A publication for members of the Henry ALUMNI Ford Medical Group ASSOCIATION Alumni Association, Henry Ford physicians, residents and alumni Fall 2017 • VOLUME 30 NO.1 FEATURE Global Education • pg. 4 FEATURE: Cancer Technology • pg. 2 FEATURE Breaking Ground pg. 6 AWARDS pg. 12 ALUMNI News & Updates • pg. 8 www.henryford.com/alumni Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/HFMGAlumni/ all is here, and winter is on its way, but education that Henry Ford has been providing From the I’d like to take you back to earlier this for many years. When these new doctors year, to summer—a time of transition in graduate, we expect that they will be President Facademic medicine. This June, we celebrated compassionate, competent, and skilled the graduation of another accomplished group members of their specialties, just like all of you! of residents and fellows. We watched with pride Similarly, the Alumni Association is also in as this group of fine physicians matriculated on a time of transition. We have some new faces to new careers and new opportunities, having and new ideas. Yet we are committed to been well trained and well prepared by their maintaining the same commitment to mentors here at Henry Ford. excellence and support that you have come to In July, we welcomed a new class of bright expect. We look forward to sharing with you young physicians to Henry Ford Hospital. As I our plans, which you can read more about on looked out over the crowd of eager, anxious page 10. new doctors, I was reminded of what a We are very excited about the opportunities tremendous privilege we have to work in a that lie before us. In this edition of ROUNDS, teaching institution. The expressions on the we share about the Henry Ford Global Health William M. Hakeos, M.D. faces of our new colleagues were very familiar: Initiative, which is collaborating across cultures President, Henry Ford Medical Association fear, excitement, anticipation, and nervousness. and seeing major successes in Detroit and These are the very same expressions that most around the world. of us wore when we began our training. Here We thank you for your past support and was an entirely new collection of physicians, look forward to working with all of you as we and yet I was confident that throughout the build upon the Henry Ford traditions of duration of their training, they would receive excellence in clinical care, education, and the same high-quality, evidence-based research. FEATURE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INNOVATION: The Future of Treating Cancer MRI-Guided Radiation Therapy Comes to Henry Ford enry Ford Cancer Institute leads pancreas, adrenal and lung. The treatment the way in innovative cancer will also deliver a new level of care to patients treatments; and now, with the with breast, prostate, kidney, and gynecologic Hnewly installed ViewRay MRIdian Linac®, cancers, among others. radiation therapy will be even more Over the years, technology has improved personalized and precise. The ViewRay the accuracy of radiation treatment while system combines the effectiveness of MRI, protecting surrounding healthy tissue. which produces high-quality images of However, trying to accommodate for the organs and structures inside the body, with natural movement of a tumor and the body’s a linear accelerator to map out a therapy plan internal organs during treatment has been and deliver radiation at the intended target, elusive. while allowing for refinements to be made in “We believe our system will lead to a new real-time during treatment. standard of care in radiation oncology,” says The ViewRay MRIdian Linac® is the Chris Raanes, president and CEO of world’s first and only FDA-approved ViewRay. “With ViewRay’s first generation commercially available linear accelerator- MRIdian system clinicians saw for the first based MRI-guided radiation therapy time how much tumors and organs move and system that can image and treat patients change shape during the course of treatment.” simultaneously. Henry Ford Cancer Nearly two-thirds of all cancer patients in Institute is the first in the world to offer the United States will receive some form of this treatment. radiation therapy during their course of Benjamin Movsas, M.D., chair of the treatment. “Our Department of Radiation Department of Radiation Oncology at the Oncology has a long tradition of expertise Cancer Institute and a national expert, says using the most advanced radiation the system offers “game-changing technologies, and the ViewRay system offers technology” in radiation therapy. “This is the our patients another optimal treatment for The ViewRay MRIdian offers precision future in our field,” Dr. Movsas says. He achieving the best care possible,” says Steven PATIENT CARE: Personal and Precise radiation treatment. explains that while the system will be used to Kalkanis, M.D., medical director of the treat all types of cancers anywhere in the Cancer Institute. Enhanced Therapy Through MRIdian body, it is especially beneficial for tumors where there is typically movement during