SoutheastHEALTH Foundation Board Chairman Angie Umfleet and SoutheastHEALTH President and CEO Ken Bateman have announced the promotion of Patti Ranzini, CFRE, from Foundation Executive Director to Foundation President.
Ranzini joined the Foundation as Executive Director in 2015, coming to Southeast with a strong background of working with both large and small non-profit organizations to help these groups achieve significant institutional advancement. Under Ranzini’s leadership at SoutheastHEALTH, the Foundation has raised more than $7.4 million in gifts, pledges and investments, all of which benefit patient care and services along with providing scholarship funds for students entering the healthcare profession.
Umfleet said that under Ranzini’s tenure, great strides have been made in serving the community, its residents and patients by “fulfilling our mission to build healthier lives and community well-being. We also have increasing donor involvement with almost 2100 donors in 2017. This would not have been possible without Patti’s visionary leadership.”
Incoming Foundation Board Chairman Curt Buchheit added that “the ideas, inspiration, dedication and energy that Patti has brought to the Foundation since her arrival in Cape Girardeau has catapulted the Foundation to levels of success never experienced before. It is both a privilege and an honor to work with Patti and watch her motivate and unite individuals with common interests to advance our regional community through charitable acts of time and giving.”
Ranzini said it is the mission of the Foundation to support initiatives that positively impact many aspects of healthcare. These include patient care funds to help those most in need, employee assistance and education programs and SoutheastHEALTH capital and special projects such as new Cardiac Pavilion and College of Nursing and Health Sciences renovation.
“It’s my privilege to lead the Foundation into the future,” she added. “I envision strong and continued collaboration with the many individuals, businesses and non-profit entities that make this community great.”
About SoutheastHEALTH Foundation
SoutheastHEALTH Foundation, Inc. was organized in 1977 as an independent 501 (c)3 nonprofit entity to ensure the future of healthcare in our region. The Foundation’s Board of Directors is made up of individuals and volunteers from all segments of our service area. The Board oversees fund-raising projects and manages the allocation of funds in an effort to enhance service to our community.
The Share Walk will take place Saturday, October 5 around the beautiful and serene setting of the North Cape County Park.
Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. and the event will start at 10 a.m. at Pavilion #4.
A short memorial service and bubble release follows with the reading of participants’ baby’s names.
Please consider joining us as we all walk the steps many little ones were never able to take.
The annual Share Walk for Remembrance & Hope allows families to find comfort in friendship, strength in shared experiences of pregnancy and infant loss and hope for healing and happiness.
Proceeds from this event will allow Share to continue to support bereaved families at no charge.
For more information, please contact the SoutheastHEALTH Foundation at 573-519-4920.
SoutheastHEALTH Career Fair
Come join our great team!
SoutheastHEALTH currently has positions open throughout our system, including opportunities from housekeeping and dietary to nursing and clinical lab.
Human Resources will be conducting on-site interviews and answering question for all available positions.
Bring your resume on Thursday, October 3, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. to HealthPoint Fitness, 2126 Independence, Cape Girardeau.
We are also offering complimentary professional headshot photos for each attendee of the career fair, so please dress to impress.
Dexter, Missouri - Nearly one third of American adults have never heard the word “sepsis,” a potentially deadly, toxic response to an infection.
SoutheastHEALTH of Stoddard County will host a seminar on sepsis awareness and prevention from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 26. The event will be at Southeast Medical Plaza, 1200 North One Mile Road. Panelists are Reza Jalal, MD, Lead Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County; Christopher Crocker, DO, Lead Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Southeast Hospital; Neal McVey, PharmD; and Robert Wells, RN, Director of Emergency Services at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County.
Seminar seating is limited. To reserve your spot, call 1-800-800-5123.
Dr. Jalal says sepsis kills about 279,000 people every year in the U.S. That number is more than the number of people who die from breast cancer, prostate cancer and AIDS combined.
“When you have an infection, your immune system works to fight it. Sometime it can fight the infection on its own and other times people may need medications. For reasons we don’t understand, sometimes the body begins attacking itself. This is sepsis.”
People of all ages can get sepsis, Dr. Jalal notes. Those at higher risk include people with a chronic illness, the very young, older adults and people with compromised immune systems due to certain medications or chemotherapy. If you have had sepsis before, you are at a greater risk of developing it again. “Sepsis is an important health topic and one that everyone should understand,” he adds.
About SoutheastHEALTH
At SoutheastHEALTH, the region's premier healthcare system in southeast Missouri, our patients receive excellent care of the highest clinical quality, close to home. Within our network are more than 50 care locations in 13 communities, including hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics representing over 30 clinical specialties and extending care for patients in a four-state area. Learn more at SEhealth.org.
Family Medicine Physician Joins SoutheastHEALTH
Cape Girardeau, Mo. (August 7, 2019) – SoutheastHEALTH has welcomed four Family Medicine physicians to its medical staff. All are affiliated with Southeast Primary Care at its West Campus location in Cape Girardeau.
Eric Martin, DO, completed his degree at the Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Des Moines, IA, and a residency in Family Medicine at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. Martin did undergraduate work at Southeast Missouri State University and says he and his wife “absolutely loved living in Cape while we were attending the university, so returning to Cape is a perfect fit for my family and me.”
About SoutheastHEALTH
At SoutheastHEALTH, the region's premier healthcare system in southeast Missouri, our patients receive excellent care of the highest clinical quality, close to home. Within our network are more than 50 care locations in 12 communities, including hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics representing over 30 clinical specialties and extending care for patients in a four-state area. Learn more at SEhealth.org.
