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Kara ClarkStaff Writer

Inova Loudoun Hospital’s presence in the Town of Leesburg has been a constant since 1912, with 100 years of service being celebrated next year. The hospital began on the site of today’s Leesburg Hobbies and Collectibles shop on West Market Street but, in 1917, moved to property on its current campus on Cornwall Street. For many years it was the only game in town as far as healthcare in the county was concerned. But, as the population east of Leesburg began to grow considerably in the 1990s, Inova staff made the decision to close Corn-wall’s emergency room in 1997 and move it to the sprawling Lansdowne campus off Riverside Parkway. In the meantime, according to Inova Loudoun’s Chief Growth Officer James Rohrbaugh, hospital staff began to reevalu-ate the role the Cornwall campus would play in the healthcare community going forward. “We came together to talk about what happens in western Loudoun and Leesburg and what are the healthcare needs,” he said. It was quickly determined that the need still existed for an emergency department at Cornwall and the emergency room there was reopened in 2003. That began what Rohrbaugh characterized as a “revitalization” of the Leesburg campus, with the addition of an outpatient radiology unit and the construction of a medical office building by a group of area physicians adding to the new energy on the campus. Currently, about 65 physicians practice in the medical office building. In 2005, as part of the county’s Com-prehensive Plan for Healthcare, Inova Loud-

oun staff reaffirmed the commitment to the Leesburg campus and took the next few years determining what would be the best way to move forward on adding or expanding ser-vices there. The first step for the Cornwall campus will be a refurbished emergency depart-ment to include private and trauma rooms. All told, the renovations will increase the size of the emergency department, along with the lab and radiology units, to 12,823 square feet, a more than 3,000-square-foot increase. Other improvements include the con-struction of a new lab; outpatient imaging enhancements, including an additional CT scanner; a new brick façade on the 1974 building; upgraded space for the Loudoun Free Clinic and Loudoun Child Advocacy Center; and other improvements, including materials management, patient transport, security and central plant upgrades. The phase one project is set to be completed in 2012, just in time for Inova Loudoun’s 100th anniversary. A second phase renovation project will commence soon after phase one’s comple-tion, and will involve the relocation of the Loudoun Adult Medical Psychiatric Services, a 22-bed adult inpatient behavioral medicine unit. Surface parking will also be added at the East Wing. That phase will be completed in 2013. Upon completion, Rohrbaugh predicts the Leesburg campus will continue to deliver the top-notch healthcare the community has come to expect from it in its almost 100 years of existence. “The campus’ whole compliment of services meets the day-to-day needs of folks in central and western Loudoun,” he said.

“What this renovation does is it just contin-ues to provide state-of-the-art care.” Once the renovations are complete, the older buildings on the Cornwall campus will be demolished, leaving only the two main buildings, including the one to be renovated, and the long-term care center. That gives Inova Loudoun staff more flex-

ibility in the future to determine the best fits for the campus going forward. Rohrbaugh estimates the campus could double or triple in size from its current footprint in the years to come and says the physician population taking up office space there will help to determine the best additions for the campus going forward. n

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bothersome, since the mannequins should be treated like living human patients. The group members—DeAnne Payne and Tammy Svitek of River Bend Middle School; Susan Farmer of Parkside Middle School; Diane Scott of Seneca Ridge Middle School; and Mouna Penmetsa, a rising senior at Briar Woods High School who is a communications affair intern at Inova Loudoun—worked with the mannequins in a session called Hands on Experience/Simulation Lab through George Washington University’s Teachers in Industry Project. The project gives teachers the opportu-nity to travel to various work environments, including Inova Loudoun, where they can gain knowledge in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to be brought back to the classroom. During the session, the group learned

