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Client NewsNews Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Program Director of Intensive Care and Pulmonary Care Appointed at Nexus Specialty Hospital- Dr. Mathew returns to Houston after stint at Harvard and elsewhere in Boston - January 31, 2007 (HOUSTON, TX)…Nexus Specialty Hospital recently announced that Jefy Mathew, M.D., recently joined Nexus Specialty Hospital as its director of intensive care and pulmonary care. Dr. Mathew received his medical education and completed his internship and residency in Houston, but for the past eight years has been living and working in Boston. Since 1999, Dr. Mathew has served as a clinical fellow at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School affiliated hospitals, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, all in Boston. For seven of those eight years, he also was the group leader of a respiratory pathophysiology course and a physical exam tutor for a patient-doctor course at Harvard Medical School. “We are happy that Dr. Mathew has chosen to return to Houston and to lead the ICU and pulmonary teams at our facility,” said Geoffrey Swaby, administrator for Nexus Specialty Hospital. “He has a well-rounded educational and professional background that will serve him well in this capacity.” As program director, Dr. Mathew will direct the ICU/pulmonary medical care services, plan and facilitate physician coverage in the event of medical emergencies in those areas, develop emergency treatment protocols and patient transfers, help develop and maintain an efficient medical records system, and organize trainings for Nexus staff, among other responsibilities. Dr. Mathew is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, American Thoracic Society, Massachusetts Medical Society and the American College of Chest Physicians. He is board certified in pulmonary medicine, internal medicine and in three areas governed by the National Board of Medical Examiners. He received his Doctor of Medicine from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and his Bachelor of Science degree in biology with a minor in chemistry from the University of Houston, where he attended with several scholarships. About Nexus Specialty Hospital Nexus Specialty Hospital is a Long Term Acute Care hospital with 75 beds on two campuses in the suburbs of North Houston. The facility has the advantage of exceptional campus locations offering high tech care in a beautiful wooded environment as well as a more home-like environment for those requiring fewer therapeutic interventions. The original 21-bed campus opened in The Woodlands, TX in 1995 and a new 54-bed campus opened less than a mile away in Shenandoah, TX in 2005. Both facilities operate under the same license as a Medicare provider-based entity with the original campus providing specialty wound care and life care placement. The new main Shenandoah campus has six state-of-the art ICU beds, 26 telemetry beds to monitor cardiac status, an on-site GI lab, and a full service rehab department consisting of OT, PT and Speech Therapy. About Nexus Health Systems Nexus Health Systems provides medical and rehabilitative care to adults and children that have specific health care needs following acute injury and illness. Based in Houston and founded in 1992, Nexus provides interdisciplinary treatment and specialty care through several facilities, including: - HealthBridge Children’s Hospital – Houston, TX - HealthBridge Children’s Hospital – Orange, CA - Nexus Specialty Hospital – Shenandoah, TX and The Woodlands, TX - Touchstone Neurorecovery Center – Conroe, TX Through its affiliate organization LifeCare Planning, Inc., Nexus develops comprehensive plans that objectively and accurately project the long-term medical needs and associated costs for individuals with catastrophic injuries, life-altering disabilities, and chronic illnesses. For more information about Nexus Health Systems, visit www.nhsltd.com. ALL darbyDarnit NEWS RELEASES ALL CLIENT NEWS RELEASES
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