KCH Introduces
In-House Rehabilition Team
By Ruth Gentilman Peterson
Director of Communications
Last week CEO J. Gary Rhodes announced that KCH is bringing Rehabilitation Services back in-house with a highly skilled team headed by Joseph Sorg, PT, Ph.D.
New equipment has arrived and the new KCH Rehab Services is open for business with the full spectrum of services.
This week, Senior Leader of Patient Care Services and Director of Nursing Pam Bray, RN has announced the following members of the team:
Jim Bell, OTR/L, Ph.D., Occupational Therapist received his Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Denver, his MS in Occupational Therapy from D’Youville College, Buffalo and Ph.D. in Occupational Therapy, Healthcare Administration from Brentwick University in London, England.
Deanna Gardner, Physical Therapy Assistant, received her Associate Degree in Science from The Pennsylvania State University.
Don Zilkofski, Physical Therapy Aide, has been a part of the rehabilitation team at KCH for nearly twenty years.
Ann Kane, PT, Physical Therapist, for KCH Home Health received her B.S. in Physical Therapy from Ithaca College. She has been with KCH for many years.
Trisha Wright, AT, RN, Athletic Trainer, works with the Kane Area School District. She received her BS in Health Services (Athletic Training) from Slippery Rock, her Associate RN degree from the University of Pittsburgh (Bradford) and her BSN (Nursing) at Slippery Rock. In addition to her Athletic Training position, she is a nurse in the KCH Emergency Room.
Speech Therapy services are contracted through Genesis Rehabilitation.
Sorg’s Experience
Joseph Sorg, PT, Ph.D. leads the new rehabilitation program. Dr. Sorg was born and raised in St. Marys. He received his BS in Biology from Niagra University, his certificate in Physical Therapy from Northwestern University, Programs in Physical Therapy.
His first physical therapy position was at Hamot Medical Center. While there he participated in a number of seminars in Orthopedics, Manual Medicine, and Electromyography. After leaving Hamot he worked in DuBois and Indiana, Pennsylvania before returning to graduate school at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College of Virginia where he received his Ph.D. in Anatomy.
At West Virginia University (WVU) he taught anatomy to physical therapy and first year medical students and also taught electrotherapy and research.
While at WVU he worked with the Chronic Pain Management Service doing PT assessments and treatments and collaborated with clinical psychologists on issues dealing with pain, fear and anxiety and helped train anesthesiology residents on musculo/skeletal assessments of patients.
Dr. Sorg left WVU for an academic position at the University of Scranton, where he taught neuroscience and advanced orthopedics.
Two years later he returned to the clinical world of physical therapy in the hospital setting and in 1999, he moved to Crown Point, New Mexico for a year-long position working with the Navajo Area Indian Health Service as chief physical therapist, where the health concerns of the Native American population were diabetes, obesity and alcoholism.
Dr. Sorg returned to West Virginia University Hospital to start a new program with neuro and orthopedic surgery. He developed the neuro monitoring service that measured and followed motor and sensory nerve action potentials during brain (tumor and aneurysm), spinal cord (tumor and trauma) and cranial nerve surgeries.
Cranial nerve surgeries included facial assessment during parotid surgery and assessment of the nerve to the vocal cords during thyroid surgery.
Dr. Sorg participated in numerous grand rounds in neurosurgery, orthopedics, has spoken at the state and national levels giving lectures, and had an abstract accepted at a neuromonitoring meeting.
Open for Business
When a patient gets a order or script from their physician or healthcare provider for physical, occupational or speech therapy, it’s the choice of the patient where to receive that care. By bringing rehab services backing-house, that choice becomes much easier for patients in the region.
KCH’s newly assembled team offers the full spectrum of patient rehabilitation and recovery for a wide range of conditions such as joint replacement, stroke, accident, neurological disorders, arthritis, accidents, and amputations.
Even if immediate care for trauma or surgery is provided by another facility, KCH can continue follow-up care close to home.
Offering the full complement of rehabilitation services with a highly experienced team is one more way Kane Community Hospital is making the hometown choice, the best and most convenient choice for individuals and families.
Bray noted that “KCH wants to be recognized by residents of the tri-county area as the healthcare provider of choice for inpatient, diagnostic and ambulatory care. The return of Rehab Services in-house was one area for enhancing our vision. An in-house program allows the continuity of care and the ability for KCH to manage a patient’s experience from diagnosis, to treatment to full recovery.”
Call KCH Rehabilitation Services at 837-4735 or 1-800-595-9200 and ask for extension 4735 to schedule an evaluation or appointment or ask your physician’s office to give KCH Rehabilitation Services a call.
Pictured, from left, are embers of the new KCH Rehabilitation Services Team led by Joseph Sorg, PT, Ph.D. include: Jim Bell, OTR/L, Ph.D., Don Zilkofski, Physical Therapy Aide. Standing Deanna Gardner, PTA; Trisha Wright, AT, RN; Ann Kane, PT
(Photo courtesy of Kane Community Hospital)
Director of Communications
Last week CEO J. Gary Rhodes announced that KCH is bringing Rehabilitation Services back in-house with a highly skilled team headed by Joseph Sorg, PT, Ph.D.
