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VA honors employees
Ellen DeGeorge Smith, Direc
tor is proud to announce the re
cipients of the 1999 Employee of
the Year Award. They are Judi
Pilgrim, Neurosciences Service
Line, Downtown Division and Joe
Soparas, Extended Care/Rehabili
tation Service Line, Uptown Divi
sion. Nominees for this year’s pres
tigious award were medical cen
ter employees who received the
Employee of the Month award
during the past year. The Em
ployee of the Year at each division
receives a certificate of apprecia
tion, a $750 cash award and a
designated parking space of their
choice for one year. The recipi
ents are: Judi M. Pilgrim is the
Administrative Officer for the Neu
roscience Service Line. As the AO
she fields many telephone calls
everyday and patients often call
her to help them settle their prob
lems. These problems often in
volve aspects outside the scope of
Neurosciences but, Pilgrim acts
as a facilitator and assists them
with their questions. Co-workers
state that she always goes the
“extra mile” and is truly a patient
advocate. In order to creatively
manage the increase in paper
work, she has recently trained 2
volunteers and a work study stu
dent to assist with office duties.
Joe Soparas is a Physician As
sistant for the Blind Rehabilita
tion Center and Stroke Rehabili
tation Unit at the Uptown Divi
sion. As the PA assigned to these
two medical units, Soparas is re
sponsible for much of the “hands
on” medical care of veterans ad
mitted for rehabilitation. He is
always willing to do whatever it
takes to help a veteran under his
care.
Soparas is not only a genuinely
friendly individual, he is a role
model for how to be a productive
team player. Some of his leader
ship roles have included: coordi
nator for Non-Physician Practi
tioner group; Clinical Assistant
Professor at MCG; member of the
sub-committee for PA Practice for
the State Board of Medical Exams;
member of the Integration Task
Force for merging the Rehabilita
tion and Extended Care Service
Lines’ member, Strategic Plan
ning Committee for JCAHO for
Rehab/Extended Care. Soparasis
an active member of his church
and is also a very active member
ofthe Knights of Columbus where
he serves as treasurer, member
shipdirector and coordinates their
MCG Center for
Senior Health
hosts health fair
The Medical College of Georgia
Center for Senior Health will host
a health fair for adults age 55 and
older on Friday, June 25 from 2-5
p.m.
A number of free services will
be provided including diabetes and
vision screening, blood pressure
.checks as well as bone density and
breast examinations. Cholesterol
screening alsowill be provided for
a $4 fee. MCG health care profes
sionals also will be available to
discuss senior health concerns
such as joint replacement, diabe
tes management, Alzheimer’s dis
ease and adult daycare services.
The MCG Center for Senior
Healthislocated at 2818 Hillcreek
Drive, just off Wheeler Road and
Augusta West Parkway. For more
information, call the MCG Health
Care Referral Center at(7o6) 721-
2273 (CARE)or 1-800736-CARE.
Pre-registration is not needed.
Belkoski
named
University
finance
officer
'University Health Care System
hasnamed David A. Belkoski vice
president for Finance. He comes
to University from Richmond Me
‘ gorial Hospital in Rockingham,
'N.C., where he served as chief
ancial officer. Mr. Belkoski is a
ified public accountant with
years of experience in health
finance.
Crothall Healthcare Inc., Names
rations Manager
Pam Corley has been named
ons manager of Environ
ntal Services at University
blood drive. Last year, he was
named “Knight ofthe Year” by the
local council.
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