June 10, 2011
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A rendering of Mount Pleasant’s MUSC Health-Specialty Care East. The MUSC facility will be the first building in the Central Mt. Pleasant Development, off of Hungryneck Boulevard, and is scheduled to open in May 2012.
Patient-centered complex becomes reality for ‘downtown’ Mt. Pleasant
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y next summer, Mount Pleasant residents can take advantage of MUSC’s patientcentered medical office complex opening in what’s being called the community’s new downtown. The building, located on Hungryneck Boulevard just off Hwy. 17 is the first facility in the Central Mount Pleasant Development and eventually will be one of many in the commercial, retail and residential development. The facility will house numerous MUSC specialities in one location. The physician group at MUSC, University Medical Associates, is funding the project from its clinical services revenue and no taxpayer dollars will be used for the building. “This is an exciting time for MUSC,”
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said Vice President for Medical Affairs and College of Medicine Dean Etta Pisano, M.D. “Our new facility will allow us to improve our service to the community and enhance our ability to deliver high-quality and convenient care to our patients.” The 80,000 square foot facility will house MUSC physicians from a variety of medical and surgical specialties. In addition to consolidating most of MUSC’s existing Mount Pleasant practices in one location and allowing for growth, the building’s design can also accommodate new services. According to Howard Evert, M.D., medical director for the project, “We have included many features designed to create a patientcentered and healing environment, and
an environment where patient care can be coordinated efficiently and logically. From the rooftop healing garden and atrium courtyard to the community room, we believe the patient experience will be exceptional.” The facility was also designed to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification, which is awarded to structures built to meet a set of environmentally-conscious and energy saving standards. The building shell has been strengthened to make it highly resistant to damage from hurricanes and earthquakes. "With its own emergency power system, this building could serve as MUSC's ‘fallback’ facility should a devastating disaster strike our community," Evert said.
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Susan Reed Susan Reed, DDS, DrPH, associate professor, College of Dental Medicine, received the Service Award for Outstanding Service from the American Association of Public Health Dentistry at the National Oral Health Conference. Dental Public Health is known for population-based research, surveillance and policy contributions to prevent and treat oral diseases.
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Tonya Turner Tonya Turner was recognized as the 2011 South Carolina Young Dietitian of the Year by the S.C. Dietetic Association. Turner is certified in adult weight management and is the head dietitian at MUSC’s Weight Management Center. Turner has worked in the areas of adult management, bariatric surgery, eating disorders and sports nutrition for more than 10 years.
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evenTs 2011 Run For The Nine The 2011 Run For The Nine Memorial 5K, an event in memory of the nine firefighters who died June 18, 2007, will begin at 8 a.m. June 11 at Joe Riley Stadium, 360 Fishburne St. The event will open at 7 a.m. and continue until 1 p.m. The memorial will include an afterparty inside the stadium with food, drinks, music, activities, fire trucks and other equipment. Registration fee is $25 for individual run or walk participants. Visit http:// www.local61.com and click on 2011 Run For The Nine.
Roommate Finder Party Off-Campus Housing is hosting a Roommate Finder Party from 5 to 6 p.m. June 17 in Room 204 of the Harper Student Center.This is an opportunity for students and residents to meet potential roommates and check out available Charleston rentals. Light food will be provided. Reserve a spot by calling 792-0394 by June 15.
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Alan Cooper with LowcountryBizSC sits down with Dr. Etta Pisano, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the College of Medicine, for an indepth interview about MUSC and NextRay (Pisano’s entrepreneurial venture). Visit http://www.lowcountrybizsc.com/ news/coversations/618.
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Faculty and staff from the Division of Rheumatology and Immunology of the MUSC Lupus Erythematosus (MUSCLE) Research Group were joined by the officers of the Virtuous Ladies Motorcycle Club of South Carolina who gave a $2,500 donation. The donation, which will benefit lupus research and education, was from a fundraiser held at the St. Julian Devine Community Center in Charleston.
