Vascular Medicine Team Contributes to Unique Approach of Jefferson Vascular Center
In: Jefferson Surgical Solutions, 2019
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Patients who need vascular care enjoy “one-stop shopping” at the Jefferson Vascular Center (JVC), which offers appointments with medical and surgical experts, as well as access to a vascular diagnostic lab and endovascular suites for routine and complex interventional procedures. The JVC is co-led by surgeon Paul J. DiMuzio, MD, MBA, and internist Geno J. Merli, MD. Dr. Merli’s Vascular Medicine team consists of Luis H. Eraso, MD, Taki Galanis MD, Walter K. Kraft, MD, and Geoffrey O. Ouma, DO, as well as Lynda Thompson, Pharm D, nurse practitioners Dina Orapallo and Heather Yenser, and support staff Julia Spross and Veronika Dubrovina. In addition to offering care in Center City and at Jefferson Methodist Hospital in South Philadelphia, Dr. Merli and his team provide 24/7 consultative services for vascularrelated disorders in patients at Jefferson, Methodist and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience. The Vascular Medicine team also offers specialty services. For example, Thompson, the Center’s pharmacist, supports the Jefferson Anti- Thrombotic Service for managing patients on blood-thinning medications, while Dr. Galanis and Orapallo run a special program for patients with peripheral artery disease. Dr. Merli’s team is also at the forefront of research in vascular medicine. Jefferson is a founding member of the Pulmonary Embolism Response Team Consortium (PERT), a national organization that advocates a team approach to caring for patients who come into hospitals with blood clots in their lungs. When such a patient is admitted, an alert goes out to PERT members, who use secure messaging to assemble a team with representation from pulmonary critical care, vascular medicine and interventional radiology. “We then get on the phone to discuss the patient or visit the patient in person. By following the PERT procedures, we’ve reduced length of stay in the ICU and in the hospital,” Dr. Merli explains, adding that PERT treated their 100th patient earlier this year. Another benefit of PERT Consortium membership is the ...
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Vascular Medicine Team Contributes to Unique Approach of Jefferson Vascular Center
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Zeitschrift: | Jefferson Surgical Solutions, 2019 |
Veröffentlichung: | Jefferson Digital Commons, 2019 |
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