Northwest Hospital and Sinai Hospital Nuclear Medicine Departments Receive Certificate of Accreditation

Northwest Hospital’s and Sinai Hospital of Baltimore’s Nuclear Medicine departments have recently received certificate of accreditation from the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories (ICANL).

The ICANL is dedicated to promoting quality nuclear cardiology and nuclear medicine diagnostic evaluations in the delivery of health care by providing a peer-review process of laboratory accreditation.

“We are pleased that Northwest Hospital and Sinai Hospital have received this accreditation,” said Stuart Rabinowitz, Ph.D., M.D., radiologist and director of Nuclear Medicine at LifeBridge Health, the parent health organization of Northwest and Sinai hospitals.  “This clearly shows our commitment to the growth of our imaging services, and to patient care.”

The purpose of the Intersocietal Commission for the ICANL is to ensure high quality patient care and to promote health care by providing a mechanism to encourage and recognize the provision of quality nuclear cardiology and nuclear medicine diagnostic evaluations by a process of voluntary accreditation.  Through the accreditation process, laboratories assess every aspect of daily operation and the impact on the quality of health care provided to patients. Because accreditation is renewed every three years, a long-term commitment to quality and self-assessment is developed and maintained. 

Nuclear medicine is a part of each hospital’s Department of Radiology; both departments offer a wide range of diagnostic services and consist of three separate divisions: diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and interventional radiology.  Other services provided by the radiology departments include MRI, CT, nuclear medicine, diagnostic and vascular ultrasound, interventional radiology (IR) and general diagnostic X-rays.

Northwest Hospital and Sinai Hospital are members of LifeBridge Health, a regional health organization, which also includes Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital, Jewish Convalescent & Nursing Home, and related subsidiaries and affiliates. 

Louis B. Malinow, M.D. Awarded Diplomate Status

Louis B. Malinow, M.D., of the Department of Internal Medicine at Northwest Hospital and Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, has recently been awarded diplomate status by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology. This certifies him as a specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of cholesterol disorders.

He is also certified by the American Society of Hypertension as a specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of high blood pressure.

Dr. Malinow is the only physician in the state of Maryland with this dual specialty. He is committed to aggressively screening for and treating all cardiovascular risk factors. 

Certification by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology recognizes professional commitment to the prevention of cardiovascular disease and documents expertise in lipid management.

A graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. Malinow completed his internship and residency at Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, California.

Northwest Hospital and Sinai Hospital are members of LifeBridge Health, a regional health organization, which also includes Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital, Jewish Convalescent & Nursing Home, and related subsidiaries and affiliates.

LifeBridge Health Launches Facebook Page®

LifeBridge Health has its own Facebook page with job listings, information on recruiting events, work-related videos, a photo album of – and links to – LifeBridge Health institutions, and soon the ability to chat with recruiters.

“The venture will help us target our ads to potential employees who will be interested in the jobs and information we have to offer,” said Taylor Foss, vice-president of Human Resources at LifeBridge Health.

LifeBridge Health is the first Baltimore-based health care system to tap into this market. LifeBridge Health is also joining forces with CareerBuilder on Facebook in its efforts to recruit the best and brightest health care employees who may be more in tune with the Internet than with traditional advertising methods.

“It is a virtual job fair with tremendous potential, especially for those who may not be actively job searching,” Foss said. Users can easily be directed to the LifeBridge Health employment site, www.lifejobs.org.

Facebook began in 2004 at Harvard University but soon spread to colleges around the nation, and to workplaces and homes. The value of Facebook is being able to easily share information with selected people online, including photos and videos.

LifeBridge Health is a regional health organization that includes Sinai Hospital, Northwest Hospital, Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital, Jewish Convalescent & Nursing Home , and related subsidiaries and affiliates.