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Volume 6 | Issue 10 | Through November 27, 2012 | Page 1
Campus Diary
More Than Just Tubes and Tonsils
Getting to Know: Matthew Clary, MD, otolaryngologist
Do you prefer otolaryngologist or ENT doc?
The technical name is otolaryngology-head and neck
surgery. The short version is ENT because it’s a mouthful.
Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery is more indicative
because that’s really what we do. Traditionally, I think when
people hear ENT they think it’s just tubes and tonsils.
Welcomes
Who’s new on campus
Yesenia Alarcon, Medical Assistant
Express Lab
Kathryn Andersen Fujinami, Perinatal Patient Safety Specialist
Women & Infants Administration
Magda Apodaca, Administrative Assistant
Nursing Administration
James Bachman, Exec. Director, Oncology Svcs.
Ambulatory Services Administration
William Bradley, Mech. Circ. Support Coord.
Cardiac/Vascular Center Administration
Sandra Brewton, Coding Educator
HIM Coding
Allison Brower, Audiologist
Audiology
UCH’s own McDreamy (aka Matthew Clary, MD)
grabs a cup of Joe at Dazbog.
Do you have a specialty?
I focus on just the throat so I’m a laryngologist. I do voice,
airway, swallowing, laryngeal cancer. So, I could take care of
patients like Adele, John Mayer…. So that’s the sexy part of
what I do, theoretically. I actually took care of a patient who
performed at Woodstock, so that was kind of cool.
Danielle Brower, Clinical Nurse
Medical ICU
Portia Caluza, Guest Relations Specialist
Lone Tree Health Center
Emigdio Camu, Neurodiagnostic Technologist
Neurodiagnostics
Jamie Carlson, Clinical Nurse
Women’s Care Center
Joshua Caswell, Clinical Nurse
BMT
Who?
I can’t say.
What made you choose ENT as your specialty?
Well, specifically laryngology … I do like seeing patients in
the office. But I usually joke that it’s because I love karaoke ...
so that’s what ultimately lead me to do voice.
What brought you to Colorado/UCH?
This is my first job out of fellowship. Colorado was my
top choice.
Verdell Chappell, Biomed Equip. Tech
Biomed
Renate Cisne, Guest Relations Specialist
Lone Tree Health Center
Emily Coleman, Clinical Nurse
Neuro ICU
Peggy Corbitt, Practice Manager
Ambulatory Services Administration
Alma Delgado, Certified Nursing Assistant
Lab Endoscopy
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What did you do prior to UCH?
I was actually a businessperson before. I worked in finance
for five years. I was based in Cleveland, but I traveled
everywhere. In my early 20s I was pondering what I wanted
to do with the rest of my life. I decided that I wanted to be a
physician on top of this mountain in the east Alaskan range.
Three weeks later when I got back to the continental U.S. I
was enrolled in my pre-med coursework, and here we are.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I’m a big runner. I’ve done two marathons so far, but every
time I do one I say I’m never doing it again and then I get
badgered into doing another one. Also, I really like traveling.
I just got engaged and I proposed to my fiancé on the side of
Mount Kilimanjaro.
What’s your favorite thing about UCH so far?
The people are very nice. They’re Midwest friendly with West
Coast laid-back.
Listings Cont.
Christopher Donnelly, Clinical Nurse
Neuro ICU
Kimberly Frank, Clinical Nurse
Cardiac Vascular Holding
Rene Gallegos, Information Operator
Switchboard Services
Darci Gau, Massage Therapist
Integrative Medicine
Jose Gonzalez, Guest Svcs. Representative
Guest Services
Dianne Grimmett, Clinical Nurse
Medicine Specialties
Betsy Hancock, Clinical Nurse
Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit
Wendy Headrick, Medical Assistant
Lone Tree Health Center
Lindsay Hobbs, Traveler RN
Critical Care Surge
Are you aware that some of your staff refers to you
as McDreamy [Patrick Dempsey’s character in the TV
Show “Grey’s Anatomy”]?
No, I have not heard that one.
Liana Hochhalter, Clinical Nurse
Cardiac ICU
Do you watch “Grey’s Anatomy”?
No.
Liesel Hunter, Psychologist
Integrative Medicine
It’s a compliment, you know.
