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Our Patients are Living ProofThe University Hospital is the Tristate's academic medical center, practicing tomorrow's medicine today. Our patients are "living proof" of the excellence in care provided by nationally ranked programs and physicians. Over the past 12 months, The University Hospital has increased its capabilities and technology from the expansion of The Neuroscience Institute, to performing the new da Vinci robotics procedures, as well as the introduction of angiogenesis to the U.S. and the beginning of Ohio's kidney donor exchange program. The University Hospital is dedicated to helping patients and bringing them the very latest in medicine, but we're also here to help prevent illness in our community through numerous health fairs, The Closing the Health Gap conference and educational programs. Greater Cincinnati expressed the need for increased dental care in the community and The University Hospital responded with the opening of a new Dental Center. The University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Nursing and The University Hospital also teamed up with City Gospel Mission to provide an after-hours clinic to address community health needs when other clinics are inaccessible. HighlightsHere are some of the highlights of the work that is done and the care that is provided every day at The University Hospital. July 2003 Dr. Thomas Tomsick, director of neuroradiology at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and Dr. Andrew Ringer, neurosurgeon and assistant professor of neurosurgery at UC, both affiliated with The Neuroscience Institute at The University Hospital, are among a select group of physicians nationwide who are authorized to treat wide-necked brain aneurysms with the Neuroform Microdelivery Stent. This new stent allows them to treat some of the most dangerous and difficult-to-treat aneurysms in the brain. August 2003 September 2003 October 2003 The University Hospital has been named to Solucient's 100 Top Heart Hospitals 2003 list. This marks the third time for University. The Solucient 100 Top Hospitals: Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success study identifies hospitals that are setting benchmark levels of performance for cardiovascular services throughout the nation. E. Steve Woodle, M.D., transplant surgeon and director of transplantation at The University Hospital, received his own "gift of life" recently when he received a donated liver. Dr. Woodle received a liver transplant by his own transplant team of UC surgeons on October 13, 2003 at The University Hospital. November 2003 The University Hospital's Barrett Cancer Center opened a High-Risk Breast Cancer Clinic. This is one of only two programs of its kind in the Tristate area. Randall Wolf, M.D., cardiovascular surgeon and director of UC's Center for Surgical Innovation, performed The University Hospital's first robotic-assisted surgery. The procedure, a minimally invasive coronary artery bypass graft, was performed on a 56-year old man. The procedure also included the use of Nitonol Coalescent clips that allow the arteries to be joined without stitches. The University Hospital, with the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and over 40 community partners joined together to offer the first annual Conference on Closing the Health Gap in Greater Cincinnati. The goal of the Closing the Health Gap Conference is to mobilize our community to eliminate health disparities through educational programs and strategy sessions. December 2003 The University Hospital joined the Ohio Solid Organ Transplant Consortium (OSOTC) to develop a Living Donor Kidney Exchange Program. Under the direction of E. Steve Woodle, M.D., chief, department of surgery, division of transplantation, this program will allow donor and recipient pairs who cannot undergo transplantation because of either blood type incompatibilities or crossmatch incompatibility to exchange the donor kidney with another donor and recipient pair in the state of Ohio. January 2004 The University Hospital was one of a select number of Level I trauma centers chosen to participate in a trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of PolyHeme(r), an oxygen-carrying blood substitute, in increasing survival of critically injured and bleeding patients. The hospital is working with Cincinnati Fire Department and EMS personnel. Raj Narayan, M.D., chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Cincinnati and a neurosurgeon with the Mayfield Clinic, is the principal investigator of a clinical trial that is evaluating the ForSite pupillometer, an $8,000 diagnostic tool that measures pupillary reaction to light. The pupillometer, marketed by Medtronic Neurosurgery of Goleta, Calif., takes the guesswork out of measuring the size and responsiveness of pupils, important indicators of what is happening inside the head of a patient who may have increased pressure because of bleeding or brain swelling. The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Mercy Health Partners and TriHealth, Inc., along with a group of dedicated physicians, united to form the Facial Foundation of Greater Cincinnati. The Facial Foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing medical treatment, counseling and assistance to adults with facial defects, deformities or disabilities. The primary focus of the Foundation is to offer medical treatment and reconstructive surgery to women who have suffered facial deformities as a result of domestic and criminal violence and who cannot afford private care. February 2004 University of Cincinnati surgeon, Joseph Buell, M.D. performed three radically new surgeries at Health Alliance hospitals, all of which were performed laparoscopically, which means the surgeon makes only a few small incisions into the patient's abdomen rather than the long incisions called for in conventional surgery methods. At University Hospital, Dr. Buell performed a laparoscopic cyst gastrotomy; which is a draining of the pancreas into the stomach and a laparoscopic trisegment of the liver, which required removing 3/4 of the liver due to the growth of four large benign tumors in the liver. Transplant surgeons at The University Hospital performed the 500th liver transplant in the program's history. The Liver Transplant Program at The University Hospital is the Tristate's only adult liver transplant program. The University Hospital Liver Transplant Program uses innovative techniques, including extended criteria donation (ECD) and steroid-free immunosuppressive drugs, to help give more patients a second chance at life. March 2004 University Hospital celebrated the opening of The Fetal Care Center of Cincinnati, a joint venture between the hospital, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Good Samaritan Hospital. The Center is the only fetal therapy center located in the Midwest that offers the full range of care for women faced with a high-risk pregnancy. April 2004 May 2004 Two innovative procedures to treat liver tumors were demonstrated live via the Internet on Thursday, May 27 from The University Hospital. Joseph F. Buell, M.D., assistant professor of surgery at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine, Division of Transplantation, demonstrated a radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and laparoscopic liver resection, both used to treat patients with liver tumors. The Barrett Cancer Center Hematology/Oncology Division and The University of Cincinnati Medical Center present the Fourth Annual Lung Cancer Symposium. Symposium faculty discussed the most up-to-date methods for diagnosing lung cancer, described appropriate treatments for lung cancer patients, described current therapies for lung cancer and identified the progress being made through highlights from the 2004 American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting. June 2004 Cancer patients from across the United States were drawn to the new Brain Radionecrosis Center at The University Hospital to take part in a study of a potentially life-saving treatment for radiation-induced damage to soft tissues of the brain. The Center is the only facility in the country to participate in the two-year, $450,000 study, which is was funded by the National Cancer Institute, through the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Keith Gersin, M.D., director of surgical endoscopy and laparoscopy at UC Center for Surgical Weight Loss, demonstrated a laparoscopic Roux-En-Y gastric bypass to treat morbidly obese patients live via the Internet. Through six small incisions about an inch in length, Dr. Gersin used a miniature video camera and laparoscopic instruments to reduce the size of the stomach. The procedure is called a Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass (RGB) and is the most commonly performed type of weight loss surgery in America today. Fiscal Year 2004 StatisticsPeople Patient Visits and Outreach Procedures
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