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A publication of Norton Healthcare November 2010

12th Norton Immediate Care Center

opens at downtown arena
Norton Immediate Care Center – Arena
Plaza opened Oct. 11 in the downtown
Louisville KFC Yum! Center. It represents
Neurologists join staff, p. 4
what is perhaps the first time an urgent care
center is providing health care services to
the public through a multipurpose sports,
arts and entertainment arena. The new
immediate care center is open Monday
through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and
Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is Norton
Healthcare’s 12th Norton Immediate Care
Center in Greater Louisville.
Haitian girl’s lifesaving
heart surgery, p. 8 “Our new center provides convenient
access to walk-in urgent care services for
the approximately 60,000 people who work
downtown,” said Bill Ritchie, system vice
president, Outpatient Services. “This also is
significant for people who live downtown
and for those visiting our community for
“Forty under 40” honorees,
p. 11
Debbie Zegarra and
Anna Newkirk,
director, Norton
Physician Services,
work to get organized
in the new Norton
Immediate Care
Center – Arena Plaza.
conventions, games and shows, and staying
in downtown hotels. Currently they have
very limited options for convenient urgent
care services, meaning they often seek care in
the downtown hospital emergency rooms.”
Norton Immediate Care Center – Arena
Plaza features 1,600 square feet of space. The
facility has an on-site physician, three patient
care exam rooms and X-ray and laboratory
capabilities. It is accessible via an exterior
entrance off Norton Healthcare Plaza, the
area just outside the arena on the Main
Street side, as well as via an elevator from
the parking garage and off the arena’s main
lobby. It employs eight people, including
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Debbie Zegarra, who provides oversight of
operations. Norton Healthcare has partnered
with Yellow Ambulance to staff two Norton- Service
branded first-aid stations, located on the
arena’s Main Concourse (Level 2) and Upper
Concourse (Level 3), during arena events. Quality
Reserved parking spaces for the
immediate care center are available in
the arena parking garage on Third StreetStewardship
between Main Street and River Road. The
new center’s phone number is 446-5050.
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–Steve Menaugh and Cheryl Lockhart