New equipment has arrived and the new KCH Rehab Services is open for business with the full spectrum of services.
This week, Senior Leader of Patient Care Services and Director of Nursing Pam Bray, RN has announced the following members of the team:
Jim Bell, OTR/L, Ph.D., Occupational Therapist received his Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Denver, his MS in Occupational Therapy from D’Youville College, Buffalo and Ph.D. in Occupational Therapy, Healthcare Administration from Brentwick University in London, England.
Deanna Gardner, Physical Therapy Assistant, received her Associate Degree in Science from The Pennsylvania State University.
Don Zilkofski, Physical Therapy Aide, has been a part of the rehabilitation team at KCH for nearly twenty years.
Ann Kane, PT, Physical Therapist, for KCH Home Health received her B.S. in Physical Therapy from Ithaca College. She has been with KCH for many years.
Trisha Wright, AT, RN, Athletic Trainer, works with the Kane Area School District. She received her BS in Health Services (Athletic Training) from Slippery Rock, her Associate RN degree from the University of Pittsburgh (Bradford) and her BSN (Nursing) at Slippery Rock. In addition to her Athletic Training position, she is a nurse in the KCH Emergency Room.
Speech Therapy services are contracted through Genesis Rehabilitation.
Sorg’s Experience
Joseph Sorg, PT, Ph.D. leads the new rehabilitation program. Dr. Sorg was born and raised in St. Marys. He received his BS in Biology from Niagra University, his certificate in Physical Therapy from Northwestern University, Programs in Physical Therapy. His first physical therapy position was at Hamot Medical Center. While there he participated in a number of seminars in Orthopedics, Manual Medicine, and Electromyography. After leaving Hamot he worked in DuBois and Indiana, Pennsylvania before returning to graduate school at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College of Virginia where he received his Ph.D. in Anatomy.
At West Virginia University (WVU) he taught anatomy to physical therapy and first year medical students and also taught electrotherapy and research.
While at WVU he worked with the Chronic Pain Management Service doing PT assessments and treatments and collaborated with clinical psychologists on issues dealing with pain, fear and anxiety and helped train anesthesiology residents on musculo/skeletal assessments of patients.
Dr. Sorg left WVU for an academic position at the University of Scranton, where he taught neuroscience and advanced orthopedics.
Two years later he returned to the clinical world of physical therapy in the hospital setting and in 1999, he moved to Crown Point, New Mexico for a year-long position working with the Navajo Area Indian Health Service as chief physical therapist, where the health concerns of the Native American population were diabetes, obesity and alcoholism.
Dr. Sorg returned to West Virginia University Hospital to start a new program with neuro and orthopedic surgery. He developed the neuro monitoring service that measured and followed motor and sensory nerve action potentials during brain (tumor and aneurysm), spinal cord (tumor and trauma) and cranial nerve surgeries.
Cranial nerve surgeries included facial assessment during parotid surgery and assessment of the nerve to the vocal cords during thyroid surgery.
Dr. Sorg participated in numerous grand rounds in neurosurgery, orthopedics, has spoken at the state and national levels giving lectures, and had an abstract accepted at a neuromonitoring meeting.
Open for Business
When a patient gets a order or script from their physician or healthcare provider for physical, occupational or speech therapy, it’s the choice of the patient where to receive that care. By bringing rehab services backing-house, that choice becomes much easier for patients in the region.
KCH’s newly assembled team offers the full spectrum of patient rehabilitation and recovery for a wide range of conditions such as joint replacement, stroke, accident, neurological disorders, arthritis, accidents, and amputations.
Even if immediate care for trauma or surgery is provided by another facility, KCH can continue follow-up care close to home.
Offering the full complement of rehabilitation services with a highly experienced team is one more way Kane Community Hospital is making the hometown choice, the best and most convenient choice for individuals and families.
Bray noted that “KCH wants to be recognized by residents of the tri-county area as the healthcare provider of choice for inpatient, diagnostic and ambulatory care. The return of Rehab Services in-house was one area for enhancing our vision. An in-house program allows the continuity of care and the ability for KCH to manage a patient’s experience from diagnosis, to treatment to full recovery.”
Call KCH Rehabilitation Services at 837-4735 or 1-800-595-9200 and ask for extension 4735 to schedule an evaluation or appointment or ask your physician’s office to give KCH Rehabilitation Services a call.
Pictured, from left, are embers of the new KCH Rehabilitation Services Team led by Joseph Sorg, PT, Ph.D. include: Jim Bell, OTR/L, Ph.D., Don Zilkofski, Physical Therapy Aide. Standing Deanna Gardner, PTA; Trisha Wright, AT, RN; Ann Kane, PT
(Photo courtesy of Kane Community Hospital)
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