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Susan Kusnitz wanted to be a nurse for as long as she can remember. So, at an age when most people wind down their careers, she jumpstarted hers by earning an RN degree and participating in the Cone Health Residency and Extern Program. During the pandemic, no less. The time she spent shadowing skilled nurses proved both invaluable and inspirational. See how the support and guidance of her teammates has helped shape her.
Guilford County Behavioral Health Center is a one-stop shop for people looking for help in treating mental health and substance abuse. In 2021, the 60,000-square-foot facility became the first of its kind in the state and now in Guilford County. It’s filled with several beds for inpatient care, comfortable living room space for support group sessions, an on-site pharmacy and outdoor space for fresh air.
Say hello to our newest directors leading emergency departments in Burlington and Reidsville!
Angie Orth began her career in health care as a cashier at Moses Cone Hospital. Now, the new president of Annie Penn Hospital. She held that position on an interim basis since August.
“We’re just four doctors who like to sing,” said Dr. Brittany McIntyre, Cone Health Family Medicine. McIntyre walked the halls of Moses Cone with Dr. Elise Leger, Dr. Alex Raines and medical student Bailey Sanford. Together, the group sang tunes like “Joy to the World” and “Deck the Halls.” In each unit, the quartet left their audiences filled with holiday cheer.
The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital is among the nation’s Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospitals for 2022, according to a study by Fortune and IBM Watson Health. The study consisted of 951 facilities offering heart and vascular care. The award is especially meaningful as Moses Cone Hospital continues to serve a state in which one in five adults dies from heart disease each year, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Moses Cone Hospital’s 2022 Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospitals award marks the hospital’s third such honor, with the other two coming in 2018 and 2019. “Our heart and vascular physicians and care teams at Moses Cone Hospital are national leaders in both the quality of care they provide and the innovation they advance,” said Preston Hammock, president, The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital. “We’re proud to again be recognized as one of the nation’s best heart and vascular care centers because it means we’re achieving great outcomes for our patients who will always be our top priority.”
Cone Health hospitals have again earned top patient safety scores! Alamance Regional Medical Center, Annie Penn Hospital and Moses Cone Hospital earned “A” grades in the Fall 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades.
The joy of becoming a parent is indescribable, but becoming a first-time parent at the age of 50? There really aren’t words for that. “It was so surreal,” said Susie Troxler, 50. “Everything had come together for that moment to happen. It’s hard to wrap our heads around – we’re no longer just husband and wife, we’re ‘mommy’ and ‘daddy.’” Troxler and husband Tony, 61, gave birth to Lily Antonia Troxler on Wednesday, Sept. 29. The couple, together 13 years, had always wanted a child, but it just never happened. Everything changed the day Troxler met with Dr. Carolyn Harraway-Smith, Cone Health’s chief medical officer for women’s health, during an annual checkup.
Cone Health will begin offering pediatric doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, Nov. 8, by appointment only. Registration is now open. The announcement comes as the FDA and CDC have approved a lower dosage of the vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.
A workout catered specifically to your needs and goals is coming to the Triad. Sagewell Health & Fitness, part of the new Cone Health MedCenter Greensboro at Drawbridge Parkway, opens in January. Sagewell offers medically supervised fitness programs that support the health and medical needs of its members. Whether it’s fitness, healthier eating, a stronger heart, lower cholesterol, surgery recovery or weight loss, members will have access to the medical professionals and equipment they need to reach their goals. “Sagewell Health & Fitness is designed specifically to help members maintain the healthy lifestyle that’s right for them,” said Deno Adkins, vice president, Ambulatory Network, Cone Health. “Our goal is to provide a total health and fitness experience to people across the Triad.”
