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CHI FRANCISCAN HEALTH /// chifranciscan.org 2 Meet Our New Providers GOUHAR KHAN, MD, FACOG Obstetrics & Gynecology Franciscan Specialty Clinic – Enumclaw 360 8025760 Franciscan Women's Health Associates – Bonney Lake 253 7506000 news briefs CHI Franciscan Health St. Elizabeth Hospital 1455 Battersby Avenue Enumclaw, WA 98022 P 1-888-825-3227 chifranciscan.org THORACIC SURGERY TEAM EARNS TOP QUALITY RATINGS FOR LUNG CANCER SURGERY Thoracic oncology surgeons at St. Joseph Medical Center have earned the elite three- star rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for stage I lung cancer lobectomy (removal of an anatomic portion of the lung). It is the society's highest rating and only awarded to the top 5 percent of thoracic surgery programs in the United States. Thoracic oncology surgeons Baiya Krishnadasan, MD, and Nyen Chong, MD, perform a large volume of these operations at St. Joseph using minimally invasive techniques that can reduce pain and speed recovery times. The three-star designation reects results signicantly better than national average for 30-day mortality and length of hospital stay after lobectomy for lung cancer for the period from January 2012 through December 2014. "Our three-star rating rmly establishes the lung cancer surgeryprogram at St. Joseph Medical Center as one of the bestinthe nation," said Baiya Krishnadasan, medical director, thoracic oncology. CORNERSTONE CAFÉ AND CATERING St. Elizabeth Hospital has always oered excellent cuisine to patients, visitors and employees. Snacks, handcrafted salads and sandwiches, and hot meals are available at St. Elizabeth's Cornerstone Café, which features delicious, well-prepared, heart-healthy food and an outdoor, landscaped patio with a view of Mount Rainier. The café is open at meal times seven days a week with grab-and-go items, espresso and grill items available between meal times. The dietary sta brings this to the community through Cornerstone Catering, which oers professional catering services to the general public for meetings and events. For catering information, call (360) 802-8375.Visit chifranciscan.org/cornerstone for a printable coupon good for 10 percent o your dine-in purchase at Cornerstone Café. 3-STAR RATINGS Society of Thoracic Surgeons CHERYL CARNEY, CNM, ARNP Obstetrics & Gynecology LESLIE SCHEAR, CNM, ARNP Obstetrics & Gynecology Franciscan Women's Health Associates – Enumclaw 360 8025760 Franciscan Women's Health Associates – Bonney Lake 235 7506000