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A BI-WEEKLY PUBLICATION FROM THE CEDARS-SINAI CHIEF OF STAFF
January 7, 2011 Issue
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Physician NewsGeorge Berci, M.D. ... John Harold, M.D. ... Prediman K. Shah, M.D. ... Rick B. Delamarter, M.D. ... Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Cases and UpdatesIf you suspect your patient has Antiphospholipid Syndrome, the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine offers a test. Click here to read more from the department’s “Cases and Updates” web page. State Selects New Data Collection Vendor for Prescription MonitoringPharmacy Focus California’s Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System, or CURES, is a database that contains all controlled drug history information, including the drug dispensed, drug quantity and strength, patient name, address, prescriber name and authorization number, including the DEA number or prescription number. Meeting and EventsEmeritus Physician Society Lecture Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration The Drug Industry, Clinicians and Responsibility MEC Bylaws UpdatePlease give us your feedback Cedars-Sinai’s medical staff must completely rewrite its constitution and bylaws to meet new Joint Commission requirements that go into effect on March 31, 2011. Among the initial changes, the constitution is being renamed “the bylaws” to meet a Joint Commission requirement. Click “read more” to review suggested revisions to four more sections. E-mail chiefofstaff@cshs.org to provide your feedback. » Read more2 Minutes With … Sumeet S. Chugh, M.D.
» Read more Motown Founder to Speak at King Celebration
» Read more An Expanding Circle
Thome Named Service Line Manager for Heart InstituteKristine Thome, RN, has been named as the service line manager for the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute. She will assume her new role on Monday, Jan. 17. » Read moreFresh Challah Available in the Cafeteria
Kosher challah is now being sold in the Ray Charles Cafeteria on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. All proceeds benefit the Cedars-Sinai Employee Emergency Fund. » Read more© Copyright 2000-2019 Cedars-Sinai Health System. All Rights Reserved.
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An “electrician for the heart,” Dr. Chugh is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of heart rhythm abnormalities and a leader in sudden cardiac arrest research. He serves as associate director for Genomic Cardiology at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, where he is also section chief of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology.
Berry Gordy, founder of Motown Records, will be the guest speaker at the ninth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration presented by the medical staff and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
More than 300 donations were made to Cedars-Sinai’s Circle of Friends program in honor of physicians last year. In November, many of those honorees gathered for a celebration at the Capital Grille.
Nothing is more satisfying than fresh-baked bread – especially fresh-baked challah.