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6 | Physician Profile: Meet Kate Sigford, MD LifeScape's new Medical Director of Rehabilitation Services takes a whole-person approach 8| A ward Will Raise Sanford's Profile, Foster Connections 11 | S ioux Falls' Newest Urgent Care a conversation with Sioux Falls Specialty Hospital CEO Blake Curd, MD 18 | C oots Will Lead New Stem Cell Study Principal investigator of new trial talks about stem cells for venous stasis ulcers.
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22 | Along for the Ride Make-A-Wish can impact more that just the 'wish kid' . . . especially in a family of seven.
You may know their names but this month we bring you their stories of transition from Poland to the Prairie.
23 | Timmerman Continues to Rise Through the ACS Ranks
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24 | Vitiello Lab Gearing Up for New Study A local man's fundraising campaign may revive research on a rare disease 26 | GER and GERD are Like Jekyll and Hyde 28 | Regional Health Enlists Kids to Perk Up the ER A little paint brings holiday cheer during construction 29 | Beef's Role in Weight Management and Cardiovascular Health
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[P H Y S IC I A N P R O F I L E]
Meet Kate Sigford, MD
A
S A CHILD, Kathryn “Kate” Sigford
even though it was going to take longer,” says
swore she would never be a doctor.
Sigford. “It forced me to ask myself, ‘Do I want to
Both of her parents had gone back
be fast, or do I want to be in the right place?’?
to medical school after she was
Sigford attended the University of California
born and she remembers not envying their
at Davis School of Medicine and completed her
journey.
residency at Stanford. When it came to choosing
“I thought it just looked like an awful lot of
a specialty, she was drawn to PM&R because it
work,” admits Sigford, a physical medicine and
allowed her to focus on the “whole person” rather
rehabilitation specialist who was recently named
than a single organ or system.
Medical Director of Rehabilitation Services at LifeScape.
“The few places that I saw where you got full person care were that and primary care,” she
Although she was not interested in becoming
recalls. “But when I started doing my primary care
a physician, the St. Paul, Minnesota native was
rotation, I realized that I couldn’t do coughs and
attracted to healthcare as a way to use her intel-
colds every day!”
lect and help people. So she became a nursing
Today, Sigford is the only physician in the
assistant with her eye on nursing school. But when
region who is dual boarded in both physiatry and
the BA to BSN program she’d chosen rejected her
pediatric rehabilitation medicine. In her leader-
application, Sigford says she decided to “go for
ship role at LifeScape, she hopes to help expand
broke” and apply to medical school anyway.
inpatient acute rehabilitation services, most
“That’s where I knew I really wanted to be,
immediately in the area of post-operative care for selective dorsal rhizotomy patients. LifeScape is
“ WHEN I
partnering with Gillette Children’s Specialty
STARTED DOING MY PRIMARY CARE ROTATION, I REALIZED THAT I COULDN’T DO COUGHS AND COLDS EVERY DAY! ”
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Hospital in St. Paul to help bring young rhizotomy patients from the South Dakota region back to LifeScape about halfway through their four- to six-week stay. “So mom and dad can go home and sleep in their own beds,” says Sigford, who also wants to help raise LifeScape’s profile as an acute inpatient rehabilitation facility. “There are people even in Sioux Falls who say, ‘Don’t I have to go to Denver or St. Paul for that?’ We may not have all of the equipment of the bigger programs, but I would put our people and our expertise up against anyone.” Sigford recently received the Sanford 2017 Advocate for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Award.
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T
HE MILLION DOLLAR medical award that Sanford plans to give to a pioneering
SEE IF WE CAN FIND AND
researcher or innovator at the
REWARD OTHERS LIKE
end of the year will likely pay significant
OURSELVES WHO ARE
dividends in terms of recognition for
PUSHING THE LIMITS. ”
Sanford, too. At least, that is the hope of Micah Aberson
IDEA WAS, LET’S “ OUR
those who helped establish the Lorraine
DAVID PEARCE
Cross Award, announced in November. “As we establish our global brand, this positions us in a unique light,” says Micah Aberson, Sanford’s chief global brand officer. “We have aspirations that the attention of the medical and research institutions will be focused on South Dakota where this important decision will be made at Sanford
David Pearce
Health. The media exposure will elevate the attention.”
The Lorraine Cross Award at a Glance Award amount: $1 million
✚ Funding through $10 million endowment
✚ Nominations accepted through February 2018
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“Sanford already has a national and international reputation for developing treatments and innovations,” says David Pearce, PhD, executive vice president of Sanford Research. “Our idea was, let’s see if we can find and reward others like ourselves who are pushing the limits. The process will probably bring more individuals to us that need someone like us to help push their project across the finish line.” Beyond brand recognition, another big goal is connection. The application process alone will bring the work of some of the biggest medical innovators to Sanford’s doorstep, so to speak, creating the potential for
12-person panel of physicians and researchers to choose 3 finalists
synergies and collaborations that might
✚
developments and breakthroughs that
Winner to be named by Sanford International Board
we find to be particularly attractive,” says
✚ Finalists honored and winner announced in December 2018
never have happened otherwise. “We will also be going out and sourcing
Aberson. “The ultimate winner will be mankind.” ❖
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Service Animals in the Medical Practice By Brandy Boone
A
NIMALS ARE RARELY
of public accommodation, which
A HANDLER
SEEN IN PHYSICIAN
includes the following elements:
OF A SERVICE
OFFICES, so it may take
patients and staff by
It is only permissible to ask the
ANIMAL MAY
surprise when a person walks in
handler whether the animal is
with an animal. Many physicians
required for a disability and
ONLY BE ASKED
and their staffs actively discour-
what tasks the animal has been
TO REMOVE
age the presence of animals
trained to perform. Inquiries
THE ANIMAL
within the office for cleanliness
about the individual’s disabil-
and hygiene reasons —as well as
ity or the animal’s certification
FROM THE
the potential safety threat from an
are prohibited.3
uncontrollable animal. However, medical practices that prohibit
Neither allergies nor fear of
all animals from their premises
dogs are considered legitimate
under any circumstances risk
or valid reasons for denying
facing allegations that they have
services or access to premises
violated
to individuals using service
the
Americans
with
Disabilities Act (ADA).
animals.