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 STRAIGHT Talk Combined Giving Campaign
From Russell F. Cox • Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Norton Healthcare has a long
history of donating time, resources
and service for the betterment of
our community and its citizens.
Likewise, Norton Healthcare
employees historically have been
very generous in supporting worthy
causes.
Last year Norton Healthcare
employees achieved a new milestone
by giving more than $1 million
to the agencies participating in our Combined Giving
Campaign. It had long been my hope that we would
someday exceed the $1 million mark, and thanks to your
generosity, we did! Now that the bar has been raised, the
million-dollar question is, can we do it again in this year’s
campaign?
Last year Norton Healthcare was the No. 1 employee
campaign supporting the WHAS Crusade for Children, the
No. 4 group supporting the Fund for the Arts and one of the
top 20 organizations giving to Metro United Way.
Thanks to employee donations last year, the Children’s
Hospital Foundation was able to support Kosair Children’s
Medical Center – Brownsboro, the Children’s Hospital
Foundation Office of Child Advocacy of Kosair Children’s
Hospital, construction of the hospital’s new interventional
radiology suite and several other initiatives.
Your gifts to the Norton Healthcare Foundation helped
support projects at Norton Healthcare’s adult-service
hospitals, including certifications and courses for staff,
screening and outreach programs focused on prevention
initiatives, and equipment for areas such as Norton Women’s
Pavilion, critical care, surgery and the Norton Suburban
neonatal intensive care unit.
In addition, many of you contributed to Kosair
Charities, which improves the lives of thousands of children
throughout our region by supporting Kosair Children’s
Hospital, medical research, medical care for children
whose families cannot afford it and other child-serving
organizations.
Through the 2010 Combined Giving Campaign,
you again have the opportunity to help support these
organizations.
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Charitable giving is part of our not-for-profit mission,
and demonstrating stewardship of resources is one of our
organizational values. Stewardship also is one of our Pillars
of Excellence, which help provide the framework for all we
do. During our 2010 campaign, I ask each of you to take a
moment to consider how you might make a difference in the
lives of individuals who are less fortunate.
Your generosity can have a profound impact on those
who need it most. It is possible that some of those people
are your friends, family members or neighbors. It also is
possible that any of us, at any time, might benefit from the
agencies we support.
For more information about our 2010 Combined Giving
Campaign and the organizations needing your support, call
Mission and Outreach at 629-2004. To make it easier for
you to provide support, we again are offering an option to
give online. Go to Nsider and click on “Applications.” Scroll
down the list until you find “Combined Giving Campaign”
and click on it.
Just as we care for thousands of our community’s sick
and injured, the organizations we support through the
Combined Giving Campaign provide care for thousands of
people struggling with poverty, chronic illness, disability
and the stresses of life that cannot be overcome without
help. Your gift can hold a family together, lift spirits and
teach ways to cope, give and accept love.
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I can’t think of a
better way to fulfill our goal of responding to community
needs and honoring our faith heritage. The choice to give is
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a good choice, so please fill out your pledge card and turn it
in or give online by Dec. 1 if possible.
Thank you for your past generosity and for anything
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you can give this year to make the 2010 Combined Giving
Campaign our most successful yet.
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First screening event held on
Norton Healthcare Plaza
Monday, Oct. 11, was a busy day at the new downtown
Louisville KFC Yum! Center. In addition to being the opening day
for Norton Immediate Care Center – Arena Plaza, it also was the
