Thursday, August 28, 2003 TODAY
Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center news
Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center Board of Trustees meet
On Tuesday, August 12, 2003, the executive committees of the Boards
of Trustees of Loma Linda University, Loma Linda University Medical Center,
and Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center met. The following
is a summary of actions
taken and reports presented.
Loma Linda University
In his opening remarks Loma Linda University chancellor Richard H. Hart, MD,
DrPH, reported:
- eUniversity initiatives are moving forward with a strengthened
wiring
and network
infrastructure;
- as of August 11, 2003, approximately one-third of the needed questionnaires
for
the Adventist Health Study-2 have been returned;
- the Afghanistan project continues to focus on faculty development at
Kabul University. However, an issue has developed whereby ownership of
the Loma Linda compound
is being questioned;
- the School of Pharmacy has been granted “candidate” status
from the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education. This allows
official student recognition until full accreditation status is gained after
graduation
of the
first class
in 2006.
- The following administrative and emeritus appointments were approved:
- Richard E. Chinnock, MD, chair, department of pediatrics, School of Medicine
- Wayne S. Dysinger, MD, chair, department of preventive medicine, School
of Medicine
- Chauncey D. Smith, MD, emeritus associate clinical professor, department
of medicine,
School of Medicine
- Anthony J. Zuccarelli, PhD, executive associate dean, Graduate School
- An existing School of Nursing master of science degree program was
approved as
an international off-campus program. It will be offered at two sites—one
in South America and one in Asia. Its purpose is to prepare nursing
faculty and leadership in regions of the world where Adventist graduate
nursing
education
is not easily available.
- A new nuclear medicine technology certificate program at
Fresno City College will be added to the cohort of courses from the
School of
Allied Health Professions
being offered via distance learning.
- A financial summary for the year ending June, 2003, was reviewed and approved. While year-end reports are being finalized, it appears that the University will have a gain of more than $3 million.
Loma Linda University Medical Center
- One thousand six hundred ninety
surgeries were performed in July—the
fourth highest count since January, 1999, and the highest for the month of
July in five
years.
- Active recruitment of faculty physicians continues. At the end of
this summer,
there will be at least the following additional medical staff—2.5
FTE anesthesiologists, three neurosurgeons, two orthopaedists, and two
radiologists.
- The pediatric RN residency has increased one-year retention rates of
new graduates
from 57 percent to 94 percent.
- The “PossAbilities” service club for the disabled has
been initiated.
- In July, the Rudy Garcia Braveheart Sprint Triathlon was held in Loma
Linda with
455 participants who ran, biked, and swam.
- In April, Emmanuel Yeboah, of Ghana, had his deformed leg amputated and
was successfully fitted with a prostheses. He also participated in
the Rudy Garcia Braveheart
Sprint Triathlon.
- Transplantation services has achieved a number of milestones including:
- Four years of stem-cell transplants;
- 10 years of liver and pancreas transplants (the 200th liver transplant
performed
in 2003);
- 18 years of heart transplants with a total of 533 patients; and
- 36 years of kidney transplants (more than 50 percent are “live
related
donors” and of these 95 percent are performed using laparoscopy).
- At the end of July the Medical Center had a year-to-date gain of $3.9 million which is less than what was budgeted. Administration is taking appropriate steps to get back on budget.
Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center
- Loma Linda University
Behavioral Medicine Center continues the 2003 year with a slight increase
in the inpatient census and a significant
increase in
outpatient programs. This increased volume of outpatient programs significantly
contributed
to a year-to-date gain.
- Remila Duwal, MD, has joined the Behavioral Medicine Center as the new medical director of senior services. Dr. Duwal completed her residency at LLUMC and just completed a fellowship in geropsychiatry at the University of California at San Diego.
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