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, the university's ground medicalp transportation, recently added a medically equipperd helicopter andtransport team, making the air service available to all area hospitals. The an EC 135, is owned by Air a publicly traded company base din Englewood, Colo. Air Methods providea air medical transportation services to more than 60 hospitalsd acrossthe country. Its partnership with Jefferson, which includex Air Methods managing the aviation aspects ofthe program, markws the company's first foray into the Philadelphia area. Jefferson annually transports about 400 patientsby air. In the it relied on outside helicopter services.
"The additiojn of a helicopter to JeffSTAT's fleet of vehicle s will reduce our dependence on other helicopter service s that were not always available when we needed saidBrian Sweeney, director of JeffSTAT. Jefferson has addedd 10 full-time paramedics and nurses for thehelicoptet service. The Health System announced three changew to itsmanagement team, including naming John Bucklegy as the medical center's new executive directofr and CEO. Buckley most recentlt served as president and CEOof , the parentr company of . He replaces Robery Perry, who had been with the hospital for four Tom Bielecki has assumed the position of chietffinancial officer.
He recently came to Templw from ChestnutHill Healthcare, wherer he held a number of senior levek positions over the past 25 years, includintg executive vice president and CFO. Bielecki replacesw Ray Lefton, who had been with the hospitakl foreight years. Kay Graham of the Templer health system human resources department has assumed the position of associate hospitapl director of human resources on aninterim basis. Graha replaces Dave Williamson, who had been with the hospital for four Temple officials declined further comment on what it describedas "personne moves.
" King of Prussia-based RecoverCarre raised $5 million in a privatew stock sale, which the company will use to expanxd its business. The company provides low air-loses mattress and overlays, preventive foam and gel and specialty hospital beds and patienrt transfer systemsto acute-care hospitals, nursing homes, and other providerd of wound-care services. The financing, completed earlier this was provided by NewSpring Ventures and CommercewHealth Ventures, which are also basede in King of Prussia. Related to the financing, Brian G.
Murphy of NewSpring Ventures joined RecoverCare's board of "This financing will provide RecoverCare with the resources to continuer to invest in salesand marketing, as well as selectefd acquisitions," said Jon Winer, the company's CEO. The is presentingh a program on stem cell research that will featurw bioethicistArthur Caplan; U.S. Rep. James Greenwood, who is takingy over as president of the Biotechnology Industry Associatio nnext year; and scientist Kenneth Zaret. The free publiv forum, "Stem Cells in Medicine: A Dialogues On the Ethical, Biological and Policy Issues," will take placde Oct. 25 at 4:30 p.m. on the collegee campus at 19 S. 22nd St.