New Hanover Regional Medical Center was recently recognized with two awards from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.

The hospital received The American College of Cardiology Foundation’s NCDR Action Registry-GWTG Gold Performance Achievement Award.

NHRMC is one of only 167 hospitals in the U.S. to be given the recognition, hospital spokeswoman Erin Balzotti said.

She said NHRMC was considered on nine quality measures, including whether eligible patients were given reperfusion therapy, whether patients were given aspirin on arrival and whether patients who smoke were given smoking cessation counseling on discharge.

New Hanover Regional Medical Center was also awarded the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline Bronze Quality Achievement Award for its commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients.

David Parks, vice president of cardiac services at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, said the awards “recognize the impressive work done by our physicians and staff to continually improve the care we provide our patients. We also appreciate the work of our partners in the region, who have worked with us on standard protocols to ensure every patient gets the care they need when they need it.”

University Physicians hires new endocrinologist

University Physicians, a service of South East Area Health Education Center, recently added Dr. Maya Y. Peltsverger to its Division of Endocrinology.

A graduate of the Celjbainsj State Medical Academy in Cheliabinsk, Russia, Peltsverger completed her residency at New Hanover Regional Medical Center and her Endocrine Fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.

Peltsverger’s interests include general endocrinology and metabolism, thyroid function disorders, thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer, thyroid hormones metabolism and diabetes mellitus. In addition to seeing patients at University Physicians, Peltsverger also joined the teaching faculty at the New Hanover Regional Medical Center Residency Program.

Peltsverger is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and a member of the Endocrine Society and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.

Wilmington Health providers move practice to Monkey Junction

Dr. Jessica Burkett and Thomas Marcinowski, physician assistant, along with their staff, are planning a move from 1202 Medical Center Drive to 5245 S. College Road.

The practice will move on January 16.

“Our family medicine team chose to move to the Monkey Junction areato be closer to their patients. We value the feedback our patients provide and continue to improve our accessibility to meet and exceed their expectations,” Jeff James, Wilmington Health chief executive officer, said in a news release.

In their family medicine practice, Burkett and Marcinowski diagnose and treat non-surgical illnesses or disorders from infancy through adulthood.