2008 Annual Report Delivering a New Promise The #1 Respiratory Hospital in the U.S., Since 1998 U.S. News & World Report In 1907 a group of Before antibiotics, In the 1950s, Dr. Werner Community outreach Today, in the Minimally The new Institute for Denver women founded tuberculosis patients, Shaefer improved programs at National Invasive Diagnostic Advanced Biomedical the Denver Sheltering like these at National methods for diagnosis Jewish Health help Center, physicians use Imaging™ offers Home, which cared for Jewish in 1905, often of tuberculosis and the asthma patients monitor detailed CT scans and advanced imaging children whose parents slept outside because related non-tuberculous and manage their advanced navigational capabilities for were receiving care for fresh air and sunshine mycobacterium disease. software to plan improved patient care tuberculosis at National were thought to be keys diseases. their bronchoscopic and research. Jewish and other to successful treatment. procedures. institutions. The original National Early patient on a For almost two Children come from The mycobacteriology The main National Jewish Hospital for private porch. Fresh decades, from 1948 to around the country laboratory at National Jewish Health campus Consumptives opened air and sunshinre were 1968, National Jewish to the Pediatric Day Jewish Health is one comprises 13 buildings in 1899. vital components of physicians performed Program at National of the world’s leading on 16 acres. early TB treatment. pioneering cardiac Jewish Health, a unique, laboratories in the surgery. program for treatment diagnosis and drug- of severe asthma, susceptibility testing eczema, food allergies of TB and related and related diseases. diseases. The B’nai B’rith building, Dr. Alfred Japha, chief Loving care has always The recently established Specialized equipment Greg Downey, MD opened in 1926 as an pediatrician during the been an important cardiology division allows rheumatologists played an instrumental infirmary, now houses 1940s, was a kindly and component of pediatric offers a wide variety of to look closely at the role in forming a administrative offices, astute man who was treatment at National consultative, evaluative hand for evidence of partnership with the Quitline and Fitlogix™ adored by children and Jewish Health. and diagnostic services. rheumatoid arthritis and Siemens Healthcare, telephonic services, and parents alike. other rheumatological which brought state- clinical laboratories. diseases. of-the-art imaging capabilities to National Jewish Health. Delivering a New Promise LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD ..................... 2 ELEVATING THE NATIONAL JEWISH BRAND ............4 NEW IMAGING INSTITUTE .......................... 6 A MILLION POINTS OF INFORMATION .................8 NEW GENETICS CENTER CRUCIAL TO PERSONALIZED MEDICINE. 10 BERGE AND HOLT TURNING VISION TO REALITY ..... 11 MINIMAL INVASION, MAXIMAL RESULTS .............12 RIGHT MEDICATION FOR THE RIGHT paTIENT ........ 14 TOBACCO AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS . .16 WHY CAn’t I EAT? ................................ 18 DISCOVERING BERYLLium’s SECRET ............... 20 POPCORN LUNG .................................21 GENETIC COUNSELOR ANSWERS DIFFICULT QUESTIONS ............................ 22 MOMENTUM FOR PULMONARY FIBROSIS ...........23 DONOR COMES THROUGH FOR REHABILITATION .....24 SPECIAL EVENTS BREAK FUNDRAISING RECORDS ... 25 DONATION HELPS KUNSBERG SCHOOL ..............26 DEVELOPMENT OFFICE ............................ 27 LEADERSHIP ....................................28 DONORS ........................................33 FINANCIAL REPORT ..............................58 DELIVERING A NEW PROMISE: WE IMPLEMENT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN At the same time our operations flourished. Clinical revenues grew by almost 24 percent. Our research endeavors continued to grow in spite of flat NIH budgets. Fundraising efforts continued to bear significant fruit, even in this time of economic uncertainty. You can find details of our financial performance on page 58. We are not immune, however, to the prevailing economic winds, as evidenced by the recent decline in value of our investments. We must be prepared for challenges to both our investments and to charitable giving in the Michael Salem, MD, FACS Stephen W. Arent coming year. We are grateful to our friends and supporters President and CEO Chairman, Board of Directors around the world who make what we do possible The Carole and Albert Angel at National Jewish Health. To that end, we plan to Presidential Chair rigorously manage expenses, scrutinizing the need for new positions and capital expenses until we can Our past two annual reports have chronicled our strategic see