first day of health screening, prevention, wellness and education
activities that Norton Healthcare will regularly offer on Norton
Healthcare Plaza – the area just outside the new arena on the
Main Street side.
“To celebrate October as National Breast Cancer Awareness
Month, the entire Norton Healthcare Plaza was decorated in pink,
the color that symbolizes the importance of detecting and treating
breast cancer early,” said Sandra E. Brooks, M.D., MBA, system
vice president of research and Norton Cancer Institute Preventive
Services.
Called “Pink on the Plaza,” the event featured mammograms
at no cost to eligible women, massages and $25 flu shots. Pink
balloons created a festive atmosphere and guests could purchase
pink Rice Krispies treatsPeople
and pink lemonade.
As part of the regular screening and prevention events that
Norton Healthcare plans to hold monthly on the plaza (except
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in December and January), Norton Cancer Institute will offer
“Mammogram Mondays” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the first
Monday of every month. Other cancer, heart and women’s health
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screenings and children’s health and safety activities also will be
provided on the plaza.
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Free blood pressure checks and health screenings were held on
Norton Healthcare Plaza on opening day.
NEWS Briefs
Norton Healthcare received the
Community Spirit Award for its
involvement with the Dress For
Success Louisville scrubs program
and a new career education
program in partnership with Norton
University. In addition, Mary Jo Bean, system vice
president, Strategic and Business Planning, received
a Volunteer Spirit Award for her work with Dress for
Success. An international not-for-profit organization,
Dress for Success promotes the economic independence
of disadvantaged women by providing professional
attire, a network of support and career development
tools to help them thrive in work and life. Bean serves
on the board of the Louisville affiliate.
Cindy Williams, a Norton
Cancer Institute music therapist
at Kosair Children’s Hospital, is
working with Ear X-tacy music
store to establish a process for
members of the community to
contribute to Norton Healthcare’s music libraries.
For more information, contact Williams at 629-6680.
Norton Healthcare was named “Institution of the Year”
by the Kentucky Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
The award acknowledges an institution that develops
and implements state-of-the-art processes to improve
patient care and contributes to the practice of pharmacy.
Norton Healthcare was honored for its heart failure
project, in which pharmacists became an integral
component of the admission and discharge process for
heart failure patients.
The Kentucky Regional Poison Control Center of
Kosair Children’s Hospital served as a data center for
the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
during the World Equestrian Games Sept. 25 to Oct. 10
in Lexington. The center’s certified poison information
specialists monitored calls and provided daily reports to
the health department. The data was monitored to allow
for rapid detection of any outbreaks of disease or cases
of food poisoning. Henry A. “Rick” Spiller, R.N., director
of the poison control center, said this type of monitoring
is done when events held in the United States draw large
numbers of international travelers.
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New neurologists bring specialized expertise
Eight neurologists joined the staff of Norton Neurology
Services in October and November.
Mohammad S. Alsorogi, M.D., M.S., previously served
as a neurologist with Louisville Neurology Associates
for two years. He is a graduate of Ain Shams University
Medical School in Cairo, Egypt. Dr. Alsorogi completed his
neurology residency at the University of Illinois College
of Medicine in Peoria. He maintains a special interest in
movement disorders and is board certified in neurology and
vascular neurology.
Jeffrey H. Frank, M.D., most recently served as a
neurologist for nearly four years with Louisville Neurology
Associates. Dr. Frank is a graduate of the University of
Kentucky College of Medicine. He completed a neurology
