Beverly Country Club offers all of the stellar amenities you have come to appreciate in a course of this caliber including: 18 holes of golf in a tree-lined setting with manicured fairways and greens; first-class facilities with breakfast or lunch before golfing; and a marvelous barbeque dinner to wrap up the day. Our event is limited to 200 golfers, so reserve your spot by calling 708.229.5447!

LCMH 14th Annual Golf Classic

Monday September 9, 2013

Beverly Country Club (Chicago, IL)

$400 per person

7:30 am (limited to 80 golfers–includes breakfast, lunch, dinner & refreshments)

-or-

12:30 pm (limited to 120 golfers–includes lunch, dinner & refreshments)

Interested in becoming a sponsor? Download our sponsorship package here:

2013 Golf Sponsorship Opportunities.

For more details, please contact Maureen Harrigan at 708.229.5447 or mharrigan@lcmh

Dr. Pooja Doshi
Medical School: Northeastern Ohio Universities, College of Med.
Residency: Rush University Medical Center
Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Offices:
Primary Office
Mary Potter Pavilion
2850 West 95th Street, Suite 203
Evergreen Park, IL 60805
(708) 499-4100

The Outpatient Care Center
6700 West 95th Street, Suite 220
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
(708) 974-7300

During your pregnancy, did you ever feel nervous or anxious like most pregnant women do?
Thankfully this pregnancy went well overall. Of course there were times I felt nervous, like all pregnant women do. It helps to have my training in OB/GYN for basic knowledge, but when experiencing things yourself, it is different.

What did you enjoy the most about being pregnant?
Feeling the baby’s movements is a very enjoyable feeling.

What pregnancy advice can you give to other pregnant moms?
The best advice is to try to relax about the little things and to listen to your gut. Choose a physician or group that will make you feel comfortable throughout the entire experience.

How did the experience of being pregnant/giving birth affect your perspective as a physician?
Experiencing both yourself makes you know what it is to be pregnant, and gives you the compassion you need to care for other pregnant women. It helps to be able to share knowledge and advice as an OB/GYN, as well as experience.

Dr. Alexis Jones
Medical School: The Chicago Medical School
Residency: Rush University Medical Center, Obstetrics/Gynecology
Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Offices:
Primary Office
Mary Potter Pavilion
2850 West 95th Street, Suite 203
Evergreen Park, IL 60805
(708) 499-4100

736 West 95th Street
Chicago, IL 60628
(708) 499-4100

During your pregnancy, did you ever feel nervous or anxious like most pregnant women do?
I felt nervous, as any mom-to-be would be.

What activities did you incorporate during your pregnancy and why?
I was just as active as I was when I was not pregnant. I did exercise regularly—mainly with swimming and low impact exercising.

What did you enjoy the most about being pregnant?
I enjoyed the quiet moments with my pregnancy, when I could sit and relax and enjoy my baby’s movement.

What pregnancy advice can you give to other pregnant moms?
My advice to moms-to-be is to continue to be active in pregnancy and enjoy the quiet moments, since they are infrequent when the little one arrives. I would also advise to eat healthy foods and know that you really only need an additional 300 calories to the usual 2200 calorie per day diet.

How did the experience of being pregnant/giving birth affect your perspective as a physician?
My experience with all of my pregnancies has allowed me to have a personal, real testimony for pregnant moms. I can often answer questions by saying, “Yes, I know what you are experiencing. I have been there also!”

The Breast Imaging Center of Excellence designation is awarded to breast imaging centers that achieve excellence by seeking and earning accreditation in all of the ACR’s voluntary breast-imaging accreditation programs and modules, in addition to the mandatory Mammography Accreditation Program. 

Little Company of Mary’s breast imaging services are fully accredited in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, breast ultrasound and ultrasound-guided breast biopsy. Peer-review evaluations, conducted in each breast imaging modality by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field, have determined that Little Company of Mary’s Accredited Comprehensive Breast Health Center has achieved high practice standards in image quality, personnel qualifications, facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs. Little Company of Mary is committed to improving women’s health in Chicago’s Southwest community through its Women’s Center for Life and Health-which is home to the Accredited Comprehensive Breast Health Center.  

Little Company of Mary’s Accredited Comprehensive Breast Health Center provides the latest state-of-the-art digital technology and treatment approaches from an expert, caring medical team led by renowned fellowship-trained female breast surgeon, Dr. Nancy Taft. 

Little Company of Mary also offers state-of-the-art diagnostics and comprehensive digital mammography at their Outpatient Care Center located at 6700 W. 95^th Street in Oak Lawn. The mammography suite features a fully digital mammography unit to ensure the highest quality screenings and Computerized Aided Detection (CAD), which is special software, designed to help the radiologist detect abnormalities. Additionally, the Mammography unit provides a gentle approach to the test using softer, more flexible technology for the comfort of the patients. 

