Hey everyone- hope your well
I came across this today and wanted to share with the class
Its about changing our name to associate.
By the way I am back in Portland now so If anyone ever wants to get togeteher let me know
new email: Adam.baileypa@live.com
cell is the same- 971 506 3952
http://clinician1.com/posts/article/pas_launch_a_major_name_change_initiative/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=c1+blast+727&utm_content=c1+blast+727+Preview+CID_6f28572c67709a78cdbec2a9ca201bbd&utm_source=Email+marketing+software&utm_term=PAs+Launch+A+Professional+Name+Change+Initiative
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Marathoning for Haiti, & Ethan
Haiti. Within several days of the Port-au-Prince earthquake, 50,000 people were dead. One week later, over 200,000 have died. That exceeds 20,000 people per day. The city’s population was 700,000 in 2003. Most die now for lack of food & water, as the city continues to crumble from aftershocks. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
The best way most of us can help is by donating money to charitable organizations that provide relief there.
Ethan. The idea to raise money for philanthropic causes first occurred to me when Ethan, the 5-year-old son of one of my Physician Assistant school classmates, was diagnosed in fall 2009 with neuroblastoma, a rare cancer that affects children. Most patients diagnosed with the disease after age 1 have less than a 20% chance of survival because the disease has metastasized to their liver, lungs, and/or bone. Ethan’s initial bone biopsy was positive for cancer. He has had series of surgeries & chemotherapy. He was originally diagnosed with 95% bone involvement, but after 3 rounds of chemo he is down to 5%. Last week, stem cells were harvested from his bone to start bone marrow transplantation. He is a 5-year-old fighter.
About myself. I’ve been marathoning for eight years, & have achieved all my running goals. 2010 will be my last year of marathoning. I will run Boston in April & the Athens Classic Marathon (commemorating the 2,500th anniversary of the first “marathon”) in October. I will also visit Ethan’s family & run the St. George Marathon in October. I want my final year of marathoning to be for causes greater than myself.
Marathons are 26.2 miles long. I haven’t found a running-affiliated charitable organization raising money for Haiti. But time is critical. Due to the legal complexities of collecting money myself, I’ve decided to ask people to donate $26.20 directly to one of the following charitable organizations.
Haiti & Ethan remind us that others need $26.20 more than we do. Thank you.
* The American Red Cross (www.redcross.org): The leading non-governmental relief effort in Haiti. I have donated $100.
* Partners In Health (www.pih.org/where/Haiti/Haiti.html): Co-founded by Dr. Paul Farmer (the subject of Tracy Kidder’s book, Mountains Beyond Mountains), this organization is devoted to providing medical care to the world’s poorest populations. Dr. Farmer earned his M.D. & Ph.D. in medical anthropology simultaneously at Harvard, basing the latter on research he conducted in Haiti. He was appointed United Nations Deputy Special Envoy to Haiti in August 2009. PIH has ten clinics throughout Haiti outside of Port-au-Prince that are still functioning & will be inundated as earthquake refugees leave the city. I have donated $26.20 to PIH.
* Children’s Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation (www.nbhope.org): The leading charity supporting research to fight this disease. If you would like to donate money to benefit Ethan directly, his parents can be reached via an email link at www.caringbridge.org/visit/ethanmendenhall/mystory (where Ethan’s story is told) or by emailing his dad, Jeromy, at jeromymendenhall@hotmail.com. I have donated $26.20 to CNBF & our class bought Christmas presents for Ethan.
As 2010 unfolds, you can follow my training & marathon experiences at MarathoningForHaiti.blogspot.com.
Thanks again, & Happy 2010!
Jud
The best way most of us can help is by donating money to charitable organizations that provide relief there.