[Slightly embarrassed] I guess. It beats the alternative. But
if it’s laden with a heavy dose of sarcasm then it’s not so
complimentary.
Family Unit
Fiancé, Jennifer, is finishing grad school at Penn. She has a
master of public health degree and is working on her nurse
practitioner degree.
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Michael Horne, Clinical Nurse
Burn/Trauma Unit
Thu-Nhi Huynh, Clinical Nurse
Pulmonary
John Hyland, Anesthesia Tech
Anesthesiology
Peter Jamrogiewicz, Supervisor Retail Operations
Food and Nutrition Services
Abby Johnson, Clinical Nurse
Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit
Miranda Johnson, Clinical Nurse
Neuro ICU
Jeffrey Johnson, Plumber
Eng. Services - AIP
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Dog Gone It!
Ever flip through the TV and see dogs running through an
obstacle course? That’s agility. Instructional development
specialist Val Siml, who’s done agility training with her dogs
since the mid 1990s, says most people don’t know what it is.
Listings Cont.
Alissa Johnson, Ancillary Health Tech
Ancillary Health Tech
Kholoud Kaadoud, Ophthalmic Assistant
Ophthalmology
Rene Katial, Clinical Nurse
Lone Tree Health Center
Allison Knaus, Care Team Assistant
Neurosurgery
Megan Knecht, Traveler RN
Resource Pool
Robert Kraus, Medical Assistant
Dermatology
Jessica Kus, Clinical Nurse
Emergency Dept.
Val Siml, instructional developmental specialist at UCH. Her dog
Trickster, shown here going through her paces, is appropriately named.
How did you get into dog agility training?
I started with a dog I had back in the mid-1990s that I got
from the Dumb Friends League. She was black and white so I
named her Oreo. After we’d gone through obedience training
she was still jumping on me so the instructor suggested I try
agility with her. She was my first. We did some trials and we
didn’t do that well.
Jennifer Lagoutte, Clinical Nurse
Women’s Care Center
Joni Lauri, Clinical Nurse
PACU - AIP
Ashley Lordemann, Clinical Nurse
NICU
Heang Ly, Care Team Assistant
Gastrointestinal Clinic
What kind of dog was Oreo?
She was a mutt. They called her a Border Collie mix, but I
now have Border Collies and she wasn’t a Border Collie mix.
As I got more interested in agility I ended up getting a Border
Collie rescue [dog] and training her. I named her Cookie. She
wasn’t real fast but she did better and I got better teachers.
Meaghan Mahoney, Clinical Nurse
Medicine Specialties
Do you have other dogs?
Cookie is 10 and retired now. Oreo died about seven years
ago. Then I got a Border Collie puppy born on April Fool’s Day
so her name is Trickster. She just turned five. She is much
faster, so I’ve had to relearn how to run courses to tell her
where to go because she’s always ahead of me. I recently got
a new puppy that’s driving me crazy. I named her Missy after
Missy “the Missile” Franklin because hopefully she’ll run fast
and win me lots of gold medals.
Ann Mathews, Massage Therapist
Integrative Medicine
Christopher Martindale, Medical Assistant
Endocrine/Diabetes
Angelica Math, Care Team Assistant
Emergency Dept.
Melissa Meier, Occupational Therapist
OT IP Acute
Kathleen Mettel, Speech Lang. Pathologist
Speech IP Acute
Kelly Middleton, Clinical Nurse
Oncology
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How long do you see yourself doing this?
I’d like to do it as long as I can.… There’s a lady who’s doing
this who turned 80 this year.
Listings Cont.
William Miller, Medical Assistant
Pre-Procedure Services
Ion Mocanu, Certified Nursing Assistant
Express Admit Unit
Shelbi Moll, Certified Nursing Assistant
Resource Pool
Lynette Morden McCrary, Traveler RN
PACU - AIP
Tuyet Nguyen, Acupuncturist
Integrative Medicine
Do you see any overlap with what you do at the
hospital and what you do with dogs?
It’s instructional; it’s teaching. That’s about it. I work three
days a week. You can put up with the craziness of what’s
going on around here because you have something you’re
passionate about outside of your job as well.