The public is constantly bombarded via the news, the medical community and friends with health information, stigmas, perceptions, opinions, and evidence. Roxanne Parrot’s “Talking About Health: Why Communication Matters” (2009) combines her expertise as a communication and health researcher with personal experiences to argue that competent communication is at the center of all the health care challenges we face. The content is easy to read and accessible to those with varying degrees of understanding of the medical system. Reviewer: Heather Woolwine Public Relations
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Gerard Silvestri, M.D., professor, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, received a Duke Endowment grant to combine the expertise of MUSC’s oncologists with South Carolina Light Rail (ultra high-speed fiber optic network) to serve doctors and patients in South Carolina. Silvestri’s project will establish a virtual tumor board (VTB) with physicians at four health care institutions in South Carolina to explore how a VTB affects management of lung cancer cases.
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MUSC medical school ranks among 10 most popular MUSC College of Medicine was among the 10 most popular medical schools in the country according to a May U.S. News & World Report. The rankings were based on the percentage of admitted students who choose to enroll in a specific program. The College of Medicine, which ranked eighth overall, had an enrollment of 156 students or 73.9 percent of 211 accepted students who chose to attend the school in the 2010-2011 academic year. MUSC also ranked 73rd in U.S. News’ rankings of top primary care programs and 91st among medical school research programs. The University of Kansas Medical Center took the top spot with 176 or 82.2 percent of 214 students who committed to attend the institution during the 2010 academic year. Only the University of Washington School of Medicine placed in the top 10 rankings of medical school research programs. Two schools, Washington and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, were among the most popular schools that attained the top 50 of that ranking. College of Medicine Dean Etta D. Pisano, M.D., praised college faculty and staff for this achievement. “This ranking is a wonderful reflection of our program and our admissions staff who work very hard to recruit the best possible students to MUSC.”
New pediatrics chair
Rita M. Ryan, M.D., was named chair of the Department of Pediatrics. Ryan, who received her medicine degree and completed her residency in pediatrics at SUNYUpstate, is professor of pediatrics, Pathology and Anatomical Sciences and Gynecology-Obstetrics at State University of New York (SUNY)Buffalo, where she serves as chief of the Division of Neonatology, director of the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program and director of the Center for Developmental Biology of the Lung. Ryan did her fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at the University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She has an extensive research background and is principal investigator of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)-funded Prematurity and Respiratory Outcomes Program and site principal investigator of the NHLBI-funded Trial of Late Surfactant. Ryan will begin July 1.
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Bob Marriott joined the College of Medicine as the new associate dean for administration and planning effective March 1. His immediate focus will be on the implementation of a space allocation and management process for the college. Marriott has See MedICal on page 10
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2011 Hurricane update Al Nesmith, director of safety and security, and Rob Fowler, WCBDTV Storm Team 2 meteorologist, shared details of the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Using data from weather experts William Gray and Phil Klotzbach at Colorado State University, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other reports, Fowler shared the season’s prediction of 16 tropical storms, nine hurricanes and five major hurricanes. Of the probability of major hurricanes making landfall, about 72 percent will affect the U.S. coast (48 percent in the east coast and 47 percent Gulf coast areas). He also compared NOAA’s May 2011 forecast predicting 12 to 18 tropical storms, six to 10 hurricanes and three to six major hurricanes. The 2011 hurricane names are Arlene, Bret, Cindy, Don, Emily, Franklin, Gert, Harvey, Irene, Jose, Katia, Lee, Maria, Nate, Ophelia, Phillipe, Rina, Sean, Tammy, Vince and Whitney. Fowler urged employees to be vigilant and prepared in anticipation of this year’s predicted activity. A hurricane watch issued when hurricane conditions are a possibility for an area within 48 hours. Hurricane warnings are issued when a storm is expected within 36 hours. Nesmith announced the distribution of employee general/emergency information line cards (aka green card). The information also is posted on the medical center intranet. HR update Helena Bastian, MUHA Human Resources director, presented the following topics: q Separating Employees Communications Slip—Tool for departments and separating employees • Provides employees with a checklist • Provides department with accurate information to complete separation notice • Notified employees to complete exit process which includes discussion about their retirement money, COBRA and completing MUHA exit interview form q Recent form modifications • Section—Employee’s forwarding address • Link added from separation notice on HR website linking to communication slip q SuccessFactors Annual Review Training