To learn more, visit www.henryford. ndrin Chetty, Ph.D., division head of Physics in Radiation PRECISION AND ACCURACY. High-quality images and com/preciseradiation IOncology, says the MRIdian Linac system further continuous soft-tissue imaging are provided while the treatment, including tumors in the liver, enhances radiation therapy with: radiation beam is on. PERSONALIZED TREATMENT. By continuously REAL-TIME IMAGING. When clinicians can clearly see the observing and assessing the patient’s tumor and internal target and watch where the radiation is being delivered, “Our Department of Radiation Oncology has a long tradition of organs, clinicians can tailor treatment to each individual. they are better able to adapt to changes in the patient’s expertise using the most advanced radiation technologies, and the anatomy. ViewRay system offers our patients another optimal treatment for achieving the best care possible,” STEVEN KALKANIS, M.D., MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THE CANCER INSTITUTE 2 3 FEATURE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EDUCATION: Global Health Initiatives at Henry Ford CASE STUDY: Anti-Microbial Resistance Due to the lack of new antibiotics on the market for the last 20 years, resistance to current antibiotics is increasing at a rapid pace. It is estimated that by the year 2050, anti-microbial resistance (AMR) will be responsible for over 10 million deaths per year, translating to AMR killing more people than cancer and HIV combined. GHI is doing its part in helping to reduce anti-microbial resistance of current available drugs. Specifically targeted at low income countries, GHI is implementing a Post-Prescription GHI Hosts First Review (PPR) Program that allows infectious disease doctors to crosscheck antibiotics International prescribed to a patient to ensure treatment is in accordance with antibiotic regulations. Tyler Prentiss, program coordinator at GHI responsible for the PPR program, notes, Exchange “AMR disproportionately affects people in low income countries because they don’t have the same funds or access to resources to implement infection control procedures.” n 2014, GHI hosted its first wave of While the program initially took roots in Nepal and India, GHI also works to integrate international students as part of the program into the local community here in Detroit as well. Another facet of the GHI’s Medical Education and program is a training and education piece in which GHI hopes to expand awareness about IResearch Exchange Program, bringing in antimicrobial resistance techniques through various workshops. two medical students all the way from Just a year and half after launching the program in India at Christian Medical College Guatemala. One of them was Pedro Vellore Hospital, organizers noted a decrease in the length of time antibiotics are Ayau. The program initially started when prescribed. In addition, the program established guidelines regarding antibiotic use as Pedro first met John Zervos (Initiative part of the supplemental educational and training program. Meanwhile in Nepal the Manager) who had been vacationing in program is ongoing and under data collection for another six to seven months in both Guatemala. After sparking mutual Kathmandu Model Hospital and Kirtipur Hospital. Upon completion of data collection, interest in an exchange program, the two Transforming Health Worldwide next steps with the PPR program include analyzing how and why the program pushes met with the dean of Pedro’s medical hospital costs down. Additionally, GHI is also involved with research in South America lobal partnerships and GHI focuses on impactful, efficient work These innovations will create sustainable school and arranged for Pedro to spend studying the epidemiology of certain organisms to predict the rise of new resistant collaboration form the basis of that addresses regional needs and barriers health solutions for vulnerable populations part of his year shadowing in Detroit. bacteria. the Henry Ford Health System to health. As they facilitate a global not only abroad, but ultimately here in the “Guatemala’s healthcare system is As GHI continues the program, the goal is to create an adaptable program to be used GGlobal Health Initiative (GHI). The dialogue about health, they build local United States as well. GHI is focused on struggling, due to poor economic in other low-income areas of the world. initiative draws on the 100 years of health capacity in communities all over the world. meeting needs today, as well as looking to situations. Coming to Detroit and seeing care experience here in Detroit and seeks to GHI believes that great innovations in the future to support intergenerational how HFHS provides excellent healthcare develop strong relationships built on health care will come from emerging health equity. to low-income populations was a great information exchange with communities economies who know how to overcome the opportunity to learn and observe,” said worldwide. Together with local experts challenges of limited-resource settings.