5 WEST CARDIAC CATH & ENDOVASCULAR LAB MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
January 2023, Issue 1
Cath Lab Under New Nursing Management
2nd top from Le , Daleth Koroghlian. 2nd bottom from Le , Nadia Jackson.
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Daleth Koroghlian, RN - Director of Nursing A very warm welcome to Daleth Koroghlian, Director of Nursing, who was a travel nurse in our Cath Lab before assuming her current position. Daleth has a wealth of Cath Lab, Critical Care and Medical-Surgical nursing and management experience at various hospitals throughout the Tri-State region at Valley Hospital, Morristown Medical Center and Chilton Medical Center. Certified in cardiovascular nursing and a nurse since 2010, she is currently pursuing her MSN/DNP in Operational Leadership and MS in Cardiovascular Perfusion both at Quinnipiac University. Nadia Jackson, RN - Supervisor of Nurses Our new and fearless Supervisor of Nurses, Nadia Jackson, also was a nurse in the Cath Lab before assuming her current position. Nadia is certified in Critical Care nursing and has over 15 years of nursing and management experience in a variety of specialty areas which include Telemetry, ED, PACU, MICU, SICU and now in the Cath Lab. She is a veteran nurse at Jacobi, being here since 2007. We are on Our Beacon Journey
During our 1st official Staff Meeting, Daleth and Nadia introduced the Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses as one of our strategic goals over the next few years. The Award recognizes hospital units individually for their commitment to Influence & Recognition, Credibility and Recruitment & Retention among other categories and metrics to measure performance. Establishment of unit committees, preparing nurses for certification and process/workflow improvement in various operational areas are already underway!
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A Warm Welcome from our Cath Lab Medical Director, Seth Sokol, MD, FSCAI
As Chief of Cardiology, Director of the Cardiac Cath Lab, Co-Director of Endovascular Services, Program Director of the Endovascular fellowship at Jacobi and Professor of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Sokol wears many hats in his day-to-day work at Jacobi. Dr. Sokol obtained his MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1997, completed residency and chief residency at Montefiore in 2001 and finished fellowship training at Yale in 2005 in Cardiovascular Diseases, Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular interventions. He is currently board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology from the American Board of Internal Medicine and has prior boards in Echocardiography and Endovascular and Vascular Medicine.
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Welcome to Dr. Prabhjot Singh, our newest full-time Attending!
“Proud to have Dr. Prabhjot Singh on our team, the newest full-time physician member of our Cath Lab. Dr. Singh is a Yale-trained interventional cardiologist with additional expertise in structural and valvular heart disease.” -Dr. Sokol “Would also like to acknowledge the tireless and unwavering dedication of Dr. Michael Grushko (pictured le of Dr. Singh) to our patients, and the success of our program. Dr. Grushko is our Director of Electrophysiology and a physician of many hats.” -Dr. Sokol
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Employee Spotlight: Young Mi ( Judy ) Ju, RN
The Cath Lab Nursing, Management and Provider team would like to recognize Young Mi ( Judy ) Ju, one of our senior nurses, for her skill, vast knowledge, fair leadership, tireless dedication and incredible work ethic. THANK YOU, Judy, for all that you do! “Always willing to help, thatʼs Judy in a nutshell.” -Nadia
“Hardworking, knowledgeable and a dedicated team player, thatʼs who Judy is to me.” -Daleth
“An amazing clinician and person who supports everyone.” -William
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Congrats to Ryan Garrow for his Promotion to Lead Physician Assistant
So well deserved, Ryan! One of the most knowledgeable, skillful and humble clinicians ever.
Welcome Tamara Hall, RN & Paul Kelley, RN, new Agency Nurses to support the Lab!
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Two Patients at Jacobi Enrolled in APEX-AV Study, an Important PE Trial using AlphaVac System from AngioDynamics
Per AngioDynamics, “ APEX-AV is a single-arm Investigational Device Exemption study enrolling patients with confirmed acute, intermediate-risk PE at up to 20 hospital-based sites in the United States . The primary efficacy endpoint of the APEX-AV Study is the reduction in RV/LV ratio between baseline and 48 hours post-procedure. The primary safety endpoint is the rate of Major Adverse Events, including device-related death and major bleeding within the first 48 hours. Patients will be followed for 30 days post-index procedure. We are privileged to have the first patient enrolled in this important PE trial using the AlphaVac F1885 System at Jacobi Medical Center. The procedure time was less than 60 minutes, and we were particularly impressed with the design, control, and navigability that the 18F cannula provides,” said Seth Sokol, MD, Cardiology Specialist, Jacobi Medical Center, and the site Principal Investigator. ”
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Editorʼs Corner William Lee, RN, CCRN Staff Nurse, Cardiac Cath & Endovascular Lab Over the next few newsletters, this section of the newsletter is reserved for my thoughts & commentary on being a new nurse in the Cath Lab @ Jacobi at NYC Health & Hospitals. A little about myself, I have been a nurse since 2016 and practiced in many settings from Med/Surg to Cardiothoracic ICU on the night shi at various hospitals in NYC before finally retiring being a vampire to join the Cath Lab team on the day shi . As a second career RN, I feel that being a bedside nurse is truly a calling for me. Heck, I could be W orking F rom H ome with a better schedule and similar pay in my previous career, but I choose to grind it out at the patientʼs bedside day in and day out. I am passionate about patient care, safety & outcomes and nerd it out in R/Nursing, an online forum for nurses. My hope is that this newsletter be disseminated throughout the Jacobi & NYCHH community to allow others to see the great and life saving work occurring daily by the dedicated and hard working staff of the Cath Lab & Endovascular Team at Jacobi Medical Center.
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