca, MD Jamison Wyatt, MD FAMILY MEDICINE Edgar Carretero, MD David Santiago, MD GASTROENTEROLOGY Rami G. El-Abiad, MD HOSPITAL MEDICINE Sayed Ali, MD Felicia Armstrong, MD Abdul Asharaf, MD Madhu Badireddy, MD Travis C. Batts, MD Joseph W. Bell, MD Hector Carbajal, MD Michael A. Codiga, MD Whitney A. Hounshell, DO Crystal D. Kelly, MD Adi Klein, MD Charles R. Leach, MD Chirag H. Modi, MD Vasudeva R. Mudipalli, MD Prasada Nalluri, MD Ali Pitafi, MD Damodharan Vaidyanathan, MD HYPERBARIC MEDICINE Marshall Packard, MD INTERNAL MEDICINE Bhagyalakshmi Arvapalli, MD Raymond Fleischer, MD Steven M. Walters, MD NEPHROLOGY Milagros Martinez, MD OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY Amit Patel, MD Jeni Vela, MD ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY Robert U. Hartzler, MD PEDIATRICS Randa Othman, MD OTOLARYNGOLOGY Viet Pham, MD This list encompasses new CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System providers as of June 1, 2014. For a full list of our physicians, call 1.877.250.DOCS (3627) or visit findachristusdoc.org. Physicians are independent contractors and not employees of CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System. Some physicians may be employed by the CHRISTUS Physician Group or the Children's Hospital of San Antonio Physician Group. Welcome, New Physicians CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System is pleased to welcome these new physicians to our medical staff.

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