residency and a fellowship in neuromuscular disease at the
University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville.
Dr. Frank maintains a special interest in electromyography,
headache and neuromuscular disorders. He is board certified
in neurology.
Thomas W. Johnson, M.D., earned his medical degree
from Ross University School of Medicine. He completed
neurology residency training at the University of Arizona
College of Medicine and is board certified in neurology.
Jason M. Meckler, M.D., previously worked as a
neurologist with Louisville Neurology Associates for nearly
three years. Dr. Meckler is a graduate of the University of
Louisville School of Medicine. He completed his residency
and a fellowship in epilepsy at the University of Cincinnati
School of Medicine. Dr. Meckler is board certified in
neurology and vascular neurology.
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Roy J. Meckler, M.D., FAAN, worked as a neurologist
with Louisville Neurology Associates for more than 30
years. Dr. Meckler is a graduate of Case Western Reserve
University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, where
he subsequently finished his neurology residency. Dr.
Meckler is a Harvard fellow, completing his fellowship
training in neuro-ophthalmology at Massachusetts General
Hospital in Boston. He is a fellow of the North American
Ophthalmology Society and is board certified in neurology.
Kristi M. Nord, M.D., is a graduate of Pennsylvania
State University College of Medicine in Hershey. She
completed her residency training in neurology at Baylor
College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Nord maintains
special interests in electromyography, treating patients with
neuromuscular diseases and neurological health issues in
women.
George Wesley Scott II, M.D., previously served as a
neurologist with Louisville Neurology Associates for one
year. Dr. Scott completed his medical training at Spartan
Health Sciences University in St. Lucia, West Indies. He
subsequently completed residency training in neurology at
West Virginia University Hospitals in Morgantown.
Nadeem A. Talpur, M.D., earned his medical degree
at Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences in
Pakistan. He completed his residency training in neurology
at the University of Florida in Jacksonville, where hePeople
later
finished his fellowship in vascular neurology.
“All of these physicians bring much-needed neurology
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services to Norton Healthcare and the community,” said
Ginger Figg, president, Norton Physician Services. “Their
arrival further solidifies our commitment to meeting the
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comprehensive neuroscience needs of our community.”
The office number for Drs. Alsorogi, Frank, Jason
Meckler, Roy Meckler, Scott and Talpur is 629-2602.
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Drs. Johnson and Nord can be reached at 899-6782.
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From left , five of the new neurologists:
Roy J. Meckler, M.D.; Nadeem A. Talpur, M.D.;
Mohammad S. Alsorogi, M.D., M.S.;
Jeffrey H. Frank, M.D.; and Jason M.
Meckler, M.D.
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 COURSE of the Month
Street-Smart Principled Negotiation
Course registration is available on Nsider
This one-day program teaches participants how to use “interest-
under “Learning.” For more information,
based negotiation” to move the involved parties away from the
contact Norton University at 629-7349 or
split caused by “positional” communication. Through interest-
nortonuniversity@nortonhealthcare.org.
based negotiation, the parties jointly seek solutions to the issues
between them, thereby preventing the negotiation process from
becoming a contest of wills. This program teaches ways to identify
interests, generate options to meet these interests, use standards
to craft legitimate and fair solutions, and frame propositions that
have the best opportunity of being accepted. Participants walk
away with techniques they can use immediately to become better
negotiators. This program will be offered Thursday, Dec. 2, from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 224 E. Broadway, Suite 115, Classroom 1.
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Kosair Children’s Hospital patient

