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An Old Fashioned Doctor in the 21st Century For Dr. Joe Banks, his job is his passion. “As early as I can remember, I knew I wanted to be a doctor. In high school, I was a good student who loved the sciences. Our family was in the contracting business, and it was assumed that I would follow in my dad’s footsteps. After college I went into the construction business but never had that feeling that I was doing what I wanted to do. I decided to follow my dream and become a doctor. “ Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida was stop #1, followed by the Nova Southeastern University College of Medicine in Florida. Dr. Bank’s residency was completed at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in New York City. “Jamaica Hospital Medical Center is an inner city hospital between La Guardia and JFK airports. The location provided unique and challenging learning opportunities for the medical residents. I distinctly remember the time two patients came directly to the hospital from an international flight and both had malaria. After they were treated, they were returned to the airport to go through customs.”

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Collaborative Care A Comprehensive Team Approach to Saving Lives

A few weeks ago a very, very sick gentleman was taken to

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Halloran, MD, the Cardiothoracic Surgeon who could do a

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bypass if needed, Don Westerhausen, MD, the Cardiologist

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approach. But it couldn’t be done right away. The patient

in Collaborative Care. “Collaborative Care means bringing

needed time to stabilize before it would be safe to undertake

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specialties, all working together to make the patient better,”

provide needed support to the heart, and that called on

said Walter Halloran, MD, the Cardiothoracic Surgeon

yet another cardiologist’s skills. That step improved the

who teamed up with eight other physicians and a myriad of

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other clinicians and nurses over the next several weeks to

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save this patient’s life.

pneumonia under control, and the patient was once again

This patient’s journey serves as a vivid illustration of just how well Collaborative Care works.

The first challenge was for the Emergency Department physicians to get the patient stabilized, make a full assessment of everything that was wrong and decide on the best plan of action. The most immediate need was to keep him breathing, so a pulmonologist was called in to place the patient on a respirator, ensuring he would get sufficient oxygen while other specialists prepared for the work ahead.

The next move was to the Cath Lab where heart specialists assessed the extent of the patient’s heart condition. Were the arteries blocked so severely that bypass surgery was needed?

Could angioplasty and stenting get the job done? How much heart muscle was still viable, given the prior heart attack?

breathing on his own.

Over the span of the next week and a half, the cardiologists, radiologists and other specialists performed a variety of advanced diagnostic tests on the patient’s coronary anatomy to measure the strength of his heart and the associated vessels. It was also during this period that a nephrology specialist was called in to perform the dialysis needed to get the patient’s blood sugar under control and bring the kidneys back to health.

Thanks to this team effort, the patient was finally in a condition that allowed the team to again consider bypass surgery. The tests revealed that nearly two thirds of the heart was damaged; even at rest he wasn’t getting sufficient blood flow from the heart to keep him going. So the entire

ADVERTISEMENT team again pulled together, including the family, and reached the conclusion to go ahead with the bypass.

During the bypass surgery, Dr. Halloran and his surgical team were able to rebuild

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the patient’s coronary anatomy, bypassing the diseased areas and restoring healthy blood flow to the vessels. “I can’t say enough about the surgical team at Elkhart General,” said Dr. Halloran. “The anesthesiologists, the nurses, everyone is first rate. There’s no question that a big reason Elkhart General is number one in the state in cardiac surgery is because of these people.”

So how’s the patient doing today? His heart function is now back in the normal zone, and a new pacemaker has been implanted to help keep it that way. His recovery will take some time and he still has issues to deal with including learning how to take better care of himself. But thanks to the truly collaborative efforts of this team, nine different physicians along with nurses and other clinicians, the patient is back home with his family and enjoying life again. According to Troy

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Weirick, MD, another Cardiologist on the Elkhart General team, “There’s no room for turf protection or parochial attitudes when you’re involved with a case like this. The only thing that matters is what’s best for the patient.” And as Cardiologist Thomas Nolan, MD, who was also involved in this case, said, “The value of this collaborative approach goes even beyond what’s best for an individual patient. By working together this way – and it truly is second nature here – we’re ensuring that every Elkhart General

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patient gets the absolute best care possible.”

For more information on the Elkhart General Medical Group cardiac physicians, visit egh.org.

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A place that provides collaborative care, and always has. A place that’s the leader in the region for clinical research of the heart. A place with diagnostics on par with anything you’ll find at a major university. These are the things that should be important to you. This is your heart we’re talking about.

To learn more about the only hospital rated #1 for Cardiac Surgery in all of Indiana, visit egh.org.