Ethan. The idea to raise money for philanthropic causes first occurred to me when Ethan, the 5-year-old son of one of my Physician Assistant school classmates, was diagnosed in fall 2009 with neuroblastoma, a rare cancer that affects children. Most patients diagnosed with the disease after age 1 have less than a 20% chance of survival because the disease has metastasized to their liver, lungs, and/or bone. Ethan’s initial bone biopsy was positive for cancer. He has had series of surgeries & chemotherapy. He was originally diagnosed with 95% bone involvement, but after 3 rounds of chemo he is down to 5%. Last week, stem cells were harvested from his bone to start bone marrow transplantation. He is a 5-year-old fighter.
About myself. I’ve been marathoning for eight years, & have achieved all my running goals. 2010 will be my last year of marathoning. I will run Boston in April & the Athens Classic Marathon (commemorating the 2,500th anniversary of the first “marathon”) in October. I will also visit Ethan’s family & run the St. George Marathon in October. I want my final year of marathoning to be for causes greater than myself.
Marathons are 26.2 miles long. I haven’t found a running-affiliated charitable organization raising money for Haiti. But time is critical. Due to the legal complexities of collecting money myself, I’ve decided to ask people to donate $26.20 directly to one of the following charitable organizations.
Haiti & Ethan remind us that others need $26.20 more than we do. Thank you.
* The American Red Cross (www.redcross.org): The leading non-governmental relief effort in Haiti. I have donated $100.
* Partners In Health (www.pih.org/where/Haiti/Haiti.html): Co-founded by Dr. Paul Farmer (the subject of Tracy Kidder’s book, Mountains Beyond Mountains), this organization is devoted to providing medical care to the world’s poorest populations. Dr. Farmer earned his M.D. & Ph.D. in medical anthropology simultaneously at Harvard, basing the latter on research he conducted in Haiti. He was appointed United Nations Deputy Special Envoy to Haiti in August 2009. PIH has ten clinics throughout Haiti outside of Port-au-Prince that are still functioning & will be inundated as earthquake refugees leave the city. I have donated $26.20 to PIH.
* Children’s Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation (www.nbhope.org): The leading charity supporting research to fight this disease. If you would like to donate money to benefit Ethan directly, his parents can be reached via an email link at www.caringbridge.org/visit/ethanmendenhall/mystory (where Ethan’s story is told) or by emailing his dad, Jeromy, at jeromymendenhall@hotmail.com. I have donated $26.20 to CNBF & our class bought Christmas presents for Ethan.
As 2010 unfolds, you can follow my training & marathon experiences at MarathoningForHaiti.blogspot.com.
Thanks again, & Happy 2010!
Jud
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
We're Engaged!
Hi everyone,
Just wanted to share the GREAT news that Nate and I are ENGAGED! Woohoo! He asked me on top of a cliff overlooking the ocean on Catalina Island last Saturday. And, big surprise, I said, "Seriously?" and then I said "Yes!" I hope that you are all well and enjoying your first year out of school. My how time flies. I can hardly believe that we are approaching our 1 year anniversary!
-Kirstin
PS. I recently started working 2 jobs, part time at a family practice clinic and per diem at an urgent care. Both jobs are challenging, but good.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
I win!
To my PA-C ers,
So, I'm thinking there is a contest to see who is the first woman in the class to get pregnant... and unless there are any other takers, I think I win! You may have seen my pregnant self in Julie's non-wedding video--so yes, that's me. I thought I better let you all in on the news before I actually deliver!
Carter and I are expecting our little arrival in September. Our little Critter, as we call him/her--it's a surprise--has been with us for some time now. I have been slow on announcing since I have been job hunting most of the time since I have been pregnant and figured the less people that know, the better for possible employment (Portland is certainly a small town...) In other news, we bought our first house together in March and have been happily settling in in NE Portland. Oh, and oh yeah, we got married in September, but that is old news. :)
As far as work goes, that is not as exciting. I took a job right after school with OHSU. It was a management job in women's health (Fertility and Reproductive Endocrinology) that had the potential to turn into a PA job. Due to the economy, that didn't materialize and I left that position after 4 months to focus on looking for PA work. I have had several interviews with great feedback; however, nothing firm yet. I thankfully have the Critter to focus on, as well, I'm now planning on getting something lined up post-Critter.