Julia Nieto, Certified Nursing Assistant
Resource Pool
Mollie Nock, Clinical Nurse
Operating Room - AIP
Margaret Olson, Administrative Assistant
Ophthalmology
Tracy Olsten, Project Manager ICD-10 Coding
HIM Coding
Anna Marie Otte, Clinical Nurse
Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit
Christine Page, Clinical Nurse
Dermatology
What is something that people don’t know about
dog agility?
Most people don’t even know what it is. The license plate
on my car is ”Jump Dog” and I’ve had people asked me if I
was a sky diver. So now I have a picture of my dog in my back
window so people can put it together with agility.
Did you ever see the movie “Best in Show”?
I did. It’s really funny. The dog shows are what we call
frou-frou, whereas agility is more of a sport that you’re doing
with your dog.
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Chelsea Passey, Clinical Nurse
Neuro ICU
Florencio Pedraza, Business Applications Analyst
Revenue Cycle Applications
David Ritchie, Neuropsychological Technician
Neurosurgery
Kristine Rizo, Traveler RN
Cardiac Intermediate Care Unit
Quentin Roberts, Biomed Equip. Tech
Biomed
Alexandria Rodriguez, Medical Assistant
Lone Tree Health Center
Terri Rowley, Manager Coding
HIM Coding
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Saying it Like it Is
Getting to Know: Daniel Mendez, medical interpreter
What does a medical interpreter do?
We interpret appointments for doctors and their patients.
In my case I provide Spanish and English interpreting.
Whatever the patient says, I repeat it in English and whatever
the doctor says I repeat it in Spanish. We have a phone
interpreting line also and I do that as well.
Listings Cont.
Deena Rubiales, Certified Nursing Assistant
Neurosciences
Tara Ryan, Clinical Nurse
Emergency Dept.
Samantha Scarpino, Care Team Assistant
Neurology
Gianne Schull, Clinical Laboratory Assistant
Clinical Lab
Paul Scudo, CeDAR Volunteer Services Rep.
CeDAR Administration
Abigail Seremet, Certified Nursing Assistant
Cardiac ICU
Katelyn Sheskey, Clinical Nurse
Lone Tree Health Center
Jane Shook, Clinical Nurse
SICU
Daniel Mendez, a medical interpreter and former minister, is a great
resource for UCH’s non-English-speaking community.
How did you get into this field?
My family is from Costa Rica but I grew up here in the
States. And Spanish was always spoken in my home. My
dad is actually a minister and I grew up interpreting for
him sometimes. I remember when I was 13 years old at a
McDonald’s there was a family having trouble ordering so I
walked over and offered to help them out. I realized it was
fun to be able to help someone out. As I grew older I looked
for opportunities and got involved.
What brought you to Colorado/UCH?
A family crisis brought me to the hospital for the first time
… and just seeing the level of care that they received here
and just how wonderful everyone was. It seemed to be a
great environment. I told someone that I did interpreting and
they said that they often needed people to do that here. I
happened to be carrying a résumé with me at the time so I
dropped it off at the interpreting office and got a call three
weeks later.
Adam Simmons, Care Team Assistant
Neurology
Sopheratkya Slaketh, Clinical Nurse
Emergency Dept.
Ronald Sparks, Maintenance Mechanic
Eng. Services - AIP
Elizabeth Stern, Executive Assistant, UC Health
Administration
Christine Stewart, Pharmacy Tech Level I
Pharmacy IP
Sarah Targoff, Clinical Nurse
Operating Room - AIP
Francheska Towndrow, Information Operator
Switchboard Services
Ashlee Townsend, Clinical Nurse
Operating Room - AIP
Erica Vonderheid, Clinical Nurse
BMT Clinic
Greg Watson, Biomed Equip. Tech
Biomed
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What did you do prior to UCH?
I was an independent contractor. I did interpreting in the
mental health and legal fields. I was one of the main
interpreters for the Larimer County office of the public
defender. I’m in the process of getting certified as a court
reporter. Prior to that I was actually a minister for 12 years
as well.
What made you change professions?
I jokingly say that I needed to do some for-profit work to
supplement my not-for-profit adventures. My heart is still
with the Spanish language community … to be a resource
in any way I can. I see this interpreting as helping the
community in a different way.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I enjoy playing the guitar and listening to audio books. I have
a long commute so I listen to a lot of different audio books.
