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FEATUR ED in this issue:
LiveWell is produced by the CHRISTUS
Shreveport-Bossier Health System Marketing
Department and CHRISTUS Foundation
Shreveport-Bossier.
Dana Smelser, Director of Marketing and
Business Development
Jordan Harris, Marketing & PR Coordinator
Amy S. Heron, Foundation Executive Director
Jane Hudson, Development Specialist
Margo Clendenin, Children's Miracle
Network Hospitals Program Director
Contributing Photographer: Mollie Corbett
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discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin,
age, disability, or sex. For more information, see link on
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Summer
Kerry Tynes, M.D.,
OB-GYN
3
Jode Jann
Burgin, M.D.
FAMILY MEDICINE
6
Gretchen
Petterway, M.D., FAAP
PEDIATRICS
6
Casey Aaron, PA-C
CERTIFIED PHYSICIAN
ASSISTANT
6
3
A Day for
Docs
6
Care for
the Whole
Crew
8
Achieving
New
Milestones
9
Happy 5th
Birthday
to Us
11
Work Out
Any where
5
ON
THE
COVER:
Casey
Aaron,
PA-C,
Jode
Jann
Burgin,
M.D.,
and
Gretchen
Petterway,
M.D.,
FAAP
bring
CHRISTUS
Primary
Care
Partners
to
the
community.
For the second year in a row, the Women's Choice
Award®, America's trusted referral source in
health care, named CHRISTUS Shreveport-
Bossier Health System among America's Top
Hospitals for best in care for Bariatric Surgery,
Obstetrics and Cancer Care. Adding to the list
of accolades, the hospital was recognized this
year among the top 2 percent of hospitals — out of
more than 3,000 nationwide — for patient safety.
The award is based on unique evaluations
of infection rates as well as primary research
about women's health care preferences. This is
the only award of its kind that combines clinical
excellence with patient satisfaction in its criteria.
"At CHRISTUS, we offer a unique promise to
our community where patient care is inspired
by our mission, and patient safety is our top
priority," says Isaac Palmer, chief executive
officer for CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier
Health System. "We are honored to be named one
of America's Best Hospitals for Patient Safety."
First in Safety
christushealthsb.org | Summer 2017
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