To Medical Center Employees Eighteen medical center town hall meetings, including some for large departments, were conducted during the second half of May and attended by 1,204 employees. The agenda included: a progress report on our fiscal year 2011 goals; an update on our “5 & 5 plans” to improve quality of care while reducing costs; and an explanation of value-based purchasing including the medical center’s current “report card” and other topics. I want to thank everyone who attended and we hope to improve attendance at future town hall meetings. For those unable to attend, the town hall presentation is posted on the medical center’s intranet at http:// mcintranet.musc.edu/muscexcellence/townhall/. The 30-minute town hall sessions were again well received and described by participants as “concise and informative” and “clearly honest.” The town hall evaluations will be used to focus on opportunities for continued improvement. On another matter, at the June 7 management communications meeting it was announced that Stephen Colbert will visit Charleston on July 1 for an 8 p.m. appearance at the Gaillard Municipal Auditorium. His father, Dr. James W. Colbert, served as MUSC vice president for academic affairs from 1969 until his death in a plane crash in 1974. Funds raised at the July 1 event will support the James W. Colbert Endowed Chair. Tickets may be purchased at http://www.ticketmaster.com/Stephen-Colbert-tickets/artist/1596504 or contact Meghan Eichelberger of the MUSC Development Office at 792-4223 or eichelbe@musc.edu for additional information. The management team is asked to share this information with everyone in their departments. Thank you very much. W. Stuart Smith Vice President for Clinical Operations and Executive Director, MUSC Medical Center • Open to supervisors and administrative staff beginning June 9 and throughout summer • Participants will practice using test employees • Register via CATTS. Search for keyword, “success,” to find classes (SuccessFactors: Annual Performance Review Training for Supervisors & Admin Staff) For information, contact Michelle Forman, 792-6219. q Employee Evaluation Deadline • Self-evaluation deadline was May 31 • If more time is needed to conduct Employee Self Review, supervisors can use “send back” button and forward back to employee • Employees can open the form from the Supervisor Review step (Home Page/Performance tab). When completed, employee can use same button to send it back Benefit of the Month—June South Carolina Retirement System Pension Plan provides three lifetime income options at retirement. Employees contribute 6.5 percent and MUHA contributes 13.29 percent. Employees contributing 28 years of service can meet a pension as much as 50 percent of employees’ final year of income or opt for early retirement (age 55 with 25 years of service credit. For information visit http://www.scrs.sc.gov or to schedule a presentation, contact Mark Stimpson, stimpso@musc.edu. See CurrenTs on page 8
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Top-funded researcher taps into passion
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athleen Brady waves off being named the No. 1 most NIH-funded psychiatrist in the nation, a recognition she was surprised to receive earlier this year. Brady, M.D., Ph.D., a MUSC psychiatrist and Distinguished University Professor, attributes her involvement in several large grants as what led to the ranking. “I don’t really spend a lot of time thinking about what everyone else is doing.” What she does spend time on is her specialty area of substance abuse and the changes that are reshaping that field. “Research is my passion. It’s what I enjoy doing and thinking about. It’s always exciting, always new and never monotonous. You come to work every day and pretty much face a different challenge,” said Brady, who also holds the titles of director of clinical programs in MUSC’s Clinical Neuroscience Division and director of the S.C. Clinical and Translational Research Institute (SCTR). “There’s a lot of flexibility in research, so if you’re heading down one avenue asking a series of questions and something comes up that may appear at first to be an aberrant finding, it can lead to a whole different and productive line of questioning.” Her eyes light up at the thought—just as they have been for decades when she talks about research. With the precocious start of getting a paper published in “The Journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior” when she was in the fourth grade, Brady knew she enjoyed research. “It was a report I had done that had won a science fair. It was having rats run through a maze. They were searching for food at the end, and as they learned the pathways, they made fewer and fewer errors. It was a learning experiment.” For Brady as well, as it helped set her on the path to a medical career. Her father, an experimental psychologist and emeritus researcher at John Hopkins University, has been an important mentor and guide in her life.
