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Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Muay Thai's Push toward Becoming an Olympic Sport

An experienced obstetrics nurse who has held director roles in Illinois and Wyoming hospitals, Judith Abraham recently served as an interim director of obstetrics at Wyoming's Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital. Judith Abraham enjoys spending her free time with her five children, one of which is a professional Muay Thai kickboxer.

Muay Thai has not yet been included in the Olympic Games, but support is increasing for that to happen in the near future. There are 135 national Muay Thai federations, 60 of which are recognized by their respective Olympic Committees. Moreover, those federations comprise nearly 400,000 registered athletes.

In 2016, Muay Thai earned provisional recognition as an Olympic sport from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which means Muay Thai will receive $25,000 in annual funding and be eligible to apply for inclusion in the Olympic Games in 2019. Months before granting Muay Thai provisional status, the IOC approved karate, sports climbing, surfing, skateboarding, and baseball/softball for the Tokyo 2020 program.

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Judith Abraham is a longtime OB/Gyne nurse and healthcare Manager/Leader/Coach/Mentor with experience working at medical facilities that range from critical access to leading edge teaching institutions in both Illinois and Wyoming. She began her career in the healthcare industry with Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois. There, she spent nearly two decades in the hospital’s obstetrics department, including 12 years as a bedside labor-and-delivery nurse. After creating an "OB unit float pool" she became knowledgeable in all areas of operation in the obstetrics and gynecology departments, Judith Abraham advanced to the position of care coordinator. Her responsibilities in this capacity included meeting with all the hospital’s perinatologists and residents to effectively plan care for high-risk patients. In 2003, she received the hospital’s “I’m Your Advocate” honor in recognition of her successful life-saving efforts with a patient and her newborn child in April of 2002. She also received an honor from the Chicago Sun Times News Paper on May 7th, 2003 for National Nurses Week submission from the patient's husband of whose life and the life of her newborn, previously mentioned, Ms. Abraham help save. Ms. Abraham later brought her obstetrics experience to her role as the interim director of obstetrics at Thermopolis Hospital in Wyoming.

Ms. Abraham has also spent time as an assistant director of perinatal services at St. Alexius Medical Center and as a staff nurse at Central DuPage Hospital. In her most recent role, she served Saint Anthony Hospital as the interim manager of women’s services.