Because medical offices or clinics are defined as “places of
In 2011, a physician’s office
public accommodation” by Title
in Florida reached a settlement
III of the ADA, they are prohibited
agreement with the Department
from discr iminating against
of Justice following a complaint;
individuals on the basis of dis-
an individual stated he was
ability; they must make policy,
treated inappropriately at the
practice, and procedure accom-
office because of his service
modations for service animals
animal.
of people with disabilities.1
PREMISES FOR TWO REASONS
the handler takes no action to attempt to manage an out of control animal
the animal is
not housebroken.4
The individual in question
The U.S. Department of Justice
was not asked to leave or remove
defines a service animal under the
his service dog from the premises.
ADA as a dog that is individually
His complaint was based on com-
trained to do work or perform tasks
ments by the office staff about the
for a person with a disability—
dog’s presence and inquiries about
although as of 2010, miniature
the dog’s training or certification.
horses have been included as
Under the settlement, the physi-
an exception to dogs in that
cian’s off ice was required to
definition.2
establish a service animal policy,
The Department of Justice
provide effective notice of the new
has also issued guidance on the
policy, retrain office staff, and pay
use of service animals in places
the complainant $500.00.5 ❖
BRANDY BOONE, JD Director of Education & Client Guidance at ProAssurance
Sources: 1. 42 U.S.C. § 12188, et seq.; 28 CFR § 36.104 2. 42 U.S.C. § 12188, et seq.; 28 CFR § 36.104; 28 CFR § 35.136(i) 3. 28 CFR § 35.136(f) 4. 28 CFR § 35.136(b) 5. http://www.ada.gov/berenson_settle.htm
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How is Sioux Falls’ Newest Urgent Care Different? AN INTERVIEW WITH BLAKE CURD, MD CEO, SIOUX FALLS SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
E
ARLY LAST MONTH, Sioux Falls Specialty Hospital opened its first urgent care facility on Minnesota Avenue in Sioux Falls. And according to CEO Blake Curd, MD, it may not be its last. We spoke
with Dr. Curd about what he hopes will set Sioux Falls Urgent Care apart from others in the region.
MED: Why an urgent care facility?
SF Urgent Care
MED: Will the patient experience be any different?
VITAL STATS
Dr. C: For several years, we have been looking at the possibility of
Dr. C: We don’t have a traditional
entering into this part of health-
waiting area which you see in most
care. We have heard over and over
clinics. That is because we expect
that people need a quicker, easier
people to come in the door and
way to access the healthcare they
head right down the hall to see a
need when they need it. Access to
provider. We have access to these
urgent care allows the ER to be
patient rooms from the back side
used for what it was intended
and we have the ability to move
—accidents, heart attacks, etc.
into the occupational medicine side
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if we need to. So the whole patient
MED: What is different about Sioux Falls Urgent Care from other urgent care facilities in the region? Dr. C: For one thing, it was built
flow is designed to be much more efficient.
MED: Is this an area that SFSH is likely to delve into more deeply?
from the ground up to be an urgent care facility. It is not just a
Dr. C: We hear from a lot of
primary care clinic that decided
patients that they love our hospital
to have different hours. Secondly,
and want a way to see us when its
a significant portion of the building
not just for surgery. The area of
will be dedicated to occupational
town that we chose for our urgent
medicine. This will serve people
care is relatively underserved for
who need urgent access for
people with acute episodic
occupational injuries as well as
healthcare needs. We think there
those who need occupational
are other sites in the Sioux Falls
screenings. So we are the first
area that are also in need of a
the urgent care industry
facility to put these two things
similar facility. ❖
will increase 5.8 percent
together —urgent care and
DID YOU KNOW?
❱
The term “urgent care” was coined in 1973 but was not added to the dictionary until 2017.
❱
IBISWorld predicts that
through 2018.
occupational medicine.
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Happenings around the region
News & Notes
South Dakota | Southwest Minnesota | Northwest Iowa | Northeast Nebraska
AVERA
Avera Health and its web vendor, Geonetric of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, have received the Gold Award in the Website Campaign of the Year category as part of the fourth annual Healthcare Marketing IMPACT Awards competition. The IMPACT competition is sponsored by Modern Healthcare and its sister publication, Advertising Age. The award was presented in November during Modern Healthcare’s annual Strategic Marketing Conference in Chicago. Avera launched a new system-wide website in June 2016.
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Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center is doubling the size of its Emergency Department. Construction will start after the first of the year, and will involve a remodel and an addition. The 10,540-square-foot ED will have 10 private patient care rooms–two for trauma and eight for treatment–and a new ambulance garage. It will also feature the Lean design that is characteristic of other recent Avera EDs. The Marshall ED was last remodeled in 1997, when the hospital served fewer than 4,900 emergency patients a year. In 2016, 7,800 patients were seen in the ED.
