Four Clinicians Join Copley

For Immediate Release

01/11/2010




Copley Hospital has welcomed several new clinicians to its staff.

 
Susan Lawlor, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), has joined the hospital’s Anesthesiology Department. A CRNA is an advanced practice nurse who specializes in anesthesia care.  Lawlor received her certificate in Nurse Anesthesia from Dartmouth-Hitchcock School for Nurse Anesthetists and has more than twenty-four years of experience.  For the past eight years she has served as a relief CRNA, providing coverage at several Vermont hospitals, including Gifford Memorial Hospital, Porter Medical Center and Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital. She began her career as a staff CRNA at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, MA and has also served at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Norristown, PA.  Since 1999 she has volunteered with Operation Smile, an international group focusing on pediatric craniofacial correction, providing care in Thailand, Cambodia, Jordan and Nicaragua.
 
Joining Mansfield Orthopaedics, Copley’s orthopedic practice, are Certified Physician Assistant Robert Feinberg and Nurse Practitioner Laura Drenen.  Feinberg graduated from the University of Utah’s Physician Assistant Masters Program, with certification in  orthopedics and family medicine.  His clinical rotations included orthopedic trauma and surgery, general surgery and emergency services.  He has served as a Physicians Assistant at the VA Medical Center and Salt Lake Orthopaedic Clinic, both in Salt Lake City, Utah. He comes to Copley from the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake, NY.
 
Laura Drenen, APRN-BC, received her Master of Science in Nursing from Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Professionals in Boston.  She began her career as a Nursing Assistant at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, before serving as a Registered Nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital, both in Boston.  She then became a Nurse Practitioner in the Pappas Center for Neuro-Oncology at Massachusetts General. Since 2006 she has been serving as a traveling nurse, working at the University of Colorado Hospital and the Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center, both in Denver Colorado,  and most recently with Fletcher Allen Health Care. Drenen also has experience as a Clinical Research Coordinator.

 
Physician Assistant Jim Picone may be a new face in Copley Hospital’s Emergency Department, but he has years of experience. Picone attended the University of Iowa, where he completed the Physician Assistant Program and received his Bachelor of Science in Medicine. For the past twenty years he has been providing emergency care, first at Central Vermont Medical Center, and since 2005, at Fletcher Allen Health Care.  
 
Copley Hospital is pleased to welcome these new additions to its skillful and dedicated clinical team.


Contact Information
Leah Hollenberger
Senior Director Marketing & Development
Copley Health Systems
802-888-8301
lhollenberger@chsi.org