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Kenzie
Scheidt, PA-C
Kenzie Scheidt, PA-C,
has joined Oregon
Cardiology at Sacred
Heart Medical Center at
RiverBend as a physician
assistant in cardiology.
Kenzie comes to Sacred Heart from North
Bend. She completed several rotations at
medical centers in Southern Oregon and Coos
Bay, as well as at Sacred Heart.
She earned a degree in microbiology at
Oregon State University and her physician
assistant certification in 2010 at Touro
University in Nevada.
Kenzie is married and has a 1-year-old son.
She enjoys snowboarding, playing music, crafts
and quilting.
To make an appointment with
Kenzie, call
541-484-4332
.
PeaceHealth news
Welcome,
new providers
Frederick
Drach, MD
Frederick Drach, MD,
an infectious disease
physician, has joined
PeaceHealth Medical
Group at Sacred Heart
Medical Center.
He worked the last two years in Reno, Nev.,
where he was an infectious disease consultant
to the Veterans Administration Medical
Center and a clinical associate professor at the
University of Nevada School of Medicine.
He earned his medical degree in 1979 at
Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston.
He completed a residency in internal medicine
at Tucson Hospitals Medical Education Program
in Arizona and an infectious disease fellowship
at the University of Oregon and Oregon Health
& Science University.
Dr. Drach is fluent in Spanish. He enjoys
guitar and banjo, cycling, and hiking.
To make an appointment with
Dr. Drach, call
541-222-2790
.
Want to say thanks for the compassionate
care you or a family member received from a
PeaceHealth facility?
Recognize a caregiver for good work?
Or just share your story?
You can do all of that through the Sacred
Heart Medical Center Foundation’s Guardian
Angel program.
You can acknowledge the efforts of the
caregiver—with or without an accompanying
donation—whether it’s the surgeon who saved
your life or the housekeeper who made you
smile.
All our Guardian Angels are honored
during a special ceremony among their
peers and presented with a pin, certificate,
photograph and recognition in hospital
publications.
Want to thank one of our ‘Angels?’ Here's how
One patient’s story
When Bobbie Sanford was receiving treatment at
a hospital in Oregon, she developed septicemia,
also known as blood poisoning. Despite her pain,
she was discharged. At home, her condition got
worse—fever, chills, extreme pain.
“It was the most horrendous night of my
life,” Bobbie says. “I spent the next day taking
my temperature. I decided that if it reached
102, I’d call the hospital.”
It did. And she called 911.
An ambulance rushed Bobbie to the
Emergency Department at Sacred Heart
Medical Center at RiverBend.
Within a couple of hours, Bobbie received
the antibiotics and care she desperately
needed. Bobbie says that it was because of
the diligent and careful
watchfulness of Sarah
Brendler, MD, that she
is alive and well today.
Bobbie is also thankful for the fine
nursing staff under Dr. Brendler’s
guidance.
Bobbie will be returning to Sacred Heart for
a knee-surgery consultation.
“When people tell me they are going to
RiverBend,” she says, “I tell them that they can
be confident they’ll receive the best and most
accurate care around.”
To learn more about the Guardian Angel
program or to share your story and recognize
a caregiver, visit
www.peacehealth.org/
guardianangel
.
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