Tri Valley Health System of Cambridge, Nebraska is the newest Affiliate Member of Avera Health. Tri Valley signed a three year agreement in October which took effect on December 1. Under the agreement, Avera will provide consultation services and management support. The Board of Directors remains the decision-making body and ownership of the health campus remains local. The Tri Valley system includes Cambridge Memorial Hospital, Cambridge Medical Clinic with two satellite clinics in Arapahoe and Indianola, Heritage Plaza Retirement Village, Cambridge Manor, Tri Valley Assisted Living, and Tri Valley Wellness Center
RICH KORMAN Rich Korman has been named Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Avera Health. Korman has been with Avera since 2011, having served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. His expanded role now includes government relations strategies, including the oversight of the Avera Center for Public Policy. Korman completed his undergraduate work at the University of Minnesota, and holds a JD from the William Mitchell College of Law
BLACK HILLS Regional Health Medical Clinic North 10th Street in Spearfish is now offering Genius 3D Mammography for patients throughout the Northern Hills. The new technology improves early detection and treatment of breast cancer. The Genius 3D Mammography exam finds 20 to 65 percent more invasive breast cancers, where early detection is critical to recovery. With 3D’s clarity and depth, fewer patients will have to return for second mammograms. “I compare 3D mammography to reading a book. With 2D, you only see the covers. With 3D you can flip through the pages and get the whole story,” said Lance Perrett, manager of Medical Imaging Services at Regional Health Spearfish Hospital.
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Walmart and Sam’s Club associates, customers, and members in the Black Hills put their money where the miracles are during the annual Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals fundraising campaign. Locally, Walmart and Sam’s Club raised $51,722 for Children’s Miracle Network at Regional Health. The effort was part of a national campaign which raised $34 million for member hospitals across America.
THOMAS WORSLEY
Regional Health will partner with Compass One Healthcare to serve the dining, intra-hospital transportation, environmental services, and laundry needs of patients and families at Regional Health Rapid City Hospital. Changes anticipated include a new design for the restaurant, room service for visiting family members, and a broader menu of food choices for patients and restaurant patrons. The restaurant plan will turn the current first-floor dining area into more of a bistro-style eatery with more light, natural stone, wood and plants. The plan also calls for a pergola-like outdoor dining area and a nearby fire pit.
Regional Health has appointed Thomas Worsley as Interim President of Regional Health Spearfish Hospital and the Spearfish and Belle Fourche Market. Worsley has been with Regional Health since 2015. He currently serves as Vice President of the Regional Health Rapid City Market. Worsley succeeds longtime President Larry W. Veitz, who died in early November. See page 21 for Worsley’s thoughts on his new role, the planned new healthcare campus, and his predecessor, Larry Veitz.
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News & Notes
• Happenings around the region
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SANFORD A new study at Sanford Health might help women determine how they should be screened for breast cancer based on their personal history. Five universities and Sanford have teamed as members of the Athena Breast Health Network for the study, which began November 1 at the Edith Sanford Breast Center. Participants in the Wisdom study will be randomly placed in one of two screening channels– traditional annual screening and risk-based screening. The study will determine whether a personalized approach to breast cancer screening is as safe and effective as an annual mammogram. As part of the study, women in the risk-based group will be assessed using a combination of personal history, family history, breast density and genetic testing. Sanford Health is the only site in the US outside of California to offer the study.
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NEIL JESSEN CRNA Neil Jessen is the latest Sanford USD Medical Center nurse to receive a Daisy Award. Jessen was described by the patient who nominated him as reassuring and having “the most calming presence and made me feel safe.”
SIOUX LAND ALICIA HELD Alicia Held has been appointed Manager of Clinical Services–8SE at Mercy Medical Center -Sioux City. Held began her career at Mercy in 2010 as a CNA. She earned a BSN from Mount Marty College and holds a Master’s Degree in Nursing Management and Leadership from Walden University. Held is the former Clinical Educator for Inpatient Nursing at Mercy. She has been in her current position on an interim basis since August.
Siouxland Urology Center has become a Hospital Outpatient Department of the Dunes Surgical Hospital. The two entities say they will have integrated services and campuses to allow for better continuity of care. “With this partnership, we will be sharing best practices and using the latest technology to advance the care experience for our patients,” said Greg Miner, CEO, of Dunes Surgical Hospital. Siouxland Urology employs five physicians, five PAs, and 33 employees. The five physicians of Siouxland Urology are physician partners in the Dunes Surgical Hospital.
OTHER Huron Regional Medical Center (HRMC) Foundation has announced the return of an associate degree in nursing to Huron. Southeast Technical Institute will open a satellite registered nursing program in Huron with classes scheduled to begin in Fall 2018. Current LPN students with 750 hours of experience are eligible to apply for the hybrid program, which will include online classes through Southeast Tech and lab and clinicals at Huron Community Campus and local healthcare facilities. Huron has been without a two-year nursing program since 2016 when the last Dakota Wesleyan University-Huron site class graduated.
Homecare Services of South Dakota, Inc., a private agency that provides advice and specialized care to those who want to live independently at home, has opened a new office in Aberdeen. Homecare Services’ team of nurses, caregivers, and administrative staff offer a full range of in-home support services throughout South Dakota and into Minnesota. Agency DIrector Steven Novotny says the office will begin hiring and training staff over the next six months. Initially, the Aberdeen office will serve residents of Brown County, but Novotny plans to expand their services to surrounding counties.
TIMOTHY PENDERGRASS Timothy Pendergrass, MD, is the new Chief of Staff at the Sioux Falls VA Health Care System. Dr. Pendergrass is a retired Colonel with over 30 years of active duty military service, first with the Army and then the Air Force. He received his MD from the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland and completed his residency at David Grant Air Force Medical Center in California. Dr. Pendergrass is board-certified in diagnostic radiology.
