Medical award
The Lehigh County Medical Society has created a Humaneness in Medicine award, and announced that Dr. Jeanne Zukas, Schuylkill Haven, chief resident of the Lehigh Valley Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Training Program, has been selected as the 2014 winner.
The award is presented to the resident or fellow who best displayed the society's ideals of outstanding compassion in the delivery of care, respect for patients, their families and health care colleagues, as well as demonstrated clinical excellence.
According to a news re-lease, Zukas was nominated by Dr. J. Howard DeHoff, who described her as a physician who provides genuine warmth, caring, honesty and authentic appreciation. She has a natural ability to connect with others, including patients and colleagues, he said.
According to DeHoff, "She looks for the life that her patient has been leading and, when she finds it, she uses that knowledge to inform her care of that patient. She values and respects all life and her work as a physician is a direct extension of her values. She is the one who will make the after-hours call to a family member of a hospitalized patient in order to clarify an issue; or to a specialist involved; or to a pharmacy to straighten out a medication order.
"She is the one who takes the extra time to listen - really listen - to a patient who needs to be heard. She is the one who gives an extra evening at the clinic downtown. She is the one who has not reneged on her intention to open a practice in the rural community she loves."
Zukas was selected for the award by a committee of physician leaders at the society, the release said. She is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
CPA earned
Marc Weber, Pottsville, attained his certified public accountant designation.
He is an experienced associate for BDO USA LLP, Harrisburg, where he specializes in providing audit and assurance services to clients in the banking, manufacturing, and heath care industries.
A son of Walter and Deborah Weber, he is a 2008 graduate of Pottsville Area High School and graduated magna cum laude from Elizabethtown College with a bachelor's degree in accounting in 2012.