Mark Lieffring, D.C., from Moose Lake, Minnesota, became the first chiropractor in that state to receive formal hospital privileges. Mercy Hospital and Health Care Center in Moose Lake has appointed Dr.
The hospital's medical staff, administrative staff, and hospital board all reviewed Dr. Lieffring's application. Said Dr. Raymond Christensen, medical director of the hospital, "This decision was made only after very careful consideration of Dr. Lieffring's education and training, requested privileges and established working relationship with our medical staff."
Palmer Community Outreach Program Treats Elderly at CASI
The Palmer College of Chiropractic (PCC) Community Outreach Program will now provide care for the elderly at the Center for Aging Services, Inc. (CASI) in Davenport, with at least five student externs providing free care every Monday.
Outreach Director Dr. Jeanne Black first approached CASI last November, bearing a letter of recommendation from the resident nurse at Project NOW (a social services agency in the Illinois Quad-Cities). "We were turned down because of lack of space at the facility," Dr. Black said. But later, she was appointed to serve on the Technical Advisory Council for Social Services for CASI: then the executive director at CASI became a patient at the Palmer clinics, with excellent results. "Those two aspects, combined with programs restructured at CASI, secured our relationship," reported Dr. Black.
The Community Outreach Program has doubled in the last year, with 211 active patients in 1992, compared to the 109 in 1991. In addition to the CASI site and Project NOW, the program also serves agencies such as the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center, the Salvation Army Quad-Cities Family Center and Neighborhood Place.
(from left): Dr. Marino "Bud" Passero, Ms. Molly Donvan, Dr. Edwin Kenrick, and NYCC President Dr. Kenneth W. Padgett cut the ribon at the NYCC's Ernest G. Napolitano Postgraduate Center adjacent to the Levittown Health Center.
New York Chiro Council Chooses "Chiropractor of the Year"
The New York Chiropractic Council has chosen Dr. Steven S. Jonas of Bellmore, New York as the organization's "Chiropractor of the Year," bestowing upon him the council's highest honor, the Beacon Award. A 1977 graduate of NYCC, Dr. Jonas serves as chairman to the council's Insurance Relations committee, Awards Committee, and co-chairs the Membership Committee. He is also business editor of the council's journal, New Directions.
SESNA to Hold Conference in February
The Surface EMG Society of North America (SESNA) has scheduled a two-day conference, "Surface EMG: Applications in Physical Medicine" February 6-7 in San Antonio, Texas. Topics will include applications in stroke rehabilitation; industrial ergonomic and on-task training; EMG instrumentation and the surface EMG signal; SEMG rehabilitative and industrial medicine; overuse and carpal tunnel syndromes. Among the presenters will be Charles Argubright, D.C.; Charles Felder, P.T.; Glenn Kasman, M.S., P.T.; M. Sabbahi, P.T.; Jeanette Tries, M.S., O.T.; Will Taylor, M.D.; Dan Skubick, M.D.; and Jeffrey Cram, Ph.D. For more information contact SESNA at (916) 292-9236.
DC Takes Third-Place in Continental U.S. Ultra Triathlon
Dr. Robert DeStefano, a Palmer graduate who resides in New Jersey, came in third-place among 50 triathletes from all over the country in the Continental United States Ultra Triathlon held October 10th in Cambridge, Maryland. The race is an event equivalent to the well-known Hawaiian Ironman in which competitors must consecutively complete a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle race, followed by a 26.2-mile marathon. Dr. DeStefano finished the grueling course in 11 hours and three minutes.
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