Jeffrey Grove, DO, FACOFP (dist)

“I am heartened to support LGBTQIA+ Osteopathic medical students in their journey of growth and acceptance. Ultimately, better patient care starts with physicians who are better supported in the pathway through medical school.”- Jeffrey Grove, DO

CHICAGO (PRWEB)
December 03, 2021

A one-million-dollar donation is being gifted to the American Osteopathic Foundation by Jeffrey S. Grove, DO, an Osteopathic family physician and president of the American Osteopathic Foundation (AOF) Board of Directors. Dr. Grove made this generous commitment to help the AOF launch an LGBTQIA+ initiative that addresses the profession at three levels, as medical students, as practicing physicians, and as educators within the healthcare field. Dr. Grove’s contribution is earmarked for educational scholarships to Osteopathic medical students who self-identify as a member of an LGBTQIA+ community.

“Giving back to the profession I love is something that I do without reservation,” said Dr. Grove. “I am heartened to support LGBTQIA+ Osteopathic medical students in their journey of growth and acceptance. Ultimately, better patient care starts with physicians who are better supported in the pathway through medical school.”

Reimagining the future of healthcare

Dr. Grove is the founder and inspiration behind several other LGBTQIA+ expansion initiatives across the country. His gift will anchor the AOF’s recently launched LGBTQIA+ Health Equity & Inclusion Initiative, which aims to better understand and address the healthcare needs of the LGBTQIA+ community through educational scholarships, CME training, and diversity-enriching programs.

“The Foundation is humbled by Dr. Grove’s generosity,” said Rita Forden, AOF CEO. “His gift to support AOF’s broad-based initiative moves us closer to a world without discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.”

The AOF launched the LGBTQIA+ Health Equity and Inclusion Initiative in 2021 to undertake the work of better understanding and addressing the healthcare needs of the LGBTQIA+ community. LGBTQIA+ medical students lack visibility and access to the support services available to other minority status groups, according to recent research in the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine.

Dr. Grove is a graduate of Florida Southern College and earned his Osteopathic degree from Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine (SECOM). He served both his internship and residency at the Sun Coast Hospital in Largo, and then joined Suncoast Family Medical Associates, where he currently practices. He also serves as president and CEO of Paxton Medical Management, a physician-led organization providing expert healthcare through an integrated system of tools and services connecting physicians and patients.

“I’m thrilled to work with the American Osteopathic Foundation to deliver on a long-held dream of mine,” said Dr. Grove. “Together, we have the power to facilitate change, improve outcomes for LGBTQIA+ medical students, and to create safer, more welcoming space for patients.”

About the American Osteopathic Foundation

Since 1949, the American Osteopathic Foundation (AOF) has supported research, programs, and services that promote Osteopathic medicine and enhance patient-centered care. As a leading, national nonprofit foundation, the AOF provides grants, scholarships, and awards to Osteopathic medical students, residents, fellows, Osteopathic physicians (DOs), researchers, and educators. Guided by its deep knowledge of the field, AOF funds, leads, convenes and collaborates with health care professionals across the country to address the Osteopathic profession. Along with the generosity of donors and the strength and vision of its many partners, the AOF continues to advance the Osteopathic profession, making a positive, impactful difference in the communities it serves —locally, nationally, and across the globe.

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Find DEO’s first book, DSO Secrets on Amazon and other Book Retailers

“DSO Secrets” walks dental leaders step by step through the process of creating the doctor, team, and patient experience necessary to achieve their vision of growth.

AUSTIN, Texas (PRWEB)
December 03, 2021

DEO Dental Media Publishing, an arm of The DEO (Dentist Entrepreneur Organization) is pleased to announce its first book publication, “DSO Secrets: The Ultimate Guide To Building Your Dental Empire” by Emmet Scott, CEO, and co-founder of Community Dental Partners and Partner, DEO.

“DSO Secrets” was officially released on November 16 and quickly became a #1 Amazon Best Seller in the Dentistry, Dental Office Practice, Dental Assisting, and Management Skills categories and landed in the top 10 of the Entrepreneurship and Management categories.

The book offers guidance to dental practice owners and their teams on how to grow a successful dental group or Dental Service Organization (DSO) in today’s complex business world. Emmet shares the vast insight he’s gained from founding and running a multi-million dollar DSO, including supporting clinicians, executive teams, being on boards of DSOs, being a partner in emerging DSOs, and more.

“DSO Secrets” is varied and offers an in-depth focus on what any up and coming dentist-entrepreneur or dental leader needs to know to crack the DSO scaling code. Topics include: what it means to be an entrepreneur, becoming a top-level executive, creating an amazing customer experience, marketing, messaging, human resources, finance, compliance, and more.

