2010 Annual Report - Regional West Medical Center
2010 Annual Report - Regional West Medical Center 2010 Annual Report - Regional West Medical Center
Physician Liaison ReportBy Jason Walsh, MDGeneral Surgery | RWPC‐Surgery, Vascular DiagnosticsJason D. Walsh, MD, General Surgeon, began his term asCancer Liaison Physician July 8, 2010. In this capacity, Dr.Walsh promotes communication and collaboration betweenthe American College of Surgeons, the Heartland Divisionof the American Cancer Society, Regional West MedicalCenter Cancer Committee, and local community agencies.Dr. Walsh attended Chadron State College and earned hismedical degree from the University Of Nebraska College OfMedicine. He completed his residency in General Surgery atGunderson Lutheran Medical Foundation in LaCrosse, Wis.Dr. Walsh has served as a Major in the United States ArmyReserve since 2002 and spent three months in Afghanistan.He is a member of the American Medical Associationas well as a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons.Along with Dr. Walsh’s new role as Physician Liaison, heserves on Regional West’s Surgery Committee and thePharmacy and Therapeutic/Infection Control Committee.In October, Dr. Walsh, along with Regine Leconte, MD, presenteda Clinical Trials Update for the general community.13
2010 Comparison of Cancer DataThere were 436 cases of cancer and reportable tumors in the Regional West Medical Center Cancer Registry for 2010. Ofthese, 42 cases were non-analytic, with a total of 394 cases qualifying for analysis (See Primary Site Table). Breast cancer isthe most frequently diagnosed and treated primary site at Regional West. All graphs shown include analytic cases only.COMPARISON CHARTSCASE COUNTS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCESioux2Dawes13Box Butte41Sheridan7CherryScotts Bluff186Banner2Morrill21Garden5Grant1Arthur1Hooker ThomasMcPherson LoganKimball12Cheyenne33Deuel3Keith4LincolnTotal equals 394 casesfor 2010PerkinsChase Hayes FrontierRegional WestOut of state: 63DundyHitchcockRed WillowTOP FIVE INCIDENCE SITES-MENColon | 12Prostate | 59Kidney/Renal| 14Bladder | 19Lung| 24Other | 69NebraskaTOP FIVE INCIDENCE SITES-WOMENNationalColon | 16Breast | 82Corpus Uteri | 11Melanoma | 9Lung| 25Other | 54SOURCE: American College of Surgeons, National Cancer Data Base(NCDB), Benchmark report, 2005 National Data,2005 Nebraska Health & Human Service System - Nebraska CancerRegistry, Regional West Medical Center.14
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Physician Liaison <strong>Report</strong>By Jason Walsh, MDGeneral Surgery | RWPC‐Surgery, Vascular DiagnosticsJason D. Walsh, MD, General Surgeon, began his term asCancer Liaison Physician July 8, <strong>2010</strong>. In this capacity, Dr.Walsh promotes communication and collaboration betweenthe American College of Surgeons, the Heartland Divisionof the American Cancer Society, <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>West</strong> <strong>Medical</strong><strong>Center</strong> Cancer Committee, and local community agencies.Dr. Walsh attended Chadron State College and earned hismedical degree from the University Of Nebraska College OfMedicine. He completed his residency in General Surgery atGunderson Lutheran <strong>Medical</strong> Foundation in LaCrosse, Wis.Dr. Walsh has served as a Major in the United States ArmyReserve since 2002 and spent three months in Afghanistan.He is a member of the American <strong>Medical</strong> Associationas well as a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons.Along with Dr. Walsh’s new role as Physician Liaison, heserves on <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>West</strong>’s Surgery Committee and thePharmacy and Therapeutic/Infection Control Committee.In October, Dr. Walsh, along with Regine Leconte, MD, presenteda Clinical Trials Update for the general community.13
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