People & Places

Kettering Medical Center was pleased to host distinguished guests from its sister hospital in Shanghai, China (Huashan Worldwide Medical Center) during March and April. From left to right: KHN President Fred Manchur; Ms. Xie Shiqin (Shirley); Dr. Gu Jingwen (Wendy); Ms. Chen Hong (Sabrina); KHN CEO Frank Perez; Vice President, KMC Medical Affairs Greg Wise, MD; and Dr. Dong Heng (Gloria). In Dayton for one month, the group met with executives, leaders and staff in the areas of financial management and marketing strategy; clinical nursing, education and management; patient education and safety; as well as personnel management and insurance procedures. They also attended a variety of management meetings and toured the KMC Emergency Department and different clinical departments.

As everyone knows, dragons are an integral part of the culture in China. So when our guests attended a Dayton Dragons game in the Kettering Health Network Dragons’ suite, mascot Heater appeared and they were ecstatic as this photo shows.



IS Team Gives Back to the Community
The Information Systems Department has “volunteer days” where staff members are given the opportunity to volunteer their time to help local communities and organizations. On October 30 of last year, 30 IS employees participated on a build for Habitat for Humanity. This spring, IS signed up again with Habitat for Humanity to help build a home for a family in need. For the October volunteer day, IS had more volunteers than there were open slots available for the one-day build, so the IS team decided to participate with this build on two days – April 16 and April 23. The home, located in Kettering, is nearing completion and is being dedicated around the end of April. Kudos to the IS team for improving the quality of life of people in our communities!

Terri Dalton, MSN, RN, BC recently accepted the position of nurse manager of nursing unit 6100 at Grandview. Terri brings a variety of experience which has included serving as a clinical sourcing manager, holding certification in medical/surgical and critical care nursing, and also serving in a variety of leadership roles in endoscopy, orthopedics, obstetrics and surgical units.

Joan Gravel has accepted the position of director of KHN Home Care. With over 20 years experience in home health care, she has served the last five years as manager of KHN Home Care. With Joan's leadership, the department has improved its financial position, reached top quartile performance with quality, dramatically improved patient satisfaction, and obtained high employee satisfaction. Much gratitude is offered to Joan and also Bonnie Smith for serving as interim co-directors for the last several months.

Sherri Herrick, has accepted the position of director of Senior Services for the Kettering Medical Center System, and is working to offer new products and services for the booming mature market. Her focus is on growing a geriatric physician practice, building relationships with extended care facilities, growing Medicare business in service lines and other services that bring value to this segment of the population. Sherri holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Wright State University and a master’s in Management from Indiana Wesleyan University. She has worked in human resources for over 20 years in the manufacturing, insurance and health care industries. For the past six years, she has been the manager of compensation, benefits and recruitment at Kettering Medical Center.

Karen Hines has been named executive assistant to Dave Seidel, vice president of clinical services for Grandview Medical Center. She replaces Samantha Jones who recently accepted a position outside Kettering Health Network. Karen has worked in Grandview Administration since 2007 as an executive assistant.

Ron Landau has been selected as the operations planning facilitator for the transition and opening of services in the new Kettering Medical Center Benjamin and Marian Schuster Heart Hospital. Ron brings unique experience, qualifications and knowledge that will enable the transition to, and operation of, this new facility. Ron has been part of the preparation and planning for the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Heart Hospital and will help lead the transition into the operational functioning of the programs, equipment and facility.

Vicki Snedden is the new executive assistant for Dr. Greg Wise, vice president, KMC Medical Affairs. Vicki most recently served as assistant to Rebekah Wang, MD, medical director for Clinical Quality. Vicki is a graduate of Miami Jacobs College and brings over 25 years of experience in administrative support in the insurance field, industrial manufacturing, government and health care.

Mark T. Smith has joined Greene Memorial Hospital as vice president, finance and operations. Mark comes from Nebraska Heart Hospital in Lincoln where he served as chief financial officer. He brings both accounting and legal knowledge as he is a both a certified public accountant and an attorney.




Susan Williams, MD’s abstract, “Treatment of Presumed Bacterial Overgrowth Normalized Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D,” has been published in the Journal of Clinical Densitometry. The purpose was to report a case in which treatment for presumed small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RNYGB) patient resulted in normalization of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) that had become increasingly resistant to repletion.

Claire Zois has joined Network Marketing & Communications as marketing and communications specialist. She previously served in the same capacity for Greene Memorial Hospital’s Marketing Department. Prior to working at Greene, Claire was communications specialist for the Airline Professionals Association. In addition to a bachelor’s degree in English/Journalism from Miami University, Claire also has a master’s degree in Popular Culture from Bowling Green State University. In her new role, Claire is involved in a variety of NM&C areas, including employee publications and marketing. She is also assisting with media relations and special communications projects as needed.

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