IN BRIEF
William “Will” DeShong of Slippery Rock is a new reporter for the Butler Eagle.
He will cover Butler city and do other assignments.
DeShong, 22, is a 2013 graduate of Slippery Rock University with a degree in communication and an emphasis in journalism.
He was the editor of The Rocket student newspaper. The Rocket won 34 regional and national awards during his time as editor.
This past spring he was a public relations and marketing intern for the Butler County Humane Society.
He is originally from Ridgway, Pa., but has lived in Slippery Rock for the past three years.
He replaces Ed Biller, who has left the newspaper.
GIBSONIA — Drs. Brie Kemp and Chad Stemmler, chiropractors, are the newest specialists to join the St. Barnabas Medical Center.They will meet with residents at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Hilltop Hall at The Village at St. Barnabas, 5850 Meridian Road, Gibsonia. They will have another meeting at 2 p.m. Friday at The Woodlands Lodge, 200 Lodge Lane, Valencia.The doctors will begin seeing patients at St. Barnabas Medical Center in July.Brie grew up in Eau Claire, Wisc., where she received her undergraduate degree. Before graduating as valedictorian from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 2006 she moved to Pittsburgh to complete an internship, and after graduation, she returned to the area to start practicing.Chad graduated cum laude from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 2006 and had the opportunity to participate in Palmer's Clinical Abroad Program where he traveled with a group of students and faculty to Garopaba and Florianopolis, Brazil. The group set up free clinics.
PITTSBURGH — Highmark Inc. has announced that the Pennsylvania Brain and Spine Institute, PBSI, has joined its delivery network.PBSI, which is run by Michael B. Horowitz, M.D., and Richard M. Spiro, M.D., specializes in neurosurgical care.All surgical procedures will be done at Butler Memorial Hospital, the Jefferson Regional Medical Center and Western Pennsylvania Hospital.They are both board certified physicians. Horowitz jointed PBSI after 19 years with UPMC Presbyterian. Spiro joined PBSI after 14 years at UPMC Presbyterian.
CRANBERRY TWP — UPMC Passavant on Monday will open a new Wound Healing Services center in the Cranberry Crossroads retail plaza on Route 228.The facility will offer an outpatient program providing specialized treatment for chronic wounds, including those resulting from diabetes, vascular disease, pressure ulcers, radiation treatment, and other traumatic injuries.“Chronic wounds are usually the result of serious underlying health issues. It’s a big problem among the elderly and those suffering from obesity,” said Dr. Sandeep Kathju, chief of plastic surgery at UPMC Passavant and medical director, UPMC Wound Healing Services at UPMC Passavant. “People with diabetes and vascular disease have poor circulation, which makes them vulnerable to slow healing and chronic wounds.”The first hyperbaric oxygen treatment chambers in the Cranberry area are expected to open at the facility this summer. That is a method for treating many types of nonhealing wounds.
