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Carol Aaron returns to PeaceHealth; Ruth Williams-Brinkley is president of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc.
VANCOUVER – PeaceHealth has named Carol Aaron and Ruth Williams-Brinkley to its system Board of Directors.
With more than 30 years of healthcare experience, Aaron’s deeply held commitment to community health as well as her passion for organizational talent development makes her a valuable addition to the PeaceHealth system board.
Carol Aaron
Aaron returns to PeaceHealth as a member of the Board of Directors. She retired from her role as PeaceHealth’s executive vice president and chief administrative officer at the end of 2019 after nine years of service. As the chief administrative officer, she was responsible for Human Resources, Mission Services, Governance, Marketing and Communications, and Business Integration. She successfully implemented mission, business and talent strategies to accelerate PeaceHealth moving to an integrated
Dr. Elizabeth Connick
Dr. Elizabeth Connick, professor and fellowship program director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, was presented with the 2020 Constance B. Wofsy Womenâs Health Award at the AIDS Clinical Trials Group virtual awards ceremony in November.Â
She is a renowned immunologist best known for her work studying HIV replication in lymphoid tissues and HIV in women and girls. In addition, Connick served on numerous HIV/AIDS-related committees and boards for the NIH, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other organizations.Â
âIt is the greatest honor of my life,â Connick said. âConstance Wofsy was an amazing person. She was one of those people who jumped in to treat people with AIDS very early in the epidemic in San Francisco and one of the first to recognize that HIV affected women.âÂ
Banner delaying some elective surgeries due to COVID-19
Decisions made on a hospital by hospital basis By Bud Foster | December 23, 2020 at 6:30 PM MST - Updated December 23 at 7:22 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Banner Health says it is delaying some elective surgeries because nearly six-in-ten of its beds are being used for COVID-19 patients- higher than the state average.
“I want to remind you that elective surgeries can include things like mastectomies, gallbladder surgeries and hip replacements,” said Marjorie Bessel, the Chief Clinical Officer for Banner. “These are medically necessary procedures that, if delayed for too long, can result in medical complications that require hospitalization and intensive care.”