Donation from the Heart Helps Fund Transplant Program
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UTutnews.utoledo.edu NEWSJUNE 1, 2009 VOLUME 9, ISSUE 36 Donation from the heart helps fund transplant program By Kim Harvey lfred and Adela Mundt have put their a new heart transplant program in a state- Amoney where their hearts are. of-the-art setting,” said Dr. Jeffrey P. Gold, By their own words, the local restaura- Health Science Campus provost, executive teurs have enjoyed 11 “miraculous” years vice president for health affairs and dean since Alfred, 73, received a heart transplant of the College of Medicine. “In addition to at the former Medical College of Ohio, now facilitating transplants, many vascular and The University of Toledo Medical Center. cardiac services will be offered, including In return for not only their medical care, diagnostics, surgery and rehabilitation. Our but also for the kindness they’ve received research capabilities also will allow us to from those within UTMC’s cardiac system, study ways to prevent and medically treat they’ve donated $1 million to help revive congestive heart failure, which is one of the the heart transplant program. leading reasons for transplantation.” “Without their help, we may not have The 24,820-square-foot Heart and had these 11 years,” Adela commented Vascular Center is located on the first floor shortly before the May 21 opening of UT’s of UTMC. Heart and Vascular Center. “We decided The Mundts’ experiences with UT’s to do everything we could to help UT help cardiac programs began after Alfred suf- other people.” fered a heart attack in 1983. Their primary The Mundts’ donation will fund a cardiac physician, Dr. Thomas Walsh, saw transplant-congestive heart failure cardiolo- the Mundts through Alfred’s quadruple gist, whom UT is currently recruiting from bypass surgery, arrhythmia problems and, candidates across the country. The cardiolo- eventually, a heart transplant following gist will combine with an endowed profes- congestive heart failure. sorship in thoracic and cardiovascular sur- “We’ve had a close-knit relationship with gery, which was funded through a $500,000 the people in the cardiac programs,” Adela donation from Dr. S. Amjad Hussein, a UT said. “You don’t find anything like it anywhere trustee, retired surgeon and professor emeritus. else. The doctors and staff talk to you like you Photo By Daniel Miller “The new Heart and Vascular Center are their only patient in the world. ‘GOLDEN’ MOMENT: 1961 NCAA Golf Champion Jack Nicklaus spoke to this year’s competi- brings together the necessary components “We formed a bond many years ago, tors at a tournament dinner May 28 in Savage Arena. Nicklaus, who was accompanied by his wife, for advanced cardiac and vascular care and and it only gets stronger.” Barbara, talked about the importance of his time playing at Ohio State University. The “Golden Bear” continued on p. 2 also discussed family, his pro career and the Inverness Club’s course, which the legend said is a great course that provides golfers with many challenges. See more photos on p. 3. College of Medicine commencement to take place June 5 total of 192 students are candidates Sir Bruce E. Keogh, a former cardiac A for degrees and graduate certificates at surgeon who serves full time as medical di- The University of Toledo College of Medi- rector of the National Health Service (NHS) cine commencement ceremony, which will in England, will receive an honorary degree take place Friday, June 5, at 4 p.m. in the and deliver the commencement speech. Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle Theatre. Keogh and the NHS have oversight for There are 135 students who are can- clinical strategy, quality and safety in Eng- didates for the doctor of medicine degree, land, as well as watching over policy around two of whom also will earn degrees through the pharmaceutical industry, drug pricing, the college’s MD/PhD program. A total of prescriptions and the role of pharmacy 17 students will earn a PhD in biomedical in the country. Through Medical Educa- Photo By Jack Meade science, and 34 students will earn master’s tion England, Keogh also has oversight of The Mundt family, from left, Jeannie Kunzer, Valerie Scott, Alfred and Adela, posed for a photo with degrees. Additionally, six students will earn undergraduate and postgraduate education Laura Malkuian, assistant to the associate vice president for finance and development on Health graduate certificates. of doctors, dentists and pharmacists and Science Campus, during the grand opening of UT’s Heart and Vascular Center. continued on p. 2 JUNE 1, 2009 NEWS Four hungry mouths keep UT Integrated Heart and peregrines on the wing Vascular Center opens By Cynthia Nowak By Jeffrey Romagni ope happens every day at America’s “This center is state-of-the-art in so teaching hospitals, Dr. Jeffrey P. many ways,” Gold said. “It is designed HGold, Health Science Campus from our perspective of extreme patient