In Remembrance and Renewal DARREN BEAN, MD The enclosed UW Health annual report was printed in late April, less than two weeks before the tragic and untimely loss of three extraordinary members of the UW Health community. On the night of Saturday, May 10, emergency physician Darren Bean, MD, flight nurse Mark Coyne, RN, and pilot Steve Lipperer died when a UW Med Flight helicopter crashed en route home after transferring a patient to a hospital in La Crosse, Wis. MARK COYNE, RN Steve Lipperer is pictured, with other Med Flight colleagues, on the cover of this report, representing the outstanding level of care and service UW Health is known for, and the countless lives Med Flight crew members have touched and, in so many cases, saved. To us at UW Health, this tragedy has been a profound reminder how much we depend on each other in the world of healing. We are grateful beyond words to all who have sent heartfelt expressions of condolence and tribute STEVE LIPPERER, PILOT to Darren, Mark and Steve. Knowing these exceptional individuals, they would expect nothing less than for us to collectively celebrate their lives and continue with unstoppable commitment to our mission of patient care and health science education. We dedicate this report to the memory of Darren, Mark and Steve, and offer it now in the spirit of renewed dedication to the work they so ardently and compassionately pursued. UW Health Annual Report Great Moments, Great Days 2007 Stories of Health Care for the Greater Good Table of Contents UW Health As the academic health center for the University of Wisconsin, UW Health serves as a statewide and national Health care for the greater good Leadership Message ..........................................1 leader in patient care, biomedical research and education, and service to communities. Three organizations – Transplant ......................................................2-3 the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics With a fourfold mission that encompasses every aspect of health research, education, care and service, and University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation – combine their unique strengths and resources to meet the and a statewide mandate that takes us to the boundaries of Wisconsin and beyond, UW Health literally Neuroscience .................................................4-5 health needs of Wisconsin and beyond. embodies the phrase, health care for the greater good. Much of the year’s progress is subsumed within Orthopedics ...................................................6-7 that theme: Certainly, the UW School of Medicine and Public Health has contributed to the greater good University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health through the continuation of its groundbreaking transformation into a center of both biomedical and Cardiac Care ...................................................8-9 UWSMPH is the academic home of more than 1,100 faculty in 11 basic science departments and 15 clinical departments population health research. In August, UW Health saw the culmination of years of anticipation in the that include primary care, specialty and subspecialty areas of medicine. In addition, faculty members participate in Care of Children .........................................10-11 grand opening of the American Family Children’s Hospital, a state-of-the-art facility that will serve the basic and clinical research programs at approximately 25 interdisciplinary research centers of the school and university. needs of children and families for decades to come. Cancer Care ...............................................12-13 Beginning its Centennial Year in 2007, the school is a leader in medical education, biomedical and population health Research ....................................................14-15 research and patient care with educational and degree programs including: But health care for the greater good doesn’t happen only through grand openings and once-in-a- Education ...................................................16-17 • Doctor of Medicine, MD/PhD (Medical Scientist Training Program), Master of Physical Therapy, hundred-years redefinitions of a school’s mission. The greater good is also advanced in everyday Master of Public Health, Bachelor of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Bachelor of Physician Assistant Robert N. Golden, MD; Donna M. Katen-Bahensky; and Jeffrey E. Grossman, MD. interactions among doctors, nurses and patients, mentors and trainees. It is the accumulation of Primary Care and Prevention ......................18-19 • Doctorate and master degrees in clinical, basic and population health sciences moments large and small, of day upon day of putting patients first and making the health of Wisconsin • Residency and fellowship programs Community .................................................20-25 our top priority. It’s hundreds of individual stories, thousands of individual interactions and countless • Continuing professional development Highlights ...................................................26-27 hours and days in the mundane activities that allow the greater good to take root and grow. University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Facts and Figures .............................................28 UWHC is a 489-bed tertiary care center with major programs in organ transplant, heart and vascular care, cancer care, Those moments and days are the subject of this book. You’ll read about cutting edge clinical trials, neurosciences, pediatrics, and orthopedics and rehabilitation. Several additional locations offer both primary and specialty decision making and compassion under pressure, and intense effort to prevent and prepare for the health care challenges of the future. You’ll read about the research structure that will underpin the UWSMPH’s Credits care to patients in community settings throughout the Madison area. Staffed by the UW Health faculty physicians of the UW Medical Foundation, UWHC offers pediatric care at American Family Children’s Hospital, cancer care in conjunction population health outreach to the state and educational innovation that inspires new doctors as it Editor with the UW Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center and Level One trauma care for both adults and pediatric addresses the looming shortage of health care professionals. Beth Fultz, UW Health Marketing and Public Affairs patients, including a verified burn center and Med Flight critical care air transport. Operating since 1996 as a public Art Direction and Graphic Design As leaders, we are committed to continued collaboration among our organizations, not only to foster Angie Fadness, UW Health Marketing and Public Affairs authority, UWHC is the largest non-governmental employer in Madison. It is both independent and non-profit and receives no state funding except Medicaid reimbursement. individual achievements and outcomes but also to elevate the health and wellness of the state as a whole. Photography It will take all of the resources of all three organizations to achieve the goals we have set. With new C&N Photography; Todd Brown, Media Solutions, UW Madison; Andrew Welyczko University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation leadership come new ideas and opportunities, and we are energized by the challenge to live up to the Contributors UWMF is the clinical practice organization for the faculty physicians of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. ideal of health care for the greater good. Juli Aulik, Kari Brotzman, Renae Buchheim, Foundation physicians provide education to medical students, residents, physicians, health care providers, patients and the Linda Dietrich, Doug Feingold, Michael Felber, general public. They support research in clinical medicine and practice at more than 50 locations including UW Hospital Dian Land, Cathy Mike, Sayward Proctor, Kathy Schultz, Kris Whitman, Todd Wilson and Clinics, Meriter Hospital, St. Mary’s Hospital, the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital and other Wisconsin Robert N. Golden, MD Donna M. Katen-Bahensky Jeffrey E. Grossman, MD hospitals. UWMF supports the UW School of Medicine and Public Health with funds, clinical sites for patient care and For more information Dean, UWSMPH; Vice Chancellor President and CEO, UWHC President and CEO, UWMF Contact UW Health Marketing and Public Affairs, teaching, ancillary medical and technical staff, and administrative services. The majority of UWMF clinics offer primary for Medical Affairs, UW Madison 635 Science Drive, Suite 150, Madison WI 53711. care, with several also offering specialty services. UWMF also provides administrative support to eight UW department of 608-262-6343, Fax 608-263-6394 family medicine clinics. Great Moments, Days Great Moments, Days B 1 UW Health Annual Report 2007 UW Health Annual Report 2007 transplant Angel on call aren Nissen, RN, has been called an angel so “I wished then that I could do something to help,” she says. many times she smiles thinking about it. During Her next career move would do just that. nursing school, she worked as a nursing assistant on the cardiac unit at UW Hospital As a procurement coordinator with the UW Health Organ K Procurement Organization (OPO), Nissen is on the front line of and Clinics. Having had two heart surgeries herself, she “always knew” she would be a cardiac nurse. organ donation. Coordinating with hospital staff, she works with donor families to arrange donation. “I’ve come full circle and now Nissen remembers one patient who spent months on the