“DSO Secrets” walks dental leaders step by step through the process of creating the doctor, team, and patient experience necessary to achieve their vision of growth, whether their goal is to be a top clinician in a single practice or to build a multi-practice portfolio.

“DSO Secrets: The Ultimate Guide To Building Your Dental Empire” is available as an ebook, and also in paperback and hardcover on Amazon and many other book retailers.

About Emmet Scott

Emmet Scott is the host of the number-one dental group podcast, DSO Secrets™, and a partner of The Dentist Entrepreneur Organization. He is the co-founder and CEO of Community Dental Partners and has served as the President of the Association of Dental Support Organizations.

A lifelong entrepreneur, Emmet loves empowering others by sharing the wisdom of diverse people throughout the group dentistry industry.

About The Dentist Entrepreneur Organization (DEO)

The DEO serves dental leaders by connecting people, knowledge, and resources in a uniquely cultivated manner to achieve this mission “When we succeed, your vision is fulfilled, your team is healthy, and we can all be proud of what we’ve left behind”. Dentistry can be a difficult business, but with The DEO, dental leaders will never have to do it alone.

For more:

https://bit.ly/FirstDEOBookDSOSecrets

https://deodentalgroup.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmetscott/

https://geni.us/DSOSecrets

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“Fortunately, colon cancer is preventable, with timely colonoscopy screening able to detect and remove pre-cancerous growth and prevent colon cancer,” added Vanguard Gastroenterology colleague Inessa Khaykis, MD.

NEW YORK (PRWEB)
December 03, 2021

Vanguard Gastroenterology of Manhattan (http://www.gastro-nyc.com) is helping raise the alarm over additional news of increased early-onset colon cancer rates. As reported in JAMA Network Open in November, a cross-sectional study by the University of Colorado School of Medicine revealed that rates of early-onset colorectal adenocarcinoma have increased.

These findings follow the United States Multi-Society Task Force (MSTF) on Colorectal Cancer updated screening recommendations, endorsing 45 instead of 50 as the age to start average-risk CRC screenings. The MSTF is comprised of representatives from the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) and the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE).

“Traditionally, colon cancer has been seen as a disease of older persons, but it is now clear that this conception is changing, with even those in the 30s and 40s at risk,” states Edward Brettholz, MD, of Vanguard Gastroenterology. “We urge patients to consult their doctors and get their CRC screenings on time, especially after the drop in screenings due to COVID.”

“Fortunately, colon cancer is preventable, with timely colonoscopy screening able to detect and remove pre-cancerous growth and prevent colon cancer,” added Vanguard Gastroenterology colleague Inessa Khaykis, MD.

Vanguard Gastroenterology wants patients to know that:

• Colon cancer is preventable
• A program of regular screening colonoscopy should begin at age 45 in all average-risk adults of all races and ethnicities in both men and women,
• Those with a family history of colon cancer should begin screening at 40, or 10 years younger than the age of the family member who was diagnosed, whichever is earlier,
• Screening is recommended for those with inflammatory bowel disease, or for those with a history of abdominal pelvic radiation,
• Symptoms of colon cancer such as unexplained abdominal pain or weight loss, change in bowel habits, rectal bleeding or the finding of anemia should have a diagnostic colonoscopy at any age, and
• Colonoscopy is easy, safe, and painless and the best time to schedule a colonoscopy is now.

About Vanguard Gastroenterology:

Vanguard Gastroenterology offers services that include gastro consultations, clinical trials, colonoscopy procedures, upper endoscopy, screening colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy exams, capsule endoscopy, ERCP, endoscopic ultrasound, integrative weight management, fecal microbiota transplantation and much more. They serve patients throughout New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Visit them online at http://www.gastro-nyc.com

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We are thankful to our generous customers who are helping to ensure that thousands of local children will experience the joy and comfort of being able to open gifts this holiday season

LAS VEGAS (PRWEB)
December 03, 2021

Planet 13 in partnership with Green Life Productions, is hosting its second annual Holiday Toy Drive benefitting the Las Vegas Rescue Mission and local children who may otherwise have gone without gifts this year.

For two weeks from December 4 – 18, 2021, customers and guests visiting the Planet 13 Las Vegas SuperStore (2548 W Desert Inn Rd) are encouraged to donate new unused toys. As a thank you for their generosity they will receive surprise gifts.

Here are the thank you gift tiers for those who donate toys*:

• $5 – $15: Planet 13 merchandise item
• $16 – $30: 1 cannabis surprise product
• $31 – $50: 2 cannabis surprise products
• $51 – $70: 3 cannabis surprise products
• $71+: max tier 4 cannabis surprise products

*Proof of toy purchase is required via a receipt or price tag. All toys must be unwrapped. Ten toy maximum per customer, per day. Cumulative toy prices will determine gift prize tier. In store promotion only.