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Veterans can now participate in a landmark gene-mapping project at the Sioux Falls VA Medical Center. The VA recently became one of the 65 locations in the US where Veterans enrolled in the VA Health Care System may have a blood sample taken for the Million Veteran Program. Researchers plan to use the samples to study diseases such as diabetes, cancer, and military-related illnesses like post traumatic stress.
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Sioux Falls Specialty Hospital opened its new Sioux Falls Urgent Care facility on Minnesota Avenue in Sioux Falls in early December. They celebrated with an open house and ribbon cutting on November 30. The new facility was planned and built as an urgent care facility. The clinic will be open from 7 am to 7 pm Monday to Friday and from 8 to 5 on the weekends. See page 11 for our interview with SFSH CEO Blake Curd, MD.
Dakota Lions Sight and Health (DLSH) is now providing pre-loaded cornea tissues for transplant surgeries – just one of a few eye banks in the nation to offer this new, advanced service for cornea transplants. In this innovative procedure, a DLSH lab technician prepares Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) tissues for surgery and then packages the eye tissue in a specially made container. Before pre-loaded DMEK grafts, surgeons spent time in the operating room preparing the graft. The pre-loads allow surgeons to complete the procedure in less than half that time.
DMEK prep at DLSH
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A Family Focused on
HEART
By Alex Strauss
T
HE STYS NAMES — and even their faces — have been synonymous with heart care in the Sioux Falls region for many years. The three Warsaw natives are among 13 cardiovascular disease specialists at Sanford USD
Medical Center. Not only are they each distinguished experts in their field, but they also each have a heart for new challenges, for patients, for Sioux Falls, and for each other. MARIA STYS, MD When people ask Maria Stys where her accent is from, she
her work and family responsibilities
always says Clear Lake, South Dakota. Although she was born
(two of her children are now in college
and raised in communist Poland, in many ways, she considers
and two are still at home), she is active
Clear Lake the “hometown” of her new life.
with the AHA’s Go Red for Women
“I finished medical school in Poland on a Friday, got married
initiative and is working to establish a
on a Saturday, and landed in the US on Sunday,” says Stys.
clinic for pregnant women with heart
“New life, new country, new language. It was all new.”
disease.
Her greatest wish had been to become a doctor, but her
“People say, how did you do all that?
greatest fear was that she wouldn’t make the grade in her
But the more work we have, the more
highly competitive new country. But with encouragement from
organized we are,” she says.“Cardiology
her new husband, Adam, Stys was accepted into the internal
means that we always have to be on our
medicine residency program at the State University of New
toes and keep learning new things.”
York at Stony Brook (SUNY), where Adam would study cardiology.
Math whiz Adam Stys had a full schol-
in New York I saw that I was able to actually make a differ-
arship to study computer science in
ence in human lives,” says Stys. “This was even better
Canada when he decided to sit for
motivation to study and be good in medicine.”
his medical school entrance exam in
Her knowledge of Latin helped her grasp English quickly
Warsaw instead. Like Maria, Adam and
(she also speaks Russian and German) and, just a few years
his younger brother Tom were natives
later, the Stys family and their new baby daughter were living
of Poland, but had grown up in Nigeria,
in Clear Lake, she practicing internal medicine, he, cardiology.
the sons of mathematicians.
Five years and two more daughters later, Maria decided that she, too, was attracted to cardiology. “Only six to eight percent of people in cardiology are women,” muses Stys. “This was just like a green light for me.”
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ADAM STYS, MD
“In Poland, healthcare was run by the government. But
“My dad said he would buy me tickets to Warsaw to take the exam,” says Adam Stys. “He said, ‘I don’t think you will get in, but you can try.’”
So it was back to SUNY for a cardiology fellowship (during
But Stys did get in to Warsaw Uni-
which time Stys had her fourth child, a son) then to Sanford
versity Medical School where he met
Cardiovascular Institute in Sioux Falls, where she is now
Maria in his last year. (“She bought me
director of Women’s Cardiovascular Disease. In addition to
lunch, which I thought was a good
DID YOU GUESS? Missing from our front cover is Maria Stys, MD. Although she was scheduled to attend the cover photo shoot, duty called instead. It goes with the territory, as they say.
sign,” he laughs.)Although Nigeria
cardiology fellowship and now
“I saw huge potential for growth
was home, Poland was rich in his-
serves as program director for both
here, both for the system itself and
tory for Stys, who enjoyed summer
the Cardiovascular Disease and
also for my own personal career
visits to his grandparents’ farm and
Interventional Cardiology Fellow-
development,” says Stys, who is
did his Ob/Gyn rotation at the hos-
ship Programs.
now medical director of Sanford
pital where three generations of his
When asked what it is like to
Cardiovascular Institute and has
work with both his brother and
just finished his second term on
Attracted to the mechanical
his wife, Stys calls it “very comfort-
the board of the American Heart
aspects of the heart, Stys originally
able”. “When we discuss our work
Association. “I take personal pride
set his sights on cardiothoracic
at home, patients often get a double
in the heart program that we have
surgery. But a few months at Lon-
or triple consult without even
created.”
don’s National Heart and Lung
knowing it,” he says.
family had been born.
Institute doing transplants with a
Stys is especially proud of Sanford’s structural heart disease
renowned surgeon changed his
TOMASZ “TOM” STYS, MD
program (which he calls one of his
mind. “After 12 hours a day of
For much of his life, Tom Stys has
“pearls”) including transcatheter
holding the retractors, I decided that
followed in his older brother’s
aortic valve Implants. During the
this was not for me,” says Stys.
footsteps, including completing
six years he has been doing the
On the other hand, Stys liked the
medical school in Warsaw and
procedure, the TAVI program has
challenges of the emerging field
residency at SUNY. Every now and
progressed to the point where, on
of interventional cardiology. After
then, however, their roles have been
valve days, Stys often does as many
completing his fellowship at SUNY,
reversed; Tom finished his interven-
as seven.
