Some Important Future Associates

Had a long lunch with Dennis Means, MD, Vice President for Medical Affairs,  and Don Holliwell Administrator, Carilion New River Valley, Virginia at which time we discussed goals for the psychiatric unit and an informal partnership to improve the quality of care at Carilion. Also met briefly with Charlotte Ramsey, Chief Nursing Officer, Carilion New River Valley Medical Center and Elizabeth Wade LCSW, Director of Clinical Programs, Psychiatric Unit.

In between looked for land for building and the Preston Forest log cabin. Too expensive and too many problems--master bedroom on third floor along with a guest room that shares a bath with the master bedroom; unheated laundry in the basement; log burning fireplace instead of gas burning fireplace. Log burning fireplace creates messes when bringing to logs in the house and temperature inversions can cause smoke to drift back into the house.