Health News Briefs
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In People
S tudies
have shown that
Family Physicians can
effectively treat 90 percent of the Sinai's Family
problems presented to them. Physicians
For the other 10 percent, Dr. delivered 125
Kushner says, "It is a primary babies during
function of the Family Physician 1992.
to help the patient find the
appropriate specialist."
While Dr. Kushner boasts of the
"extremely low C-section rate" among the
125 babies his department delivered last year
at Sinai, he swiftly points out the peace of
mind derived from the presence of "a superb
Obstetrics/Gynecology Department and
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at
Sinai."
"I feel real comfortable at Sinai's OB unit,"
says Family Physician Dr. Michael S. Wayne.
He takes that comfort in "the
excellent back-up system in case there are
any problems. Should there be an 0-B emer-
gency or a need for neonatal intensive care,
it's all right there 24 hours a day."
Once the need for specialty care is recog-
nized, "I have confidence in Sinai's ability to
supply it," says Dr. William M. Ross, who
"Here's My Card.
Call Me Anytime"
refers patients to Sinai from his practices in
Plymouth, Garden City and Ypsilanti.
"Sinai's reputation for good medical care
and its superb specialist staff translate into
excellent care for my patients," Dr. Ross says.
When a Family Physician does refer to a
specialist at Sinai, the patient is not merely
plunked into someone else's problem file and
abandoned. "We don't assign our patients
to another physician," says Family Physi-
cian Dr. Samuel Scheinfield, "we oversee and
coordinate those who are consulted in their
care."
Dr. Scheinfield believes that this conti-
nuity of care, combined with a comfortable
environment, high quality of nursing atten-
tion, sensitivity to the patient's needs and
scrupulous follow-up all facilitate recovery.
Sinai Health Care Foundation
families wishing to provide
he Sinai Health Care
permanent funding sources to
T
Foundation was created in
areas of need in the hospital.
1992 to ensure the continued
• Tribute gifts of $5 or
more present the opportunity
to acknowledge a special oc-
casion or memorialize an in-
dividual. Tributes may be
earmarked for a particular
area.
• Annual membership in
the Foundation's Sponsors
Club is available for $50 per
person. These funds are used
for general support.
For more information on
giving opportunities at Sinai
Hospital, please call the De-
velopment Office at 493-5877.
OFFICERS
Bruce Gershenson - Chairman
John Haddow - Vice Chair
Richard Krugel, M.D.
- Vice Chair
Marta Rosenthal - Vice Chair
Richard Roth
- Secretary I Treasurer
Hope Silverman
- Guild President
Richard Sloan - Vice Chair
Leah Snider - Vice Chair
Jerry Soble - Vice Chair
Pola R. Friedman - President
BOARD MEMBERS
A. Arnold Agree
Peter Alter
David S. Aronow
Robert Aronson - Ex-Officio
Herbert A. Aronsson
Mandell Berman
Harold Berry
Louis Berry
Roberta Blitz
Norman Bolton, M.D.
- Ex-Officio
James Colman
Alfred L. Deutsch
I is a great comfort to know that your family doctor manages
your care
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when you are in the hospital. At Sinai, each patient admitted by a Fam-
ily Physician is also followed by a Clinical Nurse Practitioner. These
Nurse Practitioners are R.N.'s with Master's Degrees in primary care
nursing. At Sinai they are your personal representatives. They edu-
cate and counsel you and your family according to your family doctor's in-
structions.
"We're there in the hospital when the doctor may not be," explains
Nurse Practitioner Joan O'Lear. "We give every patient our card so they
can call us anytime on the beeper, private extension or answering ser-
vice."
In addition, Nurse Practitioners can provide primary care in two out-
patient settings — Suite 414 at the Blumberg Health Center on Sinai's
campus and the new Sinai Family Medical Center at 10 Mile and Coolidge
in Oak Park.
Together, the in and outpatient Family Medicine services at Sinai
represent the modern standard for comprehensive, committed and car-
ing health maintenance and administration.
Sinai Hospital is proud to announce the opening of the Sinai Family Med-
ical Center - Oak Park on April 19. Located in Parkwoods Plaza at West Ten
Mile and Coolidge, the Center will provide care for the entire family — from
infants and adolescents to adults and senior citizens. Our family physicians
can even manage pregnancy and deliver your baby. Office hours are 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Wednesday until 7 p.m. and Saturday
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please call 547-0700 fora referral to a Sinai family physi-
cian at this clinic..