Conner O’Bryan receives a flu shot
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from Brittanny Spurrier, R.N., while
his parents, Suzy and Joe O’Bryan,
watch. All patients admitted to
the hospital through Nov. 30 and
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their families are being offered free
influenza vaccinations.

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Epilepsy unit opens at Norton Brownsboro
Norton Healthcare has established a new
epilepsy monitoring unit that uses a comprehensive,
multidisciplinary team approach to treating people who
suffer from epilepsy and other seizure disorders.
Epilepsy is a neurological condition that causes the
brain’s electrical system to malfunction, resulting in
seizures. One in 10 adults will have a seizure sometime
during their life. A person who has two or more unprovoked
seizures is considered to have epilepsy. Approximately 40
percent of epilepsy patients have seizures that cannot be
controlled with medicine.
The comprehensive epilepsy center is under the direction
of Tarek M. Zakaria, M.D., epilepsy neurologist, David Sun,
M.D., Ph.D., epilepsy neurosurgeon, and Todd S. Shanks,
M.D., functional neurosurgeon, who work together to
provide comprehensive services to epilepsy patients.
“The first step is to see where the seizures are coming
from,” Dr. Zakaria said. “Once we know the location of the
seizures we can move to the next step: determining the best
treatment to get the seizures under control. Our goal is to
help our patients be seizure-free with a minimum of side
effects and the best possible quality of life. We achieve this
by providing individual treatment for each patient based on
the type of epilepsy and location of seizures.”
“Epilepsy can be an incredibly disabling disease,” Dr. Sun
said. “For example, people who have uncontrolled seizures
cannot drive a car. In the epilepsy monitoring unit we have
all the technology available to make the right diagnosis and
recommend the best treatment for each person.”
High school students introduced to nursing
Greater Clark County Schools and Norton Healthcare
have partnered to implement a new educational initiative for
Jeffersonville High School students. Beginning this school
year, students can take their first steps toward a career in
nursing or nursing support services by participating in the
Norton Academy at Jeffersonville High School, a program
led by the Norton Healthcare Institute for Nursing and
Workforce Development. The academy provides JHS juniors
and seniors with the opportunity to receive instruction
specific to the field of nursing.
Students learn skills such as taking a patient’s
temperature, checking blood pressure, finding and
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“Some patients with uncontrolled seizures can be helped
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to a great extent through surgical intervention,” Dr. Shanks
said. “By gathering the latest technology and dedicated
specialists into one center, we can provide those patients
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with the safest and most effective solution.”
The epilepsy monitoring unit, previously located at
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Norton Audubon Hospital, has been moved to Norton
Brownsboro Hospital, where six patient rooms now are
dedicated to epilepsy patients. The doctors think of the
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work being done at the center as “giving people their lives
back.”
–Cheryl Lockhart
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Tarek M. Zakaria, M.D.
David Sun, M.D., Ph.D.
Todd S. Shanks, M.D.
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measuring a patient’s pulse and taking respiration readings.
The students participate in classroom instruction, on-site
experiences in Norton Healthcare facilities and simulation
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exercises. Kim Tharp-Barrie, DNP, R.N., system vice
president of the Norton Healthcare Institute for Nursing
and Workforce Development, serves as lead instructor Quality
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academy and oversees members of the Norton Healthcare
education team.
For more information about Norton Academy at Stewardship
Jeffersonville High School, contact Tharp-Barrie at
kim.tharp-barrie@nortonhealthcare.org or 629-3556.
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Shoe donations save lives
Norton Healthcare and other major health care providers clean drinking water. The shoes we collected on Oct. 2 will
in the Greater Louisville area collaborated with faith- providePeople
clean drinking water for approximately 200,000
based humanitarian organizations EDGE Outreach and people. EDGE is very grateful for all of the support that was
Shoeman Water Projects to hold a communitywide shoe shown to us from the entire Kentuckiana community.”
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collection drive on Oct. 2. More than 34,000 pairs of shoes It’s not too late to donate shoes. Visit www.shoeman.org/
were donated at 15 drop-off sites staffed by 150 volunteers locations to find local drop-off sites. Any type of used or
throughout Louisville Metro and Southern Indiana. new shoes may be donated as long as they are mildew- and
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The shoes will be resold as affordable footwear for people mold-free, and the soles and upper parts of the shoes are
in developing countries or recycled into other products. intact.
–Steve Menaugh and Cheryl Lockhart
Funds generated will provide drilling rigs, water purification
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systems and hand pump repair micro businesses, resulting
in clean, fresh water for those who thirst in such countries
as Haiti, Kenya, India, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and
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others.
EDGE Outreach specializes in delivering, installing and
operating low-cost, highly efficient water treatment systems
that make existing water sources safe for drinking in a very
short amount of time. Shoeman Water Projects picks up
donated shoes year-round and ships them to retailers in
developing countries.
“In this country we take for granted such basic needs as
shoes and clean water,” said Mark Hogg, executive director
of EDGE Outreach, which is based in Louisville. “But in
developing countries, affordable shoes are a lifesaving Photo by Jamie Rhodes