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Pierre Sports Complex in Port-of-Spain. The bout will also be the longest fight of her career, scheduled for 10 two-minute rounds. “I knew that God was going to bless me with an opportunity to be a world champion, but never this quick. I know boxers who have fought longer and haven’t had a chance,” Nelson said. “This is a dream come true and truly a blessing.” To reach the success she has in boxing, Nelson has for several years kept up an intense training regimen, all while raising two children and balancing four other jobs. She works as a server at IHOP, as a cafeteria worker and a bus driver for Loudoun County Public Schools and as a bus driver for a church camp. “At times it’s hard to train and work. By the time I get done with a shift I may feel tired, but I know I’ve got to go train,” Nelson said, adding that it’s worth it because she enjoys it. “If there’s something you really want to do, you find a way to do it.” And that’s just what she did. She not only achieved her initial goal, to stay in shape, but also proved how good of a boxer she is. As an amateur boxer, she was a three time Golden Gloves Champion and claimed the Hager-stown Heavyweight Championship Belt. Going into boxing she fought in the heavyweight class, weighing in at 180 pounds,

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fight in the state. For her second rematch fight in her short professional career, she faced Clark, the current No. 2 ranked light middleweight boxer in the country, who was looking to even her series against Nelson and make a run at being the No. 1 boxer in her weight class. Nelson had other plans. After four intense rounds of boxing, the judges scored the fight as a unanimous decision for Nelson. For the next domestic fight, Nelson is scheduled to compete at the Jimmy Lange Boxing show Sept. 10 at the Patriot Center. Her opponent is yet to be decided. Often opponents are not named until three weeks before the event, according to Forbes. Even though Nelson is only four fights into her boxing career, she is showing a lot of promise, according to Forbes. “Tori should get her shot in the next year or two for a world title if she keeps going the way she is now,” Forbes said at the beginning of July. Nelson will get that chance even sooner than Forbes expected with her fight in Trini-dad next week. “I want to bring home that belt not just for me, but for my trainer [Fladager ] too,” Nelson said. “He has done so much for me through training and funding my travel to fights, so I really want to bring it back for him.” Women’s boxing will draw the world’s attention with its debut in the 2012 Olym-pics in London. The Olympics will only allow amateur female boxers to participate, so Nelson will sit this one out. But the Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC, region claims more amateur women boxers than professionals, so this could be their chance for the spotlight. In particular, Forbes said, nationally ranked Franchon Crews from Baltimore, MD, is one to watch in the Olympics. If local fighters don’t fair well, the global event will still be a chance to see some of the best boxers in the world compete on the biggest stage, Forbes added. And it will only help more women realize they can compete in boxing. n

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Three years ago, my sister got a severe flu during her senior year of high school. Even days after the flu symptoms passed, she felt sick after every meal. My parents took her to several doctors who labeled the symptoms as acid reflux and a slow emptying of the stomach. She tested various medications for months. “Finally, we went to a nutritionist who diagnosed me almost on the spot with Celiac Disease,” Carly Fabris, now 20 years old, said. Celiac Disease is an autoimmune disor-der revolving around gluten. Those plagued with the disease cannot properly digest gluten, which is found in wheat, flour, barley and rye. According to the Celiac Disease Foundation, when those with CD ingest gluten, the villi on their small intestine are damaged, which renders them incapable of digesting basic nutrients necessary to a healthy lifestyle. Many confuse CD with an allergy to gluten or gluten intolerance, but it is an autoimmune disease, so it is impossible to outgrow like allergies. Even though one out of 133 people in the United States are affected with the disease, according to the CDF, it is

often misdiagnosed or not diagnosed at all. “We just have been very bad at finding it until recently, so it is diagnosed less in the United States,” Kelly Dorfman, a nutritionist and dietician in Maryland, who diagnosed Fabris, said. “The Europeans and Australians have been much better at catching it than we have been, unfortunately. One study found the average time until diagnosis here in the U.S. was 11 years.” Heather Goodwin, a Spanish teacher at Stone Bridge High School has learned to live with the disease since October 2007. She had digestive problems for a long time and thought she caught something while traveling abroad over the summer. “Since my grandmother has Celiac Dis-ease as well, I asked if I could be tested for it,” Goodwin said. “The doctor was doubtful that it was what was causing my problems, but she agreed to test me anyway. After the blood test and endoscopy the diagnosis was confirmed.” CD is difficult to diagnose because its symptoms are not always obviously gastro-intestinal. There are multiple symptoms that indicate CD, and not all of them obviously point to the autoimmune disease. According to the CDF website, classic symptoms are generally related to digestion; these are the