Dr. Kathleen Brady, center, with her husband, Dr. Robert Bruce Lydiard, and their daughters, from left, Monica, Jessie and Claire in Cozumel. Another important influence was the loss of her mother, who had been ill for several years, when she was in the fifth grade. The middle of five children, Brady said all of her siblings learned to be independent. “Part of my resilience comes from being able to handle those pretty dramatic changes and losses at an early age. It made me really close to my siblings and my father at an early age. We really appreciated each other.”
BalanCIng aCT It’s a lesson she never forgot. Colleague Lina Obeid, M.D., said Brady is unusual in how she blends several talents, while balancing a full, personal life. “She’s accomplished all around—her personal life, her children, her work, her social life—it’s all very well integrated and seamless. She’s my role model for how she puts all these things together in her life.” Obeid’s not the only one amazed. Friend Susan Staub loves how Brady’s personal life, as a wife and mother of
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three daughters, is just as successful as her professional life. She has the knack of making whomever she’s around feel important. Staub recalls going through a difficult period in her life and remembers Brady calling her just to check on her. Staub asked her where she was, and Brady replied she was in a London airport. “She was thousands of miles away, thinking of me.” That is typical for Brady. She’s had Brady call her just before she’s about to speak at a conference. “She’s a fabulous friend. She’s supportive and caring. She’s there for people. If something ever happened to me, my kids would turn to her.” Sometimes Staub, a social worker, gets
a surprised reaction from people who want to know why Brady hangs out with her since she’s not a researcher or doctor. Staub describes Brady as a compassionate and non-judgmental person. “She’s not in any way someone who is a snob. She never puffs herself up. She has a right to, but she never does.” Another quality Staub and Obeid note about her is her high energy. Staub and Brady, whom she describes as a playmate, like to take mile-long swims parallel to the Sullivan’s Island beach. When Brady went to Australia earlier in the year for a three-month sabbatical, Staub went to visit. She was amazed that one of the first things Brady did when she got there was buy a bike to ride into work, which was several miles away through a tricky terrain. “I would have lacked the spunk to do that. She has a lot of can-do in her,” she said, describing how she’s not afraid of new activities. “If something interests her, she’s going to dive right in.” That’s true professionally, as well, which has led to an impressive array
M.D., at the Medical College of academic and administrative of Virginia, followed him to appointments as well as awards, MUSC, where she finished which include a “Women of her medical degree in 1985. Achievement” award from the She’s been glad to stay because state and a Betty Ford award for she likes how the smaller her contributions to research on campus fosters a collaborative women’s issues in substance abuse. environment. Obeid said Brady is “I’ve never had anybody not internationally recognized and be very willing to get together in high demand in her field, and collaborate on a project. and lands the competitive grants I think that atmosphere of because she stays ahead of the cooperation—the idea that curve. When MUSC was struggling we’re all in this together to get what is now SCTR going, and we need to link arms to Brady stepped in to help get a $20 improve the stature of the million award from the National university—that everybody is on Institutes of Health to establish a center for translational science at board with that.” a time when there were very few in Always drawn to the area of the country. neuroscience, Brady said she “She put MUSC on par with still feels passionate about her outstanding schools. It comes research into substance abuse naturally to her to put people and addiction. together and write good grants. “I’ve always been moved by She’s always pushing the envelope the sadness and disruption and and taking things to the next level, far-reaching consequences of but with a charm and a grace and substance use disorders. When a soft manner. I’ve never seen I started in the field addictions Dr. Kathleen Brady her lose her temper. She’s always so were misunderstood and gentle and so nice.” thought of as bad behaviors and not as something that is a medical disorder that warranted medical treatment. MasTer CollaBoraTor They are still stigmatized disorders, but I think the When asked about her role in getting SCTR started, attitudes about them have changed to some extent. It Brady said it was a need for the university, so she was a fascinating area to me and an underserved area in decided