tool. They protect the new owner’s feet and overall health From left, Dawn Balcom, Marjorie Buntin and Mistee Spry
sort shoes that were donated to benefit EDGE Outreach and
from foot abrasion, parasites and mites. And the funds Shoeman Water Projects.
generated from the resale of these shoes help provide safe,

Come to upcoming Marshall Center class

Holidaze – Keep Life Manageable During the Holidays
Thursday, Dec. 9, 5 to 8 p.m.
Norton Medical Plaza III – Suburban, Classroom 1B

The holiday season is fast approaching! Life coach Jennifer Blair

of Excavive will teach attendees how to embrace the holidays while
still taking time for themselves, honoring traditions and meeting all
the demands of this busy season. Each participant will receive a little
personal pampering with a mini-manicure, massage and refreshments.
To register, call 629-1234.
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Surgery gives new life to Haitian girl
A team of heart specialists at Kosair Children’s Hospital
reconstructed a heart valve of a 15-year-old Haitian girl
during nearly 10 hours of surgery on Aug. 3. Stephanie
Privert weighed only 75 pounds when she arrived in
Louisville on June 28. Her parents and seven siblings live
in a tent shelter on the site of their Port-au-Prince home,
which was destroyed by the Jan. 12 earthquake. Stephanie’s
If you’d like to assist the Privert family in rebuilding their
home in Haiti, make a tax-deductible donation to Healing
the Children at www.healingthechildren.org. Click on the
donate button and, via the secure PayPal system, designate
that the funds be directed to the “Privert Haiti Project”
during the checkout process. Due to incompatibility issues,
donations may need to be made from a home computer.
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heart was extremely enlarged, and one valve was leaking. To help Kosair Children’s Hospital provide cardiovascular
She was on the verge of irreversible heart damage and a services to other children, regardless of their ability to
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greatly shortened lifespan. pay, direct your tax-deductible donation to the Children’s
“The nonprofit group Healing the Children brought Hospital Foundation at HelpKosairChildrensHospital.com.
Stephanie directly to Kosair Children’s, where she Click on “Donate Online” (orange Quality
box on left-hand side).
underwent tests that determined she was even more ill than Under “select one,” choose cardiovascular services, then
the Haitian doctors had indicated,” said Thomas D. Kmetz, complete the required fields.
president, Kosair Children’s Hospital and Pediatric Services. Stewardship
–Steve Menaugh and Cheryl Lockhart
“It was unclear whether she could withstand open heart
surgery.”
In addition to needing a new or repaired heart valve, Growth
Stephanie had developed severe pulmonary hypertension.
Then she came down with mumps, further complicating her
condition. Once it was determined that the surgery could be
performed, initial plans were to replace her heart valve with
a mechanical valve or a valve from a pig’s heart. Fortunately
the surgeons were instead able to reconstruct Stephanie’s
valve, sparing her from a lifetime of anti-rejection
medications that would not have been readily available
in Haiti.
“Stephanie has made a miraculous transformation,”
Kmetz said. “She has gained weight, and her energy has
returned. She recently played tennis for the first time
in her life, and she started school at Kentucky Country
Day on Sept. 7. Her heart is healing as expected and
her pulmonary hypertension has been reduced by
50 percent. Thanks in large part to the talented,
compassionate and dedicated physicians and staff of
Kosair Children’s Hospital, Stephanie is enjoying life
in Louisville as a rejuvenated, healthy teenager with a
repaired heart.”

Stephanie Privert and her first host family.

From left: Marta McKinnon, Stephanie, and
Ellie, Will and Rob McKinnon

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Changes made to retirement savings plans
Norton Healthcare provides employees with the
opportunity to save for retirement through either a 403(b)
or 401(k) retirement savings plan.
During the first quarter of 2011, Norton Healthcare will
make a retirement contribution of 3 to 8 percent based on
years of service to each eligible employee’s 403(b) or 401(k)
retirement savings plan account.
“If employees do not have an account, we will set
one up automatically,” said Dawn Price, system associate
vice president, Human Resources Services and Solutions.
“Retirement savings accounts offer so many benefits to help
employees set and achieve their retirement savings goals.”
In addition to the automatic retirement contribution
for all eligible employees, the employer match, which
currently is 50 percent of up to 4 percent of employee salary
contributions, will be increased to 100 percent of up to
4 percent of employee contributions made in 2011.
Once employees have a 403(b) or 401(k) account they
must designate a beneficiary by contacting Diversified
Investment Advisors. This beneficiary designation is
separate from other Norton Healthcare benefits.
For more information about retirement savings accounts
or to designate a beneficiary, visit Diversified Investment
Advisors at www.divinvest.com, call Diversified at
(800) 755-7801 or contact Norton Healthcare’s on-site
participant counselor, Brad Waterman, at 629-2733 or
bwaterman@divinvest.com.
–Patti Killion
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Years of service company contribution
Fewer than 5 3%
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“We hope that increasing the match from 50 to 100 5-9 4%

percent will encourage employees to contribute more funds
to their retirement,” Price said. 10-14 Stewardship 5%
Eligible employees will receive the 100 percent employer
15-19 6%
match during the first quarter of 2012.
To be eligible for the Norton Healthcare retirement 20-24 Growth
7%
contribution and employer match, employees must work at
least 1,000 hours in the W-2 reporting year and be actively 25+ 8%
employed on Dec. 31. Current year-to-date pension hours
are viewable in MyHR on Nsider.