Stys recalled his visits to Sioux Falls
tional training before Adam, who
As far as working with his
while in Clear Lake and decided to
then trained under him in New York.
brother, Tom admits that the two
interview at Sanford.
Stys says he always loved
are highly competitive But he is also
“One of my first meetings with
working with his hands and even
quick to compliment Adam, whose
administration at Sanford, I said
had his own animal lab during
office is literally next door to his
I would like to do two things: I
medical school. He saw interven-
own at Sanford, and is always happy
would like to establish a cardiology
tional cardiology as the practice of
to work at his side.
fellowship and I would like to see
the future. “Innovation in heart care
“I haven’t had another set of
Sanford build a heart hospital,” says
is evolving in the direction of doing
hands that I trust as much as
Stys. Within 18 months, both were
more and more complex proce-
Adam’s,” says Stys. “I trust in his
a reality.
dures, less and less invasively,” he
excellence. If we are doing a complex
Since that time, Stys has helped
says. “This will continue to grow.”
case, we usually scrub together.”
keep Sanford on the leading edge
Stys joined Sanford in 2004
Like Adam and Maria, Tom and
of heart care with innovations like
(three years before his brother) in
his wife have four children and all
transcatheter aortic valve implan-
part because he and his wife, a New
are glad to have made Sioux Falls
tations, percutaneous mitral valve
Yorker, wanted to raise their son
their adopted home.
repairs, absorbable stents, and
in a more “family friendly” place.
“I know that I would not be as
other new techniques. Last year, he
It turned out to be a good fit, both
happy in New York or Europe or
helped implement an interventional
personally and professionally.
Africa,” says Stys. ❖
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Coots Will Lead Sanford’s Study of Stem Cells for Wound Healing
S
IOUX FALLS PLASTIC surgeon Bradley Coots, MD, is the principal investigator on
could be life-changing for patients and money-saving for the entire healthcare system.
Sanford’s second trial of adipose-derived
“Wounds are a huge burden on our healthcare
stem cells —this one to address non-healing leg ulcers.
system, in the billions of dollars,” says Dr. Coots. “If we
Dr. Coots was a sub-investigator on the first stem cell
can speed up the healing process, it is going to save
trial for rotator cuff injuries. “We will be focusing on venous stasis ulcers,” says Dr. Coots.
money, improve lives, and get
“ IF WE CAN SPEED UP THE
“For people with poor circulation in their legs, the blood pools in the legs and their legs swell up. They can develop wounds that are very hard to heel.” But Coots says
HEALING PROCESS, IT IS GOING TO SAVE MONEY, IMPROVE LIVES, AND GET MORE OF THESE PATIENTS BACK INTO SOCIETY. ” BRADLEY COOTS
such wounds
more of these patients back into society.” An estimated 6.5 million patients in the US are dealing with non-healing wounds — those that have been present for at least three months. Sanford’s Phase 1 trial, which opened in September, will accept 36 adult participants with wounds of 1 to 9 inches who have an A1C
typically heal when conditions
less than nine. Up to 200 cc of fluid will be liposuctioned
improve. Wraps and compression
from the patient’s abdomen, processed to isolate stem
often help, but healing can still
cells, suspended in saline, and applied topically as well
take many months. If stem cells
as injected into the wound.
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can cut healing time, they
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Now Available in Aberdeen
P
EOPLE WITH non-healing wounds
“What makes me so passionate about
in the Aberdeen area now have
being able to offer this here is that, without
easier access to hyperbaric oxygen
this type of treatment, some of these
therapy (HBOT).
“WHAT WAS HAPPENING IS
wounds progress to the point where theses
Avera St. Luke’s Hospital recently
patients need amputation,” says Geffre.
installed two hyperbaric oxygen
“Hyperbaric treatment saves
chambers, one of which is already
limbs.”
being used at capacity. Chief
In Sioux Falls, board-certified
THAT PATIENTS
Nursing Officer Cory Geffre will
hyperbaric physician Christo-
lead the department and spoke
pher Auvenshine, DO, now leads
WHO NEEDED
to MED about the significance of
the HBOT program which has
the new equipment.
been in existence at Avera
THIS TREATMENT JUST WEREN’T GETTING IT.” CORY GEFFRE
“What was happening is that
Mckennan Hospital & University
patients who needed this treat-
Health Center since 1991. The
ment just weren’t getting it,”
therapy was made possible
says Geffre. “These patients get 20 to 30 treatments, five days a
Cory Geffre
in Aberdeen in part by the relatively recent availability of
week, at about 90 minutes per treatment.
on-site training, which allows smaller hos-
It is a little bit like dialysis in that respect.”
pitals to avoid the expense of sending staff
With the nearest hyperbaric chambers
elsewhere for the 40+ hours of training on
in Fargo, Sioux Falls or well into Minnesota,
the equipment.
Geffre says patients within St. Luke’s
The hyperbaric chambers are housed in
70-mile service area would likely have to
a newly-remodeled area of the hospital
relocate in order to take advantage of the
which features private changing areas. They
healing power of HBOT, and many simply
are equipped with television and two-way
were not willing or able to do so.
communication. ❖
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Artist's rendering of the planned Avera Cancer Institute in Pierre. Photo courtesy Avera.