to take it on. “As I got involved, I saw it in terms of research and clinical care.” the same way I saw my research questions as far as a She’s seen tremendous change during the past problem that needs to be solved. You can put your 30 years from the development of personalized skills and talents toward trying to figure out the best medications to attitude shifts to provide much more approach to facilitating translational research. I’m enlightened treatment. She’s curious about how interested in the larger issues of how to set the scene to advances in neurobiology will be able to accelerate the facilitate research and discovery and collaboration. I’ve development of substance abuse treatments. turned more to organizational and administrative things “When I look at the advances made in certain areas to foster research. “ of medicine—cancer, surgery—when I see how improved That fostering requires changes at the individual treatments are, I can see how much better we’re doing level in getting basic scientists working more closely and how much better we can be doing. There’s lots of with clinicians and in getting clinicians working room for improvement, and you’re never going to make with the community. Translational research requires those improvements if there’s not research.” applying incentives and developing a network with area It’s not just her area that she wants to promote, physicians, and even better getting those physicians though. Brady said she’s excited to be filling more of involved with the research so that they understand it, a mentoring role for upcoming researchers who show she said. passion for their fields. “They can be our best advocates among their peers “At this point I can see the limits of what I’ll be able then. ‘Have you tried this sort of therapy or this kind of to do. It’s a very gratifying thing to mentor these people medication? I did a study with it.’ I think that’s much who you know will go on to do great things. To see more convincing often in terms of people adopting new treatments than some big academic person coming someone get excited and know that they’re going to take down in a white coat saying you need to do this.” that passion and move forward and do some positive Brady, who met her husband, R.B. Lydiard, Ph.D., things, that’s very gratifying for me.”
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Brady’s Life Lessons aDViCe TO ReaseaRCheRs “It’s really important to keep balance in your life and find something that you’re passionately interested in because that’s what it takes. It helps to be really focused and passionate about your research. The funding atmosphere is getting worse from what we hear. It’s going to take a lot of dedication.” Despite that it’s still important to have balance and take care of your health, family and loved ones, she said. “Keep everything in its place.”
hOw she hanDles being OVeRwhelMeD “I sit down and prioritize. I deal with tasks one at a time or ask for help. It’s a good thing to know that you don’t have to do it all by yourself.”
aDViCe TO wOMen “Women need not to be afraid to be assertive. They should expect fair treatment and ask for what they deserve. You can be pleasantly assertive and know what your worth is.” Brady said this is something she’s gotten better at as she’s gotten older, and it is a skill women can learn, whether they were raised in Maryland as she was or from the South. “I’ve seen some really powerful Southern women who know how to get what they need. Some with awesome negotiating skills. In fact, they surprise you. That’s part of what makes it so powerful. With all that charm, you just don’t see it coming.”
hOw she keeps balanCeD She swims every day either in the pool or the ocean. She enjoys outdoor activities and loves reading.
iTeMs On heR bUCkeT lisT None. She said she’s living her life now, traveling and doing what she wants to do while she has the energy and enthusiasm. “We never know what tomorrow is going to bring.”
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McKesson & GetWell Network Natalie Carr, onsite account representative, reviewed details of a new initiative The GetWell Network is now interfaced with the McKesson system. Previously, staff could initiate education using GetWell for patients by videos in the patient room or ordering videos via a GetWell login on ClinLan desktops. Now clinical staff can order education in CPOE (Computerized Provider Order Entry) and documentation flows back into the electronic medical record. Users can select order type “nurse to nurse;” search “GWN” and select appropriate outline; select desired category and video title. Results are displayed in vOacis. Instructional documentation will be shared with nurse managers, service line directors and ancillary staff. The next GetWell training is June 16, Room 1119, Ashley River Tower, register via CATTS. Contact Carr, ncarr@ getwellnetwork.com.