LIVING the Service Basics

Sincere thanks: “I show appreciation.”
Customers have many choices for health care. It’s important to show appreciation for
their confidence in our ability to provide the very best care.
Co-workers deserve thanks when they help out with a task or difficult situation.
Teamwork allows us to deliver very good quality service every hour of every day.
Show appreciation to your teammates and other departments for their support.
Ways to show appreciation:
• A sincere “thank you”
• Thank you cards or e-mails
• Sharing appreciation for a co-worker with your supervisor
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• Submitting an account of a co-worker’s remarkable care
as a Norton Story on Nsider
–Chuck Patyk
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Weight loss surgery a
success for employee
Gastric bypass surgery gave
Missy Kennedy the help she
needed to lose 125 pounds. She
had the bariatric procedure at
Norton Suburban Hospital in
2000 and has kept off most of
the weight.
The gastric bypass
procedure involves dividing the
stomach, leaving a small pouch
about the size of an egg. Then
the small bowel is divided and
reconnected where it enters
the large bowel, and one end of
the small bowel is sewn to the
stomach. After the operation,
food comes into the tiny
stomach pouch then passes
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directly down to meet the
digestive juices. The procedure
Missy Kennedy walks the stairs of the
Kosair Children’s Hospital parking garage. helps patients lose weight by
decreasing the volume they
can eat.
“My surgeon, Dr. Shina, has a very strict diet protocol,” said Kennedy, who
works in Patient Access at Kosair Children’s Hospital. “I followed it and didn’t
have any complications. When I started to feel full, I stopped eating. In the
10 years since the surgery, I have slowly put back on about 40 pounds, but I’ve
been able to keep off the rest.”
Kennedy cautions that bariatric surgery is not a “magic bullet” for
weight loss.
“The surgery is a tool, not a cure-all,” she said. “You have to eat sensibly for
the rest of your life. You have to follow an exercise program. If you don’t do
that, the weight won’t stay off. You have to work hard at it every day.”
Kennedy, who is married with two adult children and twin 6-year-old
granddaughters, participated in support groups at Norton Suburban after she
had the procedure.
“I took advantage of the support groups, and I really enjoyed them,” she
said. “I want to get involved in them again.”
For exercise, Kennedy climbs the stairs in the Kosair Children’s Hospital
parking garage and occasionally takes a jazzercise class. A Type 1 diabetic, she
said the disease is under much better control since her weight loss.
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–Cheryl Lockhart
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Sensible weight loss
made easy
Cutting calories can be simple!
Did you know taking just three
fewer bites of a premium burger will
save you 100 calories? Other easy
ways to burn calories include taking
the stairs, parking farther from your
destination or leaving a few bites on
your plate after a meal.
The following tips for reducing
calorie intake have been submitted
by employees for a chance to win a
prize:
• Instead of having salsa and tortilla
chips, have salsa and carrot chips.
Submitted by Alma Hammond,
Patient Registration, Kosair
Children’s Hospital
• Drink an 8 oz. glass of skim milk
(or 2 percent) each day, especially
when you are feeling hungry. It
provides nutrition, curbs your
appetite and is filling. Submitted by
Christie E. Smith, CPA Lab
It’s not too late to submit your
own tips on how to reduce 100
calories a day. Prize drawings are
held biweekly. E-mail your tips
to Jamie Newman, R.N., at jamie.
newman@nortonhealthcare.org or
Allison Ledford at allison.ledford@
nortonhealthcare.org.
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Two employees named to ‘Forty under 40’
Shelley Gast, director of Managed Care, and Ryan J.
Krupp, M.D., director of Sports Medicine, are Norton
Healthcare’s representatives in Business First’s 2010 “Forty
under 40” list. They were featured in a special section
of Business First that recognizes 40 individuals from the
Louisville area, younger than age 40, who have achieved
notable successes and demonstrated strong leadership in
their business fields and their community. Forty under 40
honorees were recognized at an awards luncheon at The
Galt House on Sept. 24.
Gast joined Norton Healthcare in February 2006 as
director of coding and compliance. In October 2006
she moved into her current position. Gast assists with
negotiation and administration of all hospital/physician
managed care contracts for the system. She holds bachelor’s
and master’s degrees in business administration from
Indiana Wesleyan University.
Gast serves on the board of directors of Passionate
About Kids and is an advisory board member for the
Southern Indiana Autism Resource Center. She volunteers
Dr. Krupp has served as head team physician of the
Louisville Lightning professional arena soccer team since
2009 and as an advisory board member of the University of
Dayton Department of Chemical Engineering since 2004.
He also serves as a team physician for St. Catharine College
and as a consulting physician for several area high school
sports teams. He was appointed a member of the University
of Louisville School of Medicine Department of Orthopaedic
Surgery gratis faculty as a clinical instructor in orthopaedic
surgery in 2008.
Dr. Krupp is a member of the American Orthopaedic
Association emerging leaders program, the American
Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the Arthroscopy
Association of North America and the American
Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. He and his wife,
Kelly, have a son and a daughter.
–Cheryl Lockhart
People
Service

