In West Orange: Daughter Of Israel’s Medical Director Snags Award

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The following news release comes courtesy of the Daughters of Israel nursing facility in West Orange. Don’t forget to visit the Patch West Orange Facebook page here. Send local news tips, photos and press releases to eric.kiefer@patch.com.

Joshua Schor, medical director at Daughters of Israel in West Orange, was named the 2017 Medical Director of the Year by the AMDA (The Society of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine). He was presented with the award during the Society’s annual conference in Phoenix, AZ, on March 17.

“Identifying one individual to honor as Medical Director of the Year is challenging,” said the Society’s Executive Director Christopher Laxton. “I talk to practitioners every day who are deserving of recognition for their commitment, passion, and leadership. Dr. Schor has all of these qualities and more.”

Schor is an active, involved medical director at Daughters of Israel, where he has served in that role since 2001. In 2014, he established an interdisciplinary wound care team, which put into place new protocols and equipment, as well as creating a liaison with an external wound specialist who visit once a week.

“Dr. Schor is an integral part of our team and helps keep our home running,” said Executive Director of Daughters of Israel Susan Grosser. “He is also one of the most caring human beings one will come across, and it is evident in his treatment of our residents, staff and family members. I am extremely fortunate to be able to work with someone of his caliber.”

Under Schor’s leadership, Daughters of Israel participates in a training course to reduce Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections. As a result, the center has achieved a zero % CAUTI rate.

Recently, Schor started a program called “Caring Conversations” though a New Jersey Council for the Humanities grant that brings staff together to talk and share around a variety of issues to promote teamwork, communication, and job satisfaction.

Schor presented a session about this program at the Society’s 2017 Annual Conference.

A long-time member of the Society which has nearly 5,000 members, Schor currently serves on the membership committee and is past-president of the New Jersey Medical Directors Association.

He is also an enthusiastic educator and often presents in-service programs for staff and educational presentations to a variety of groups. He is the author of the book, “The Nursing Home Guide: A Doctor Reveals What You Need to Know About Long-Term Care,” and a consultant senior medical director for Optum Complex Care, a geriatric division of UnitedHealth Group.

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