more obvious symptoms. More unexpected symptoms include osteoporosis, delayed puberty and mouth ulcers, among others. Dorfman heard Peter Green, head of the Celiac Clinic at Columbia Presbyterian Hos-pital in New York, say the main reason many doctors hesitated to diagnose the disease is because there were no drugs to treat it and it’s not easy to identify. An endoscopy is usu-ally required, which involves inserting a tube down the throat and into the small intestine while the patient is sedated. “There are some tricky technical prob-lems when trying to diagnose CD with an endoscopy,” Dorfman said. “As a result, the samples do not consistently find the disease even when it is present.” Oftentimes the results of the test for the disease are not conclusive, she added. The first time my sister was tested for the disease, it came back negative. Still, her doctor said she was positive that she had the disease. “[Dorfman] said that I needed to take wheat, barley and rye out of my diet,” Fabris said. CD can also be difficult to diagnose because it can be contracted seemingly out of nowhere, as my sister experienced. For many adults, the disease can be triggered for the first time after surgery, a viral infection, severe

emotional stress, pregnancy or childbirth, according to the CDF. The most important thing that those who suffer from CD must do is read all food labels and ask questions about every food before they eat it, Dorfman said. “Those with CD cannot just cut down, they have to avoid gluten completely. That means all foods with wheat, rye, spelt and barley. Every label must be scrutinized and going out to eat can be a minefield as sufferers are often given wrong information and then pay later.” Goodwin recommends Wegmans brand food, which is clearly labeled if it is gluten free. Loudoun County also has restaurants that serve gluten-free entrees, including Man-hattan Pizzeria, Fire Works Pizza and Ford’s Fish Shack, among others. Goodwin suggests that as more people with the disease talk about it, the more people will know about CD. “At first I hid the foods I carried with me to weddings and other celebrations,” she said. “Now I openly eat the food I pack and hope that people ask me about it, so that I can educate them about the disease. Many people have found out that they also have the disease after talking to me, and I am so glad that I was able to help them.” n

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In response to several disconcerting national and regional trends—a rise in obe-sity, higher stress and the ever-frenetic pace of the area—Ashburn’s Nova Medical Group is hoping a new initiative will help curb the growth of diabetes among its clientele. The medical group on Tuesday opened the doors to its new Nova Diabetes Center, a comprehensive facility providing medi-cal, educational and support services to patients with pre-diabetes, type I and type II diabetes. The diabetes center is located in Suite 203 of Nova Medical’s Ashburn facility, at 21785 Filigree Court. Board certified internist and endocrinologist Dr. James F. McMurry will head the diabetes center and will work hand-in-hand with registered dietician and certified diabetic educator Amy Johnson and naturopathic physician Teerawong Kasiolarn. Personalized medical care, specialized labs and testing, nutritional counseling and other medical services will be offered. Patients will also have access to Nova Medical Group’s integrative services. Dr. Grace Keenan, medical director and founder of Nova Medical Group and Urgent Care Center, Inc., has personally witnessed the incidence of diabetes and pre-diabetes grow since she opened her first practice in CountrySide in 1988. She points out that the disease is one of the “fastest growing epi-demics in the world” now affecting around 350 million people and calls the rise of type II diabetes cases particularly concerning. She points to the rising stress levels of adults, and poor eating and exercise habits, with many turning more often to fast food for everyday meals. Keenan hopes a compre-hensive approach to dealing with pre-diabe-tes and diabetes will help patients to make