PIERRE’S NEW CANCER CENTER GETS A BOOST ON “GIVING TUESDAY”
H
UNDREDS OF PIERRE
after Thanksgiving. The Found-
several thousand dollars from the
area residents rose to
ation received cash gifts, checks
Bill and Melinda Gates challenge
the Helmsley Center
and credit card donations through
gift through Facebook. When all
Challenge in November and made
its Facebook page. In addition,
funds are collected, the Leona M.
donations toward the building of
sixty-six people walked their
and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable
the Avera Cancer Institute in Pierre.
donations into the hospital to take
Trust will match every dollar raised.
The Avera St. Mary’s Foundation
advantage of up to $10,000 in
The Foundation aims to raise
reports that more than $90,000
matching funds from an anony-
a minimum of $3 million toward
was raised on so-called “Giving
mous donor.
the $12.5 million cost of the oncology
Tuesday”, traditionally the Tuesday
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Larry’s Legacy By Alex Strauss
W
HEN LARRY VEITZ, the longtime president of Regional Health Spearfish Hospital and the Spearfish and Belle Fourche
Markets, died in an ATV accident in early November, he left behind more than a grieving family and community. He also left behind a significant legacy of vision for healthcare in Spearfish–a vision that his successor, Thomas Worsley, is proud to be carrying forward. Worsley, who is married to a nurse and has four children, has been with Regional Health since 2015. He has served as VP of the Regional Health Rapid City market, but as the new interim president of Spearfish Hospital, he will be turning his attention now to the healthcare facility that Becker’s last year called a Top 100 rural hospital. “Spearfish is a growing community with about a 20-mile radius of smaller rural communities that rely on us and our 50-bed hospital as their primary place to receive healthcare,” says Worsley While Spearfish is increasingly well-equipped to meet those needs (services like same-day total joints and 3D mammography are available here), what they do not have is space.
“ I T WAS A RICH EXPERIENCE TO INTERACT WITH HIM AND LEARN FROM HIM.”
Larry Veitz and Brent Phillips, President and CEO of Regional Health
THOMAS WORSLEY
“We are pretty much bursting at the seams here,” says Worsley. “We have clinics that don’t have the capacity to add additional providers
healthcare campus would look
and the hospital itself is landlocked.”
like,” says Worsley. “He was a key
But that is about to change. In late November, a 40-acre land donation marked the start of a fundraising drive to create a $100 million healthcare campus on the north edge of Spearfish.
player in narrowing down on this vision and this location.” But Worsley says Larry Veitz did more than push for more progressive
“It is going to be a campus that is focused
rural healthcare; he was also a
beyond a traditional hospital. It is going to be a
mentor to those he knew would carry
true wellness campus with things like cooking
the torch after him.
demonstrations and wellness classes,” says
“Larry was really viewed as a
Worsley. “It will be transformative in its scale and
sage,” says Worsley. “When I think
scope.”
of him, I think of someone who was
Although Veitz did not live to see it, Worsley
wise and really wasn’t interested in
says the planned campus owes much to his passion
just keeping that wisdom to himself.
for rural medicine. “He had been working for many
It was a rich experience to interact
years on different iterations of what an expanded
with him and learn from him.” ❖
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❱ L earn more about same-day total joint surgery in Spearfish
❱ S pearfish is introducing 3D mammography
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“
We had always wanted to take him there . . . but with four other kids, we knew we would never be able to afford it.
” MANDI STEELE
M
ANDI STEELE of Tea knew there was something wrong with her son Weldon by the time he was one year
old. But it wasn’t until he turned 13 that they finally got a diagnosis–a rare subtype of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), a degenerative neurological condition. By that time, Weldon had four younger sisters —all of whom have grown up in the shadow of his many needs. “My girls are some of the most compasThe Steele family at Disney World. Photo courtesy Make A Wish
sionate, patient, understanding and kind human beings,” says Steele of her daughters, now ages 12, 10, 6, and 5. “But the hard part of having all of those qualities is having to be selfless and understand that, if Weldon needs something, he gets it.” Many “common activities" like ballet lessons and swim classes have been out of the question for Weldon’s sisters, simply because of logistics. “So I have always felt like the worst mom in the world because my kids haven’t been
Along for the Ride MAKE-A-WISH CAN IMPACT MORE THAN JUST THE ‘WISH KID’ . . . ESPECIALLY IN A FAMILY OF SEVEN.
able to do those other things,” says Steele. When Weldon’s neurologist referred the
only arranged to send the family
we have Weldon as a brother.’ It
family to Make-A-Wish South Dakota, Steele
to SeaWorld, but included
did so much for them, their
knew exactly what wish he’d choose. Weldon
Universal Studios and the Disney
relationship with Weldon, and
had been fascinated by fish and water since
theme parks —a dream come
their growth.” For her part,
young childhood and has long loved a video-
true for Weldon’s little sisters.
Steele says she relished the
tape of SeaWorld’s “Shamu Show”.
