Looking beyond the horizon The 2007 Annual Report is compiled Sylvia Murai A report to the community by the Marketing and Public Relations Ava Osle 2007 Department of Miami Children’s Hospital. Tina Schultheis Saran Zamora Nancy Humbert Vice President of Strategic Miami Children’s Hospital Business Planning and Public Affairs Biomedical Photography Staff: Hortensia Cesar Marcia Diaz de Villegas Edgar Estrada Director of Marketing and Steven Llanes Public Relations Roberto Perez Juan Rabionet Rachel Perry Editor Photography: Jono Fisher Lauren Garcimonde-Fisher Miami Children’s Hospital Archives Cynthia Gutierrez-White Bessy Morales Design: Eisenberg And Associates Please provide us with your thoughts on this publication by emailing [email protected]. THE MARY ANN KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRICS FOUNDED AS VARIETY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL 3100 S.W. 62ND AVE ., MIAMI , FL 33155-3009 USA CALL 888-556-4KIDS 305-MCH -4KIDS IN MIAMI -DADE WWW .MCH .COM 2 3 Founded in 1950, Miami Children’s Hospital has more than 600 physicians and is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine. In addition to being home Dear Friends, Our focus on the future is never more evident than in Miami Children’s commitment to Welcome to the largest pediatric teaching program in the southeastern United States, Miami At Miami Children’s Hospital, much of our pediatric research. In 2007, the hospital laid Children’s is the only licensed specialty hospital in South Florida exclusively for children. energy is devoted to the present. Each day groundwork for dazzling new treatments, we reach out to help hundreds of children including “smart brain implants” that will and families with routine health matters, as expand care options for children with well as with complex diseases that require complex brain anomalies, and implantable MISSION: VISION: CORE VALUES: the collaboration and expertise of top pediatric heart valves that can be deployed To provide excellent family centered health Miami Children’s Hospital will continue to be We will always do what is best for each child. pediatric specialists. via catheter, minimizing the procedural care to children in an academic environment recognized as one of America’s best children’s We will always value those who serve children. impact on the child and family. that meets or exceeds the expectations of hospitals and as Florida’s academic center of We will always value diversity. But even as we guide families of critically ill those we serve and educate. To collaborate pediatric clinical excellence providing a number We will always value integrity and honesty. children through the most challenging times We are pleased to be part of Miami Children’s with others in our community to improve the of Centers of Specialty Pediatric Excellence We will always value leadership. of their lives, we are also collectively looking future. We look forward to collaborating health status of children. nationally and internationally. beyond the horizon. This consistent forward with the hospital’s physicians, employees, thrust ensures that our patients have access community leaders and patient families in the to cutting-edge treatments, that new care months and years ahead as we continue to centers spring to life to enhance service train our sights beyond the horizon to fulfill the access, and that collaborations are in place promise of this great hospital. so that Miami Children’s continues to advance to meet the needs of generations to come. Sincerely, 2007 was indeed a year in which Miami Children’s maintained a steady focus on M. Narendra Kini, MD, MHA what lies ahead. We signed an affiliation M. Narendra Kini, MD, MHA President and CEO agreement with the emerging Florida President and CEO International University College of Medicine to provide pediatric training to future physicians. This newly forged relationship will enhance the hospital’s educational Juan Carlos Mas and research scope, and advance Miami Chairman of the Board of Directors Children’s standing as a top-tiered children’s hospital. Expansion of existing ambulatory facilities and planning and development of new care centers TABLE OF CONTENTS: in Doral and West Kendall also were on the FC Mission, Vision, Core Values 15 Improving Lives of Children with 20 Healthcare Outreach Through horizon in 2007. These new facilities will offer 1 Miami Children’s Welcome Scoliosis and Limb Deformities Schools and Care Settings urgent care, rehabilitation and imaging services, Juan Carlos Mas 2 Profile of Dr. M. Narendra Kini 16 Exceeding Care Standards Through 20 After Care and Summer Care Programs and are expected to open in 2008. Chairman of the Board of Directors Cancer Research 3 Profile of Lucy Morillo 23 Health Awareness 16 Saving Newborns with Congenital 4 Expanding Services 23 Educational Outreach Diaphragmatic Hernia 7 FIU Affiliation 23 Website of Choice 16 Sharing Research to