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advancement Advancing Premier Regional Community Healthcare FALL 2016 NEW ONCOLOGIST JOINS CANCER CENTER RAISING READERS pg.12 GRANT LIFTS SPIRITS GREENHOUSE GRILL: pg.5 THE COMMUNITY MEETING PLACE Women’s health is more than mammography. Breast MRI | Breast Ultrasound | DEXA Scans | Genetic Testing | Mammography | Stereotactic Biopsy Every woman deserves access to quality healthcare. Thanks to the recent joint venture between Cheyenne Radiology and Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, more women than ever in southeast Wyoming have convenient access to more services, more staff— and more compassion. Cheyenne Women’s Imaging Pavilion phoneat Cheyenne [307] 634 Radiology 7711 cheyrad.com/womens-imaging 2003 Bluegrass Circle | [307] 634-7711 | cheyennewomensimaging.com CONTENTS VOLUME 19 • NUMBER 2 • FALL 2016 PUBLISHER 5 Cheyenne Regional Foundation on the cover 5 Greenhouse Grill: CONTRIBUTING WRITERS The Community Meeting Place Rachel Girt Gayle M. Irwin 10 New Oncologist Joins Cancer Center Tom Lacock 12 Raising Readers Grant Lifts Spirits Joanne Mai CHEYENNE REGIONAL FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS messages Carmalee Rose, Chair 2 Foundation Chair Carmalee Rose Harmon H. Davis II, MD, Vice-Chair Executive Director Scott Fox Mona Pearl, Secretary 3 Fran Naler, Treasurer 4 Interim CEO Patrick Madigan Carol Merrell, Past Chair David Cook Robert J. “Rick” Davis, MD Kathy Emmons stories & spotlights Jacqueline Ferrall 10 8 Denim ‘N Diamonds 2016 Marcia Graham 11 Telehealth Helps Wyomingites John Gross Dealing with Behavioral Health Mark Howshar, MD Issues Bob Jensen David Lind, MD 12 13 Bladder Scanners Grant Improves Patrick Madigan Patient Experience Yvonne McGee 13 Donor Appreciation Dinner Planned Sue Mecca Stephanie Meisner 14 Tree of Remembrance Returns to Caren Murray Frontier Mall Ernie Shriner Donor Wall at Davis Hospice Helps Sandra Surbrugg, MD 15 Families Heal EMERITUS MEMBERS 16 Hospital Volunteers Make a David Foreman Difference James Harper, MD Arline Cohen Harris Carol Waecklerin Brent Weigner, Ph.D. 17 donor recognition CHEYENNE REGIONAL FOUNDATION STAFF 15 Scott Fox, Executive Director Wendy Fanning, Director of Annual Giving and Grants CONTACT THE FOUNDATION Victoria Fry, JD, Director of Mailing Address: 214 East 23rd St., Cheyenne, WY 82001 Office Address: 408 East 23rd St., Cheyenne, WY 82001 Major Gifts and Planned Giving (307) 633-7667 | [email protected] | give.cheyenneregional.org Haleigh Pickett, facebook.com/ Operations Manager @CRMCFoundation CheyenneRegionalMedicalCenterFoundation The Cheyenne Regional Foundation is a nonprofit 501(3)(c) organization committed to nurturing and improving the health of individuals and the quality of life for our community. Our mission is to develop and steward resources that support Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in providing access to the best regional healthcare available. Advancing Premier Regional Community Healthcare MESSAGE Carmalee Rose CHEYENNE REGIONAL FOUNDATION CHAIR Reflecting on my two years as Board Chair, a number of thoughts race through my mind. Most importantly, I’m reminded of the tremendous impact made by each of our donors and partners. Without each one of them—each one of you—the Foundation would not be able to provide the support we do to the Cheyenne Regional Health System. From the bottom of my heart, and on behalf of the Board and staff, thank you very much for your continued and very generous support! I also want to thank everyone who LEAVING A LEGACY made our Denim ‘N Diamonds gala the “wow” event of the season! If you want to leave a Thanks to Marcia Graham and The Board anticipates that Dr. legacy in Cheyenne, you mHarmon “Bud” Davis will be her team of board members, event are invited to contact planners, volunteers, & staff! With elected Board Chair for 2017 and I welcome him to the position! I’m the Foundation to decide their effort & the support of our confident he will do an outstanding if planned giving is the donors, the Cheyenne Regional job and lead our Foundation to Clinical Education capabilities will right choice for your gift. even greater success. be significantly enhanced! Please contact Vicky Fry Finally, I’d ask each of you at (307) 996-4510 for This year we’ve also supported to please keep Cheyenne other areas as well. Our more information. Regional and the Foundation Endowment Committee continues in mind as you lay out your to make grants to departments end-of-year giving plans. across the health system, and in the Spring 2016 cycle alone they It has been my pleasure serving approved grants totaling more you and I look forward to than $133,000. Thanks to our continued success in the future amazing donors, we were also where the Foundation team, able to contribute $450,000 to including all our donors and Cheyenne Regional as part of our community partners, even further Cancer Center capital campaign! enhance the overall quality of life for our community! 