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September 27, 2013 MEDICAL UNIVERSITY of SOUTH CAROLINA Vol. 32, No. 7 6 Mary Ashley Barbot’s family is doing everything possible to raise awareness for the need of a pediatric dialysis unit. Overhead Communications Meet Marla Inside T HE C ATALYST O NLINE http://www. musc.edu/ catalyst FINDING A MATCH 4 KAMP KIAWAH Children throughout the Lowcountry painted “Under the Sea” canvases to decorate the walls at Rutledge Tower 2 5 4 Gift shop receives facelift, now open photos by Kim Draughn, Public Relations Re:sourxe Essentials manager Jean Buffington straightens a scarf on a display model in the renovated gift shop, managed by Sodexo and operated by Lori’s Gifts. Administration specialist in the Department of Radiology Brianna Jones, left, makes a purchase from gift shop sales associate Crystal McKenzie. Employees have the convenience of using their identification badge to purchase items in the gift shop. R e:sourxe Essentials, managed by Sodexo, is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekends. The gift shop, based out of Dallas, is one of 32 specialty shops located in hospitals, medical centers and offices. The shop, operated by Lori’s Gifts, carries items such as snacks, balloons, flowers, toys, baby clothes, pajamas, bags and patient-care essentials. The shop has 965 square feet of retail space. Lori’s Gifts also operates the shop in Ashley River Tower. For information, visit muschealth.com/patients_visitors/ visitorinfo/giftshop.htm or call 792-5391. Buffington blows up a balloon for a customer. The gift shop also delivers flowers and balloons to MUSC patients.
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September 27, 2013 MEDICAL UNIVERSITY of SOUTH CAROLINA Vol. 32, No. 7

6Mary Ashley

Barbot’s family isdoing everythingpossible to raise

awareness for theneed of a pediatric

dialysis unit.

Overhead

Communications

Meet Marla

Inside

The CaTalysTOnline

http://www.musc.edu/

catalyst

Finding aMaTCh

4KaMp

Kiawah

Childrenthroughout the

Lowcountrypainted “Under

the Sea” canvasesto decorate the

walls atRutledge Tower

2

5

4

Gift shop receives facelift, now open

photos by Kim Draughn, Public RelationsRe:sourxe Essentials manager Jean Buffington straightens a scarf on a displaymodel in the renovated gift shop, managed by Sodexo and operated by Lori’s Gifts.

Administrationspecialist in theDepartment of

Radiology BriannaJones, left, makes

a purchase fromgift shop sales

associate CrystalMcKenzie.

Employees havethe convenience

of using theiridentification

badge to purchaseitems in the

gift shop.

R e:sourxe Essentials, managed bySodexo, is open from 8 a.m. to

8 p.m. Monday through Friday andfrom 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekends.The gift shop, based out of Dallas,is one of 32 specialty shops locatedin hospitals, medical centers andoffices. The shop, operated by Lori’sGifts, carries items such as snacks,balloons, flowers, toys, baby clothes,pajamas, bags and patient-careessentials. The shop has 965 squarefeet of retail space. Lori’s Giftsalso operates the shop in AshleyRiver Tower. For information, visitmuschealth.com/patients_visitors/visitorinfo/giftshop.htm or call792-5391.

Buffington blows up a balloon for acustomer. The gift shop also deliversflowers and balloons to MUSCpatients.

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The Catalyst is published once a week.Paid adver tisements, which do notrepresent an endorsement by MUSCor the State of South Carolina, arehandled by Island Publications Inc. ,Moultrie News, 134 Columbus St. ,Charleston, S.C., 843-849-1778 or843-958-7490. E-mail: [email protected].

Editorial of ficeMUSC Office of Public Relations135 Cannon Street, Suite 403C,Charleston, SC 29425.843-792-4107Fax: 843-792-6723

Editor: Kim [email protected]

Catalyst staff:Cindy Abole, [email protected] Barker, [email protected]

whOCollege of Medicine student Alisha Joyner takes

pride in achieving success behind the scenes

instead of up front and center.

whaTIn August, Joyner was named among 21 fourth-

year medical students across the country to

receive the 2013 American Medical Association

Physicians of Tomorrow Medical Scholars

Award. The award was established in 2004 to

assist rising fourth-year medical students in

relieving their medical school debt. According

to the AMA Foundation, the average debt a

U.S. medical student incurs upon graduation

is $162,000. Joyner received a $10,000 tuition-

assistance scholarship with this award.