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Sinai Hospital is opening a new outpatient Physical Medicine and Reha-
bilitation Center at Crown Pointe Plaza on Greenfield in Oak Park. In ad-
dition to state-of-the-art outpatient physical therapy, a pool is available for
water therapy. The facility is scheduled to open in summer 1993.
Psychiatry
The Department of Psychiatry is preparing a major renovation to its in-
patient unit at Sinai. Completed over five phases, the renovated unit will pre-
sent a hospital environment conducive to patients' treatment and progress
with additional therapy rooms.
Women's Health Lecture Series
Sinai Hospital hosts a free Women's Health Lecture Series from 7 to 9 p.m.
on the first and third Wednesday of each month. The first Wednesday lecture
is held at Sinai Hospital, Zuckerman Auditorium, 6767 West Outer Drive,
Detroit. The third Wednesday lecture is held at Bloomfield Township Library
(BTL), L. H. Green Room, 1099 Lone Pine Road. Upcoming lectures are: April
21 at BTL, Healthy Mothers and Babies: Tests During Pregnancy; May 5 at
Sinai, Women and Stress: "Why Am I So Tired?"; May 19 at BTL, Menopause
and Hormonal Replacement. To reserve a seat for one of these lectures, please
call 1-800-248-3627.
Where Is Sinai?
WEST BLOOMFIELD
Sinai Hospital is centrally
located in metropolitan Detroit
on West Outer Drive just north
of West McNichols / Six Mile
Road and two blocks east of
Greenfield. The main entrance
is off West Outer Drive, and
valet parking is available.
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financial support of Michigan's
only Jewish-sponsored hospi-
tal and to maintain Sinai's tra-
dition of excellence in medical
care, research and teaching.
The Foundation is responsible
for raising and administering
funds to meet the health care
needs of the community.
Among the Foundation's
activities are those carried out
by the Sinai Hospital Guild, a
3,000-member organization
that conducts volunteer pro-
grams and raises and dis-
burses funds for such areas as
immigrant medical care and
cardiology.
Each year, individuals
throughout southeastern
Michigan show their support
of Sinai through gifts to the
Sinai Health Care Founda-
tion. The Foundation's efforts
on behalf of the hospital in-
clude:
• The Heritage Ball, a gala
fundraiser that involves more
than 100 volunteers and 1,000
guests. Co-sponsored by the
Sinai Hospital Guild, this fall
event raises funds for a par-
ticular area of need.•.
• Special campaigns such
as the current Founding 500
drive in which individuals give
$500 to help Sinai continue its
tradition of medical excellence
through equipment purchas-
es and technology. Founding
500 donors are listed on. the
Wall of Honor in the hospital.
• Endowment funds which
offer a variety of giving op-
portunities for individuals and
Burton Farbman
Max Fisher
Marvin Fleischman
Samuel Frankel
Byron Gerson
Marvin Goldman
Irwin Green
Rose L. Greenberg
Joseph C. Honet, M.D.
Arthur Horwitz
Milton Howard
Bill Hunter
Samuel Indenbaum, M.D.
- Ex-Officio
Joseph Jacobson, D.D.S., M.S.
Elige Johnson
Maxwell Jospey
Sheldon Kantor, M.D.*
Leonard Kasle
Emery Klein
Thomas Klein
Hannan Lis GUEST
Beth Lowenstein
Renee Mahler
Cis Maisel-Kellinan
Mervyn Manning - Ex-Officio
Milton Miller
David Mire
Lester Morris
George Nyman
Robert. Orley
David Page -Ex-Officio
Irving Rubin
Phillip S. Schaengold, J.D.
-Ex-Officio
David Schwartz, M.D.
Erwin Simon
Leonard Simons
Craig Singer GUEST
Robert A. Steinberg
Phillip Stollman
George Stutz
Bruce Thal
Norman Wachler
Jerrold Weinberg, M.D.
- Ex-Officio
Harvey Willens
Gertrude Zemon-Gass, Ph.D.
Nurse practitioners like Joan O'Lear,
R.N., right, play an important role in
family medicine by educating and
counseling patients and their families.
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