I hope to see many of you in August at the reunion. If there is indeed a reunion in August, I'll be the very large one finding the most comfortable chair, enviously watching all of you sip on tasty alchoholic beverages! I hope to see you there!
xoxoxo, Carol
Friday, May 29, 2009
Married on paper
Hey everybody!
So I'm switching jobs next week (same clinic, just making the switch from Urgent Care to Internal Med) and in anticipation of a whole new panel of patients, we decided to go ahead and tie the knot. Why? Because from here on out I'll be Julie Bernstein! Or Juliana Bernstein. Or Juliana Mogielnicki Bernstein (I've been doodling my new signature for years now.... just kidding).
Anyway, we had a little non-ceremony, and taped it for posterity. Take a look if you miss me (or Oren, more likely!). I hope everyone is well, and I would love to hear updates.
Julie B
So I'm switching jobs next week (same clinic, just making the switch from Urgent Care to Internal Med) and in anticipation of a whole new panel of patients, we decided to go ahead and tie the knot. Why? Because from here on out I'll be Julie Bernstein! Or Juliana Bernstein. Or Juliana Mogielnicki Bernstein (I've been doodling my new signature for years now.... just kidding).
Anyway, we had a little non-ceremony, and taped it for posterity. Take a look if you miss me (or Oren, more likely!). I hope everyone is well, and I would love to hear updates.
Julie B
Friday, April 17, 2009
Hello from Karl
Hello everyone. I hope you are all doing very well and liking your jobs and any new family members you may have, or are in the process of creating. Congrats if you happen to be pregnant- you know who you are (or do you?). And, Julie M.: thanks for creating this very cool blog.
Anyway, Kelly and I are back in the U.S. and it is good to be back. We are appreciating the U.S. like never before - all the good coffee, orderly traffic, tasty produce, etc.
Just a brief description of our trip: In a nutshell, we left Portland the day after my last rotation on our trusty motorcycle (a Kawasaki KLR 650) and headed east through Idaho (Carly- it was lovely, just lovely!) Then south through the Rockies and crossing the Mexican border in Arizona. Mexico is definitely a great country with fast roads and wicked tasty chile rellenos. Then we rode down through Central America to Panama City where we flew the bike to Bogota, Colombia. Colombia is fantastic country with very warm and energetic people, beautiful cities, and pretty countryside. Thanks to America’s hunger for cocaine and military aid, there is a huge police presence on the roads to deal with a high crime rate and scattered guerilla activity. My lousy driving skills (bad on pavement, worse on dirt) were tested by chaotic traffic with cars sharing our lane and country roads plugged with slow moving semis that forced us to pass on windy mountain roads. Ecuador was lovely as well, with warm indigenous people who treated us very well. We mainly stuck to the Panamerican highway which, although it is the only north-to-south road, is often in horrible shape and reduced to one lane. We were soon cruising down the squalor of the Peruvian coast which leads into the Atacama Dessert of northern Chile. Here is hasn’t rained in hundreds of years and the landscape looks lunar, with no vegetation and few towns. Two weeks of riding (Chile is loooong) found us south of Santiago, were we took ferries to different islands and coastal communities. On New Year’s, we arrived at the bottom of Tierra del Fuego where the road ends, literally. Patagonia’s winds were amazingly violent, making it difficult to simply stand up in. We constantly felt that we were about to go down as we leaned the bike into the wind, but somehow managed to stay on 2 wheels. Heading back north we spent time in Bolivia, where an election to reaffirm the Indigenous president Evo Morales was underway (he won). There, we rode through amazing Andean terrain with salt flats, llamas, flamingos, and hardy people who make a living by herding and farming in an infertile landscape. After crossing the Andes we drove back to Ecuador and flew to Panama where we biked northward to the States by way of Belize (yes Clay, some lovely fish were caught). After around 25,000 miles we are thankful to be back without any serious accidents or illnesses, aside from some diarrhea (details spared).