The ACR, headquartered in Reston, Va., is a national organization serving more than 32,000 diagnostic/interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and medical physicists with programs for focusing on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology, as well as the delivery of comprehensive health care services. 

For more information on Little Company of Mary’s Nationally Accredited Comprehensive Breast Health Center or Dr. Nancy Taft, please visit LCMH.org or call 708.229.4050. To schedule a mammogram call 708.499.8550.

Medical School: University of Illinois-Rockford
Residency: Wayne State University
Specialty: General Surgery
Main Interests: Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Endocrine Surgery, Hernia Repair

Office:
Mary Potter Pavilion
2850 W 95th Street, Suite 306
Evergreen Park, IL
708.422.8500

What is your philosophy of care?
It is my goal to take care of the whole patient. That includes physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. I try to treat and talk to every patient as if they were one of my own family members.

Why did you want to become a doctor?
I wanted to be able to help people, and I realized that God had given me the abilities necessary to meet their needs as a physician. Medicine allows me to help the whole person, not just one part.

What are your sub-specialties and health interests in regard to your patients?
I try to help patients understand the importance of preventive care and healthy living. This includes colon and breast cancer screening. I also try to stress the importance of exercise as an overall aide to better living.

How do you maintain a healthy work/life balance?
As anyone in medicine will tell you, this is the hardest thing to do. Because of long and unpredictable hours, it is difficult to maintain any given schedule. I do try to schedule regular time off to spend with my family and even some alone time in order to maintain my own being. The time allows me to recharge myself mentally and emotionally. Attending church regularly and spending daily time in prayer helps maintain my spiritual well being.

What are your hobbies and interests outside the office?
I take as much time as possible to spend with my children and attend their many activities. I also enjoy playing golf and softball.

What Is The DAISY Award? – The DAISY Award is an international program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care given by nurses everyday. Little Company of Mary Hospital is proud to be a DAISY Award Partner, recognizing one of our nurses with this special honor every month. These nurses consistently demonstrate excellence through their clinical expertise and especially their extraordinary compassionate care. They are recognized as outstanding role models in our nursing community.

“ When I arrived at LCMH, I was introduced to my nurse- a young woman named Kristina Novak.   I am not sure where to start because I was miserable and very crabby from the pain.  Kristina started out by introducing herself and her helpers.  With a big smile and bright sunny and positive disposition, she went about her job helping me to get comfortable.  This young woman, in my opinion, went above and way beyond the call of duty to help me through my ordeal.  She constantly came into my room to ask me if I was OK or if I needed anything. I know that is her job, but since I was in pain, I made sure to ask her not be late with my pain medications.  She woke me every 4 hours on the dot with a quiet and compassionate “Hi Mr. Hill.”  I have had 10 surgeries in my lifetime and I know the difference between GOOD care and GREAT care and Kristina provided GREAT care. ”

The DAISY Foundation was established in 1999 by the family of J. Patrick Barnes who died of complications of the auto-immune disease Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura (ITP) at the age of 33. During Pat’s 8 week hospitalization, his family was awestruck by the care and compassion his nurses provided not only to Pat but to everyone in his family. So one of the goals they set in creating a Foundation in Pat’s memory was to recognize extraordinary nurses everywhere who make an enormous difference in the lives of so many people by the super-human work they do everyday.

Kristina was recognized by her department and received: a beautiful certificate, a DAISY Award pin, and a hand-carved stone sculpture entitled A Healer’s Touch. These serpentine stone sculptures are hand-carved for us by artists of the Shona Tribe in Zimbabwe. The sculptures are especially meaningful because of the profound respect the Shona people pay their traditional healers. Shona healers are affectionately regarded as treasures by those they care for, and the well-being and safety of the healer is of community-wide importance. This describes exactly how we and our Hospital Partners feel about nurses! Additionally, everyone in the 4 West celebrated with Cinnabon® cinnamon rolls – a favorite of Patrick’s during his illness. The Barnes Family asks that whenever and wherever nurses smell that wonderful cinnamon aroma, they stop for a moment and think about how special they are.

How Can YOU Nominate An Extradinary Nurse?

Patients or visitors may nominate a deserving nurse by:

1) Filling out the online form and hit submit. OR-

2) Print and fill out the attached nomination form. You can mail the form to 2800 West 95th Street. Evergreen Park, IL 60805, ATTN: Jane Sullivan or drop off the form at the main or 94th Street entrance of the hospital.

We have known for some time cancer patient’s benefit from practicing meditation. Recent scientific studies have now proven meditation can reduce anxiety and pain, while improving the psychological well-being and quality of life in oncology patients.  