Joyner and other recipients were nominated

by their medical schools. According to Deborah

Deas, M.D., senior associate dean for medical

education, Joyner is a leader, mentor, volunteer,

researcher and student teacher.

“Alisha is well respected by her peers and has

been deemed to have compassionate, humanistic

qualities as a new peer inductee to the Paul B.

Underwood Chapter of the Gold Humanism

Honor Society at MUSC. She is motivated,

competent, compassionate, hardworking and a

natural team leader,” Deas said.

The Jackson, Miss., native was the first in

her family to attend college and set her sights

high in meeting her personal and career goals.

Joyner graduated from Johns Hopkins University

earning bachelor’s (neuroscience) and master’s

(biotechnology) degrees. While completing her

master’s degree, Joyner worked as a donation

coordinator for Life Point, an organ and tissue

donation agency that supports transplantation

and research in Charleston. She helped

train new coordinators and coordinated the

acceptance and placement of tissue for tissue

processors.

At MUSC, Joyner

has been volunteering

in multiple areas

including the

MUSC Sugar Free

Fall Festival and the

CARES (Community,

Aid, Relief, Education

and Support) Clinic,

a student-run center

that provides free

care to uninsured and underserved Tri-county

residents.

TeaChing, leading by exaMpleA natural teacher, Joyner was a teaching

assistant in MUSC’s anatomy brain lab, suture

instructor and president of the COM’s Surgical

Training Awareness and Residency Group, and

was a neurological exam presenter at the 2011

Student National Medical Association regional

conference held in Charleston. She also was

a COM team leader for second-year medical

students to serve as mentors for first-year medical

students.

In addition, Joyner was a National Institute’s

of Health research grant recipient who studied

the role of epidermal growth factor in the

activation of sodium proton exchange in

polycystic disease, and was a Department of

Medicine’s Division of Nephrology mentor. She

received the Arnold P. Gold Student Summer

Fellowship grant and addressed teen pregnancy

in an underserved community for her service

project. She served as an MUSC Presidential

Scholar and was a 2013 inductee to MUSC’s

Student Leadership Society. She also is vice

president of Women Interested in Surgical

Experiences; vice president of the Student

Interprofessional Society; and a National

Executive Board member of the AMA’s Selection

Minority Interest Committee.

Joyner is the third MUSC medical student

to receive this award. She joins past recipients,

Kenyatta Frasier and Valerian Bruce, both 2011

COM graduates.

Since 1950, the AMA Foundation has awarded

more than $61 million in scholarships to

medical students.

Overheard at MUSCIn August,Alisha Joynerreceived a 2013American MedicalAssociationPhysiciansof TomorrowMedical Scholar.

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By Melissa KuBu

Children’s HospitalOn June 25, more than 100 children, ranging

from 3- to 17-years-old, gathered at Kamp Kiawahto create an art project that would give back tothe Charleston community.

The project was to paint canvases that wouldfit the MUSC’s Children’s Hospital theme of“Under the Sea.” The idea came from one ofMUSC’s volunteers, Chelsea Stegmaier.

During the week the corporate group, YoungProfessionals Organization, held a conferenceat the Sanctuary, and the members’ familiesjoined them to make it a vacation. Their childrenattended a weeklong camp where they learnedabout the Charleston community and culture. Astheir “giving back” project, Stegmaier organizedthem to paint canvases that would be hung in theMUSC’s Children Hospital.

There were five canvases for five age groups: 3-4year olds, 5-7 year olds, 8-10 year olds, 11-13 yearolds, and 14-17 year olds.

On Aug. 19, the canvases were presented byKamp Kiawah counselors to Rosemarie Battaglia,R.N., nurse manager of the Rutledge TowerChildren's Hospital Outpatient Clinics. “Thisartwork will create a positive atmosphere inour exam rooms. We are excited to have thisdonation, appreciate the time and are amazed atthe talent of the young campers.”

MUSC medical center communications cornerMUSC implements Just Culture

MUSC will be implementing aJust Culture during the next

few months.So far, 10 leaders at MUSC

have been Just Culture certified,and 400 additional leaderswere trained at the most recentLeadership Development Institute.These leaders will be trainingtheir staff and implementing thefundamentals of Just Culture atMUSC.

