Bowel Management
Today we have Katie and Julie from Dr. Marc A. Levitt's office to discuss bowel management.
Katie’s Bio
Katherine Worst, CPNP-AC
Katherine “Katie” Worst is a Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with a background in acute care, surgery, intensive care, trauma and burns. Katie served five years as a staff nurse at Children’s National before obtaining her Masters in Science as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in 2013. As a mid-level provider, Katie worked with a team of surgeons caring for pediatric trauma, burn and general surgery patients.
In 2017, Katie recognized a population of patients in need of long-term support, and she took the initiative to educate herself on this population, the colorectal patient surgical patient, attending national conferences and spending time at other centers. As a result, she was identified by the surgical team at Children’s National as an expert in their post-surgical care and ongoing bowel management. She independently ran a bowel management program for surgical patients who struggle with constipation and incontinence following colorectal repair.
In 2019 Katie brought her experience running a bowel management program to the newly created Division of Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction, under the leadership of Dr. Marc Levitt, where Katie now serves as the Clinical Leader. She has led education sessions both domestically and internationally, speaking on the care of the colorectal patient.
Julie’s Bio
Julie Choueiki, MSN, RN
Julie completed her undergraduate studies in Nursing at The Ohio State University. She completed her Masters of Science in Nursing Administration at The University of Cincinnati. Julie has worked as a Trauma, Critical Care and Emergency Department Nurse, Nurse Educator, Informatics Educator, and Professional Development Nurse Specialist. She was the 2013 March of Dimes Nurse of the Year for Emergency Services Nursing. She has been active on numerous hospital committees and task forces focusing on Quality Improvement, Patient and Staff Safety, and Evidence-Based Practice.
In 2019 Julie was recruited to join Dr. Marc Levitt at Children’s National in Washington, DC to build the Division of Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction; a comprehensive collaborative program designed to meet the complex needs of the colorectal patient and their families.
Her expertise in the field of Program Management and as a past Director of Strategy poised her to develop a collaborative center in the nation’s capital, treating and serving children from all over the United States and the world. She has travelled domestically and internationally, speaking on the work of collaborative care centers, and providing education on program development.
Dr. Marc A. Levitt's bio:
https://childrensnational.org/careers-and-training/employee-stories/marc-levitt
Link to the department where Dr. Levitt works:
https://childrensnational.org/departments/colorectal
Disclaimer:
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URL list from Friday
Pediatric Colorectal & Pelvic Reconstruction | Children's National Hospital
https://childrensnational.org/departments/colorectal
Marc Levitt - Employee Story | Children's National Hospital
https://childrensnational.org/careers-and-training/employee-stories/marc-levitt
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Dr. Marc Levitt is the Chief of Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery at Children's National Hospital, Washington D.C. He has focused his clinical and academic career in helping patients with complex colorectal and pelvic problems. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and his surgical training at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York and the Children's Hospital of Buffalo. He has previously directed the Colorectal Centers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Dr. Levitt has published over 300 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 90 book chapters, and 4 books. He has delivered over 500 national/international/local/regional presentations of his work and has been an invited visiting professor all over the world. Dr. Levitt has trained dozens of clinical fellows, research fellows, and students in his career and has directed numerous colorectal training courses attended by established surgeons and surgical trainees from all over the world. He dedicates much of his free time to mission trips around the world where he trains surgeons in complex colorectal surgical techniques.
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