Staff Definitions
Meet Our Team
Case Managers and Social Services Team, Ext. 5516
Case managers will review your medical record and discuss your discharge planning. They also may help arrange your home care, admission to a long-term care facility or rehabilitation care.
Our Social Services Team offers emotional support, counseling and guidance to help patients and their families deal with financial, social and emotional problems related to illness or hospitalization.
Chaplain, Ext. 5380
Our Spiritual Care Team offers support, prayer, sacramental and worship ministry, spiritual education and crisis intervention. For Catholic patients, sacraments are available upon request.
Dietitians, Ext. 4404
A registered dietitian will review your medical record and work with your health care team to develop a nutrition care plan for you. Registered dietitians also can educate you about any diets you need to follow after you are discharged.
Hospitalists
Hospitalists care for patients in the hospital. They work in close consultation with the patient’s primary care physician and specialists, and manage patients from admission until discharge.
Nurses
Registered nurses are responsible for supervising patient care and directing the nursing and support staff on each nursing unit. Registered nurses are assisted by nursing assistants and nurse technicians.
Pharmacists, Ext. 7500
While you are in the hospital, all of your medications are dispensed by our hospital pharmacists. They can answer any questions about your medications.
Physicians
Your primary care physician, a resident physician on duty or a hospitalist will supervise your care while you are in the hospital.
Rehabilitation Therapists, Ext. 6771
Physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists will work with you, your family and your medical team to help meet goals of recovery. Therapy may range from brief consultation to long-term intervention, based on the extent of your injuries or illness.
Technicians and Technologists
Skilled health professionals perform and assist with laboratory and other procedures, including X-rays, mammograms, ultrasound, CT scans, MRIs, cardiac catheterization, radiation therapy and other procedures that help in diagnosing and treating your illness or injury.