Students, Faculty, Residents, Staff, Alumni, Board Members and Friends,
Good morning from our Elkins Park campus where our students have been actively engaged in their lab work, virtual classroom learning and clinical interactions, both on this campus as well as in East Oak Lane and Chestnut Hill. We are now nine months into the pandemic and even having a limited number of students, faculty and staff on campus and in our clinics is a far cry from normal, yet, thanks to our dedicated and highly motivated faculty, students and staff, our consequential educational mission is effectively being executed.
A BRIGHT FUTURE: U.S. News and World Report recently reported on the 100 best jobs to pursue right now. Four of our professions are listed, including Physician Assistant at No. 1. Speech-Language Pathologist is No. 7, Occupational Therapist is No. 19 and Optometrist is No. 48. Look for a more detailed story about this in the future on our website.
COGNITIVE CLASSROOM: The Speech Language Institute (SLI) has partnered with ReMed, a care center for clients who experienced traumatic brain injury (TBI), to provide a weekly virtual group titled "Cognitive Classroom.” To read more, click here.
GRAND ROUNDS: The next Ground Rounds at The Eye Institute will be at 7:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 22. Dr. Elizabeth Marunde will talk about “Getting Down with the Lateral Rectus: Differentiating Between Heavy and Saggy Eye Syndrome,” and Dr. Korey Patrizi will speak on “A Prescribing Paradox: Steroid Response in a Chronic Case of Irvine-Gass Syndrome.” For more information, click here.
FOCUS ON DR. PELINO: This week’s Faculty Focus is on Dr. Carlo Pelino, assistant professor at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) at Salus and chief of The Eye Institute at Chestnut Hill. Learn more about Dr. Pelino, a Salus Presidential Medal of Honor Award winner in 2019, here.
HAFTER SURVEY: Please take a moment to respond to our Group Needs Assessment to help us continue to provide the classes and content you want to see at the Hafter Center. Click here for the survey.
FINAL THOUGHTS: On Monday, we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His life epitomized one of advocacy for equality (racial, economic, educational, and employment), service, non-violence and respect for others. Under more normal circumstances our Salus Community would actively participate in the day of service. Because of the pandemic, I hope you were able to register for one of the virtual opportunities sponsored by globalcitizen365.org. Beyond the day of service, through our Looking Out For Kids and other outreach programs, we have consistently been serving the communities we are a part of by providing vision and hearing screenings to children in underserved communities throughout Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties.
As we reflect on the horrific events at the U.S. Capitol last week and now look forward to the upcoming Inauguration of President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris next week, it will be incumbent upon all of us to actively embrace the attributes of hope, respect, unity, equality and justice that Dr. King so eloquently and effectively espoused and personified. In doing so, especially, as healthcare professionals, we will be holding ourselves to those same high standards, where we help to set the example at Salus for how that should look. At Salus, we continue to vehemently condemn violence and any assault on our democracy.
Please take some time this weekend to think about and reflect upon how we can all do better in treating each other with civility and respect; with honesty the hallmark in everything we do and say. Be safe, and even as many of you begin to get vaccinated, it’s important to continue to wear your face mask, socially distance, wash your hands frequently and stay SALUS STRONG!
Mike
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