WhaT is JusT CulTure?

A Just Culture is an approachto managing behavior that strikesa balance between a “blame free”culture and a “punitive” culture.It balances accountability with therecognition that people can and domake mistakes.

It recognizes three types of“duties” that all employees own:

1. The duty to follow a rule (task-based, such as following a policy)

2. The duty to produce an outcome(not task-based, the worker ownsthe process, such as showing up ontime for work)

3. The duty to avoid causing harm.This is the “highest-order” duty,that we all recognize in health care;we are not supposed to cause harmto patients, our co-workers or ourorganization as a whole.

Within those duties, a JustCulture recognizes three typesof behaviors, and how staffshould “deal” with the typesof behaviors:

1. Human error: A slip, lapse ormistake.

a. We should console the employeethat made the error.

2. At-risk behavior: Doing

To learn more about Just Culture, and itsroll out plan for MUSC:q Visit http://mcintranet.musc.edu/muscexcellence/Just%20Culture/justcultureforleaders.htmlq Email [email protected] Contact any of the certifiedJust Culture trainers:

Danielle ScheurerChris ReesSheila ScarbroughDavid BundyHelena BastianLinda RandazzoJanet ByrneLisa LangdaleSonja MuckenfussDebbie Browning

something that may cause harm,but the risk is either not recognizedor thought to be justified.

a. We should coach one out of theat-risk behavior.

3. Intolerable behavior: Doingsomething with conscious disregardof the risk.

a. We should discipline thisbehavior.

Kamp Kiawah children paint ‘Under the Sea’ canvases for MUSC’s hospital

Children from Kamp Kiawah are busy painting canvases withthe theme “Under the Sea.” Once finalized, all five paintingsare displayed in the Rutledge Tower outpatient clinics.

photo provided

“This artwork will createa positive atmosphere inour exam rooms.”

Rosemarie Battaglia, R.N.

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Meet Marla

Marla MartinCollegePharmacy, a P1 studentPetsI have a dog named Murphey.What music is in your player rightnow?Of Monsters and MenUnique talentI was a hula and Tahitian dancer.Meal you enjoy cookingI can’t cook, but I love to eat beef stew andrice.Most embarrassing momentMy cap fell off at high school graduation.Favorite place in the worldEl SalvadorA must-have in the freezerIce creamFavorite radio stationNPRGreatest moment in your lifeBeing accepted at MUSCBest thing about living in CharlestonThere are so many outdoor activities and, ofcourse, the beach.

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For 10 hours a day, every day, a vibrant 10-year-old Charleston girl is connected to a peritoneal

dialysis machine that pulls the toxins and excessfluids from her blood, something her kidneys canno longer perform on their own.

The process, sometimes painful, occurs whileMary Ashley Barbot sleeps in the comfort of herown bed, but it’s not without flaws. Her parents,Chip and Charlene, get up three to five times eachnight when the tubing gets tangled, making thealarm on the machine would go off loudly, andMary Ashley needs to be repositioned. Sometimesthe machine stops working completely, which hashappened twice so far, and Charlene has beenforced to perform manual dialysis on her daughter.

It’s a much better life than what the family hadto do before to keep their daughter alive, whichinvolved driving to Dialysis Clinic Incorporated onKing Street three times a week for Mary Ashley’shemodialysis. With just a few hemodialysismachines configured for pediatric patients, herdialysis sometimes didn’t get started until 6 p.m. orlater and took three to four hours to finish.

Mary Ashley is one of 15 pediatric MUSCpatients who are currently undergoing dialysistreatments while waiting for a kidney transplant.When a kidney becomes available, it must matchMary Ashley’s tissue type and not conflict withher unique antibody profile, she will undergo hersecond transplant surgery.

When Mary Ashley was born at MUSC in 2003,she weighed 6 ½ pounds. She was swollen and wasdiagnosed with congenital nephrotic syndrome,which meant she was losing protein in her urine. Ayear later, she only weighed 9 pounds.

By the age of 2, her kidneys had failed, and shehad her first transplant. Other than some milddevelopmental delays, hearing impairment anddaily medications so her body would accept the neworgan, she lived a relatively normal life for eightyears.

Then her second kidney began failing – forcingher name to be put back on the kidney transplantlist.

