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Welcome to PRESBYWOOD!

Tonya Giles, Tawanna Johnson, Tessa Covert, Sheila Thompson, and Jeremy Taylor

On Thursday, May 10, Nurse Managers held an event to honor all of PPMC’s nursing stars. Our nursing stars were welcomed to PRESBYWOOD on a red carpet, were photographed in our PRESBYWOOD Photo Studio and were then invited to spend a relaxing evening with refreshments and dancing to tunes played by our very own DJ. Nurse managers paid homage to all of the nursing stars as servant leaders.

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Heartfelt Thanks

Last month, Environmental Services Associate Tony Maddox overheard Nicole Leighton, BSN RN, Clinical Nurse II, discharging a patient with an ankle fracture and no way to get home. Tony gave the patient his weekly transpass and would not acc...Full story

National Doctors’ Day [SLIDESHOW]

PPMC hosted its annual Doctors’ Day Breakfast, March 30, to celebrate National Doctors’ Day. Physicians and residents came to the Wright-Saunders rotunda to enjoy a delicious breakfast and socialize with colleagues and members of hospital a...Full story

Phase one of Penn Medicine's Strategic Planning Completed

The first phase of Shaping the Future, Penn Medicine’s strategic planning process, came to an end last month. To recap: six working groups of Penn Medicine faculty and administrative staff members are developing ideas and projects that wi...Full story

Easter Egg Hunt [SLIDESHOW]

Local children took to Saunders Park on Saturday, April 7, for an Easter egg hunt and other holiday festivities. Organized by the Catalyst for Change Church in West Philadelphia, the afternoon featured face painting, hula-hooping and games ...Full story

March Presby Star Winners

Congratulations to the March 2012PresbySTAR winners, who each received $100 and a certificate recognizing theirPresbySTAR status. Laconia Fletcher - GI Karen Lane - Nursing Kathleen Breslin - Behavioral Health Kelly Becker - Nursing Li...Full story

Remembering Ms. Willie Lassiter

Ms. Willie Lassiter, who was thought to be the third-oldest Pennsylvania and the second-oldest Philadelphian, died on April 9. She was 111 years old. A resident of West Philadelphia since moving with her husband from North Carolina in 1926,...Full story

Heartfelt Thanks

At 2 a.m. on March 30, Officer Alonzo Hugh, PPMC Security, and Mary Ponzio RN, CEN, responded to a call to help a casino bus that pulled into the PPMC driveway. Upon arrival, Ponzio noticed a woman was unresponsive with no pulse or spontane...Full story

The Medical Laboratory Professionals at PPMC - Doing Our Best with Every Test

Did you know that nearly 70 percent of the information in a patient’s medical chart comes from the laboratory?The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at PPMC invites the hospital community to take a closer look behind the scenes...Full story

Presby Celebrates Earth Day & Eco-Stars

PPMC Eco-reps will have have tables set up in the cafeteria hallway on April 25, 26, and 27 to present PPMC’s new Ecostars program and other green initiatives. Presby Eco-stars is a way for every unit, floor, lab, and office to be recogniz...Full story

Annual Benefits Open Enrollment April 16 - 29, 2012

Open Enrollment is here and UPHS is rewarding employees who don’t use tobacco products or who are on the road to quitting tobacco use, as well as for healthy behaviors. During Open Enrollment you have the opportunity to receive anearned pre...Full story