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At the Hospitals

n CHS Earns “Military Friendly” Awards post-military career opportunities available. n Brady New CEO of Carolinas
Carolinas HealthCare System has earned Companies and organizations earning the Physician Alliance
Jennifer H. Brady, MD, has joined
the 2017 Military Friendly® Employer Military Friendly® Employer designation were
designation by Victory Media, publisher of evaluated using both public data sources and Carolinas Physician Alliance (CPA) as chief
G.I. Jobs®, STEM Jobs® and Military Spouse. responses from Victory Media’s survey. More executive officer. Dr. Brady’s
It is ranked seventh in the country in the non- than 200 companies participated in the survey. areas of responsibility will
profit category. Carolinas HealthCare also has Final ratings were determined by combining an include working closely with
been named a 2017 Military Friendly® Spouse organization’s survey score with an assessment the CPA Board of Managers
Employer. The list of Military Friendly® of the organization’s ability to meet thresholds and participating providers to
Employers is provided to service members and for Applicant, New Hire Retention, Employee promote the use of consistent
their families, helping them discover the best Turnover, and Promotion & Advancement of
veterans and military employees. JenniferH.Brady,MD standards for care delivery,
quality tracking and reporting, information
Victory Media specifically cited Carolinas sharing and physician collaboration.
HealthCare System’s efforts in Hiring &
Onboarding, Culture & Commitment, Most recently, Brady served as chief medical
Support & Retention, and Policies & officer for Health First Health Plans, the
Compliance as areas of excellence. managed care arm of Health First Integrated
Delivery Network, a health system comprising
n Levine Children’s Hospital Opens New Technology Suite four hospitals, a 370-physician employed multi-
The Congenital Heart Center at Levine Children’s Hospital has opened the Ganatra Pediatric specialty medical group, home health, hospice,
affiliate centers and community partners based
Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology Suite to address a 15- to 20-percent increase in in Brevard County, Florida. During her tenure
demand for heart catheterization procedures, due to a rise in referrals and population growth with Health First Health Plans, she played an
in the region. The suite will allow doctors to better study, and treat children and adults with active role in Health First’s journey to achieve
congenital heart defects. full integration as a delivery network.

“Our new cardiac catheterization suite will be the most advanced in the region,” says Joseph Carolinas Physician Alliance (www.
Paolillo, MD, pediatric interventional cardiologist with Carolinas HealthCare System. “We carolinasphysicianalliance.org), is a physician-
also will have the latest imaging technology, which improves the quality of our images while led, clinically integrated network of more than
greatly reducing radiation exposure to our patients and staff.” 2,500 physicians that operates in collaboration
with Carolinas HealthCare System. Currently
The new cardiac catheterization space features two advanced biplane cardiac catheterization operating in 12 contiguous counties around
suites. Cardiac catheterization, or heart cath, gives doctors details about how well a heart works, the metro Charlotte area, CPA combines
and allows many patients to be treated without open heart surgery. participating provider expertise with collective
resources to efficiently gather, share and utilize
Many congenital heart defects are complex and require multiple tests for diagnosis and clinical data to identify and adopt patient-
treatment. In patients who have had certain tests such as CT scans and MRIs, doctors will be focused, evidence-based best practices.
able to use those images to improve outcomes, and help shorten the heart cath procedure.
n Tarantino Named at UNC Medical
The heart cath team has grown substantially and has plans to develop a separate, dedicated, School, Charlotte Campus
multidisciplinary team that includes registered cardiovascular invasive specialists, radiology Heather Tarantino, MD, has been named
technologists and pediatric nurses. The cath team also will develop a 3-D printing program,
which will help doctors plan cardiac catheterizations and surgical procedures. assistant dean and director of the Charlotte
campus of the UNC School
“Within a year, we’ll be able to create three-dimensional, plastic heart models that of Medicine at Carolinas
greatly enhance how we care for patients with complex heart defects,” says Paolillo. “As HealthCare System.
our experience with this 3-D printing technology grows, we’ll look to offer this service to Dr. Tarantino has served as
other Carolinas HealthCare System locations and congenital heart centers in the region.” interim campus director since
August 2016. She joined Carolinas

HeatherTarantino,MD HealthCare System in the
Department of Internal Medicine as an academic
hospitalist in 2014 and also has served as the
fourth-year internal medicine course director.

Previously, Tarantino served in several roles
with the West Virginia School of Medicine,
Charleston campus. She completed her
undergraduate and medical degrees at West
Virginia University.

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