FROM MY
first day
here at Ashtabula
County Medical
Center (ACMC), the
message I heard was
“people have to leave
Ashtabula County
for their healthcare.”
Community leaders,
visitors to the hospital
and even our own staff
told me, “There are not enough doctors in
the county,” and “The technology is better
west.”
A person who is hurting or sick should
not have to drive an hour or more to get
quality healthcare.
For the past two years, ACMC has
taken steps to provide the technology
and physicians to meet the needs of our
county. Last year, ACMC added more than
$2.5 million in technology purchases to
provide the latest and best diagnostic
equipment.
Hiring people to serve you
We made hiring new physicians a
priority—that influx of high-quality
professionals began in mid-2012. Since
then, ACMC has hired 11 new healthcare
providers to better serve the immediate
and long-term healthcare needs of the
community. The new physicians and
nurse practitioners cover a range
of specialties. They all see
patients full-time in
Ashtabula County.
Last summer, ACMC
welcomed ear, nose
and throat (ENT)
specialist Michael
Papsidero, MD;
family physician Andi
Tirounilacandin, MD;
and pediatrician Sathish
Adigopula, MD. Dr. Papsidero, a leading
ENT surgeon in northeast Ohio, and Dr.
Adigopula are located in The Ashtabula
Clinic in Ashtabula. Dr. Andi sees patients
at Jefferson Family Health Center.
In autumn, OB-GYN Soldrea
Thompson, MD, FACOG, and psychiatrist
Archana Brojmohun, MD, joined ACMC.
Dr. Thompson sees patients in the
Ashtabula Women’s Health Center for
reproductive health and wellness as well
as urological concerns. Dr. Brojmohun—
who specializes in depression, bipolar
disorder and anxiety—sees patients
through the hospital’s inpatient
Behavioral Medicine Unit and Intensive
Outpatient Program and in her
office for individual counseling.
This spring, ACMC welcomed Abdul
Shahed, MD, into the new role of long-
term care medical director. He works with
local nursing homes and long-term care
facilities to provide medical care on-
site. In this role, he also serves as liaison
physician between patients in those
facilities and ACMC’s various physicians
and departments.
In August, ACMC welcomed vascular
surgeon Sang Won Dacri-Kim, DO;
gastroenterologist Lee Laney Jr., MD; and
family practice physician Anthony Ruffa,
DO. They see patients at The Ashtabula
Clinic. Dr. Ruffa will move to Conneaut in
early 2014.
In addition to the nine
physicians, ACMC has
welcomed two family nurse
practitioners. Emily Brown,
FNP, sees patients at the
North Kingsville Family
Health Center, while
Loreen Ibala, FNP, sees
patients at The Ashtabula
Clinic.
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