Along with Planet 13 and Green Life Productions, the toy drive is sponsored by: Medizin, TRENDI, ROVE, Dreamland Chocolates, HaHa Edibles, Select, Stiiizy, Sauced, AMA, Cannavative, Virtue, Verano, Silver State Wellness, Packwoods, KoKo Nuggz and Just Edibles.

“We are thankful to our Toy Drive sponsors and our generous customers who together are helping to ensure that thousands of local children will experience the joy and comfort of being able to open gifts this year,” said David Farris, Planet 13 V.P. of Sales and Marketing. “We are proud to make our toy drive along with our canned food drive and meal donations an annual tradition to give back to the community that we love”.

“We are thrilled to be able to share these generous toy donations with the families we serve in Las Vegas,” said Heather Williams, Director of Development at Las Vegas Rescue Mission. “Nothing brings greater joy to local families in need than knowing their children will receive gifts this holiday season.”

The Las Vegas Rescue Mission campus takes up two city blocks in downtown Las Vegas, helping hundreds of men, women and their children daily, and providing approximately 30,000 meals each month.

Planet 13 will continue to bring the community together for future charitable initiatives.

About Planet 13

Planet 13 (http://www.planet13holdings.com) is a vertically integrated cannabis company, with award-winning cultivation, production and dispensary operations in Las Vegas and dispensary operations in Orange County. Planet 13’s mission is to build a recognizable global brand known for world-class dispensary operations and a creator of innovative cannabis products. Planet 13’s shares trade on the Canadian Stock Exchange (CSE) under the symbol PLTH and OTCQX under the symbol PLNHF.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This news release contains “forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements” (collectively, “forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements and are based on expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news release. Any statement that involves discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance (often but not always using phrases such as “expects”, or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, “plans”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “forecasts”, “estimates”, “believes” or “intends” or variations of such words and phrases or stating that certain actions, events or results “may” or “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken to occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking statements. In this news release, forward-looking statements relate to the ongoing operations of the Planet 13 Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) and future charitable initiatives.

These forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions and estimates of management of the Company at the time such statements were made. Actual future results may differ materially as forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to materially differ from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors, among other things, include: risks associated with COVID-19 and other infectious diseases presenting as major health issues; fluctuations in general macroeconomic conditions; fluctuations in securities markets; expectations regarding the size of the Nevada cannabis market and changing consumer habits; the ability of the Company to successfully achieve its business objectives; plans for expansion; political and social uncertainties; inability to obtain adequate insurance to cover risks and hazards; and the presence of laws and regulations that may impose restrictions on cultivation, production, distribution and sale of cannabis and cannabis related products in the State of Nevada; and employee relations. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this news release are based upon what management of the Company believes, or believed at the time, to be reasonable assumptions, the Company cannot assure shareholders that actual results will be consistent with such forward-looking statements, as there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements and information contained in this news release. The Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements of beliefs, opinions, projections, or other factors, should they change, except as required by law.

The Company is indirectly involved in the manufacture, possession, use, sale and distribution of cannabis in the recreational and medicinal cannabis marketplace in the United States through licensed subsidiary entities in states that have legalized marijuana operations, however, these activities are currently illegal under United States federal law. Additional information regarding this and other risks and uncertainties relating to the Company’s business, including COVID-19, are contained under the heading “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in the Company’s annual information form dated April 5, 2021, filed on its issuer profile on SEDAR at http://www.sedar.com. No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein.

For further inquiries, please contact:

Robert Groesbeck or Larry Scheffler Co-Chief Executive Officers

ir@planet13lasvegas.com

SAC Health Pediatrics Clinic

“Part of our mission is to provide health care to all, especially in areas with underserved populations. Our new clinics will allow us to meet those needs and provide care near or within their own community.” -Jason Lohr, MD, CEO

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (PRWEB)
December 03, 2021

SAC Health, a community-based health center, will open two new clinics in the cities of Blythe and Barstow, California. Both clinics are estimated to open in January 2022 and will bring much-needed access to health care services to these communities. Blythe and Barstow are cities that have limited primary and specialty care services.

The new clinic in Blythe will be located at 322 West Hobsonway. This temporary location will be open to patients until the new, permanent facility is complete. The Blythe clinic will include services in the following areas: family medicine, pediatrics, behavioral health, and more. SAC Health’s partnership with other health care providers will bring the much-needed expertise of physicians from other regional medical centers such as Loma Linda University Health to the area.