more fully over the horizon. planning process: highlighting our priorities 18 months Fortunately, we believe we are well positioned to face the ago, then outlining last year the commitments we made in turmoil ahead, thanks in large part to our extraordinary Decade of Innovation: Strategic Plan 2017. This year, we faculty and staff. Every day it is they who deliver a unique tell you about the significant accomplishments we have and transformative healthcare experience to our patients made in delivering the promises of the strategic plan for that improves the quality of their lives. In addition, our National Jewish Health. science and discovery-based collegial culture allows us It has indeed been an extraordinary year. We put in to innovate in medicine and science, which will drive place several of the crucial institutional elements that our continued growth. will underpin our pioneering effort to lead in the field of One evident innovation during the past year is our new preventive, personalized medicine ─from our Institute for name and new logo. Those are parts of a rebranding effort Advanced Biomedical Imaging™ to our Minimally Invasive that seeks to align our identity with our strategic goals, Diagnostic Center and the Integrated Bioinformation and and to create a national brand that is familiar to patients, Biospecimen Center. We also invested in human capital, donors and colleagues from coast to coast. You can read bringing on board several of the people who will lead our more about the thinking that went into the name, the efforts in the coming decade. logo and our brand promise, Science Transforming Life® on page 4. 4 – 3 2008 Annual Report In last year’s report, we identified the three institutional In addition to our coup in attracting Dr. Schwartz, you pillars crucial to our future success: The Institute can also read on page 11 about Susan Holt, our new for Advanced Biomedical Imaging™, the Integrated Vice President of Development, and Ron Berge, our Bioinformation and Specimen Center, and the Center new Executive Vice President and Chief Operating for Genetics and Therapeutics. Officer. Both of these seasoned leaders have played The Institute for Advanced Biomedical Imaging™ transformative roles in the previous positions at academic (page 6), created in partnership with Siemens Healthcare, medical centers. brings state-of-the-art imaging capabilities to National Ali Musani, MD, one of the world’s leading practitioners Jewish Health. In addition to providing the best possible of the emerging field of interventional bronchoscopy, imaging to our patients, this new technology will be a vital joined us from the University of Pennsylvania to develop research tool as we strive to bring imaging seamlessly and lead our new Minimally Invasive Diagnostic Center together with our diagnostic laboratories. We are already (page 12). You can read how he helped save the life of using it extensively in COPDGene (page 7), the massive Hazel Rutter by diagnosing her lung cancer early enough NIH study we are leading to better understand the so that it could be cured. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and discover new Preveen Ramamoorthy, PhD, also joined National Jewish therapies. With our alliance partners Siemens Healthcare, Health in the past year to create and operate the we have embarked on an ambitious research agenda to Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory. On page 14, you further improve imaging and its diagnostic capabilities. can read how he and his colleagues developed a new The Integrated Bioinformation and Specimen Center diagnostic test that can help predict which patients will (pages 8-9) brings together vast amounts of invaluable be helped by the asthma medication montelukast. This data and tissue samples into a combined, linked kind of test exemplifies personalized medicine, allowing repository and database. We are one of very few us to treat patients proactively, rather than reactively in a institutions in the nation that have assembled such trial-and-error manner. a unified and powerful research resource. These are just some of the stories of growth and innovation The Center for Genetics and Therapeutics will drive that abound at National Jewish Health. Thumb through genetic discovery at National Jewish Health, which is at these pages and you will see many more. At National the heart of our plan to pioneer personalized medicine. Jewish Health, the decade of innovation is off to a very David Schwartz, MD, one of the world’s foremost experts promising start. in the genetics of pulmonary disease, left his position as Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program to develop and lead this center at National Jewish Health. ELEVATING THE NATIONAL JEWISH BRAND A new strategy calls for an