I enjoy spending time with my kids.… I do daddy/daughter
dates and daddy/dude dates. I have four children.
What do you like most about interpreting?
I don’t know if “enjoy” is the right world. But it’s a sacred
privilege to get to be part of when someone gets difficult
news. The part I enjoy about that is being the conduit …
allowing them to have that clear communication, although
it’s an incredibly difficult situation, incredibly painful news
sometimes. I’m humbled to be able to be part of that and be a
help to them.
Family Unit
Wife, Sarah, works in publishing.
Son Aaron, seven, daughter Valery, eight, and twin daughters
Annie and Lexie, 13, are all students in Loveland.
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Rob Lowe for President!
Although the competition for president of the United States
ended yesterday, the contest for best TV or movie president
Listings Cont.
Brianne Westfield, Clinical Nurse
Operating Room - AIP
Kirsten Williams, Clinical Nurse
Orthopaedics
GinaMarie Wilson, Clinical Nurse
NICU - Neonatal Care
Pamela Wood, Care Team Assistant
Rheum/Immuno/Allergy Clinic
Tiffany Wynohradnyk, Traveler RN
Express Admit Unit
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is just getting started. We asked a few UCH employees who
gets their vote for president of the big or little screen, and why.
Fortunately, there was no mudslinging. Here are the exit polls:
Do you agree?
I agreed then but I don’t really see it now. I actually
was offended back then but I don’t know why. I love her;
she’s awesome.
“The guy on [the TV show] ‘Scandal’ [Tony Goldwyn as
President Fitzgerald Grant] who’s having the affair. Because
he’s super sexy and scandalous. What we all love in a
president!” – Michelle Bernard, senior executive assistant to
Rulon F. Stacey and Bruce Schroffel, president and CEO,
respectively, of University of Colorado Health.
“Can I count Rob Lowe even though he didn’t make it for
president? He was on ‘Brothers and Sisters’ and ran for
president. Because he played the too-good-to-be-true
politician. And he was cute.” – Amanda Cordsen,
graphic designer.
“Morgan Freeman in the one with the big asteroids coming
down [“Deep Impact”]. Because he had the requisite gravitas,
plus I’ve always liked Morgan Freeman.” – Bill Kaluza, web
editor and writer.
“The guy who was in ‘Dave’ [Kevin Klein]. Because he was
a real person who came into office with no real agenda and
had nothing but the best in mind for American citizens.“ Allan
Wentworth, director of Respiratory Therapy and Ancillary
Health Tech departments.
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UCH Celebrity Twin
After we featured ENT Charge Nurse Cari Newkirk, RN, as
Jodie Foster’s Celebrity Twin (Insider, Sept. 12), she told us to
check out surgery coordinator Judy Bryant, whom she thought
looked a lot like Bette Midler. What do you think?
Has anyone ever told you that you look like Bette
Midler?
Yes, but it was about 25 years ago.
The Boogie Woogie Bugle Girl of Surgery.
Some say surgery coordinator resembles Bette Midler.
Have you ever been told you look like another celebrity?
Once. Barbra Streisand. That was long ago as well.
Do you have a favorite Midler movie or song?
Probably “The Rose” because we sang that in junior high in
choir. It’s such a pretty song.
Are you a fan of Midler?
Oh, yeah.
Have you ever noticed that your co-worker looks exactly like
Ryan Gosling or Scarlett Johansson (don’t you wish)? Or have
you ever been mistaken for a famous person, be it a politician,
musician, actor, sports figure or (hopefully not) a reality TV star?
Email us at uch-insiderfeedback@uch.edu and tell us who you
or your co-worker resembles.
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See anything weird, wonderful,
amusing and/or interesting around
UCH Anschutz Campus? Please let us know at uchinsiderfeedback@uch.edu. Or send ideas directly to Diary
dynamo Joelle Klein (pictured) at joelleklein@yahoo.com.
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Klein is a Denver-based freelance
writer who specializes in health and
wellness issues. When she’s not
searching for quirky UCH campus
incidents or interviewing fascinating
new employees, she’s reading,
enjoying the outdoors or spending
quality time with her family.