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LIVE from the 2022 Roswell Rotary Golf and Tennis Tournament: Lindsey Petrini, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital

October 10, 2022 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

LIVE from the 2022 Roswell Rotary Golf and Tennis Tournament: Lindsey Petrini, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital

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LIVE from the 2022 Roswell Rotary Golf and Tennis Tournament: Lindsey Petrini, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 543)

Lindsey Petrini, COO of Wellstar North Fulton Hospital, joined North Fulton Business Radio host John Ray at the 2022 Roswell Rotary Golf and Tennis Tournament, LIVE at Brookfield Country Club. Lindsay discussed how Wellstar stays involved in the community, the growth of the hospital, how Rotary is good for getting people connected, and much more.

This show was originally broadcast live from the 2022 Roswell Rotary Golf and Tennis Tournament at Brookfield Country Club in Roswell, Georgia, on September 12th, 2022.

North Fulton Business Radio is produced and broadcast by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Lindsey Petrini, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital

**Lindsey Petrini, Chief Operating Officer, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital**

Lindsey Petrini is the Chief Operating Officer of Wellstar North Fulton Hospital and has seen so much change in her tenure there.

Equipped with the latest technology and medical expertise, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital is committed to delivering quality, personalized care, tailored to you. Wellstar North Fulton is a Level II Emergency Cardiac Care Center, Level II Trauma Center and Joint Commission Primary Stroke Center.

Wellstar is dedicated to serving its communities with high-quality care that’s conveniently located and accessible when it is needed most.

Several Wellstar facilities have been recognized in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings for providing world-class care in a variety of specialties, including cardiology, neurology and cancer care. Hospitals ranked as high-performing in an area of care are in the top 10 percent in the country.

The Wellstar team is grateful to be recognized for its care and looks forward to continuing its mission to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve.

Roswell Rotary

Roswell Rotary has been serving the community for over 70 years and is one of the largest service organizations in the southeast. Their members come from all walks of life and combine to provide a diverse group of servant-minded business leaders. Their mantra of putting “Service Above Self” is easy when you do it alongside some of your best friends. With numerous service projects within their community and abroad, you can be sure that you will find a place to give back and have fun doing it.

This year the Rotary International theme is “Imagine Rotary” and Roswell Rotarians are using their imaginations to make the community and world a better place. With over 1.4 million members internationally focusing on water/sanitation, mental/child health, basic education/literacy, economic/community development, the environment, disease prevention/treatment and peace and conflict prevention/resolution, you can be assured that Rotary is changing lives in the community and the world.

Roswell Rotary’s signature event is the Aubrey Greenway Golf and the Hagan Cup Tennis Tournaments. These tournaments serve as their main fundraiser and engage our 240 members in a one-day event that includes a full day of golf, a tennis tournament, an after party, and silent/live auctions. The event typically raises over $150,000. Proceeds fund an annual Community Impact Project as well as provide grants to various charities during the Rotary year; helping organizations large and small fulfill their charitable missions.

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Questions and Topics in the Interview:

About how Wellstar stays involved in the community
Wellstar’s growth
How Rotary connects people

North Fulton Business Radio is hosted by John Ray and broadcast and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Special thanks to A&S Culinary Concepts for their support of this edition of North Fulton Business Radio. A&S Culinary Concepts, based in Johns Creek, is an award-winning culinary studio, celebrated for corporate catering, corporate team building, Big Green Egg Boot Camps, and private group events. They also provide oven-ready, cooked-from-scratch meals to go they call “Let Us Cook for You.” To see their menus and events, go to their website or call 678-336-9196.

LIVE from the GNFCC Grand Opening Celebration: Jon-Paul Croom, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital

August 29, 2022 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

LIVE from the GNFCC Grand Opening Celebration: Jon-Paul Croom, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital

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North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 506)

Jon-Paul Croom, President of Wellstar North Fulton Hospital, joined John Ray to chat about the grand opening celebration for the new offices of GNFCC at Avalon, the recent improvements at Wellstar North Fulton including the new CyberKnife®, Wellstar North Fulton’s support of GNFCC, and more.

This show was originally broadcast live from the Grand Opening celebration and ribbon cutting of the new offices of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce at the 10000 Building at Avalon in Alpharetta, Georgia, on August 18, 2022.

North Fulton Business Radio is produced and broadcast by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

From their convenient Roswell location, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital offers the most advanced stroke care and leading therapies, specializing in complicated and complex cases. Count on their dedicated neuro team, state-of-the-art imaging technologies, and neuro-trained intensive care unit (ICU), to treat all types of strokes, including ischemic strokes, intracerebral hemorrhages, and subarachnoid hemorrhages.

Wellstar North Fulton’s team of neurosurgeons, neurocritical care physicians, and neuroradiologists perform thrombectomies, aneurysm treatments, and cerebral bypass procedures. In addition, our dedicated hybrid neurovascular suite is equipped with innovative bi-plane technology. This allows neurosurgeons to view highly detailed images of brain vessels, so our experts can customize treatments in real-time. That means you don’t have to go far for expert stroke treatment.

From diagnostic testing to life-saving emergency care to physical rehabilitation, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital provides comprehensive stroke care so you can get back to life, faster.

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Jon-Paul Croom, FACHE, President of WellStar North Fulton and SVP at WellStar Health System

Jon-Paul Croom is President of Wellstar North Fulton and joined the hospital in 2017.