with Junior Achievement, is serving as winter activities Ryan J. Krupp, M.D., and Shelley Gast
program chair for the Kentucky chapter of the Healthcare
Financial Management Association and is a member Quality

of Leadership Louisville Center. In addition, Gast

volunteered as a cycle instructor for The Ride
to Conquer Cancer, benefiting Norton Cancer Stewardship

Institute, and she completed the 2007 Louisville

Ford Ironman triathlon. Gast and her husband,
Keith, live in Charlestown, Ind., with their three Growth

children.
Dr. Krupp joined Norton Orthopaedic
Specialists in August 2008. An
orthopaedic sports medicine and
complex shoulder reconstruction
specialist, he earned a bachelor’s
degree in chemical engineering from
the University of Dayton and a medical
degree from the University of Louisville
School of Medicine, graduating from both
schools summa cum laude.

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Cyclists help Norton Cancer Institute The “Just for Kids” birdhouse
The second Ride retails for $125 and is available
to Conquer Cancer in for purchase at Louisville
September featured a Stoneware’s Studio One, 731
beautiful weekend with Brent St., in Louisville. The
cyclists traversing the birdhouse also can be purchased
Louisville countryside to online at www.louisvillestoneware.
raise funds for Norton com or at the Kosair Children’s
Cancer Institute. Hospital Gift Shop.
“All of those involved
– the bikers, the
Photo by Jamie Rhodes volunteers, the sponsors
Gene Gruver, director of – came together for such Fans turn out for American Girl
food and nutrition for Norton a meaningful event,” said
Hospital, gets a high-five at the
end of day one during The Ride Lynnie Meyer, MSN, R.N.,
to Conquer Cancer. chief development officer.
“After this show of
support, the Norton Healthcare Foundation will contribute
$242,500 to fund the work of Norton Cancer Institute.” Stay
tuned for news on next year’s ride.

Donate now and receive a special

Kosair Children’s Hospital Kentucky license plate
With a minimum donation of $25 to the Children’s
Hospital Foundation, you can show your support with
Photo by Jamie Rhodes
a new Kosair Children’s Hospital Kentucky license
Elizabeth Cole, left, and her best friend, Felicity Huffman,
plate. Plates will be produced once 900 donations teach girls at the American Girl Fashion Show how to
People

have been received. Order your plate online at properly serve and drink tea. Hundreds of young girls and
their mothers took a trip to Churchill Downs Oct. 8 to 10
HelpKosairChildrensHospital.com or by calling 629-KIDS.
for the annual fashion show to benefit Kosair Children’s Service
Plates may not be Hospital.
personalized. Once
produced, you will To learn how you can help the Children’s Hospital Quality
be notified that Foundation and Norton Healthcare Foundation,
your plate is call 629-8060 or visit the foundations page on Nsider.
ready for pick-up
Stewardship
at your county clerk’s
office. A $3 shipping fee must be

ews
paid to the clerk upon pick-up.
Growth
Plates are available only for vehicles registered
in Kentucky.

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