DOCTOR

DOCTOR
Veterinary medicine
Christine R. (Rouser) Brandon, daughter of Mona and Grant Rouser of Youngstown, has received her doctor of veterinary medicine degree from the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
She is a 2000 graduate of Youngstown State University and a 1996 graduate of Ursuline High School. Dr. Brandon is an intern with Affiliated Animal Care in Chesapeake, Va., for the next year. She then plans to pursue a residency in radiation oncology. She and her husband, Jeremy, live in Columbus.
AWARDS
Relay for Life record
Trumbull and Mahoning counties have received the American Cancer Society's national Pack the Track Awards for having the most cancer survivors in their population groups participate in their 2005 Relay for Life events.
Trumbull County had 2,218 cancer survivors at five Relays in the population bracket of 150,000 to 249,999, up from 1,465 in 2004, said Al Stabilito, public relations director for the ACS Eastern Ohio area.
Mahoning County, with a population of 250,019, had the most survivors, 1,096, in the population group of 250,000 to 499,999. Mahoning Relays had 747 in 2004.
St. E's: consumers' choice
The National Research Corporation has recognized St. Elizabeth Health Center as a 2005/06 Consumer Choice Award winner.
The award identifies hospitals that health care consumers have chosen as having the highest quality and image in 180 markets throughout the United States, according to NRC.
Of the 3,000 hospitals named by consumers in the study, the winning facilities rank highest in their Metropolitan Statistical Areas, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. The 2005/06 NRC Health Care Market Guide study surveyed more than 200,000 households representing 400,000 consumers in the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia.
"This award means a great deal, because it's from our community -- the people we serve," said Robert Shroder, president and chief executive officer of Humility of Health Partners, parent company of St. Elizabeth.
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