Croom previously served as CEO of the 429-bed Central Mississippi Medical Center (CMMC) in Jackson, Miss. At CMMC, Croom was regarded as a team builder, using daily team huddles focused on delivering care that exceeded patient expectations while working to improve access to needed services. Croom opened the only burn center in Mississippi and increased the availability of inpatient psychiatric services at the facility.

Croom was also CEO for Merit Health Rankin in Brandon, Miss., chief operating officer for Clearview Regional Medical Center in Monroe, Ga., and chief operating officer for Roxborough Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia. Additionally, he served on the board of the Mississippi chapter of March of Dimes.

Croom received his bachelor’s degree from Mercer University, in Macon, Ga., and a master’s degree in both business administration and health administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Jon-Paul lives in Roswell with his wife and three children.

Questions and Topics in this Interview:

Wellstar North Fulton’s recent improvements
The addition of the CyberKnife®
Wellstar North Fulton’s involvement with GNFCC
Chamber luncheons

Dr. Ben Zussman, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital

December 20, 2021 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Dr. Ben Zussman, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital

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Dr. Ben Zussman, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 423)

Dr. Ben Zussman, Neurosurgeon at Wellstar North Fulton Hospital, joined host John Ray to share the exciting news that Wellstar North Fulton now offers comprehensive stroke and aneurysm treatments for stroke victims, the first and only facility in the North Fulton region to provide such care. Dr. Zussman discussed what is involved in these procedures, which allow minimally invasive physical removal of a clot and immediate restoration of blood flow to the brain. He also discussed why these treatments are so time-critical for stroke victims, and why Wellstar North Fulton’s capabilities are so important for our region, given our location in the “The Stroke Belt.” North Fulton Business Radio is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

Wellstar North Fulton Hospital

Equipped with the latest technology and medical expertise, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital is committed to delivering quality, personalized care, tailored to you. From their convenient Roswell location, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital offers the most advanced stroke care and leading therapies, specializing in complicated and complex cases. Count on their dedicated neuro team, state-of-the-art imaging technologies, and neuro-trained intensive care unit (ICU), to treat all types of strokes, including ischemic strokes, intracerebral hemorrhages, and subarachnoid hemorrhages.

Wellstar North Fulton’s team of neurosurgeons, neurocritical care physicians, and neuroradiologists perform thrombectomies, aneurysm treatments and cerebral bypass procedures. In addition, our dedicated hybrid neurovascular suite is equipped with innovative bi-plane technology. This allows neurosurgeons to view highly detailed images of brain vessels, so our experts can customize treatments in real-time. That means you don’t have to go far for expert stroke treatment.

From diagnostic testing to life-saving emergency care to physical rehabilitation, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital provides comprehensive stroke care so you can get back to life, faster.

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Dr. Ben Zussman, Neurosurgeon, Wellstar North Fulton Hospital

Ben Zussman, MD is a cerebrovascular and spine neurosurgeon with the Wellstar Medical Group. His research on the treatment of cerebrovascular disease has resulted in novel surgical techniques and improvements in patient safety and satisfaction. Dr. Zussman is passionate about providing safe, high-quality patient care.

His two areas of specific expertise within neurosurgery are cerebrovascular neurosurgery and spine surgery.

He treats the entire spectrum of blood vessel problems in the head, neck, and spinal cord. Sometimes he approaches the blood vessels from the outside with microsurgery. For example, he performs clipping of intracranial aneurysms, carotid endarterectomies, and microvascular decompressions. Other times they treat the vessels from within using endovascular techniques. For example, Dr. Zussman performs coiling of intracranial aneurysms, carotid artery stenting, and embolization of vascular malformations. A significant portion of his cerebrovascular practice involves emergency care, including acute stroke interventions and brain hemorrhages. His training in both microsurgery and endovascular surgery enables him to tailor the surgical strategy for each individual patient.

He also treats spinal disorders in the neck, trunk, and low back. When they operate on the spine they care for the spinal cord and nerves, and also for the bones and discs that make up our skeleton. For example, he performs laminectomies and foraminotomies, and also fusions, discectomies, and arthroplasties.

Finally, he treats many general neurosurgical pathologies as well, including brain and spine tumors, subdural hematomas, hydrocephalus, and carpal tunnel syndrome.

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Questions and Topics Discussed in this Episode

Practically speaking, what happens when someone is having a major stroke?
How do we treat patients with neuro-endovascular surgery?
How do we treat patients with open cerebrovascular surgery?
Why is it so important for the local community to have access to the highest level of neuro care nearby?
What are we building at Wellstar and why is it special and exciting?
How can I work to prevent a stroke in the first place?

North Fulton Business Radio is hosted by John Ray, and broadcast and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Special thanks to A&S Culinary Concepts for their support of this edition of North Fulton Business Radio. A&S Culinary Concepts, based in Johns Creek, is an award-winning culinary studio, celebrated for corporate catering, corporate team building, Big Green Egg Boot Camps, and private group events. They also provide oven-ready, cooked from scratch meals to go they call “Let Us Cook for You.” To see their menus and events, go to their website or call 678-336-9196.

Is July The Most Dangerous Month To Go To The Hospital?

July 14, 2011 by angishields

Dr. Fitness & the Fat Guy

Is July The Most Dangerous Month To Go To The Hospital?

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There are some mixed feelings about going to the hospital in July. Some people try never to do it – but some recent research says that it is a myth. The research says that hospital mortality rates don’t rise in July but that research was done by a bunch of doctors.

But lets look at these events that happen in July. More senior doctors take vacation in the summer and in July in particular. A lot of medical school student doctors are filling in and covering more hours for vacationing docs. With both of these factors in play do you think you will get the hospital’s best staff in July?