2 Advancement Fall 2016 Scott Fox Hospital to CHEYENNE REGIONAL FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Celebrate It is really hard to believe I’ve been in this position for over During this past year, we’ve seen a year already! When I started amazing successes and significant in September 2015, I knew this impact in multiple areas. We’ve 150 was a great organization that reinvigorated our physician directly supported the Cheyenne engagement program, hosting years Regional Health System. Today, lunches for their continuing looking back, I realize that my education and facilitating “out Pioneering quality healthcare experiences over the past year of the office” interaction through and a steadfast determination have almost entirely changed my small group dinners in homes of to serve others are qualities perspective. The Foundation is far other physicians! We also brought that Cheyenne Regional has more than an “organization.” First “Casablanca” to Cheyenne one that date back to its origin in and foremost, it is a passionate, June evening and 600 members 1867, almost 150 years ago. dynamic, dedicated and concerned of our community helped us raise “In 2017, CRMC is working on group of people. Those people fall funds to support amazing new several ways to commemorate into a number of groupings: board technology in the area of clinical 150 years of providing patients members and staff, volunteers and education and simulation! I could with the highest quality sponsors, donors and friends! In go on and on, but really there is just healthcare possible,” said fact, most fall into more than one one thought that needs to follow… m Wendy Fanning, Director of of those groups and every single Annual Giving and Grants at one of you are really the heart and Thank you! I’ve really been the CRMC Foundation. “The soul of the “organization” that humbled by each and every one details are under wraps for ensures our community hospital of you, no matter your role. The now.” can provide the members of our generosity you show is one of the community the best possible fundamentally great things about The hospital has grown in health care! our community. tandem with the Capitol City. I also want to make sure each of In 1867, the Union Pacific you know that the Foundation staff Railroad built a frontier “tent” is here to help you. If you have a hospital to treat workers who question about what we do, please were injured building the ask. If there’s something you’d transcontinental railroad. A like to do, let us help you find a year later, Cheyenne’s founding way. Maybe most importantly, if fathers purchased the tent and OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER you have feedback, please share it all medical supplies for $125. Thank you for with us! Together, I’m confident Over the next several decades, your service to the we can make a difference in the the hospital changed locations, Foundation! lives of those seeking care at names and even ownership Cheyenne Regional—let’s make from the city to the county. that difference huge! Today, almost 150 years later, the hospital’s dedication to providing quality care remains steadfast and something to celebrate. LAURIE FARKAS Fall 2016 Advancement 3 Advancing Premier Regional Community Healthcare On behalf of the Foundation Board and Staff, we want to thank Margo Karsten for all she’s done for Cheyenne Regional and our local community! We Patrick Madigan wish her all the best in her new undertaking! CHEYENNE REGIONAL THANK YOU MARGO! INTERIM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER As the Interim CEO, and 2} The search firm will conduct The last facilitated process we undertook based on my observations interviews with the Board, in 2011 was a great investment in our and experience previously physicians, staff, and community future. We learned a lot and used the on the Board of Trustees, to determine the best information to develop our current I’m excited to have this qualification for the candidates strategic plan. Now is the time to do opportunity to thank all of you who 3} The search firm will identify another deep assessment of our strengths regularly and selflessly support Cheyenne candidates to be interviewed by to capitalize on, and the challenges we Regional! Your role as a donor and support the Board need to address. The Board, with the directly enhance our ability to create and Commissioners, is going into this with 4} The Board will make a selection maintain a “culture of excellence”! Thank an open mind. There are no particular you! This process could take 8-9 months; preconceptions regarding the outcome about the same time it took to replace the I’d like to talk about two major of this assessment and both groups are previous CEO. undertakings at Cheyenne Regional: our committed to an unbiased, comprehensive, search for a new CEO and our strategic Second, the County Commissioners and assessment of our strengths, and areas we planning review.