Local pediatric surgery

Local pediatric surgery

BOARDMAN

Beginning in August, Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley will add general pediatric surgery to the surgical services offered at the Kikel Center for Pediatric Surgery located on its Beeghly campus, enabling non-urgent, surgical procedures for newborns, children and teens to be performed locally.

Other elective procedures offered include dental; ear, nose and throat; gastroenterology; ophthalmology; orthopedic; reconstructive/plastic, and urology.

Previously, families needed to travel outside the area for these procedures, said Dr. Elena Rossi, associate chair of pediatrics and neonatologist at Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley.

Valley podiatrist to be included in textbook

BOARDMAN

The next generation of orthopedic and podiatric surgeons around the world may be studying from a textbook written, in part, by a pair of Youngstown-area podiatric physicians.

Dr. Lawrence A. DiDomenico, managing partner at Ankle & Foot Care Centers, authored three chapters in the recently published “International Advances in Foot and Ankle Surgery” textbook being used in medical and podiatry schools globally. Dr. Thomas Groner, also of Ankle & Foot Care Centers, co-authored two of the three chapters.

Dr. DiDomenico, who has written portions of numerous textbooks, is completing three chapters for another textbook to be published this fall. He practices out of Ankle & Foot Care Centers’ Boardman, Northside (Youngstown) and East Liverpool offices.

Violence prevention award granted

YOUNGSTOWN

The Frank and Pearl Gelbman Charitable Foundation, through Huntington National Bank, trustee, has awarded Help Hotline Crisis Center a $5,000 grant to support operations for the Tri-County Family Violence Prevention Coalition’s Workplace Domestic Violence Training Program.

The donation supports the coalition’s efforts to engage the business community in a training program that is both an investment in workplace safety and a long-term cost-saving mechanism.

$1,700 in funds raised

SOUTHINGTON

The 10th annual Warren Harley Owners Group (HOG) coordinated cycle event raised $1,700 for the Camelot Center, 3498 Barclay- Messerly Road, Southington, a nonprofit equine assisted therapeutic riding program.

The donation was presented to The Camelot Center at the organization’s monthly meeting at Longboyz in Champion. The run was also supported by volunteers, a $500 donation from KOHLS, Longboyz Tavern, which donated staff and food valued at $400, and DJ Mary Beth McGuffey, who provided entertainment free of charge. Warren HOG members Mary and Tom McCimmon donated a western saddle to The Camelot Center, and the organization’s board served dinner to participants.

HMHP awarded for environmental efforts

YOUNGSTOWN

Humility of Mary Health Partners is one of 10 health-care organizations in Ohio to receive the Melvin Creeley Environmental Leadership Award for 2012. The award, presented by the Ohio Hospital Association (OHA), recognizes hospitals that promote sound environmental practices through environmental stewardship and exemplify best practices for other hospitals to emulate. This is the second consecutive year Humility of Mary Health Partners has received the award named after Melvin Creeley, retired president and chief executive officer of East Liverpool City Hospital.

X-ray department recognized

EAST LIVERPOOL

River Valley Health Partners East Liverpool City Hospital’s radiology department was recognized for patient safety and imaging quality by the American College of Radiology (ACR) with its Gold Seal Award for meeting ARC’s guidelines and standards.

Computerized Tomography, also known as CT or CAT scans, is a medical imaging procedure that can be used as an alternative to exploratory surgery. It generates a three-dimensional image for an area of the body from a series of two dimensional x-rays.

Scholarship awards

New Castle, Pa.

New Castle High School senior Victoria Evans and Union High School senior Katarina Clark are recipients of the 2012 Jameson Health System Scholarship Award. Evans is the daughter of Vince Evans. Clark it the daughter of Bobbi Clark.