PHILADELPHIA - Holy Redeemer Health System and Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation Associates have entered into an agreement with La Salle University to provide orthopaedic sports medicine to the University's 500 student athletes participating in varsity, intramural, and club sports effective October 17, 2011. La Salle competes at the Division I level in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Its athletes compete in 22 intercollegiate sports as well as in many club and intramural sports.
“Holy Redeemer is pleased to partner with an outstanding university to ensure that all student athletes have ready access to necessary orthopedic care,” said Michael B. Laign, President and CEO of Holy Redeemer Health System in Huntingdon Valley, PA. Holy Redeemer's orthopedic department has long been recognized for its quality services, most recently by Independence Blue Cross, which granted Blue Distinction status for hip and knee replacement in 2011.
La Salle University's Director of Athletics, Dr. Thomas Brennan, said “We are delighted to establish this partnership with Holy Redeemer, a Catholic Health System with a reputation for excellence. I am sure that our student-athletes and coaches will be well served.”
Board-certified, fellowship-trained, Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Surgeon Brian T. Brislin, MD of Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation Associates will be the primary physician working with La Salle's athletes. “I am happy to become a member of the La Salle Sports Medicine team and look forward to keeping all the athletes healthy and victorious,” said Dr. Brislin.
Dr. Brislin received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College, did his internship and residency in orthopaedic surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and completed a fellowship in Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy at Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in Jackson, Mississippi. He is active in the orthopaedic and sports medicine professional communities, and is on the medical staff of Holy Redeemer Hospital.
About Holy Redeemer
With an emphasis on providing a continuum of care, Holy Redeemer Health System remains true to the mission to care, comfort and heal that its sponsor, the Sisters of the Holy Redeemer, began in our region in 1924 – to provide high quality, compassionate care. Today, Holy Redeemer offers a wide range of healthcare and health-related services, including an acute care hospital, home health and hospice services, two skilled nursing facilities, assisted living, a retirement community, low-income housing, an active living community, and a transitional housing program for homeless women and children. With corporate offices in Huntingdon Valley, PA, Holy Redeemer Health System is a Catholic healthcare provider, serving southeastern Pennsylvania and 12 counties in New Jersey, from Union County south to Cape May County.
About La Salle University
La Salle University, dedicated in the traditions of the Christian Brothers to excellence in teaching and to concern for both ultimate values and for the individual values of its students, is a private Roman Catholic University committed to providing a liberal education of both general and specialized studies.
As a Catholic university, La Salle strives to offer, through effective teaching, quality education founded on the idea that one's intellectual and spiritual development go hand in hand, complementing and fulfilling each other. The University has, as its basic purpose, the free search for truth by teaching its students the basic skills, knowledge, and values that they will need for a life of human dignity. The programs of the University also aim at preparing students for informed service and progressive leadership in their communities and to fulfilling the immediate and final goals of their lives.
About Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation Associates
Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation Associates is a group of seven orthopaedic surgeons who have chosen to practice personalized yet high-tech orthopaedics in a community hospital setting. Drs. Markmann, Hamilton, Dearolf, Beight, Maitin, Brislin, and Gillon have combined more than 140 years of orthopaedic experience. Within the group are physicians who are specialized in most facets of orthopaedic care.
The physicians have surrounded themselves with first-class providers in physical therapy, hand therapy and MRI, as well as physician assistants to provide full-service orthopaedic care. To reflect this continuum of care, they have titled their centers as the “Community Orthopaedic Institute”.
Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation Associates' philosophy is to provide patient-centered care in a cost-effective, high quality manner, being available to treat each patient as if he or she were a member of their own families.
