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Mercy Hospital Anderson Announces Physician of the Year
10/13/2009 --
Dr. Peter Ruehlman is the recipient of the 2009 John F. Cardosi Physician of the Year Award as the physician who best exemplifies the Mercy Mission and Core Values.
“I can’t think of a more fitting example of The Mission of Mercy than the care and service Dr. Ruehlman has provided to our patients and community since joining our staff in 1990,” said Patti Schroer, President and CEO of Mercy Hospital Anderson.
Dr. Ruehlman has practiced at Mercy Hospital Anderson for nearly 20 years. He is an active member of the Oncology and Ethics Committees and played a part in the hospital’s Cancer Care program’s Outstanding Achievement Award by The American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer. He is an active member of the Anderson Hills United Methodist Church and sees medicine as a calling, not just a career.
Several patients, their family members and his wife, Debra, nominated Dr. Ruehlman. His wife wrote, “I am in a unique position to nominate my husband. I don’t know him as a patient. I never see him in an examining room. But what I do see leaves me in awe at times. I see him up at all hours researching a patient. I hear him on the telephone talking with experts around the world about a single patient. I hear his grief when things are not going well with someone’s disease. I attend funerals with him – of people I have never met, but people who are important to him: his patients and their families.”
A patient’s family member wrote, “We met many exceptional doctors during our difficult journey through the health care system. Many of the best were doctors & nurses affiliated with Mercy Anderson. Dr. Ruehlman demonstrated the highest levels of excellence, compassion and integrity in all of our frequent interactions with him. He is a credit to his profession, and to Mercy Hospital Anderson.”
This prestigious award was named after Dr. John F. Cardosi, who practiced family medicine and was on staff at Mercy Hospital Anderson for 38 years. He continues to be a part of the community as a member of the Ethics Committee and he also volunteers at the Catherine McAuley Health Center. It is this dedication to the Mercy Hospital Anderson community and the values that it has been built upon that led to the creation of this award.
“Needless to say, this award is an incredible honor and I am grateful for everyone who has played a part in this process. But, it is most thrilling to me because I have had the privilege of knowing and working with Dr.Jack Cardosi for the past 19 years, both in clinical practice and more recently on The Ethics Committee. For those who do know Jack, most would agree that he is the original Marcus Welby,” said Dr. Peter Ruehlman, Mercy Hospital Anderson Oncologist.
Congratulations also go to the other remarkable nominees: Dr. Mike Argus, Dr. Gary Gries, Dr. Sai Hanumanthu, and Dr. Suresh Nayak.
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