1. Very warm welcomes are
extended to Eileen Scharfenberg and Gishali Gamage, who are the two Clinical
Resource Nurses on 5A Cardiology/Post-Procedure at SBH. Each of them brings
significant cardiac experience to this role.
2. Please also welcome
Joanne Moiny, who started last month at SBH as a casual secretary in the
program. We know Joanne from an internship she completed with us in 2015, and
are very pleased to have her join us in this capacity!
3. A new educational event
will take place at the end of this month:
Attendees will gain invaluable
information about arrhythmias, devices (pacemakers & defibrillators) and
patient management. In addition to excellent local presenters, the day will
feature Dr. Andrew Krahn, an internationally recognized expert in the management
of cardiac arrhythmias.
Please share this information with
any colleagues who may be interested. Those who are unable to attend in
Winnipeg can attend via MBTelehealth by contacting their local telehealth
representative to arrange connection.
4. The Echo Department at
SBH is pleased to announce the hiring of 3 new casual Cardiac Sonographers to
our staff. Elissa Omiecki, Jessica Wright and Laura Ans have all just recently
graduated from the Red River College Cardiac Sonographer program and we are
excited to have them join our department! Please help us welcome them to the
Cardiac Sciences Program.
5. For those who use the SBH
EPR: You will notice the following update/additions regarding Cardiac
Diagnostic tests: Holter/Event Monitor order requisition has been updated; SAEKG
and Tilt Table Test are both new orders in EPR. Please note that these 2 tests
can only be ordered by an Arrhythmia physician or their
trainee/delegate.
6. Awards were granted to
two BScMed students who completed their research projects in the Section of
Cardiac Surgery. Summer Dubreil won an award for Outstanding Clinical Research
Project for her project titled “Long-term outcomes of survivors undergoing
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in Manitoba between 2007 and 2016.” Kyla
Barrie’s project, “TELESCOPE-CS: ThE Long tErm SuCcess Of Prolonged intEnsive care
patients after Cardiac Surgery” earned her both the Dr. J.R.W. Nicholson
prize for
BScMed thesis with scientific merit and the A. Allyn Rossen Award for Best
BScMed Research Thesis. Congratulations to both of these women on their
academic accomplishments!
