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Five UPMC employees were the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Pittsburgh Monday. UPMC received its first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine at 9:15 a.m. at Children’s Hospital in Lawrenceville. The first shipment contained 975 doses; the state of Pennsylvania is slated to receive 100 shipments, equaling 97,500 doses total.
The five workers who got vaccinated in a live-streamed event represented different sectors of the health system’s workforce:
Charmaine Pykosh, 67, advanced nurse practitioner, UPMC Presbyterian
Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, 42, emergency department physician, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Christian Schott, 36, ICU nurse, UPMC Passavant
Ja’Ray Gamble, 29, transporter, UPMC Mercy
Brian Johnson, MD, a longtime physician leader and primary care physician at Allegheny Health Network’s West Penn Hospital, has been named as the hospital’s new president, effective immediately. He has been serving in the role on an interim basis since September. As president of West Penn, Dr. Johnson will work with network leaders, Institute chairs, and on-site clinical leaders to ensure that West Penn provides the highest quality of care and best experience possible to the many patients and communities served by the hospital. He will also help to develop and implement West Penn’s operating, clinical, and community-care strategies going forward.
New comic book celebrates nurses as health care superheroes
Move over Superman, Spiderman and Batman, there are new superheroes in town! And they’re wearing scrubs not capes!
Marvel Comics and Allegheny Health Network (AHN) say they have collaborated to celebrate real-life health care heroes with a new comic book. It’s been developed with advertising agency Doner.
In a year where the coronavirus pandemic has overshadowed everything else, health care workers have emerged as real-life superheroes, risking their own health every day to save the lives of others.
The True Nurse Stories comic book focuses on nurses and their heroism. Each character and story stems from the experiences of real people who provide health care throughout AHN’s 13 hospitals in Western Pennsylvania, serving as amalgams of the dozens of nurses who shared their stories, Marvel comics said in a news release.
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Allegheny Health Network’s president and CEO has been recognized as a top leader in the health care industry.
Cynthia Hundorfean, who has held AHN’s top spot since 2016, was named one of 2020’s 100 most influential people by Modern Healthcare magazine. It’s the second year in a row she has been recognized by the Chicago-based publication.
“I am honored to be included on this list,” Hundorfean said in a news release. “This award reflects the hard work and dedication of all AHN employees, who have helped to transform this organization and provide outstanding care for our patients even while responding to an unprecedented public health crisis.”
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