Benefit 24 Double Honors 8 10 Years of Transporting Children Children Everywhere 26 Tribute to Leaders 8 Slimming Down, Shaping Up with Shaq 16 Brain Institute: Leading the Way 10 Success Stories In Early Detection of Disorders 28 Awards and Recognition 14 Smart Brain Implants and Implantable 19 Blue Cross Blue Shield Commitment 32 Financial Highlights Heart Valves to Brain Institute 34 Support 15 Minimally Invasive Heart Valve 19 Reaching Out to Help 38 Department Chiefs and Division Directors Replacement 1 Looking to new leadership. Profile NEW CEO DR. M. NARENDRA KINI need to provide all children with the continuum she said. “I see him in the faces of children “I believe there are many philanthropic LOOKS TO THE FUTURE of care of a medical home to ward off who turn to us for care and support.” causes to support, but ensuring that our When he’s not running the region’s top pediatric preventable illness and detect diseases at the children remain healthy and well has always facility, you may find Miami Children’s new earliest, most curable stages,” he said. Under Ms. Morillo’s guidance, the foundation been at the top of my priority list. To have Chief Executive officer caring for patients in the increased fundraising in 2007 and plans are the opportunity to further the mission of a hospital’s Emergency Department. Dr. Kini is also championing a hospital initiative underway for even greater success in 2008 nationally recognized hospital for children to address the problem of childhood obesity. and beyond. Among other 2007 highlights, in our community is very rewarding,” said M. Narendra Kini, MD, MHA, who joined Miami The program will support children and families Ms. Morillo hosted the Inaugural Diamond Ms. Morillo. “The measure of life is not its Children’s in January 2008, is board certified in making the lifestyle changes necessary for Ball in October, which set a foundation event duration, but its donation, and I try to make in pediatric emergency medicine and plans to permanent weight loss. fundraising record, garnering $1.2 million. every moment count.” provide care in the Miami Children’s Emergency Department as a way to keep his hands quite “Access to processed foods and high density literally on the pulse of the hospital’s patient base. foods is easier today than ever. At the same time, avenues for physical activity seem to be It is a privilege to be entrusted with the role “Staying active in patient care will help keep me decreasing. We can be catalysts for change, of raising funds and building friendships to focused first and foremost on the patient and helping families to overcome these challenges family experience at Miami Children’s, and how and develop more healthy lifestyles,” he said. support the important work of a hospital that we can enhance it going forward,” said Dr. Kini, who comes to Miami Children’s from the Novi, NEW FOUNDATION PRESIDENT gives so much to so very many. Michigan, corporate offices of Trinity Health. He LUCY MORILLO MEETS — Lucy Morillo, Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation President served from 2004 as Executive Vice President of ‘THE DIAMOND OF THE SOUTH’ clinical Operations and Improvement for Trinity, one Lucy Morillo has found her calling at Miami Diamonds are a theme that Ms. Morillo has of the largest Catholic health systems in the nation. Children’s Hospital Foundation. “Miami integrated into the fundraising framework. Children’s Hospital is such an amazing She describes Miami Children’s as the Dr. Kini brings to Miami Children’s a broad resource,” said the new foundation president, “Diamond of the South” in recognition of its understanding of clinical care informatics, quality who came on board in January 2007. regional pediatric leadership, which led her care models and advocacy honed through “Thanks to the vision and dedication of so to introduce the new Diamond Recognition leadership positions with GE Healthcare Leadership many great leaders and caregivers in our Society, which distinguishes donors based on Institute, GE Medical Information Technologies and community, this remarkable facility is making colors of increasingly rare diamonds – from with Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, a difference in the lives of thousands of the $15,000 “Champagne” level to the “Red where he held the position of Vice President of families throughout Florida and beyond. It Diamond” level of $10,000,000 or more. Clinical and Support Services. is a privilege to be entrusted with the role of raising funds and building friendships to Prior to joining the foundation, Ms. Morillo “I look forward to working in concert with the support the important work of a hospital that hospital’s board, our fine physicians, community served as Executive Director of the Office of gives so much to so very many.” Lucy Morillo Estate and Gift Planning at the University of leaders and employees to expand on the Miami Children’s Hospital Miami.