Patient and Family-Centered Care Maggie Thompson, Patient Family
Centered Care (PFCC) manager, Lisa Montgomery and Torri Jacobsen reviewed information and new initiatives from their group. Montgomery shared details about the hospital’s complaint volume, which averages 100 complaints per month. Volume, details regarding resolution of issues, and monthly average are tracked using the 3M system. In 2008, the medical center averaged 57 monthly complaints; 2009—107 complaints; 2010 (9 months)—89 complaints; and 2011 (April 30)—98 complaints. The Patient and Family Centered Care group strives to coordinate resolution of complaints within seven days. Currently 79 percent are resolved within that time frame. Within the year, the group observed an increase in complaints that are financially-related (unfunded, self-pay; high-deductible policies, high deductibles and patients who don’t understand their financial obligations). They also observed increased anxiety levels among patients and families. PFCC staff continues to work with patients and families to reduce their anxiety and resolve their complaints quickly.
Thompson also explained the value of new hospital partnership councils to support efforts to provide patient and family-centered care. Goal is to match council members with staff and physician work groups to foster a partnershipbased approach for all improvement efforts. IOP launched their new Patient and Family Partnership Council this spring. A new MUSC Patient and Family Partnership Council will kick-off in July to serve the adult hospitals. Children's Hospital has a Family Advisory Council. Recommendations for candidates for newly formed councils should be patients or families who have had a significant
patient experience at MUSC. Staff and physicians will partner closely with council members, but will not serve on the council. For information, contact Thompson at thompsof@musc.edu. Announcements q MUHA employees are invited to “An Evening with Stephen Colbert Benefitting MUSC,” July 1, Gaillard Municipal Auditorium. Tickets start at $36.50 and can be purchased via TicketMaster. Proceeds will support The Colbert Chair and activities of the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs. q The next meeting is June 21.
MUSC wins gold among AHA’s Start! Fit-Friendly Companies MUSC was awarded gold-level recognition with the American Heart Association (AHA) in May for valuing their employees’ health by promoting physical activity and valuing workplace wellness. MUSC joined dozens of national companies deemed as AHA Start! Fit-Friendly Companies. The program promotes active lifestyles and recognizes companies who establish walking programs, wellness newsletters and communications and other activities to create a healthy workplace. For information on the AHA’s fit-friendly program, visit http:// startwalkingnow.org/start_workplace_fit_friendly.jsp.
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Jack Feussner, M.D., Distinguished University Professor, was named to the new position of executive senior associate dean for clinical affairs March 15. Feussner, former chair of the Department of Medicine, will help lead and manage the clinical mission of COM. He will help set organizational priorities and guide development moving towards a more fully-integrated health care system, which will include a clinically integrated physician network to better position the institution for health care reform. Richard Silver, M.D., Distinguished University Professor, Division of
Chief strategic officer for clinical enterprise
Mark Lyles, M.D., a 1993 College of Medicine alumnus and former chief resident of MUSC’s Department of Internal Medicine, assumed the new role of chief strategic officer for the MUSC Clinical Enterprise as of May 7. He will be responsible for management of MUHA/COM affiliations with other health care systems and hospitals, will assist with the identification and formation of selective physician partnerships, and will be the primary person charged with the implementation of clinical outreach. Most recently, Lyles has worked at
the Association of American Medical Colleges as senior director of health care affairs, where he guided institutions in implementing innovative care delivery and payment models and managed a forum for chief strategy and innovation officers at academic medical centers to discuss and share best practices.
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Phil Saul, M.D., professor of pediatrics and director of the Division of Pediatric
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