2009-2010 Annual Report - UC Davis Health System

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Our VisionTo be the nation’s leader in Orthopaedic excellence.We will lead national research innovation, education and excellence in orthopaedicsurgery that contributes to better mobility and quality of life for patients.Faculty, graduate residents and fellows - June 2010Our MissionTo leverage one of the nation’s richest orthopaedic research environments, multidisciplinarycollaborations unique to UC Davis and our outstanding faculty to enablecompassionate patient care, ground-breaking innovations and superior training forexisting and future generations of orthopaedic surgeons.U.S. News Best Hospitals 2010-11The UC Davis Medical Center ranks among the top 50 hospitals in America,according an annual survey that was published in the August print issueof U.S. News and World Report and online at http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals. Out of more than 5,000 hospitals nationwide, the UCD MedCenter was ranked 35th for orthopaedics and 50th for cancer.Only three other Northern California hospitals ranked in the top 50 fororthopaedics: UCSF Medical Center, Stanford Hospital and Clinics and JohnMuir Medical Center in Walnut Creek.Dr. Paul Di Cesare, medical director and chair of orthopaedic surgery at UCD, said the recognition highlightsefforts toward building a leading orthopaedic department. “The UC Davis department of orthopaedicsurgery is a leader in state-of-the-art orthopaedic surgery, research and education,” he said.The department has a Level 1 Adult Trauma Center and a musculoskeletal research center that are amongthe nation’s most sophisticated and interdisciplinary, Di Cesare added. “Our program, encompassing ninesubspecialties, a 24-hour Level 1 Trauma Center and Shriner’s Children’s Hospital, plus access to the latestclinical research trials, ensures one-stop coverage and the best available care,” he said.Follow us on
Progress Report from the ChairPaul E. DiCesare, MD, FACSMichael W. Chapman ChairWhen reflecting on this past fiscal year, July 2009 - June 2010, the summation istwo words: mission viability. In a climate of economic uncertainty and healthcarereform, we were faced with new realities and called upon to capitalize on opportunitiesto reinvent ourselves as a department while staying true to our identity. Implementingnew processes can be challenging. However, we have not only weathered, butexceeded expectation during the transitions of the past year, and have positionedourselves to prosper as we continue to face future times of transition for years to come.In order to have a viable clinical division, fiscal year 2010 focused on the clinicalaspect of our mission. There was great effort involved in looking for opportunities tostreamline processes, enhance revenues, educate physicians regarding documentation,reduce costs, and most importantly, provide a more favorable environment for ourpatients to receive care and for our staff, faculty and trainees to work and practiceorthopaedic medicine. In January 2010, April Hillard, our new practice manager,joined our team and has been charged with spearheading numerous initiatives. As a result of everyone’sinvolvement in helping to improve the clinic experience, our patient satisfaction scores have notably improved!This is a great affirmation that our disciplined work and relentless energy is positively effecting our patients.In an effort to ensure that members of the department were sharing a congruent message about the myriad ofservices we provide, and were aligned with our four key missions: clinical, community engagement, educationand research, our faculty participated in a series of discussions and a vision planning workshop hosted by anoutside facilitator. Our end product was a succinct vision, mission, and key messaging statement. We hope toutilize our newly defined words by continually engaging members of our community through dynamicconversations, communication mediums, and development activities.September marked the implementation of a new educational offering: resident preparation for the orthopaedicin-trainingexamination. Residents attended weekly sessions focusing on subspecialty content taught by faculty.In January 2010, we were pleased to learn that our residency program was approved to increase from four tofive permanent slots per year, bringing the total of residents in our program to twenty five. This past fiscal year,the Doctors Research and Education Fund (DERF) was established. Funded by faculty donations, traineeshave the opportunity to apply, with the support of a faculty investigator, for funds to promote their education orresearch endeavors.A focus for our research mission was strengthening our relationship with the Bioengineering Department, in aneffort to broaden our research collaboration within the UC Davis community and create a viable partnership thatis aligned with the visions of both departments. In October 2009, Kyriacos Athanasiou, PhD, was jointlyappointed to our department, while primarily serving as the Chair of Bioengineering. Dr. Athanasiou hasworked closely with Dr. Fyhrie to focus on the recruitment of our Doris Linn Endowed Chair vacancy that weare looking to fill in the near future. Drs. Athanasiou and Fyhrie also serve as joint faculty mentors to ournewest research faculty member, Dr. Blaine Christiansen, who joined our department in March 2010. I lookforward to watching this partnership prosper in the years ahead.Mission viability is crucial to the success of our department and is the pathway for us to achieve our vision ofbeing the nation’s leader in orthopaedic excellence. In the following pages, you will see highlights from fiscal year2010. Hopefully you will appreciate as much as I do, the diversity of our faculty, staff, and trainee members andprograms.Regards,Paul Di Cesare, MDProfessor and Chair
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