Diabetes education
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland (SJMO) will host a series of free diabetic health seminars to improve the health of people with diabetes at its Mercy Place clinic, 55 Clinton St., Pontiac. All presentations will be held from 4 to 6 p.m.
Dates and topics are:
July 1: Diabetes and Nutrition, guest speaker, Lisa Lewis, RD, CDE
July 15: Diabetes and Foot Care, guest speaker, Dr. Gary Kaplan
Aug. 5: Diabetes and Exercise
Aug. 19: Understanding Your Medications
Sept. 2: Series Wrap-Up Session and Certificate Presentation
Sept. 16: Support Session
A new series will begin in fall:
Oct. 7: What Is Diabetes?
Oct. 21: Blood Sugar Monitoring and Management
Nov. 4: Diabetes and Nutrition
Nov. 18: Diabetes and Foot Care
Dec. 2: Diabetes and Exercise
Dec. 16: Understanding Your Medications
Jan. 6, 2011: Series Wrap-Up and Support Session
Participants are strongly encouraged to sign up for the complete series. However, individuals may attend individual sessions. It is recommended that participants be present for the full two-hour experience to achieve the greatest health benefit.Podiatrists, internists, certified diabetes educators/dieticians and a nurse practitioner will conduct the classes/presentations.
There also will be support sessions/community forums that will be facilitated by Jacqueline Lewis-Kemp, author of Blessed Assurance: Success Despite the Odds.
Lewis-Kemp will talk about her journey living with diabetes.
A successful African American female CEO of an automotive manufacturing company, Lewis-Kemp had juvenile diabetes, which progressed to kidney failure and organ transplants, both long-term complications of diabetes. She was insulin dependent for 33 years. Her book chronicles her history of diabetes maintenance and what it was like growing up in the 1970s with diabetes.
The diabetes health series is available to community members, regardless of health insurance status. Space is limited to 25 participants; incentives are available for early registrants. For more information, call Tatyanna Coleman, RN, NP, at 248-333-0840, ext. 231.
Laproscopic bariatric surgery
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland (SJMO), in partnership with the Michigan Bariatric Institute (MBI), will host a free educational seminar focusing on bariatric surgery options at 6 p.m. Monday, July 19, 2010, in the SJMO Franco Communications Center Auditorium, 44405 Woodward Ave., Pontiac.
Entitled, “A Minimal Surgical Approach to Treating Obesity,” the seminar will feature an overview of the bariatric surgery program and the types of procedures it offers, as well as a question and answer session.
Speakers include general and bariatric surgeon Jacob Roberts, DO; and Paula Magid, MBI program director and former bariatric patient.
Surgeons at MBI are experienced in advanced laparoscopic surgical techniques, including laparoscopic gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy and adjustable gastric banding. Laparoscopic bariatric surgery results in minimal pain, less scarring, shorter hospital stay and recovery time. Weight loss of about 70 percent of excess body weight can be anticipated within the first year and maintained.
Dr. Roberts is on the St. Joseph Mercy Oakland medical staff as a general and minimally invasive bariatric surgeon. He performs surgeries at SJMO and at St. Mary Mercy Livonia, both Saint Joseph Mercy Health System member hospitals.
Dr. Roberts received his medical degree at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and was chief resident at St. John Macomb-Oakland Hospital, Oakland Center in Madison Heights, Mich. He completed his fellowship training at the Chicago Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, Ill. Dr. Roberts also is board certified in General Surgery.
The public is welcome to attend free of charge. Free parking is available on the north side of the hospital, adjacent to the Franco Communications Center and Medical Office Building. To register for the educational seminar or for more information, call 877-Why-Weight (877-949-9344).
Orthopedic seminars
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland (SJMO) will continue its series of free, monthly, orthopedic community seminars throughout 2010. The one-hour seminars are held at 6 p.m. in the hospital’s Franco Communications Center, 44405 Woodward Ave., Pontiac.
SJMO orthopedic specialists will conduct the seminars, speaking on a wide range of orthopedic procedures and joint replacement. Dates, speakers and topics include:
July 27: Matt Bahu, MD, “Shoulder”
Aug. 24: Jignesh Patel, DO, “Knee”
Sept. 28: Richard Bartholomew, DO, “Minimally Invasive Shoulder”
Oct. 26: Christopher Tisdel, MD “Foot and Ankle”
Nov. 16: Safa Kassab, MD, “Total Joint Replacement”
“SJMO has won numerous awards for orthopedic and joint replacement excellence,” said Jack Weiner, SJMO President and CEO. “Every day, our skilled physicians, surgeons and medical staff provide exemplary care and outstanding outcomes for the patients they treat.”
The hospital’s board-certified orthopedic surgeons specialize in treating spine, hand, shoulder, hip and knee disorders. They provide comprehensive care before, during and after surgery. SJMO recently was named a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement® and a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery® by Blue Cross® Blue Shield® of Michigan and Blue Care Network.*
The seminars are free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Free parking is available on the north side of the hospital, adjacent to the Franco Center and Medical Office Building.
Registration is required. To register, call St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, 800-372-6094.
*Designation as a Blue Distinction Center® means this facility’s overall experience and aggregate data met objective criteria established in collaboration with expert clinicians’ and leading professional organizations’ recommendations. Individual outcomes may vary. To find out which services are covered under your policy at any facilities, please call the customer service number on the back of your Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield identification card or call your local Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield plan.
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