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CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Director First in Community to Complete Pediatric Bioethics Program

Sheryl Sullivan, Director of Risk Management for CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System, has become the first health care professional in San Antonio to earn specialized certification in Pediatric Bioethics from the Children’s Mercy Center for Pediatric Bioethics.

The Children’s Mercy Center for Pediatric Bioethics program is the only one of its kind in the United States that focuses exclusively on the special ethical concerns of children and their families; it is taught by faculty from the Children’s Mercy Hospital and the University of Missouri – Kansas City. The nine month program is designed to help clinicians understand common pediatric bioethical issues.

“Ethical considerations of pediatric patients are vastly different from those of adult patients. The Children’s Mercy Center Program gave me the confidence and knowledge to recognize and manage difficult ethical situations,” said Sheryl Sullivan. “Having the ability to address the ethical issues that arise in pediatrics helps improve the lives of the children in our care as well as that of their families.”

Sullivan will use her training as part of regular campus ethics consults at Children’s Hospital of San Antonio as well as sharing her learnings with community partners.

“We are so proud of Sheryl’s accomplishment,” said Dr. Dennis Gonzales, Vice President, Mission Integration, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System. “As a mission-driven organization, nothing is more important to us than preparing for the vast array of ethical issues which are part of health care practice today.”

About Children’s Hospital of San Antonio:

The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio is the first freestanding hospital in San Antonio solely dedicated to the care of children. Located in the heart of downtown San Antonio, the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio is owned by CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System. Founded in 1869 by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word of Houston and San Antonio, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa is a Catholic, faith-based, nonprofit health and wellness ministry dedicated to extending the healing ministry of Jesus Christ and providing the highest quality medical care and services available. As one of the top health care organizations in South-Central Texas, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa has five hospital campuses, located in the South Texas Medical Center, New Braunfels, Westover Hills, and a short-stay surgical hospital in Alamo Heights. CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System also owns a majority interest in CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Physicians Ambulatory Surgery Centers – San Antonio, LLC, a joint venture physician partnership, which is comprised of three outpatient surgery centers in San Antonio with facilities in Alamo Heights, Stone Oak, and the Medical Center. Additionally, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System owns a majority interest in the CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Physicians Ambulatory Surgery Center in New Braunfels, a joint venture physician partnership. CHRISTUS Santa Rosa is the preferred health system of the San Antonio SPURS. For additional information on the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, visit www.chofsa.org or for more information on CHRISTUS Santa Rosa, visitwww.christussantarosa.org. Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/christussantarosa and http://www.facebook.com/ChildrensHospSA and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/CSRHS.