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The Lewes-Rehoboth Rotary Club and Georgetown-Millsboro Rotary Club in Sussex County, Delaware, are supporting innovative approaches to improving memory care through a $5,000 gift to the Swank Center for Memory Care and Geriatric Consultation at Christiana Care.
“We are working to reduce caregiver burden and improve activities of daily living in individuals with problems in caregiver recognition,” said James Ellison, M.D., MPH, The
Swank Foundation Endowed Chair in Memory
Care and Geriatrics at Christiana Care. “We are
grateful for the rotaries’ financial support.”
The Swank Center for Memory Care and Geriatric Consultation is Delaware’s first and only comprehensive outpatient office for patients with memory disorders and their families.
Approximately 18,000 people across Delaware are coping with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder. The Swank Center for Memory Care and Geriatric Consultation offers these patients and their families essential support, education and guidance from diagnosis through treatment.
PUBLISHING, PRESENTATIONS, AWARDS & APPOINTMENTS
“We are long-time supporters of Christiana Care Health System’s efforts to improve the care of persons with Alzheimer’s disease by exploring innovative new treatments,” said Lewes-Rehoboth Rotary Club Director Dave Keller. “Through this gift, we hope to make a real impact on the health and lives of our neighbors who are suffering from Alzheimer’s or who are caring for loved ones with this disease.” 
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Rotaries’ gift supports Swank Memory Care Center
Publishing
Justin Martello, M.D., et al. “Quality Improvement in Neurology. Universal Neurology Quality Measurement Set.” Neurology. February 2019.
Presentations
Vishesh Agarwal, M.D.
• “Addiction is a Disease of the Brain.” Medical, Dental, and Public Health Lecture Series at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, University of Delaware. March 2019.
• “Supervised Injection Facility: Will It See the Light of Day in America?” Sixth Annual College of Physicians of Philadelphia Section on Public Health and Preventive Medicine’s Public Health Day Symposium. Philadelphia. April 2019.
• “Nicotine Use and Pregnancy: Pitfalls and Opportunities.” American Society of Addiction Medicine’s 50th Annual Conference. Orlando. April 2019.
Michael Farrell, M.D., MBS, Audrey Spencer, M.D., and Caitlin Halbert, D.O., MS. “Relationship of Hemorrhagic Complications and Perioperative Blood Pressure in Bariatric Surgery.” 2019 SAGES Annual Meeting. Baltimore. April 2019.
Rosemary Woods, MBA, RD, CNSC, LDN; Mary Shapero MS, RD, CNSC, LDN; Elisabeth Jones MS, RD, CNSC, LDN, and Michael Vest D.O., FACP, FCCP. “Enteral Nutrition Adequacy in Intensive Care Patients Enterally Fed for 10 Days.” American Society of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition Conference. Phoenix, Arizona. March 2019.
Awards & Achievements
Jessey P. Jennings DNP, FNP-BC, received her Doctorate in Nursing Practice degree from Drexel University, Philadelphia, in March 2019.
Ioannis Kehagias, M.D , FAAFP, was appointed a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Appointments
The Education, Development and Advancement Council congratulates the following new RN III nurses: Justin Bartels, BSN, BA, RN-BC, 4/5 Medical; Kathleen Quirk, MSN, RN-BC, 6E; Elizabeth Mitchell, BSN, RN-BC, 4D; Pamela D. Ramagano, MSN, RN, CNOR, Christiana OR; Tyesha Rodriguez-Gist, BSN, RN, CCRN, 6S WICU; and Jessica Tansey, BSN, RN-BC, 5D.
The Education, Development and Advancement Council congratulates Lisa Markiewicz, MSN, MSM, RN, CCRN, WICU, on her promotion to RN IV. 
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