“Weldon appreciated the
break from household duties
“We had always wanted to take him there
trip, but what it did for my four
and the chance to enjoy making
to experience that, but with four other kids,
daughters was just as great,”
memories together.
we knew we would never be able to afford it,”
says Steele. “My 10-year-old said
says Steele. Make-A-Wish South Dakota not
‘Right now, I’m thankful that
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Timmerman Becomes Second SD Physician Elected to ACS Board of Regents
S
IOUX FALLS SURGEON GARY TIMMERMAN, MD has been elected
to serve on the Board of Regents for the American College of Surgeons, becoming only the second South Dakota physician to do so. Timmerman is one of 23 regents that will direct the Chicago-based ACS, considered one of the world’s most important medical organizations. ACS, founded in 1913, has more than 80,000 members from across the United States and around the globe. A professor and chair of the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine department of surgery, Dr. Timmerman attended USD Medical School before graduating from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He has extensive leadership experience with ACS, including as President of the South Dakota Chapter and a variety of other regional and national positions over the past 20 years. During 2013-2014, he was the Chair of the National ACS Board of Governors. The first South Dakota physician to serve on the ACS Board of Regents was Yankton surgeon Chester McVay, MD, who served from 1974 to 1983. ❖
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[R E S E A R C H]
VITIELLO LAB GEARS UP TO REVIVE ABANDONED STUDY
“I SENT AN EMAIL TO SANFORD, WHERE MY COUSIN WORKS IN THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT. I SAID,
S
ANFORD researcher Peter Vitiello, PhD, is
in a collaboration with a
“I have optimism that the
now-retired Mayo clinic
science is going to figure this
readying his lab for a
FA researcher in 2012.
out,” says Brendtro.
new research study.
“Only a handful of folks
Provided that the Brendtros
The study is unique for
even knew that I was
reach their $75,000 goal,
Vitiello in both its focus and
involved in that project,”
Vitiello will be able to
its funding source. Vitiello,
says Vitiello. “But the timing
sidestep the lengthy grant
who has been studying the
was just right and the right
application process and
role of antioxidant enzymes
people heard about it.”
could potentially produce
in disease at Sanford for the
After talking with the
the first findings within
‘MY DAUGHTER HAS
last eight years, may soon
Brentros, Vitiello agreed to
THIS RARE DISEASE
be the recipient of $75,000 in
revive that shelved research
AND WE WOULD LIKE
private funds that will take
study and take it to the
get certain projects funded
his work in an unanticipated
next level in his own lab at
in my lab,” says Vitiello. “To
direction.
Sanford.
interact with someone who
TO RAISE MONEY TO SPONSOR A SANFORD RESEARCH STUDY.’ I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THAT THIS WASN'T
“As a scientist, I try to be
months. “It has taken me years to
“The fact that we have
wants to do this at this level
as logical as possible,” says
an emphasis on rare disease
and is able to fast-track the
Vitiello. “But when something
research and an infrastruc-
funding is unprecedented
like this happens, it really
ture in place that could help
for me.”
touches the emotional side.”
me get this project going
In October, Vitiello was
was critical,” says Vitiello.
HOW IT WAS DONE.”
approached by a Sioux Falls attorney whose 16-year-old
make up one of the largest
DAN BRENDTRO.
daughter has Friedreich’s
components of Sanford’s
Ataxia, a protein deficiency
CoRDS rare disease database,
that destroys cells in the
the only free national rare
nervous system and lungs.
disease registry not affiliated
Dan Brendtro wanted to
with any single illness. FA
raise money to fund an FA
has also garnered national
research study at Sanford.
attention in this year; a
As fortune would have it,
Philadelphia lab is conduct-
although FA has not been a
ing a 5-year natural history
crowdfunding campaign
primary focus for Vitiello, he
study thanks to a $2 million
(TheFinishLine.org) got
had been briefly involved
NIH grant.
some additional attention
Peter Vitiello in his lab.
In fact, FA registrants
Dan Brendtro and daughter Raena
Last month, the Brendtros’
when the local news media picked up on the story. As of this writing, the campaign is more than halfway to its goal and Vitiello continues to prepare his lab for the anticipated start of the study this month. ❖
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• Functional movement screenings
• Rehab perspectives on FAI
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GER and GERD are Like Jekyll and Hyde
I
T IS THE MEDICAL EQUIVALENT OF
“We use ancillary and radiologic
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. One condition is
tests to help us make a correlation
relatively benign; its closely-related alter
between the reflux and other prob-
ego is more sinister.
lems, such as aspiration, pneumonia,
“There is a very thin line between GER
failure to thrive, and even neurolog-
and GERD,” says Andrew Huang, MD, Children’s Specialty
ical problems,” says Huang. “A cow’s
Physicians, Gastroenterology, Children’s Hospital & Med-
milk protein allergy or intolerance
ical Center.
is one of the problems we look
Gastroesophageal reflux (GER), also known as acid
for in patients with GERD. We also
reflux, is “normal”, the result of stomach contents reflux-
look for gastric emptying problems,
ing into the esophagus. Most babies spit up a few times
anatomical abnormalities that can
a day and most outgrow this by the time they are 18
be surgically corrected, and other
months old.
manifestations of reflux, such as
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), on the other
eosinophilic esophagitis.”
hand, is GER to an extreme–chronic, more frequent, and capable of causing serious complications.
TREATING GERD
“This is the part where medicine transitions from
In many cases, diet and lifestyle
being a science to becoming an art,” says Dr. Huang. “How
changes can help ease GERD. For
do you differentiate one from the other? And how do you
babies, this may include a formula
best manage those patients who require more treatment
change, adding rice cereal to thicken
and a more surgical or procedural approach?”
the formula or breast milk, and
In other words – when does Dr. Jekyll become
avoiding over-feeding. Older children
Mr. Hyde?“GER becomes abnormal when there are other
should be offered smaller portions at
problems associated with it,” Dr. Huang explains.
mealtimes and avoid fried and fatty foods, peppermint, chocolate, tomato
THESE PROBLEMS CAN INCLUDE:
products, caffeinated drinks and
G
Failure to thrive/reach milestones
G
Frequent vomiting, including bloody vomiting
G
Dysphagia
Histamine-2 (H2) blockers and proton
G
Recurrent infections, especially upper respiratory
pump inhibitors may be prescribed.
and lower respiratory infections
citrus fruit and juices. Medications may help with reflux.
