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MetroHealth Giving Advancing the excellence and charitable mission of MetroHealth March 2013 MetroHealth and Cleveland Museum of Art Partner For Exclusive Cleveland Premier of The Waiting Room, Award-winning Documentary The Waiting Room is a character-driven documentary film that goes behind the doors of an Oakland, California, public hospital struggling to care for a community of largely uninsured patients. The film offers an inside view of how patients, families and staff each cope with illness, uncertainty and resolutions. The documentary captures in vivid detail what it means for millions of Americans to live without health insurance. Medical staff tries to keep up with the scores of incoming patients while attempting to deliver thoughtful and compassionate care to all. From a young girl with an advanced case of strep throat, to a carpet layer with chronic back pain, to the teenage victim of gun violence, you will glimpse an urban emergency department in action. As a counterpoint, after the viewing, an esteemed panel of healthcare professionals and community leaders will discuss the delivery of health care today and how the MetroHealth Emergency Department effectively handles an average of 300 patients daily. Peter Nicks, Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and the director and cinematographer of The Waiting Room, will also be present to add insight and answer questions. Peter Nicks, director of The Waiting Room Wednesday, March 13 Cleveland Museum of Art Gartner Auditorium The Washington Post Ten Best Films Of The Year 6:30-8:00 p.m. Film Peter Nicks’ magnificent documentary 8:00-9:00 p.m. Panel Discussion spends a day in the life of an over-crowded Tickets: $10 and under-resourced hospital emergency Open to the public room in Oakland, Calif., where a staff of www.donate.metrohealth.org compassionate professionals provide care to a startlingly diverse population of patients. For more information, contact - Ann Hornaday Julie Jacono at [email protected] or 216-778-7042. Facts on MetroHealth’s Emergency Care FACTS: Bingcheng Wang, PhD, Awarded MetroHealth First John and Josephine Wootton Emergency Care Professorship of Research On January 16, Bingcheng Wang, PhD, was named the inaugural John and Josephine Wootton Professor of Research during a ceremony at MetroHealth Medical Center. The professorship was established with a generous $1 million bequest from the Woottons, and $500,000 in additional donor gifts, to advance stroke and prostate cancer research. ❚ One of the busiest Emergency Departments in Northeast Ohio, Dr. Wang conducts research at MetroHealth’s Rammelkamp treating almost 106,000 patients in 2012 Center for Education and Research. An active member of the academic communities at MetroHealth Medical Center, Case ❚ Fast access to quality care in Emergency Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Department - an average of 41 minutes Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Dr. Wang teaches, mentors door-to-doc for non-life-threatening cases, and serves on several committees in his constant quest to learn due to innovative planning and multiple and disseminate information. care pathways ❚ High-tech, digital capabilities “Dr. Wang’s efforts to understand the molecular pathways associated with cancer metastasis hold promise for finding ways ❚ Only Level I (highest level) Adult Trauma to stop the migration of cancer cells through the body, which Center in Northeast Ohio would be an extraordinary accomplishment,” said Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Dean Pamela B. Davis. ❚ Northern Ohio Trauma System (NOTS) “I believe our professorship’s namesakes, John and Josephine - collaboration between MetroHealth, Wootton, would be very proud to have their names connected to Cleveland Clinic and local first responders. this important work.” By immediately transporting the most serious trauma patients in the region to Dr. Wang received his Bachelor of Science in chemistry from a Level I trauma facility (MetroHealth), Nanjing University in 1982 and earned his PhD in Toxicology and fatalities have been reduced by 19 percent Oncology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1991. In since NOTS began in 2010. 