“I would love more than anything in this worldfor me or my husband to be able to give her akidney and make this all better,” Charlene said. “Asa parent, you always want to provide everything for

your child. It doesn’t feel good tonot be able to be the ones toprovide this.”

None of the more than20 people who have alreadybeen tested have been amatch for Mary Ashley.

“I’ve been completelyamazed by the people whohave come out to be tested,just completely unselfishly.We’ve had family, friends,people who we don’t evenknow that are willing to give upa kidney for her, and they just don’tmatch,” she said.

Katherine E. Twombley, M.D.,medical director of the MUSC Pediatric KidneyTransplant Program and a board-certified pediatricnephrologist, has been on Mary Ashley’s team ofdoctors since July 2012. She said Mary Ashley’sPRA, or panel reactive antibody, is 99 percent.

“If you have above an 80 percent PRA, you’reconsidered a high-reactor, meaning it’s very difficultfor you to match to other donors,” she said. “WithMary Ashley, she has her donor antibodies inaddition to other antibodies that she’s developedfrom blood transfusions. Every time, she’ll needa kidney, it will get harder to find a match. Butshe needs a transplant now or her life would besignificantly shortened.”

On average, Twombley said, a kidney’s lifespanis 10 to 12 years. With newer immunosuppressantmedications and newer treatments, they can lastlonger, but she’ll likely need several more kidneytransplants throughout her lifetime.

The dOnaTiOn prOCess

Her doctors are now focusing on finding a kidneythat will match.

In order to give Mary Ashley a kidney, a donormust have the same blood type, O negative orpositive. If that’s a match, the donor will have anHLA antigen test, which is a simple blood draw. IfMary Ashley’s blood doesn’t have antibodies to anyof the donor’s antigens and her blood doesn’t havea positive reaction when mixed with the donor’sblood, then it’s a match. But that’s not the end.

The donor would then have to pass a medical

By ashley BarKer

Public Relations

Family on mission to find 10-year-old girl new kidneyMary Ashley Barbot was

born at MUSC withcongenital nephrotic

syndrome. Bythe age of 2, her

kidneys hadfailed. Aftersurvivingone kidneytransplant, shenow needsanother one.She’s spentmuch of her

young life in thehospital, but still

finds ways to keepsmiling.

Pediatric dialysis unit needed at MUSC

See Kidney on page 7

photos provided

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work- up that includes a check of blood pressure,cholesterol and other routine health screenings.

“If the donor is considered healthy and able todonate the kidney and they’re a good match, we’d setup a surgery date,” Twombley said. “For the donor, it’s

usually two or three days in thehospital after surgery, mostlyfor pain control, and the donorwould be out of work for awhile.”

According to Charlene, allof the tests and the surgery arecovered by the Barbots’ healthinsurance.

Charlene is even trying tofind a partner who doesn’tmatch Mary Ashley but is willingto donate a kidney anyway to

someone else so they can team up to join a nationalexchange registry. She’s also on the list for a cadaverickidney, which is when someone who dies has agreedto donate organs. But both options could mean a longwait on dialysis.

“I have to believe that people just don’t realize theneed. I think making the decision to be an organ donoris hard for families,” Charlene said. “If more peoplerealized how many lives they could save just by beingan organ donor at the end of life, I can’t imagine morewouldn’t sign up to do that.”

a diva in The MaKing

Until the moment arrives when a healthy kidneydonor matches Mary Ashley, she will continue to dodialysis treatments and be the little “diva” that hermany friends adore.

“Mary Ashley is fabulous. She has the brightestsmile I think I’ve ever seen. She has this full-bodied,contagious laughter that you just can’t help but giggleabout when she’s laughing,” said Charlene. “She likesher purses and her jewelry. She wants to have her nailspainted purple, her favorite color.”

Her reward for behaving during appointments withher doctors is a trip to Goodwill, where her parents lether pick out a purse. Her collection, which at times hasbeen close to 100, includes every color, shape and sizeimaginable. The purses – some adorned with clocks, furand mermaids – hang from several hook racks in herpurple room. She gives them away as presents to ladiesand young girls who visit her and rotates them multipletimes a day, according to her mother.

“She makes us smile constantly,” Charlene said.“She’s very appreciative of everything and everyone.You can come home with her favorite yogurt drink, andshe’ll be just as excited as anybody you’ve ever seen.”