The SAC Health Barstow clinic will be located on 801 E. Mountain View Avenue, just across from Barstow Community Hospital, and will provide similar services as that of the Blythe clinic, with the addition of: pediatric specialties; obstetrics and gynecology; internal medicine and medical specialties; family dentistry; behavioral health; and surgical specialties.

Since opening the main campus in San Bernardino five years ago, SAC Health has steadily grown its patient base as well as new locations in San Bernardino and Riverside counties. “Part of our mission is to provide health care to all, especially in areas with underserved populations,” says Jason Lohr, MD, CEO of SAC Health. “We believe that anyone who needs medical service should be provided with the best possible care—regardless of their ability to pay. Our new clinics will allow us to meet those needs and provide care near or within their own community.”

The new clinics in Barstow and Blythe will bring a total of 11 locations for SAC Health. In 2020, SAC Health had nearly 150,000 patient visits. SAC Health has three clinics in San Bernardino, three clinics in Indio, one clinic in Murrieta, one mobile unit, and one school-based clinic in Rialto.

The new Barstow and Blythe clinics will be filling various staff positions in both locations. A listing of open positions or employment opportunities and benefits are available at sachealth.org/jobs.

More information about SAC Health can be found online at sachealth.org.

About SAC Health

SAC Health is the largest specialty-based and teaching health center (THC) Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in the nation. SAC Health provides comprehensive services to underserved areas and populations including Medi-Cal and Medicare patients. SAC Health is recognized as a Level-3 Patient-Centered Medical Home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and has over 100 community partnerships that enable the health to provide whole-person care to all its patients. SAC Health provides care in ten locations in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, including services in family medicine; pediatrics and pediatric specialties; obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine and medical specialties; family dentistry; behavioral health; surgical specialties and more. More information on how to become a patient at SAC Health is available online at sachealth.org.

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Accredited continuing education programs from SAA

Improving axSpA awareness among our front-line health care providers has been a long-time focus of SAA. These accredited programs represent a highly engaging and interactive approach to reach these key medical professionals.

ENCINO, Calif. (PRWEB)
December 03, 2021

Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic inflammatory disease which impacts more than 3.2 million Americans. Because axSpA sometimes manifests very few visible clinical signs on exams and can be hidden in the larger population of back pain sufferers, the symptoms of axSpA can often go unrecognized. In fact, nearly 54 percent of patients with the disease go undiagnosed between seven and 10 years. During this extensive delay to diagnosis, the disease goes uncontrolled and unchecked by treatment and causes damage – damage that cannot be undone. SAA is tackling this issue by rolling out accredited continuing education programs to aid primary care and chiropractic professionals in the early recognition of axSpA symptoms.

“We’re thrilled to offer these educational programs and believe they will make a significant impact for many of our undiagnosed community members,” said SAA’s CEO Cassie Shafer. “Improving axSpA awareness among our front-line health care providers has been a long-time focus of SAA. These accredited programs represent a highly engaging and interactive approach to reach these key medical professionals,” Shafer added.

Thanks to generous funding from a long-time, valued donor, SAA has been able to conceptualize, develop, and is now launching two interactive, highly engaging, accredited online learning activities: one specifically designed for primary care providers – including PCPs, NPs, and PAs, and a second for chiropractors. Both learning modules are offered free of charge and accredited for 1.0 CEH for use towards applicable recertification and license renewals.

Demystifying AxSpA in Primary Care: Recognition, Diagnosis, and What Comes Next

This accredited educational activity aims to increase recognition and understanding of axial spondyloarthritis among primary care providers, specifically focusing on helping the learners identify key signs and symptoms, conduct an appropriate work-up, and know when to refer to rheumatology. This accredited activity is hosted on FreeCME and can be accessed here.

*This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of EXCEL Continuing Education and The Spondylitis Association of America. EXCEL Continuing Education is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Spotting Axial Spondyloarthritis in Chiropractic Settings: Is AxSpA Behind Your Patient’s Back Pain?

This is a uniquely chiropractic-targeted educational activity, geared to helping chiropractors appropriately suspect axial spondyloarthritis in their chronic back pain patients, and urge them to refer for further evaluation. It also stresses the danger of specific chiropractic modalities (high velocity “adjustment”) for anyone with spinal fusion. This accredited activity is hosted on FreeCME and can be accessed here.

About the Spondylitis Association of America

Since our founding in 1983, the Spondylitis Association of America has been committed to increasing awareness of spondyloarthritis, providing information and support to patients and their families, and funding research to ultimately uncover a cure for the disease. SAA has a wealth of information, educational materials, and resources for medical practitioners, the newly diagnosed, people who are seeking a proper diagnosis, and people who have already been diagnosed and living with the disease. To learn more about SAA, visit us at http://www.spondylitis.org.

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