Pics: Camping in the Bolivian altiplano, Torres del Paine Park, church in San Pedro de Atacama.
Anyway, we are settling in the four corners area where we will both work at Shiprock Indian Hospital while living in Cortez, Colorado.
Anyway, Kelly and I are back in the U.S. and it is good to be back. We are appreciating the U.S. like never before - all the good coffee, orderly traffic, tasty produce, etc.
Just a brief description of our trip: In a nutshell, we left Portland the day after my last rotation on our trusty motorcycle (a Kawasaki KLR 650) and headed east through Idaho (Carly- it was lovely, just lovely!) Then south through the Rockies and crossing the Mexican border in Arizona. Mexico is definitely a great country with fast roads and wicked tasty chile rellenos. Then we rode down through Central America to Panama City where we flew the bike to Bogota, Colombia. Colombia is fantastic country with very warm and energetic people, beautiful cities, and pretty countryside. Thanks to America’s hunger for cocaine and military aid, there is a huge police presence on the roads to deal with a high crime rate and scattered guerilla activity. My lousy driving skills (bad on pavement, worse on dirt) were tested by chaotic traffic with cars sharing our lane and country roads plugged with slow moving semis that forced us to pass on windy mountain roads. Ecuador was lovely as well, with warm indigenous people who treated us very well. We mainly stuck to the Panamerican highway which, although it is the only north-to-south road, is often in horrible shape and reduced to one lane. We were soon cruising down the squalor of the Peruvian coast which leads into the Atacama Dessert of northern Chile. Here is hasn’t rained in hundreds of years and the landscape looks lunar, with no vegetation and few towns. Two weeks of riding (Chile is loooong) found us south of Santiago, were we took ferries to different islands and coastal communities. On New Year’s, we arrived at the bottom of Tierra del Fuego where the road ends, literally. Patagonia’s winds were amazingly violent, making it difficult to simply stand up in. We constantly felt that we were about to go down as we leaned the bike into the wind, but somehow managed to stay on 2 wheels. Heading back north we spent time in Bolivia, where an election to reaffirm the Indigenous president Evo Morales was underway (he won). There, we rode through amazing Andean terrain with salt flats, llamas, flamingos, and hardy people who make a living by herding and farming in an infertile landscape. After crossing the Andes we drove back to Ecuador and flew to Panama where we biked northward to the States by way of Belize (yes Clay, some lovely fish were caught). After around 25,000 miles we are thankful to be back without any serious accidents or illnesses, aside from some diarrhea (details spared).
Pics: Camping in the Bolivian altiplano, Torres del Paine Park, church in San Pedro de Atacama.
Anyway, we are settling in the four corners area where we will both work at Shiprock Indian Hospital while living in Cortez, Colorado.
If any of you are in the area, our house is your house - come visit. And if you ever feel like working in Navajo country, give me a ring. The patients are sick, the pay is pretty good, and thankfully there is loan repayment.
Cheers. (And a special thanks to Skye and Sam who watched our mutt Tanaya!)
Cheers. (And a special thanks to Skye and Sam who watched our mutt Tanaya!)
Monday, March 30, 2009
ACLS memories
Hi everyone!
Well, I wanted you all to know that I was thinking of you today and having a ton of bittersweet memories of our ACLS class that we took almost 2 years ago. Background: In my effort to land a job here in SoCal I decided to take the PALS course to be considered for a job at a local urgent care center. All in all the class was good and went without a hitch, but I missed you guys! I found myself sitting in this classroom wishing that I was instead surrounded by my "family" instead of several quiet strangers. The mega codes and CPR skills just weren't the same without you guys. I hope that you are all enjoying practice and adjusting to the post-grad life. Skye, when are you going to get started planning that reunion?!
Miss you guys! -Kirstin
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