October specials for employees include discounts on treatments and savings on skin care procedures and products. Please be sure to bring your employee badge to receive the discount.
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The Patient Family Advisory Council strives to promote effective and respectful partnerships among patients, families, and clinical staff members while also increasing understanding and cooperation.
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All services must be redeemed the week of Oct. 10 to receive this special discount.
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Each USA Health employee and Whiddon College of Medicine faculty and staff member is eligible to receive two free tickets to the game and two vouchers for concessions.
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USA Health has begun administering the vaccine that protects against influenza to employees, who are required to receive the seasonal vaccine each year.
USA Health is the first health system in Alabama and the upper Gulf Coast region to earn the three-year accreditation.
![Christopher Keel, D.O., a urologist at USA Health University Urology, recently performed the first prostatectomy using the da Vinci SP (single port).](https://www.usahealthsystem.com/uploads/news/_newsCard1x/19322-keel-3.jpg?20220920101019)
The robot-assisted surgical system allows for a single point of entry with the potential for less pain and shorter hospital stays for prostatectomy patients at USA Health.
Clinical staff can interact with safari characters and complete a safari “passport” as they learn about quality and safety improvements made in the past year.
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The group won a $1,000 prize for their paper, “Starting Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Spine Program From Scratch at an Academic Institution.”
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Ramani is board certified in general pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics. He completed a fellowship in neonatology at UAB and a pediatric residency at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Texas.
In November, Gregory W. Bouska, M.D., M.P.A., will join USA Health from Huntsville Hospital, where he serves as chair of the Department of Anesthesiology.
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Each week, we capture images from construction, expansion and renovations occurring across USA Health
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