When surgery is deemed neces-
G
Associated neurological symptoms such as
sary, Dr. Huang says, “We work
movement disorders or developmental delay
closely with our colleagues in
G
A ny association with an apparent
pediatric surgery either by placing
life-threatening episode (ALTE)
gastrostomy tubes, gastrojejunostomy tubes or even taking patients
DIAGNOSING GERD
in for fundoplication. If the patient
An infant may have GERD if symptoms such as
also has an upper respiratory ana-
vomiting, gagging, coughing and trouble breathing
tomical problem, we work with
prevent him or her from feeding, or if the infant has
pulmonary and ENT.” ❖
had GER for more than 18 months.
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“ THIS IS THE PART WHERE MEDICINE
TRANSITIONS FROM BEING A SCIENCE TO BECOMING AN ART. HOW DO YOU DIFFERENTIATE ONE FROM THE OTHER? ”
ANDREW HUANG
POTENTIAL GERD COMPLICATIONS • Asthma • Problems with weight gain • Poor nutrition • I nflammation of the esophagus (esophagitis) • Esophageal sores or ulcers Andrew Huang
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The window art of students from General Beadle Elementary School
Regional Health Enlists Kids to Perk Up the Emergency Room Young artists from General Beadle Elementary School in Rapid City
B
UDDING ARTISTS from six Rapid Cityarea elementary schools were invited to help spruce up the the Regional
Health Rapid City Hospital Emergency Room during construction by painting the waiting room windows. The hospital hosted a contest on its Facebook page in November and offered a grand prize of $1,000 —$500 to the charity of the kids’ choice and $500
Window painters from Robbinsdale Elementary School in Rapid City
toward art supplies for their school. The theme for the window painting contest was “My Favorite Holiday Tradition”. Regional Health Rapid City Hospital is undergoing a major campus expansion and renovation project that includes a new main entrance, an office building for specialty services, new parking structures, private patient rooms, and a larger ED. ❖
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Beef’s Role in Weight Management and Cardiovascular Health By Holly Swee
N
EW RESE ARCH CONTIN U ES TO REINFORCE THE evolving body of evidence that demonstrates beef’s role in weight loss, weight management and cardiovascular health. The new Beef WISE (Weight Improvement, Satisfaction, and
Energy) study was conducted at the University of Colorado with a research grant from the Beef Checkoff and published in Obesity Science & Practice. In recent years, higher protein diets have gained popularity and some experts suggest leaning away from red meat as a protein source. The Beef WISE researchers compared different high-quality protein sources to understand their effectiveness in a weight loss or maintenance diet. The study revealed that lean beef doesn’t have to be restricted in a higher-protein diet and is just as effective as other protein choices in supporting healthy weight loss, weight management, and heart health. ❖
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HOLLY SWEE, RN, LN , Director of Nutrition & Consumer Information at the South Dakota Beef Industry Council
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What’s Your Resolution? We asked some friends of MED to share a resolution or goal for 2018. Here is what they had to say.
“My goal is to find my dream house in Sioux Falls this year. Beyond that, I just hope be able to stay healthy and active.”
“I want to focus more on my two college girls this year and, hopefully, visit them more! Professionally, my goal is to establish a clinic for pregnant women with heart disease.”
“I would like to see our contrast reduction algorithm for coronary intervention published in more places. We came up with an algorithm that allows us to use up to ten times less than others around the world. I would like to make it more widely known.”
Kate Sigford, MD,
Medical Director for Rehabilitation Services, LifeScape
Thomas Worsley, Interim President, Regional Health Spearfish Hospital
“ My resolution is to put the phone down! I am looking for increased blocks of time to disconnect and focus on the amazing people around me that uplift and make me a better friend, husband, father and leader.”
“ My goal this year is to strengthen my relationship with my kids.” Maria Stys, MD,
Sanford Cardiologist
Mandi Steele,
Mother of Five, Make-A-Wish parent
“ I have resolved to streamline my processes this year so that I can get away from my computer and take a walk outside every single day!” Adam Stys, MD, Sanford Cardiologist
Alex Strauss, Editor-in-Chief, MED Magazine
“ I tell every patient to take care of themselves in terms of diet and exercise. So this year I promised my wife to take better care of myself!” Tom Stys, MD, Sanford Cardiologist
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12:00 pm
8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sanford Imagenetics Lecture Series
11th Annual Avera Brain & Spine Institute Conference: Stroke and Spine Update
LOCATION: Sanford USD Medical Center REGISTRATION: sanfordhealth.org, keyword ‘Frontiers’
LOCATION Hilton Garden Inn Downtown, Sioux Falls
JANUARY 25–28
INFORMATION & REGISTRATION
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
averacontinuingeducation@avera.org 605-322-8950
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MAY 16
schoolofemsorg/south-dakota-conference
8:30 am – 4:00 pm
JANUARY 30
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4:30 pm - 8:00 pm
SAVE THE DATE
LOCATION: Sioux Falls Convention Center
2018 Sioux Falls Go Red for Women
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LOCATION: Sioux Falls Convention Center
averacontinuingeducation@avera.org 605-322-8950
INFORMATION: heart.org/southdakota
FEBRUARY 15 12:00 pm
Sanford Imagenetics Lecture Series LOCATION Sanford USD Medical Center
REGISTRATION sanfordhealth.org keyword ‘Frontiers’
Wise Choices for a Healthy Diet & Lifestyle
FEBRUARY 23–24 UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s 2018 EMS Conference LOCATION Sioux City Convention Center
INFORMATION: unitypoint.org
MARCH 3 5:30 pm
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