Our Patients are Living Proof

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, 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.

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 University Hospital responded with the opening of a new Dental Center. The University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Nursing and 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.

Highlights

Here are some of the highlights of the work that is done and the care that is provided every day at University Hospital.

July 2003
University Hospital placed three of its patient care programs among the nation's best in the 2003 USNews & World Report annual guide to "America's Best Hospitals." University Hospital received rankings in the categories of Ear, Nose and Throat (20), Hormonal Disorders (45) and Respiratory Disorders (47). The U.S.News & World Report "America's Best Hospitals" ranks 17 different medical specialties at hospitals nationwide.

Dr. Thomas Tomsick, director of neuroradiology at 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 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
The Neuroscience Institute at University Hospital installed new state-of-the-art digital equipment in its adult Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU). It dramatically increases the quality of epilepsy monitoring, improves the ability to detect subtle abnormal brain electrical discharges and aids in the diagnosis of seizures. The EMU is a nationally recognized Level IV tertiary care unit designed to provide continuous EEG (electroencephalography) and video monitoring of patients with epilepsy.

September 2003
The Neuroscience Institute at University Hospital expanded its Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit (NSICU). The new 12-bed NSICU can be expanded to 20 beds when needed, making it one of the largest and most advanced units of its kind in the region.

October 2003
University Hospital and the UC College of Medicine acquired two da Vinci Surgical Systems, which allow surgeons to perform robotic-assisted surgery. One system will be used for treating patients, while the other system will be used for research only. By combining the latest advancements in robotic-assisted technology and the surgeon's skill, it allows surgeons to perform minimally invasive surgery by operating through several small dime-size incisions.

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 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 University Hospital.

November 2003
UC Heart and Vascular Center physicians were the first in the U.S. to inject a new growth factor protein (FGF1) in heart patients in an attempt to grow new coronary vessels. The procedure is part of a phase I clinical trial that tests the safety and efficacy of using FGF1 to grow new blood vessels, termed angiogenesis, in patients with angina due to coronary artery disease (CAD). The UC Heart and Vascular Center, in conjunction with University Hospital, is one of only four sites nationwide to participate in the trial. Thirty-two patients will be enrolled in the national trial that is sponsored by CardioVascular Genetic Engineering of Tustin, California.

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 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.

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
An innovative operation to treat lung cancer was broadcasted live via the Internet on Dec. 18 from University Hospital. John Howington, M.D., director, division of thoracic surgery, demonstrated a video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) with lobectomy. The video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) with lobectomy procedure is performed on patients with small peripheral lung cancers.

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
Good Housekeeping Magazine named University Hospital's Heart Failure & Transplant Center one of the top 44 cardiac centers in the U.S. for women.

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 Hospital announced the grand opening of The Dental Center, a new state-of-the-art facility, which will offer comprehensive dental care. The purpose of the Dental Center at University Hospital is to meet the community need for increased access to dental services. Additionally, the Dental Center is home to Cincinnati's first general dentistry residency program.

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 University Hospital performed the 500th liver transplant in the program's history. The Liver Transplant Program at University Hospital is the Tristate's only adult liver transplant program. 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
Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, a fourth-term lawmaker from Cincinnati, visited University Hospital Burn Center. He toured the facility and discussed reimbursement issues related to how burn centers across the country can help in the event of a national disaster or terrorism strike.

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
The Deaf Health Care Council presented a free Deaf/Hard of Hearing Fair sponsored by University Hospital. Topics discussed at the fair included domestic violence, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, cholesterol, mental health issues, patient rights, communications technology and more as they relate to deaf/hard of hearing individuals.

May 2004
University Hospital was named one of the top 15 major teaching hospitals nationwide by Solucient. This is the fourth time that University Hospital made the list.

Two innovative procedures to treat liver tumors were demonstrated live via the Internet on Thursday, May 27 from 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
The University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Nursing and University Hospital teamed up with City Gospel Mission to provide an after-hours clinic to address community health needs when other clinics are inaccessible.

Cancer patients from across the United States were drawn to the new Brain Radionecrosis Center at 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 Statistics

People
Associates: 3,881
Attending/Active Medical Staff: 946
Residents and Clinical Fellows: 549
Accredited Residency Training Programs: 47

Patient Visits and Outreach
Admissions: 26,308
Patient Days: 129,686
Average Stay: 4.9 days
Babies Delivered: 2,092
Hospital Outpatient Visits: 320,972
Emergency Department Visits: 84,128
University Air Care Flights: 1,282

Procedures
Heart Transplants: 14
Liver Transplants: 69
Kidney Transplants: 54
Pancreas Transplants: 24
Kidney Dialysis Treatments: 4,748
Lab Procedures: 1,300,000
Radiology Procedures: 205,700
Prescriptions Filled: 4,670,000
Units of Blood Used: 47,200
Inpatient Surgical Procedures: 7,157
Outpatient Surgical Procedures: 5,571
Registered Beds: 693
Medical/Surgical: 401
Intensive Care: 60
Burn Care: 10
Obstetrics: 57
Psychiatry: 70
Level III NICU: 50
Bassinets: 45

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