Princeton Health commenced its third Penn Medicine Experience (PMX) Week on Monday, October 19, with Silly Sock Day, a few virtual yoga sessions, and Day 1 of a five-day fitness challenge.
Tuesday and Wednesday featured “Donut What We Would Do Without You,” an effort to recognize and thank staff members across the organization with an apple or an apple cider donut. The goodies were made available at Princeton Medical Center (PMC) and delivered to various off-site locations.
Throughout PMX Week, and for the entire week after, Princeton Health collected personal care items to benefit families served by Arm in Arm, a nonprofit organization that supports families in Mercer County, N.J. who are experiencing homelessness.
PMX Week was highlighted by a virtual awards ceremony to honor staff members who were nominated by their colleagues as the embodiment of the week’s theme, BE Present.
This year’s awardees were:
Penn Medicine at Home Princeton Health Joanne Fernandez, PT, home care
Princeton House Behavioral Health–Inpatient Stephanie Dove-Tieku, RN, nurse manager
Princeton House Behavioral Health–Inpatient Christine Isaac, LCSW, community relations representative
Princeton House Behavioral Health–Outpatient Kelly Yutz, MSW, primary therapist
PMC Patient Care Services Pauline Pateman, nursing assistant
PMC Clinical Support Services Phil Tran, RN, manager, stroke program
Princeton Health Non-Clinical Support Boyle Liu, manager, network operations
Princeton Medical Center Support Hubert Guthrie, mailroom clerk
Volunteer Services Stephen Schienvar, volunteer, peri-op
Princeton Medicine Physicians Sophia Corbin, LPN
PMC Outpatient Services Karen Davison, RN, coordinator, survivorship oncology
Physician/Provider Marilyn Giorgi, MD, medical director, NICU
Congratulations to the awardees and all of our nominees:
Penn Medicine at Home Princeton Health
Sarah Martyn Vincent, home health aide, Princeton Caregivers
Princeton House-Inpatient
Monique Macmanus, BC-DMT, allied clinical therapies coordinator
D. Catrina Sparacio, PMHRN-BC, psychiatric nurse
Princeton House-Outpatient
Susan Buchalter, senior primary therapist
Joan Mastrobattista, RN
Lyanne Ventura, MSW, primary therapist
PMC Patient Care Services
Andy Aupperle, nursing assistant
Drew Fejko, nursing assistant
Jenna Magid, RN, assistant nurse manager
Mindi Nahoum, RN, senior nurse manager
Xiangyun Tai, RN
PMC Clinical Support Services
Tabitha Nelson, LPN
Hinal Patel, clinical pharmacy specialist
Purvi Patel, registered pharmacist
Gemma Scharfy, phlebotomist
Princeton Health Non-Clinical Support
Teresa Bailey, patient access center coordinator
Yvette Dones, manager, patient access
Frank Hernandez-Morales, community wellness assistant
Jane Hoffman, senior contract management specialist
Geralyn Karpiscak, RN, director, patient relations and customer service
Lisa McKinney, finance project assistant
Bulbul Sethi, manager, insurance verification\
Patricia Woods, manager, central scheduling
Princeton Medicine Physicians
Jessica Almodovar, PCP staff supervisor
Fatima DeLeon, CMA, receptionist
Alexis Goetz, medical assistant
Mode Joanem, medical assistant
Wendy Leighty, senior certified medical assistant
Liza Lombardi, medical assistant
Jalenda Vazquez, medical assistant
Vanessa Velez-Gonzalez, medical assistant
Michelle White, director, community practices
Stephanie Whitlock, medical receptionist
PMC Outpatient Services
Lisa Baptis, physical therapist, Princeton Rehabilitation–Plainsboro
Stella Chang, RN, outpatient infusion
Cardiac Rehab Team—
Nancy Alpaugh, RN
Andrew Pirerra, exercise physiologist
Karen Walker, certified cardiopulmonary tech
Physician/Provider
Christine Gentile, PA-C, physician assistant
Craig Gronczewski, MD, associate chief medical officer, chair of emergency medicine
Anatoliy Yanovskiy, MD, medical director, Princeton House-Inpatient