When she visits Twombley, she shows off her purple

fingernails and showers her doctor with hugs.“She’s the most outgoing kid. To have been through

everything that child has been through in her life andstill have a positive attitude is amazing,” Twombley said.

helping The ‘FOrgOTTen Children’

The Barbot family has met many other children alongtheir journey of waiting for a kidney and has found thatSouth Carolina is not the ideal place for children whoneed dialysis.

“Although the fabulous staffs at DCI on King Streetand MUSC have gone above and beyond to make thesevisits special for Mary Ashley and the other children,having a center specialized for the pediatric populationand the pediatric nephrologistsclose at hand would certainly bemore ideal,” Charlene said.

She has been working withanother member of MaryAshley’s team of doctors,Ibrahim F. Shatat, M.D.,medical director of the MUSCDialysis Unit and division chiefof Pediatric Nephrology andHypertension, to raise awarenessand funding for a pediatricdialysis unit.

“In many other states andmany other children’s hospitals, there are dedicatedpediatric dialysis units. Unfortunately, in the state ofSouth Carolina we don’t have those clinics, so pediatricpatients end up going to adult clinics,” Shatat said.“Where our children go now, we try to make it aspediatric-friendly as possible. We have all the kids comeat the same time, do their dialysis after school time, and

even have the nurses help them with their homework.Despite all of this, it is far from the ideal unit dedicatedfor pediatric dialysis patients.”

Those children, some of whom live as far away astwo hours from Charleston, have only two options ifthey aren’t able to do peritoneal dialysis at home: beadmitted to a hospital for dialysis or drive back andforth, three-times-a-week, to one of the few SouthCarolina adult dialysis clinics that allow children.

“Not many people know children who have end-stagerenal disease and kidney failure, and require dialysis.Everyone knows about the child that has no hairbecause he is receiving chemotherapy due to cancer,”Shatat said. “No one knows about the 15 children thatwe’re taking care of who are on dialysis and have to gothree-times-a-week to be on a machine for three hours.Those are the forgotten children unfortunately.”

There have been some discussions at MUSC to start apediatric dialysis unit, but such a unit would require thehelp and support of the public through fundraisers andcharity donations.

wiener dOgs raCe FOr Mary ashley

Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park, home of the CharlestonRiverDogs, hosted a wiener-dog race on Aug. 31 tobenefit the Mary Ashley Barbot Transplant Fund and tobring awareness to the need of a pediatric dialysis unit.

More than 70 dachshunds participated in the racealong with 30 small dogs who took a chance at winningthe costume contest.

“Around $10,000 was raised during the event,”Charlene said,” and we’ll probably end up donatingabout $1,500 to MUSC to go toward a pediatric dialysisclinic.”

The remaining funds will be used to help MaryAshley’s donor, who will likely have expenses related tobeing out of work for an extended period of time aftersurgery, Charlene said. Prior to the race, Twombley andthe Barbot family spoke to the crowd about the need forpeople to donate organs and donate money for MUSCto build a pediatric dialysis clinic.

“I can promise we’ll do everything in our power totake the very best care of this kidney and treasure itand celebrate that donor. I can’t imagine finding anyway adequate enough to say thank you,” Charlenesaid. “Mary Ashley has taught us that it definitely takesa village to raise a child. The people that we’ve metbecause of her – I think they’ve been brought into ourlives because of God – have been amazing. I think it’sblessings that we would have never had otherwise. I’mvery grateful to Mary Ashley for all of that.”

To read more about Mary Ashley, visit maryashley.org/. The MUSC Children’s Hospital Fund can acceptdonations for the proposed pediatric dialysis clinic.Visit musckids.org/giving/childrenshospitalfund/index.htm or contact Barbara Rivers at [email protected] or792-6643 for details.

Shatat

Twombley Charlene allows her 10-year-old daughter,Mary Ashley, to pick out a purse as long as shebehaves during appointments with her doctors.

Kidney Continued from Page Six

photo provided

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Iwant to thank every one whotook the time to enroll in Mobile

Device Management and Two-FactorAuthentication.

