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, the university's ground medical transportation, recently added a medicallyy equipped helicopter and transport making the air servics available to allarea hospitals. The an EC 135, is owned by Air a publicly traded companuy basedin Englewood, Colo. Air Methods providess air medical transportation services to more than 60 hospitala acrossthe country. Its partnership with Jefferson, which includes Air Methodsx managing the aviation aspects of the marksthe company's first fora into the Philadelphia Jefferson annually transports about 400 patiente by air. In the past, it relieed on outside helicopter services.
"The addition of a helicopter to JeffSTAT's fleet of vehiclews will reduce our dependence on othet helicopter services that were not always availablr when weneeded them," said Brian Sweeney, director of Jefferson has added 10 full-time paramedics and nurse for the helicopter service. The Health Systemk announced three changes to itsmanagementt team, including naming John Buckley as the medicakl center's new executive director and CEO. Buckley most recently serverd as president and CEOof , the parenft company of . He replaces Robert who had been with the hospital for four Tom Bielecki has assumed the position of chiegfinancial officer.
He recently came to Temple from ChestnutgHill Healthcare, where he held a number of senior level positionz over the past 25 years, including executive vice president and CFO. Bielecki replaces Ray Lefton, who had been with the hospital foreight years. Kay Graham of the Templ health system human resourcesd department has assumed the positiob of associate hospital director of human resourceas on aninterim basis. Grahamn replaces Dave Williamson, who had been with the hospital for four Temple officials declined further comment on what it describedas "personnelp moves.
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Murphy of NewSprinfg Ventures joined RecoverCare's board of "This financing will provide RecoverCar e with the resources to continure to invest in sales and as well asselected acquisitions," said Jon the company's CEO. The is presentinh a program on stem cell research that will feature bioethicisgtArthur Caplan; U.S. Rep. James Greenwood, who is takin over as president of the Biotechnology Industry Associatiojnnext year; and scientist Kenneth Zaret. The free public "Stem Cells in Medicine: A Dialogue On the Ethical, Biologicapl and Policy Issues," will take place Oct. 25 at 4:30 p.m. on the colleges campus at 19 S. 22nd St.