provost, executive vice president for health af- centeredness.” fairs and dean of the College of Medicine, told The celebration also featured the recog- attendees at the May 21 grand-opening celebra- nition of seven of the area’s top physicians tion for the UT Heart and Vascular Center. who practice at UTMC. Gold and Jim Hoff- “Hope happens every time a life-saving man, president of Key Bank, helped pay procedure is preformed for the first time, tribute to these doctors. every time a patient who thought he could Honorees included physicians national- never walk again does, every time a person ly recognized by their peers for exceptional who can’t afford medical care receives the specialty care from an array of disciplines, best care possible, and every time a talented including surgery, orthopedics, cardiol- doctor teaches residents everything she ogy and pediatrics. The seven physicians knows,” Gold said. recognized were Drs. Mark Burket, Anthony He is optimistic that the Heart and Comerota, Chris Cooper, Samuel Durham, Vascular Center, the community’s first Nabil Ebraheim, Blair Grubb and Hollis integrated center for patient care, education Merrick. Photo By Daniel Miller and translational research in cardiac and The celebration closed with remarks TALONS APLENTY: Dave Scott from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of vascular diseases, will mean more hope. from UT President Lloyd Jacobs and Richard Wildlife held one of the four falcon chicks before banding last week. The center provides patients access Stansley, chair of the UT Board of Trustees. s parents of the Toledo area’s biggest The peregrines’ relative sizes made sex- to state-of-the-art facilities and nationally “This kind of space is fulfilling,” Ja- Aperegrine falcon brood this year, The ing easy, and the three large females and one recognized cardiac and vascular specialists cobs said. “It speaks to the human spirit and University of Toledo’s resident adult pair, smaller male were given names picked by in a model that brings together multiple it speaks for what happens in spaces like Belle and Allen, could claim this year’s UT employees and the Toledo Naturalists As- specialties, including cardiology, vascular this to make human life better.” crown — if they weren’t so busy feeding the sociation, the latter choosing to honor noted medicine, vascular surgery, cardiac surgery For more information, contact the Heart four voracious offspring who received their ornithologist Harold Mayfield and longtime and cardiac rehabilitation. and Vascular Center at 419.383.3963. names and leg bands last Tuesday. association member Myrtle Sarver. Unity and A team from the Ohio Department of Leela rounded out the quartet’s monikers. Natural Resources (ODNR) again navigated Once the newest members of UT’s the winding approach to the top of Universi- peregrine family were returned to the nest, Commencement ty Hall Tower where the peregrines’ nesting ODNR loaded up their vehicles to band continued from p.1 box is situated. With the parents wheeling three chicks at the Commodore Perry nest and swooping overhead, the four young in downtown Toledo. The two eggs at the falcons were tucked into blanket sacks and Bay Shore Power Plant nest in Oregon will postgraduate Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, president of the carried to a mobile banding station ODNR require a future visit. training of clinical Cardiothoracic Section of the Royal Society set up next to the Student Union. Protected Belle and Allen have so far produced scientists. of Medicine, and a member on the Council from the morning’s cold drizzle, the three- nine young; this year’s chicks will be learn- He has been of the Royal College of Surgeons of Eng- week-old birds were fitted with identifica- ing to fly within two or three weeks. The active on many land. He remains a director of the Society of tion bands and had their blood drawn for process of going airborne has its risks, so if medical and Thoracic Surgeons in the United States. genetic testing, providing vital stats for the you happen to see a young peregrine down, professional com- Keogh was named an honorary Knight Raptor Center at the University of Minne- call Grounds at 419.530.1011 so UT person- mittees. He has Commander of the British Empire in 2003, sota, where all North American birds of prey nel can return the fledging flier to the safety been secretary and subsequently became a British citizen, are registered. of the nest. and president of and his knighthood became “substantive” the Society for (no longer honorary). Keogh is an honorary Keogh Cardiothoracic Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians Transplant program Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland, secre- of London. tary general of the European Association for continued from p.1 Walsh, a longtime MCO/UTMC car- transplant: a son’s marriage, the birth of a diologist, was killed in a traffic accident in handful of grandchildren, and a ceremony to 2007.