Lankenau Hospital Hosts Second Ruth Grandin Symposium, Focusing On The Relationship Between Faith, Health, and Healing

Thursday, June 03, 2010

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Pictured from left to right: Ralph Ciampa, S.T.M. Director of Pastoral Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Susan Gregory, MD, Lankenau Hospital; Brenda Jackson, MSW Social Work Supervisor, Lankenau Hospital; Timothy P. Brigham, MDiv, PhD Senior Vice-President, Department of Education, ACGME; Rabbi Dayle Friedman, Director, Hiddur, The Center of Judaism and Aging, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College; Annette C. Frawley, RN, BSN Patient Care Manager, Lankenau Hospital; Barry D. Mann, MD Chief Academic Officer Main Line Health System

(Radnor, Pa.) — In the second Ruth Grandin Faith, Health and the Human Experience Symposium, over 180 physicians, nurses, social workers and spiritual leaders came together on April 28 at Lankenau Hospital to discuss the connection between faith and health in order to enhance healing of patients, family members, and the community.

This year’s symposium explored our obligation as healthcare providers, as clergy, and as spiritual human beings to go the “extra mile” in making such interventions in the care of patients. Among the panel members was Barry Mann, MD, Chief Academic Officer for Main Line Health and author of the manual, Surgery A Competency-Based Companion, which explores the importance of interpersonal relationships between doctors and patients.

About Lankenau Hospital

Lankenau Hospital, a member of Main Line Health, in suburban Philadelphia is one of the nation’s leading heart centers. The 353-bed teaching hospital is located on a campus that also includes the Lankenau Institute of Medical Research, a freestanding biomedical research institute that specializes in cardiac and cancer research. Lankenau Hospital’s nurses are MAGNET®-certified, and the hospital has consistently been recognized as a Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospital by Thomson Reuters. Additionally, Lankenau has been named as a HealthGrades America’s 50 Best Hospital^TM for 2009, placing it in the top one percent of all hospitals in the nation for quality outcomes.

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