Please join us for this weekly class and discover how Meditation will transform you!

Every Thursday from 4:00pm to 5:00pm-Meeting Room 1 of the Cancer Center

This course will be facilitated by Margaret McGann.

This program is free and open to cancer patients, survivors, their family and caregivers. Prior registration is not necessary.

If you have questions please feel free to call 708-229-6015.

The lecture will be presented by Mr. James Cornelius curator of the Lincoln Collection at the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois. Mr. Cornelius will present a lecture on the tragic life of Mary Lincoln.  The lecture will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.  Following the lecture there will be an opportunity to participate in a one-hour grief support group as well as the opportunity to experience a healing touch by our Chaplain, Peg Radakovitz. 

Date: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013

Time: 1:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.

Location: Chicago Ridge Public Library, 10400 South Oxford Avenue, Chicago Ridge, IL 60415,

Telephone Number: (708) 423-7753

Fee: Free

For more information and to register, call Aida Pigott, LCSW, CADC at Little Company of Mary Hospice directly at (708) 229 6947.

The celebration mass was presided by Rev. Benedykt Pazon from St. Bernadette Church located on 9343 S Francisco Avenue in Evergreen Park, IL. Rev. Pazon began the mass with the centenary anniversary celebration of the death of the founder of the Little Company of Mary Sisters, Venerable Mary Potter. 

Mary Potter was born in London in 1847. Mary’s compassion for the sick and dying and her vision would change the lives of tens of thousands of people around the world. Her life was marked by frequent illnesses, providing her first hand insight into the loneliness and abandonment world that many of the sick and dying feel.  She overcame countless obstacles as she responded to the Holy Spirit and founded a religious congregation devoted to praying for the sick and dying which became known in 1877 as the Little Company of Mary Sisters. 

Since Mary’s passing in Rome in 1913, her legacy and wholehearted commitment to God were recognized by Pope John Paul II, when Mary Potter was proclaimed “Venerable” on February 8, 1988. This proclamation demonstrated the Church’s validation of Mary Potter’s saintly life and acceptance of her extensive spiritual writings. 

The spiritual heritage of Mary Potter is carried on throughout the world. Today, the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary continue to provide compassionate care for the sick and dying in 11 countries. Their healing touch can be felt in England, Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Albania, Wales, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Italy, Tonga, and the United States. 

Mary Potter’s vision in America became a reality on January 9, 1930 in Evergreen Park, IL, when the Sisters of Little Company of Mary opened a four-story, 150 bed hospital and began caring for the community. Over the next 83 years, the Sisters continued their mission in Evergreen Park caring for the sick and dying by combining state-of-the-art technology, physicians, nurses, staff, and spirituality. 

Since opening in 1930 more than 200,000 babies have entered the world- earning the nickname, “The Baby Hospital.”  In October 2012, Little Company of Mary made history by opening a state-of-the-art West Pavilion tower to replace the original patient tower built in 1930. The West Pavilion is a 300,000-square-foot, eight-story, 118-private rooms and baths. The West Pavilion is the new home to the Family Birth Center. 

“The Sisters of Little Company of Mary built the original tower in 1930 during the great depression-truly a walk of faith, said Mary Jo Quick, R.N., B.S., M.H.A., Vice President, Mission & Spirituality. “Today, Mary’s legacy and vision lives on through the us-the Greater Little Company of Mary.”

For more information on Little Company of Mary’s campus transformation project, please visit our website at LCMH.org. To view the short documentary on the life of Venerable Mary Potter, visit Little Company of Mary’s youtube channel at www.youtube.com/littlecompanyofmary

Watch the Special Celebration Mass

The Garden was dedicated in remembrance of babies who have passed away and offers a place for family and friends to grieve and reflect upon the loss. This is the sixth year that the Remembrance Service has been celebrated, with a butterfly release closing the ceremony.    

 “We felt there was a strong need to find a meaningful way to remember and recognize these precious little ones,” said Mary Grimm, manager of the Family Birth Center. “These remarkable little angels continue to have a profound impact on our lives.”  

The sisters of Little Company of Mary generously donated space for the Garden on the East side of their convent. The Garden was created and funded entirely through volunteer efforts from the Perinatal Loss Committee and the Family Birth Center Staff at Little Company of Mary.  

If you or someone you know are mourning the loss of a baby, Little Company of Mary’s Perinatal Loss Committee encourages you to reflect at the garden. The garden is located in the east lawn of the Little Company of Mary Sisters’ Convent at 2801 West 93^rd Street in Evergreen Park.  

Visit www.LCMH.org/SupportPrograms for information on Little Company of Mary support groups and programs available.