As a reminder, neglecting to enroll inthese programs before Oct. 1 will impactyour ability to access various MUSCfeatures, including email.q Mobile Device Management –Required after Oct. 1 for access toMUSC email, calendar and contactsfrom a smartphone or tablet. MDMenables many security improvements, butone impact is a requirement for a device-level PIN/passcode to unlock the deviceafter a period of inactivity. To installMDM, visit www.musc.edu/mdm.q Two-Factor Authentication –Required after Oct. 1 for access toMUSC email, calendar, Citrix webappsand VPN from off-campus computers.The impact of enrollment is thatusers will receive a phone call when

logging in to an Outlook Web Accessemail account, webapps and VPN.Confirmation is required by pressingthe # sign. This step prevents non-authorized, off-campus people fromaccessing MUSC resources. To enroll,visit https://2factor.musc.edu.

It only takes a few minutes to self-enroll in the programs. If assistance isneeded, visit one of the support locationsor contact IS support services by calling792-9700 or emailing [email protected]. A listing of the supportlocations can be found at carcweb.musc.edu/mdm/where.html.

College of Pharmacy student Bridget Barnett, second from left, ispresented with one of two iPad minis from Information Services engineerClay Taylor, from left, University Chief Information Officer Dr. FrankClark and Scott Burroughs. Barnett and College of Nursing studentVirginia Hall (not pictured) were winners in a drawing of employees,faculty and students who registered for Mobile Device Management andTwo-Factor Authentication before Sept. 15.

Self-enrollment continues for new security featuresBy Clay Taylor

OCIO

photo by Cindy Abole, Public Relations

Force password lock; requireinactivity timeout; enforceencryption of MUSC data(including email, contacts, calendarinformation); locate lost devicesif users choose to allow theirdevice to be located. In particular,these devices should not be leftunattended in any location.

Goals achieved by using MDM

More than 5,000Lowcountry residentsare expected to takesteps to improve theirheart health Sept. 28when they participatein the AmericanHeart Association’sLowcountry HeartWalk at LibertySquare.

The event, whichraises funds to fightheart disease andstroke, America’s No.1 and No. 4 killers,will begin at 8 a.m.with registration andthe 3.3 mile walkbeginning at 9 a.m.The walk includesteams of employeesfrom local companies,along with friendsand family members.Visit www.lowcountryscheartwalk.org

Heart Walk to beheld Sept. 28

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Renewal of annual employee parkingdecals and hang tags will continue untilSept. 30.

To renew hang tags and decals, visitacademicdepartments.musc.edu/vpfa/operations/Parking/Annual%20Renewal.pdf.

For information or to receive a

2014 hang tag or decal, visit parkingmanagement at 91 President St., secondfloor, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday,.

To speak to a customer servicerepresentative, call 792-3665,792-0690 or 792-8245 or email [email protected].

Time to renew decal, hang tags at parking management

Working Well initiative citesexcellence in active campus

MUSC has been recognized as aGold Medal Hospital for physical

activity and will dedicate its MUSCFitness park at noon, Sept. 27. TheGold Medal award is part of WorkingWell, a collaboration between the SouthCarolina Hospital Association and N.C.Prevention Partners, for providing thehighest standard of excellence in creatinga physically active workplace.

By earning a gold medal for physicalactivity, MUSC becomes one of severalSouth Carolina hospitals to earn GoldTriple Threat status. To earn the GoldTriple Threat designation, a hospitalmust reach the highest standard ofexcellence and earn gold in all threepillars: Gold Star for tobacco, GoldApple for nutrition and Gold Medal forphysical activity.

“It’s an honor to be recognized for

creating a healthy campus and promotinghealth and wellness in our community,”said Susan Johnson, Ph.D., MUSC’sOffice of Health Promotion director.“All around campus you’ll see evidenceof MUSC’s commitment to creating aphysical environment that contributes tohealth and well-being.”

According to Working Well managerJen Wright, MUSC continues to displayits dedication to a healthy environmentand innovative spirit.

“MUSC provides employees,patients and the community with easyaccess to the healthiest choices. It hasaccomplished amazing things in a shortamount of time, but more impressiveis the willingness to share the lessonslearned and successful strategies to liftup worksite wellness culture in hospitalsand businesses throughout SouthCarolina as a Working Well Center ofExcellence.”

Staff Report

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The university andmedical center benefitoffices will be holdingthe Annual BenefitsFair from 7:30 a.m. to1:30 p.m. on Friday,Sept. 27 in the ColbertEducation Center &Library Building andsurrounding area.Benefits staff andrepresentatives willbe available to answerquestions.

Benefits fairto be held

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Boat for sale:14” McKee w/60 hp engine$3995. (843) 696-3941

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