1997 he was appointed to the faculty of Case Western Reserve ❚ Metro Life Flight - preeminent critical care University School of Medicine. transport service, operating for more than 30 years ❚ Level I Burn Care Center ❚ ICU for neonates, medical, pediatric, cardiac, surgical and burns ❚ Certified by the Joint Commission as a primary stroke center, the first in Northeastern Ohio to earn the designation (therefore, 60 percent of stroke cases in the region are brought to MetroHealth) 2 Interim CEO Moving The MetroHealth System Forward Edward Hills, DDS, has built an For more than a decade, Dr. Hills has been on the impressive track record in both clinical Ohio State Dental Board, serving as its President and management roles during his almost for three years and Chief Enforcement Officer 20 years at The MetroHealth System. In a for five years. Dr. Hills was recently invited for vote of confidence on December 19, The Fellowship into the American College of Dentists, MetroHealth System Board of Trustees a distinguished honor for dentists who have named Dr. Hills Interim President and CEO. exemplified excellence through their outstanding His knowledge of the entire MetroHealth leadership and exceptional contributions to System, his leadership and zest for dentistry and society. Nationwide, only 3.5 percent implementing improvements will keep of dentists are named to this prestigious fellowship. MetroHealth moving forward while the search for a permanent CEO is conducted. The top leadership of MetroHealth is complemented by two Associate Chief Operating Since 2011, when he was appointed Chief Operating Officer, Officers, Joseph Hanna, MD, and E. Harry Walker, Dr. Hills has been responsible for medical operations. Under his MD, both of whom are proven leaders and leadership, annual gross revenues have increased by 17 percent possess a longstanding commitment to quality to $2.1 billion and outpatient visits have increased by 10 percent care in The MetroHealth System. Dr. Hanna is to almost 880,000. His work has included establishing additional managing operations at the MetroHealth Medical service centers and ambulatory care centers, including the Center, including medical and surgical specialties, expansion of medical services in Strongsville, Beachwood and West emergency, post-acute and women’s and children’s Park and expanding the Imaging and Breast Center on West 150th services. Dr. Walker will continue to lead the Street. He has made improvements in wait times in clinical areas ambulatory network, including the 16 locations and pharmacies, and improved environmental services quality. throughout the county. Prior to 2011, Dr. Hills served as Executive Director of the System This strong senior leadership team has planned Services Patient Care Unit, overseeing operations in radiology, their strategies for 2013, which will include pathology, pharmacy and nutrition services. While Chair of the increasing patient access to excellent care and Department of Dentistry for 14 years, he developed a multi-specialty preparing MetroHealth and the community for faculty and launched the Division of Pediatric Dentistry. renewal of the Main Campus. 2013 Goals ❚ Improve quality and safety ❚ Provide exceptional patient experience ❚ Manage System growth ❚ Expand access ❚ Implement Medicaid Waiver (MetroHealth Care Plus Program) ❚ Engage employees ❚ Grow MetroHealth Select (MetroHealth health care plan available to employers) ❚ Vision 2020, Renewal of Main Campus 3 Endowments Can Change the World Is there a special area you care about? Do you want to honor or memorialize someone through an endowment at MetroHealth? Supporting an endowment is an excellent way of providing for the present while also creating funding for the future. An endowed fund can be established with a gift of $10,000 in cash, securities or other assets. When you make an endowed gift, only a small portion of your gift is spent, allowing the remaining amount to continue growing. Endowments at MetroHealth support recruitment, research, education and patient care. The following are a selection of endowments that are advancing MetroHealth’s ability to take care of our community. The Edward G. Mansour, MD, Endowment Edward G. Mansour, MD, is a surgical oncologist who revolutionized cancer care by developing MetroHealth’s Cancer Care Center where patients can easily access an array of services. The self-contained, multimodal oncology clinic, where doctors of multiple specialties see patients in one setting, reduces patient anxiety and stress. Dr. Mansour held various leadership roles at MetroHealth including Director of the Division of Surgical Oncology from 1975 until his retirement in 2005. He is among only 10 physicians worldwide to earn the “Celebrating Survival: A Century of Advancements in Early Breast Cancer” award from a consortium of nine cancer organizations. He also was inducted into the Cancer Hall of Fame, the Cleveland Medical Hall of Fame and MetroHealth’s Medical Hall of Honor. Christopher P. Brandt, MD, Chair, Department of Surgery, explains, “Dr. Mansour is the epitome of a great academic surgeon, providing expert and compassionate patient care, innovation in clinical practice through research, and collaboration and commitment to the education and training of future practitioners. This professorship will recognize his legacy of