better choices that won’t affect their health. “It’s about helping people find a way in life they can slow it down and focus more on themselves,” she said. “To address this prob-lem and really help in general we need to be talking not about what pill to give you…but how to help you live more a meaningful life; how to eat, how to rest, how to deal with stress and exercise.” Combining the knowledge and skill sets of McMurry, Johnson and Kasiolarn are one step in that direction. Keenan said the center might look to add a culinary component in the coming months as well. The focus on eating and exercise habits cannot be overstated. McMurry said even some weight loss goes a long way in slowing the incidence of diabetes. He points to a recent issue of a diabetes medical journal to make his point. “The most important thing is getting the weight down some,” he said. “Some weight loss even helps. Getting on a walking program or other exercise makes a big differ-ence, too. Somewhere in the order of eight to 20 pounds is enough to reverse things for awhile.” As education is a large component of prevention and proper care, Nova Diabetes Center will be rolling out a slew of classes beginning in September. Monthly Diabetes Education Classes will be offered to patients with type I and type II diabetes and will teach them the ABCs of diabetes. Also available bimonthly will be group naturo-pathic sessions addressing natural treatment options for managing pre-diabetes. In addition, a comprehensive diabetes program for those with type I and type II diabetes will be available by September. This program will incorporate a majority of the a la carte services offered at the Nova Diabetes Center. n

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about the lab, which was opened in December 2009 with $450,000 from Claude Moore Park in Sterling to enable healthcare professionals to practice skills, such as taking vital signs and blood samples, inserting air tubes and performing minimally invasive surgery on the mannequins, according to the Inova website. Joseph specifically works with second year nursing students from Shenandoah University in the lab, helping them work on the manne-quins, which are controlled with a computer. However other students and nurses also work with the mannequins. Standing over SimMan—who can also become SimWoman when its private parts are switched—the group members observed as his chest rose and receded, simulating breathing. Each took turns pressing against his wrists, feel-ing for his pulse. And with a click of a button on a computer, Joseph even made SimMan cough and make vomiting noises. SimMan’s vital signs were even shown on a monitor next to the hospital bed he lies on. Although SimMan’s body doesn’t feel and react exactly like an actual human’s, his purpose is to allow students to go through the step-by-step processes of inserting an IV, for example. While students and nurses work on the mannequins, they are videotaped through a camera that is inside them. After they finish a session with a mannequin, they can watch their

performance. And as students and nurses work on a mannequin, Joseph can speak to them, pretending to be an actual patient, through a microphone. All the mannequins have one goal: to let students and nurses practice, and along the way improve, their medical skills, so when they work on living human patients, they’ll be more familiar with the processes. n

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Donna Joseph, a nurse administrative supervisor, demonstrates how to use one of several interactive mannequins.

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intervention radiology lab—she said doctors in the cath lab focus on the heart, while interven-tion radiologists specialize in everything stem-ming from the heart. The unit is staffed with techs and doctors, which Inova shares with Fairfax Hospital, and nurses, who remain at the same hospital to maintain consistency, which is a topic Matarazzo stressed and said can be used in classrooms. To eliminate human error, every move hospital staff makes is recorded electronically. For example, before nurses give medicine to patients, they ask for the person’s full name and birthday. They then scan their hospital bands, which show a record of the drugs they have received previously, and record the latest administration. Matarazzo also said a patient’s information, especially for allergies, is docu-mented on hospital computers for all doctors to see. “You cannot make one mistake,” she said of the expectations for hospital staff. “Ninety-five percent is not OK. You have to be right 100 percent, all the time.” Walking the halls of the unit, bodies wear-ing different colored scrubs were a common sight for the teachers. Some of the techs, doc-tors and nurses even stopped what they were working on to talk to the group, two being ultrasound techs. Although they each went through years of schooling for their jobs, they

said their skills all branch from the basics: physics, math and science—letting the teach-ers know the importance of teaching students these subjects in their early education years.

“Students need to understand that all components of STEM are critical founda-tions to any business or career,” Fortier said. “Having an opportunity to understand how each business utilizes these components differs depending on the business, but having a good foundation for each is essential.” n

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