
Fist Bump for Samantha Teabout
Samantha did an outstanding job assisting Dr. Cain Dimon with his NCMB license and credentialing work at Duke. Her tireless effort allowed him to get through credentialing without delay. Thank you, Sam! - Drs. Kevin Vorenkamp and Cain Dimon
Fist Bump for Shibu Edward, Melanie Ellers, Jennifer Parsons, Jessica Salyer, Taylor Scott, Connie Storholt, and Deanna Walters
It's National Nurse Practitioner Week! Nurse practitioners are invaluable members of our health care team. Thank you for providing the highest quality of care for our patients. We celebrate our exceptional nurse practitioners: Shibu Edward, Melanie Ellers, Jennifer Parsons, Jessica Salyer, Taylor Scott, Connie Storholt, and Deanna Walters for all you do! – Kevin Vorenkamp, MD
Fist Bump for Timothy Miller, MB, ChB and Russell-John Krom, MD
A shout out to Drs. Krom and Miller for their help getting an especially emergent case safely started in the cardiac ORs in the middle of the night last week. We couldn't have done it without you! - Anne Cherry, MD
Fist Bump for Negmeldeen Mamoun, MD
Shout out to Dr. Mamoun for taking the time to provide the ACTA fellows an outstanding lung isolation workshop. We appreciate your enthusiasm, organization, encouragement and expertise. Thank you! - Joseph Kamassai, MD
Fist Bump for Christopher Keith
Thank you for the time you are taking with me to create the Critical Care Medicine Division newsletter. I appreciate all of your help and continued technical support. The teamwork means a lot during these times! - Niccola Piscitelli
Fist Bump for Deborah Stoia, PA-C
Happy Physician Assistant Week, Deb! Physician assistants are invaluable members of our health care team and work with physicians in our Pain Medicine Division to ensure the highest quality of care for patients. Thank you Deb for all you do! - Kevin Vorenkamp, MD
Fist Bump for Samantha Teabout
Thank you, Sam, for being so helpful to get my two postdocs recently through the hiring process (even working around COVID limitations and documentation snags) and on-boarded. You have consistently been so responsive, efficient, and kind. It's always a pleasure working with you! - Katherine Martucci, PhD
Fist Bump for Nazish Hashmi, MD & Yasmin Maisonave, MD
Thank you for helping me with OR coverage and numerous schedule swaps so that I could deal with recent life events. Our division has the best colleagues ever, and Nazish & Yasmin are shining examples of this selflessness and camaraderie! - Rebecca Klinger, MD
Fist Bump for Brad Taicher, DO, Dhanesh Gupta, MD, Jeanna Blitz, MD, Gavin Martin, MB ChB
Thank you to my colleagues for answering our never-ending COVID testing questions so promptly and for being so reasonable in special circumstances. It's a thankless job that you have all done so well! Our peds team appreciates you...thanks. - Alison Ross, MD
Fist Bump for Melinda Macalino
Thank you for all you do for the staff assistants during this unprecedented time. Your help does not go unnoticed. - Niccola Piscitelli